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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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[–] Seditious_Delicious@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Having experience with different brands and models of 3D printed saddles, in my experience this is just hype. The only thing I did find is that they make your bibs wear out quicker. I went back to my pre-3D printed saddles. The theory is great, but in practice; nope.

I think we forget that the bicycle industry have to keep inventing new gimmicks all the time to drive sales. I see the latest "trend" is going back to aero frames and ditching the do-it-all theory. Somehow all the claims are always "backed by science", yet never cited by a double blind, peer reviewed, significant sample size study.

Bit of a rant but you get the drift... snake oil, baby!