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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] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

What advantage does a hubless bike bring to the table?

[–] Tikiporch 7 points 10 months ago

No way for street toughs to shove rebar through your spokes and send you flying over the handlebars so they can steal your baguettes and celery.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thst is a design advantage, I'll grant you that, but it seems way less practical than a normal wheel.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's very likely because it is way less practical than a normal wheel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's my point, I don't see why a hubless wheeled bike deserves top billing in an article about new better biking consepts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It doesn’t but it looks cool and intrigues people which means more clicks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Same as folding phones I guess; novelty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Folding phones does bring a practical use to the table, you get a phone that you can fold out into a tablet that fits in your pocket.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

To be fair, flip phones prevent unwanted user input and protect the screen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I don't know if it's an advantage, but I've seen one lately, and it was fucking loud.

Like eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee loud.