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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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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Professional cyclist shave their legs for two reasons:

  1. They crash frequently and scabs in leg hair can be a problem for healing

  2. All riders get post race massage, and his is better done without pulling on leg hairs.

Dentists do this because they are posers.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

If Fred wants to shave his legs, that's Fred's business. It makes him feel faster on his $15,000 road bike.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Dentists do this because they are posers.

Record scratch

Uh...okay. Sure....?

Edit: I'm hoping/realizing this is a typo or autocorrect thing, and not another sign that I am no longer "with it" and "hip to what is up", as I'm sure they're still saying.

I'm going to leave my response though, so you can all enjoy my confusion.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

Thought for sure it would be that hairs in the bike chain hurts like a bitch, but apparently that's not on the list.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Cyclists in general don't. Road racers are a minority of cyclists.

[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

Track racers are even less.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

i was going to do the til im not a cyclist :)

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

As a commuter, roadies seem weird to me.

[–] eksb@programming.dev 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a mountain biker, roadies seem weird to me.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a roadie, roadies seem weird to me. They think an expensive bike makes them faster.

A guy even wrote a book about it.

It's about the dope.

[–] freeman@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is that real? and if yes: was it written after or before his doping came out? both would be funny in their way

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Written years before he was caught. This cunt also diverted millions from those yellow wrist bands into a fund for his planned post career political aspirations. US charity laws are a joke, ask JD Vance.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago

I'm an ebike commuter and there's a section of my commute where I ride on this gravel trail with tree tunnels and a bridge over a creek. It's lovely! I never ride much over 20 kph there because it's a fairly narrow trail and there's a lot of wildlife including turtles that are occasionally trying to cross over to the other side.

But then you get the spandex crowd coming up at twice my speed and kicking up a lot of dust in their wake. It's bad enough for me, but I can't imagine what the dog walkers and other pedestrians I see must think? I hope they don't get cyclists banned from the trail. I've tried to be friendly to the latter. I even shared pics I took of the wildlife with a school group that use it fairly regularly and we're on a first name basis at this point.

[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a former commuter turned commuter/roadie. Join the cult! It's fun! We have aero socks and haribo!

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I can't ride without flats, normal clothes, some racks, and a big-ass bag or two. Why be aero when wind resistance only makes your legs stronger?

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know, getting a cargo bike and hauling stuff around for no reason sounds fun.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Because you can is still a reason, just saying.

[–] eksb@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll stick to hand-knit wool socks and fresh fruit, thanks.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Merino wool ftw, mine are store bought though.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

my brother got me a merino wool shirt and now im all gaga about the material.

[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago

As a general rule, people "racing "on public roads is weird to me. Whether speeding cars, running on already crowded sidewalks or riding a bike, trying to go fast or hogging a means of transit (when running / riding in packs) where you are supposed to be careful of others seems off.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because gravel rash is much worse with hair.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on how you treat it IMO: Stick on bandaids? Oh yeah.

Paint on bandages or colloidal bandages? Not much of a difference.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 1 points 9 hours ago

It's more the scraping out of the little rocks from the wound

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Because the others are doing it too - (FOMO)

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

it feels amazing, just saying

[–] klankin@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was gonna say try estrogen but I see youre already one of us lmao

I'm not on HRT yet but I did crack my egg :) clothes, skincare, makeup, hair removal, all I can do RN :)

[–] Janx@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So does humping a spaghetti squash and we're not supposed to do that!

EDIT: Sheesh, bunch of prudes... But it does feel good!

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah... that leap in logic makes total sense 🙃 anyways, who cares if you wanna sex up a squash it's your business I guess

[–] Janx@piefed.social -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Janx@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I'm sorry if a silly, throwaway joke upsets you this much. I really want to squash this conflict...

[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I did it due to everyone else who I cycled with did it, felt awesome being part of the gang. Also cannot forget the solid transition from tan legs to lily white, use to put tan lotion to get that transition line as sharp as possible

[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I used to mountain bike with jeans on. I would shave my legs so my leg hairs would not get plucked by the material rubbing my legs. I've continued to use a clipper on them because very short hair or smooth legs feel so much better than long hair legs.

to each their own.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Never really wore jeans, usually loose-ish cargo pants or maybe gym shorts if I'm not working.

Not exactly aero, but I find it pretty comfy.