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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The top mount failed because it was faulty, then the wheel grabbed the fender and wrapped it around the front wheel. The supports attached to the forks lacked emergency releases, so instead of popping off harmlessly, it threw me into the pavement at 25 mph. This was on an ENGWE EP2 Pro.

If you have a fender like this, swap out the bolts on the forks for 5-10 lb zip ties (and keep an eye on the uppermost mount to make sure it's still in good shape of course), during a failure, this should allow it to pop off instead of your bike turning you into a meat crayon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Owwwwww. No such thing on my ebike, and my mountain bike is secured by baby zip ties and Velcro from the manufacturer. Sorry that happened to you :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, your fender sounds like it'd just pop off anyhow and you'd (probably) be fine in a failure.