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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A recent post made me want to share and see how other people are carrying and towing voluminous stuff with bicycles. Show us your #carryshitolympics, or just regular hauls.

For example, I live on an archipelago and have a kayak and a SUP that I carry around with bike trailers. Depending on my destination and what I'm carrying, I use an Aosom trailer with a flat bed, but most of the times I can get away with a lighter Burley Travoy. Here are some pictures.

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Amsterdam is often held up as the gold standard for bicycle-friendly cities, but even in one of the most bike-centric...

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Inside Hutchinson’s French factory, where heritage machinery makes modern race tyres.

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The Felix prototype saddle cups your sit bones and features lots of adjustability

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The Indian Motorcycle sale to private equity is already reshaping the company, as the Osceola plant closure, and subsequent layoffs, show how fast the consequences can hit.

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