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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Consumers can contact Segway for a free maintenance kit.

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To anyone else out there with an Engwe ebike or any bike with a cheap fender: If your fender is not designed with breakaways on the mounts, you should either remove it entirely or replace the bolts with 5-10 lb zip ties to create your own breakaways and prevent a serious crash.

https://engwe-bikes.com/cdn/shop/products/Ep-2pro_5c418549-daf2-4cda-8994-6e4ac361cb9b.jpg

What happens is, if the fork mount fails and the front fender does not have breakaways, it wraps around the front wheel and sends you over the handlebars (quite possibly at great speed).

Engwe 100% does not care, did not cover my medical bills, replace my $300 helmet, warn their other customers, issue a recall, or even bother to fix the underlying issue.

To be clear, this fix literally costs a couple of zip ties. That is how little they care about their customers.

If I had not been wearing a quality helmet, my Engwe likely would have killed me or left me with life altering injuries.

If you're looking for an inexpensive ebike, don't buy Engwe. Get an REI Co-op, Ride1up, or Lectric. Any semi-reputable brand is a safer choice.

Also, as always: Wear your helmets every time! Be safe out there everyone.

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ITT We post pics of whatever we rode today.

Special thanks to Corm for the idea, thank you Corm!

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The EMX30 is a high-performance electric dirt bike from German startup Grizzlar. Based on the proposed specs, this thing could be a serious contender.

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The machines can add joy to one’s life, but they’re not for everyone.

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Or, an object lesson in why you should never take vague social media posts at face value.

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I know many folks who dismissed Stark's initial announcement of the Varg, a 60-80 horsepower electric dirt bike intended to compete with conventional gas-powered motocross bikes, as just another ambitious EV project that would never reach the market.

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Helmet - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HYKM33G

Knee Pads - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016U4R6II

Jacket - https://a.co/d/73gTSke

Gloves - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T78BCZB

Anything else I need?

I feel pretty safe with all this but it still honestly scares the crap out of me riding at 30+mph with cars.

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Classified Cycling patent describes an 18 speed derailleur-less drivetrain that shifts through moving the cassette axially along the hub

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Getting around on one might be a bit slower than in a car, but it’s also so much richer.

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Flip your gravel fork in exchange for a $250 credit toward a brand-new Invert, but only 250 riders in the U.S. and Canada get in - so hurry!

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So, you went and bought a mechanical dropper seatpost for your mountain bike, only to discover that smoother-moving, faster-acting electronic posts are now "a thing." Well, don't despair, as the OnlyMotion system is designed to make your existing dropper seatpost electric.

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