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

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"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.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 40 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The real comparison will be this thing vs a set of basic swim flippers.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I'd still go with the flippers. The sacrifice to articulation seems like a deal breaker.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't really have a good gauge of how fast you can typically go with swim slippers though. Comparing to a person swimming without any aides would be much more useful for getting an idea of what "superhuman speed" means.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

If an average joe with an hour of practice could match or outpace Michael Phelps, I would consider that superhuman speed.