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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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Ari has recovered the majority of the bikes from a shipment that went missing in April thanks to the LA County Sheriff's department, a local bike shop, and tips for customers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think bosch already have that system where the motor is pared with the display and can only function if the specific display is connected, and the display is plug and play and can be removed easily. It also can warn you via the app if the bike is being moved. Look out for those who use the bosch system.

Other than that, a good lock can go a long way, you wouldn't want your bike to be missing either way.

Edit: there's like limited amount of lock that can handle angle grinder, but the one i saw that can eat through the grinder is Onguard RockSolid, expensive as heck but it does the job. Not sure about being picked though. And even then the thing you locked to might be vulnerable. Also it's better to know the place you park, it can prevent opportunist.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've never heard of bike thieves in the wild bothering to pick locks. Nothing is perfect security, it's all about discouraging theft by making it a lot of trouble.