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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: 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'm probably buying a new bike in the next couple weeks or so, and am intrigued by belt drives, but I don't know that much about them. Anyone got experience with them?

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[–] indigo@lemmy.studio 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Quite intrigued by the drive belt as well, and have been comparing different bikes (both electric and not) to get a new city commuter.

Really want a simple lightweight bike with no greasy chain, no multitude of gears and shifters (nor even disc brakes), but again, afraid the (too nice? novelty?) bike will draw unneeded attention. Which will prevent me from using it without concerns (of being stolen or vandalised)...