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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 weekend I happened to be in Asheville, NC, a charming mountain city that has a special municipal dump just for emptying out dangerously overfilled dream catchers. While there, I saw a fascinating vehicle tooling around the city, and managed to get a couple of pictures, which I now share with you, out of my […]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I love velomobiles! They are the fastest human powered vehicles. A few years back I pushed the button and bought a two wheel recumbent. They are so cool and I had to give it a try. And I found that they are about as exciting for me to ride as riding a lawn chair. They are cool to look at, and super efficient for commuting. The big race is in Battle Mountain, NV (http://ihpva.org/whpsc/). Last I checked the Varna Diablo had won the running 200 meters at just a bit over 80mph.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

riding a lawn chair sounds like it might be exciting tho? like a go kart super low to the ground, maybe the handling is terrible?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It might work well for you. Not so much for me. As long as you are having fun, ride that thing like you stole it!

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

I totally want a recumbent tadpole but IDK about a velomobile

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The tadpoles ARE fun. More Like a little go kart. I suggest one with a larger rear/ drive wheel, for speed.

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

That's something I had been aware of, but never knew its name. So thanks for that. I was curious and looked at the prices and... holy crap. Most of them are used car prices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The ‘bent I bought was about $300, off of Ebay. It appeared someone had bought a container of them from a Chinese company that had shut down.