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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nice, but I would get a reputable bike brand, just to have support for 10years

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I would take it a step further. Unless you are ready to do all your own repairs, buy from a company with a dealer network and a location near you.

edit: I hear you thinking "but for that same price I could buy two cheap Chinese import ebikes." Yes, and they will both be collecting dust inside a year unless you fix them yourself.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Ain't that right. While random chinese ebike is cheap, their part isn't as durable as a branded one, even compared to known big chinese brand. You need to prepare for the day the thing just gonna fail you mid ride and you left stranded because your bike isn't made to be pedalled or left you having to pedal a beefy bike. At least my experience of it is it lasted a year through rainy day and it broke when i'm just 100 meter away from my home so i can turn back, and i do this for learning experience and fix the bike myself.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any bike shop can repair a cube ebike

[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Okay, thank goodness. I can give you their number, maybe you should let them know they can work on my bikes.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

Sure, no worries