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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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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 28 minutes ago)

I bought a Lectric 3 "clone" branded Gosen (from Canada) that also listed on Amazon. It is 3 years old, and an absolutely amazing bike, even though its now out of business. The Lectric XP "format", fat tire 20" hub motor 750w or more, folding with sturdy rear rack is an ideal design with torque and cargo capability, and geometry that makes pedaling relevant at the maximum range of usable bike weight. These designs will fit in an elevator. Folding will fit in a cab/car.

Specialized make much better mountain (E)bikes, but I had fun running mine through stupidly hard (just medium) trails, and "bike parks" knowing that no matter how slow or scared I was, I can always power out of the trail.

Mine was slightly more expensive than XP 3 (before shipping to Canada), but 8000km later, the brake pads and tires are worth changing. Fine shimano entry level 7 speed shifting can have its complaints after 3 years, but ebikes just don't need to shift that often.

OP is basically comparing higher end priced bikes. Higher end motor and battery than what I got. Fine, getting a "janky wheel" is a disappointment for sure. I didn't have that proble on a $1000 ebike instead of the walmart $1700 ebike. I can't vouch for chepaer ebikes, or today's ebikes, but the 20" fat tire format is an absolute winner. Rear suspension not really needed.