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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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"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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43 kg isnt nothing, but its also not really that much for me, a 6'0 200lb guy who lifts (we know nothing about your physiology, so I'm aware this may not apply)
I'd say it might make sense to look into small things you could do to make lifting the weight easier. Something as simple as adding attatchment points for a thick shoulder strap so you can throw the strap over your shoulder to squat the weight using your legs and core instead of trying to muscle it with just your arms.
Or adding grab points or pads so you have more optimal lifting points to make shifting the weight less awkward.
It's the height of the bike which makes its 43 kg somewhat cumbersome. I basically have to lift the front higher than the rear to clear the first steps, and the heft of the dual-battery down tube doesn't give me a lot of options for grabbing the bike lower down.
So I've mostly been grabbing the handlebars and seat tube, but I might try your suggestion to squat the whole bike from below. It might not be the most normal thing to do at a light-rail station, but that hasn't stopped me before lol
Not so much squatting the bike from below, a strap from the seat tube to the headstock would give you good height adjustment to get it high enough to make getting it up the stairs easier but not so high your lifting it needlessly high, if you're shorter or its still really awkward it also might be worth trying a barbell pad around the top bar of the frame putting your arm through the triangle, squatting down and hoisting it onto your shoulder. See whats more comfortable.
Forget how "normal" it looks to others, its a not insignificant weight and lifting it awkwardly is asking for injury.
Ah, now I understand what you mean. I'll give it a go! Thanks!