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Motorized wheel-on-a-pole sticks it to electric skateboards
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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Haha, what?? Going 25mph on my bike is scary and it has brakes and giant wheels. The people in the picture aren't even wearing helmets. Have they not seen the videos of people turning their faces into wailing pulp after much slower than 25mph crashes? Does look fun though, would pair really well with a shopping cart
*street gondola
That was my first thought too! Also reminded me of bodega not on mastodon: "This ex-skateboarder wants to replace long boards with electric street gondolas."
25 mph on a bike doesn't scare me, but I've gone down hills hitting 40mph getting the speed wobbles and that is downright terrifying.
But i agree, 25mph on a skateboard is scary. And apparently speedwobbles can happen on skateboards too. Nope nope nope