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Electric one-wheeler packs a lot into a Pint-size package
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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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Yeh, I'd like to give one a go for the novelty factor but they don't seem like a solid safe transport option.
Someone in my town has one that does like 50kph. He wears leathers and a helmet etc but imagine trying to emergency stop when your brakes are "lean back", you are never stopping in time in a real emergency. Fuck that.
I've read reports of the decks catching on the ground and sending the rider flying. I've already had that experience with a sketchy ebike fender so I don't care to repeat the experience. That said, they do look fun.
As a skateboarder I know the pain of tiny rocks and imagine it would be like that but with possibly more speed!
They look fun as a novelty for sure though.
I sold mine a while ago after moving, but when I lived in Portland I put almost 800 miles on it commuting to and from the max station. They are easily the coolest way to get yourself killed out there.