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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Bike computers are much smaller than phones. They also have mounting backs so they can be secured with a bike mount in what requires a 90° turn meaning that even if you crash going 30 mph your bike computer probably is still going to be attached to the bike AND not broken unlike a larger phone. Also they can record in a fairly universal file format that you can take your data anywhere rather than being locked into a particular app.

Over the past 10 years it's definitely gotten easier to use a phone and there's nothing super wrong with it, but if youre serious about riding then getting a dedicated bike computer is nice since it's going to be more specialized.

Kind of like you can get a multi-tool to do a lot of stuff but if you want a really good tool you might want to get the one specifically made for it.