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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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You can get a $1500 electric bike? The only ones I've seen at the bike shop all start around $5000. I can get a car for $5000.
You can get e-bikes for under 2k but they have some definite drawbacks. I wonder if the ones in the bike shop are all super high end models or mountain bikes. Even very nice e-bikes are around 3k, if they're designed for city use. Check out this list here https://bikexchange.com/best-electric-city-bikes/
I bought a cheap 500w electric mountain bike for $600, beat the shit out of it in the mountains, and it still runs fine. You definitely don't need to drop a couple grand just to commute around town.
Place near me sells electric bikes for like $2200 CAD so about $1600-$1800 US
You can get an e bike for less than $500 now.
That's less than a regular bike costs. Is it any good at all?
They are ok. Heavier, not super nice. But comfortable enough for 30 min or so.
You can get a new bike for $5000. You can't get a new car for $5000 (unless you live in China). You can get a car for $5000 of course, but it won't be a nice new car.