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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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Forget practicality and cargo bikes, the utilitarian fat tyre commuter ones too. I want to see what this community thinks the ones that look badass are.

(Excluding concepts please)

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[–] jordanlund 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ah back to the good ole days

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Gimme an E conversion of that bad boy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think any of the cargo bikes posted are cool at all. And while I don't know a lot about E-bikes (I subconsciously think they are kinda cheating) I searched for a little bit for a bike I think looked decent.

This is probably my favourite design after a few minutes of research.

I like the simplicity and the straight edges. I also like the futuristic designs companies usually like put out, even when people love to bash them.

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

Reverse e-trike recumbents look badass. Fight me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Something like this? Damn, now I want one

HP Velotechnik Hands-On-Cycle

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago
[–] njordomir 3 points 5 months ago

They absolutely do. Something about being so low makes it feel faster too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Marin Sausalito 2 is kinda sexy IMO but I'm a sucker for utilitarian design. I like the look of Tern's cargo bikes too.

[–] MeanEYE 3 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Funny that you mention cargo bikes and fat tires because to me they both look cool af.

Especially this kind of cargo bikes: Creme Happy Wagon e-bike

[–] Delphia 1 points 5 months ago

I was watching Ford Vs Ferarri and Lee Iacoca was doing the whole speech about how Ford doesnt have the sex appeal of Ferarri and I started to think that E-Bikes might have the same issue when it comes to widespread public desire to own one.

Realistically some of the ones that I think are aestheticaly "Cool" I would probably never buy because for several thousand dollars I do need a measure of practicality. I own a pickup because its what I need, I want a Ferarri because of how it looks.

[–] Bosht 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a name/manufacturer/price?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This one is Creme Happy Wagon. Actually, I entered the name in the alt text, but I see that Jerboa doesn't display that. It costs 18k PLN (~$4660) in my country.

[–] Bosht 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you much! Have a great one!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm a big fan of the cruiser style from Flyer, idk what exactly I like about it, it just looks really classic. https://flyer.radioflyer.com/products/flyer-cruiser-step-thru

[–] Caboose12000 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I thought this one looked awesome when I saw it, even cooler when I saw the guy picking it up like it was nothing BC its so lightweight https://youtu.be/d9gEaHZUwwI?si=s3cncvpSadJ1AZJT

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

Any bike in cool colors

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This one was posted a little while ago: https://sh.itjust.works/post/22602330