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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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The Wahoo Elemnt Ace is just the latest phone-sized bike computer, and it’s getting a bit silly

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Well, there are plenty of counter-arguments to this article.

But first, these "big" (still smaller than a phone) bike computers are offered alongside some pretty tiny ones.

But if you use your bike computer for navigation, you really don't want a tiny one.

Big means longer battery life, too. We're talking days or weeks and not hours, when compared to a phone.

Some "big" bike computers also have features that need a little more space: wind sensor, solar panels, glove-friendly buttons, etc.

I'm totally OK with the sizes. My bike computer is medium size in Garmin's offerings, and sometimes I feel like it's too small, but never too big. It's still WAY SMALLER than my phone, and I don't have to worry about it being exposed to the elements.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

To buy a new bike nowadays you have to safe longer. So, you will be older and your eyesight will be worse. That’s why you need a bigger display. Easy explanation.

/s, I guess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are these things housing GPS modules, cameras, and microphones too? Every manufacturer of common goods wants to get on the surveillance game these days.

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

That's actually one benefit to many bike computers: they can be used offline and/or have no data connection or app.

You could connect it to a manufacturer's services, and lock down what data is shared.

If I had to pick between a phone and a bike computer for privacy, it would be a bike computer.