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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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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We spoke to Shimano and SRAM to find out whether running the chain at extreme angles is a genuine performance concern

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like a Rohloff hub would be even more efficient, and also give you a perfectly even step between gear ratios. ...At the cost of a few thousand dollars and about a pound of weight.