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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

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Hi everyone,

I'm using a Ninebot Max G30 scooter for half the year, but for the other half, our area is covered in ice and snow. This makes it really hard to ride because the paths are slippery and it's impossible to navigate with the scooter's small wheels.

I'm wondering if anyone here rides a scooter in similar icy and snowy conditions. If so, what model do you have? Ideally, I'm thinking about something with larger and wider wheels, and maybe a detachable battery so I don't have to bring a wet and dirty scooter indoors.

I'm looking for advice based on real-life experiences if possible.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Suggesting a monowheel would be safe to ride in icy conditions is hilariously bad advice. Especially considering every unit I have seen has had a slick tire which not only is completely useless on ice but on snow aswell.

As for the original question; yes, anything with bigger tires is always better but ultimately what you need especially on ice are studded tires and I don't think you can get scooter wheels like that. I ride a fatbike year around and I have 4.8 inch wide knobby tires with rubber compound ment for winter riding that I also run with extremely low tire pressure and despite all this there zero traction on ice. Zero. None. They're utterly and completely useless on ice.

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I've ridden scooters and fat bikes throughout several winters. You're definitely going to fall at some point.

[–] Axiochus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I agree re:ice. I honestly was more responding to the snow issue, since you can typically, you know, drive around ice if you can see it, and it's typically not a feature of deep winters. In my experience, icy surfaces become an issue during transitional periods of weather, and I wouldn't trust any means of transport to safely traverse them. Even then, as somebody who has fallen off of a monowheel on ice, I'd prefer the superior control over scooters, though not fatbikes.