micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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Whatever you get, do lots of research on repairability. How easy is it to get replacement batteries? Are they using a proprietary charger with 5 pins, or an open source standard like XLR? Do they reuse battery standards like Juiced, or do they build proprietary batteries for each bike and generation?
Can it be serviced at bike shops (Aventon, Juiced, Grintech) or does it have things like proprietary bike spokes that take weeks to ship (ride1up)? How long do they plan on producing parts, like motors, sensors, etc. (if they are julet connectors, there might be aftermarket solutions)
These are the sorts of questions you may want to ask sellers when doing test drives at local ebikes shops, or online bike sellers.
As for recommendations, I really like the NYT's recommendation on the Haul ST:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-ebike-for-commuters/
If you can find a Juiced Ebike, I can also recommend them. They were recently bought out by Lectric. I have nearly 2,000 miles on my RipRacer and love it.
yes, repairability is very important. I liked the Turbowheel Lightning because any part that wasn't generic could be bought from the vender, allowing me to fix the many stupid things I did to it.
And thanks for the suggestion, imma add it to my list to check out.
Yeah, repairability is key!