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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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I don't know about your city, but sheds and garages are being broken into left and right, specifically for the bikes. You can't win against motivated degenerates.
I'm considering double-locking my bikes while they are inside my shed, just for peace of mind.
I have thousands worth of power tools there to distract them from my bike
I'd imagine they would go after whatever is easier to flip. I haven't heard of any major power tool theft problems, but bike theft is still one of the largest industries for small-time crooks.
Either way, I hope they don't go after any of what you've got. 🫰
Yeah I was just joking. I used to keep both of my bikes locked inside the locked shed but my ebike I keep in my warm tool shed now and it's unlocked as I feel locking it is kind of pointless as there's every tool you need to break the lock right there. Ofcouse the smart move would be to lock it nevertheless.
What's noteworthy though is that both of my bikes are highly customized with a duct tape camo paintjob and even though that can be reversed with enough of time and patience I still feel like it's probably not worth the trouble and selling them as is would be quite difficult not only because they're very recognizeable but also nobody wants to buy a bike looking ridiculous like that.
Security through ugliness, got it
That's a good point. The more unique the bike is, the harder it is to sell without anyone noticing.
If someone tried to get to my stuff, there are no fewer than four security cameras (which alert me of movement) and motion sensing lights that I can see from inside. I am considering putting a lock on my gate, despite that being a total PITA for convenience.