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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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Nobody likes getting a sore bum when cycling. The Air Seat is made with that fact in mind, as it adds what is described as a "full-floating" coil suspension system to existing saddles.

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[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In before "hot air up one's bum" jokes?

Ahem. In any case, I've always understood that saddle soreness is in large part due to seats that don't encourage using the "sit bones". Saddles which are very wide and plush -- which would be desirable for a sofa -- can unintuitively end up being the least comfortable under the dynamic conditions of riding a bicycle.

So I'm somewhat skeptical about the benefit of multi-axis saddle suspension, although if done well could plausibly be beneficial.