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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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This big beast even has removable plastic fairings to protect the frame.

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[–] Renorc@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Costs more than a new Tenere 700. Sure it’s nice but they have lost their mind.

[–] DarKnight0@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Fortnine did a fun video sort of explaining why high end bikes cost as much as a motorcycle: https://youtu.be/BS9ugdl1FZc

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Man 11k is pretty spendy

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I didn't even know GasGas made bicycles !

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago

I'd never even heard of GasGas until I saw this article