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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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[–] themeatbridge 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OOTL, what's wrong with Fiido?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're not known for quality, reliability, or service: Like many other similarly named alphabet soup brands that appeared out of nowhere to make ebikes, it's not worth wasting your money on and you're better off buying something from an actual bike manufacturer.

[–] optissima 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

As someone new to the space, can you list a few good manufacturers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

All the same brands you'd buy a quality bicycle from also make decent ebikes: Trek, Specialized, Cube, Canyon, Breezer, Tern, etc.

REI Co-op bikes are good entry level ebikes with support if you live near an REI, and if you're really looking for a budget bike otherwise, I guess Lectric is alright.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Specialized also sell the Vado SL (superlight), a light ebike like the one in this article, also around 15Kg.

[–] cccrontab 3 points 9 months ago

"Specialized", "Trek" are reliable bike manufacturers. I don't have an ebike but if I were to get one it would be from an established bike manufacturer.