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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

im in a collar suburb of chicago.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know what that means.. not all suburbs are "collar" suburbs. Where I live, the closest grocery store for example, is 3 miles away. Closest fast food is 2 miles away. My gym is 6 miles away. Work is 12 miles away. Mall? Closest one is to the north, 16 miles away and to the south, 22 miles away. Not a single one of these locations would I use a bicycle as transportation. In fact even if I wanted to cycle to any of these places, I couldn't... I'm not biking 10-20 grocery bags weighing anywhere between 45-90lbs combined. I'm not going to retrofit my gym bag as a backpack and bike to the gym. Hell even if I didn't have a gym bag, lol imaging cycling after a squat or deadlift day? I'm good.

The point I'm making is, whatever your living conditions are, whatever you use as transportation.. is not going to be the same for everyone else. Maybe you're into the whole vision of 15 minute cities that WEF would love to implement, but it's definitely not going to happen in our lifetime. That's an entire restructuring of the lay of the land. Better off colonizing another planet to implement it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

lol imaging cycling after a squat or deadlift day?

Literally every time, 40 minute ride into work, weights then 40 minute ride home at the end of the day. Light cardio reduces DOMS.

If you can't function after a leg heavy workout, there is something wrong with your programming.

If you can't cycle after a workout, the is something wrong with your programming.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My regular bicycle is leg day lol, I ride my ebike on recovery days. Would recommend!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Forcing yourself to stay seated on hillclimbs is basically just repeating alternating one-leg deadlifts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Yep, even people living side-by-side may have very different transportation needs; the goal is to encourage bike use where possible, as it benefits everyone. Bikes don't have to replace every trip either. An e-bike can do 20mph (i.e. 3 mins per mile) with minimal effort, so the times for some of your trips are quite reasonable:

  • Grocery: 9 minutes
  • Fast food: 6 minutes
  • Gym: 18 minutes (this is a bit high, but it's also exercise, so it kind of works out)

Cargo e-bikes can handle a 100lb load, so your grocery and gym bags are no problem.

All this is not to say that a bike would be a good fit for you, just that they can handle a lot more than you give them credit for.