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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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hiboy looks good, but I see a lot of disparaging reviews concerning its build quality.

any firsthand experience with a solid-wheel scooter is what I'm looking for, thanks!

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 points 31 minutes ago

the hiboy s2 pro was my first electric scoots, i think it was worth the price at the time. I think i put close to 1000 miles on it in 2 years. solid tires are fine (required for the roads i ride on, air tires don't survive long here). It survived getting hit by a car once, but not twice.

[–] EitherEther@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I bought a gotrax and switched to solid tires (bought the solid tires on amazon).

Getting the new solid tires on was super, super difficult and strenuous. You basically have to pour boiling water on the tires to heat them up and then use dish soap, clamps and pry bars to get the tire on. Very difficult. Probably worth it but still...

Also, side note the gotrax is pretty decent but it wasn't really designed to be taken apart. The bolts for the front wheel (for example) are hidden under a glued reflector on the fork. You basically have to break the plastic to get to the bolts.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 3 points 8 hours ago

I have an old model of Ninebot with solid wheels (tires).

Zero service, but little traction on gravel, coarse sand, and be careful on wet surfaces.
With front powered wheel, higher tire wear than rear tire.
Worse comfort on rough ways.

But zero service wins, no need to pump, to change blown tubes.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Yes I've had those on a xiaomi mi