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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] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

$2,399.80

Damn. Not that those would ever be in my budget, but I'd love to just try a high-end wheelset to really see if it feels any different to the stock (or vintage) wheels I've been using. Assuming the same tires are used, I can't imagine how much better they could be for the price.

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

If you get a wheel set for 500eur, it's going to be like 99% of what you get with 2k set performance wise. It's never worth it unless you 1. Want the wow factor or 2. Are a pro cyclist who needs the 1% to compete for the gold

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

Yeah, I guess it's like when you buy an entire bike. A $1,500 bike isn't 10x worse than a $15,000 one. It might be 400g heavier, and 5 watts slower at 50 km/h, but that's about it. LOL

Still, I hear so many (Youtubers) say that some wheels feel so amazingly different, you'd think they were rolling on rocks with wooden spokes before that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's possible you can feel the difference between a stiff and a compliant wheel set, but it's entirely another thing if you'll gain anything in reality from throwing bunch of money for it.

There are some things you can pay some premium and feel the difference and benefit from though. Handlebars can be one of those, where upgrading to a more compliant carbon bar would reduce vibrations and make the riding more comfy, but there's other ways you should look into before that such as less tire pressure or softer grips

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Swapped to DT Swiss E1900s on my trail bike this summer and only good things to say about them, especially the serviceability is HUGE

The fact that I can service the ratchet in rear hub without tools or removing cassette is massive - and makes me want to service it more often.

The rims are just that, overkill for a trail bike but it's so nice being able to commit any jumps or drops, or ride rougher trails without having to fear for the rims that are still quite lightweight for alu rims is nice