micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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Anyone here have experience with radar devices like this? Wondering if it would be fundamentally different from hearing cars approaching
I have the Varia RTL515, and it's been amazing. There are some cars that you simply will not hear behind you, and this thing catches them (and any cars behind them) without missing a beat! It also helps catch e-bikes or e-scooters or faster riders approaching from behind on trails.
It integrates nicely with my Garmin bike computer.
One thing it helps with is it avoids you having to constantly look behind you, especially in areas that have potholes and other road hazards. It also allows you to pace lane changes depending on how many (or few) vehicles you see on the radar.
As a rear light, it will flash depending on how close an upcoming vehicle gets, so it draws their attention more than a static or simple flashing light. I've had another rider with a radar comment that motorists have praised this feature when they see it in action.
Granted, if you are riding with someone on an e-bike, it can just repeatedly detect them through your ride.
The way mine works is that it will only notify you when a vehicle is moving at a speed that can overtake you. If an ebike (or any vehicle) is moving behind you at the same speed, you won't be constantly alerted, but the "dot" representing them on your screen will show up so you know they are behind you.
You will be notified when a vehicle is no longer behind/beside you.
But yes, if you are riding with people behind you, and they are constantly fluctuating their speed, you will be alerted multiple times. Not a bad thing (you can mute the alerts), but it can be annoying if you ride in crowded city bike paths. A radar won't add much value in that context, so I would just keep it on to act as a rear taillight.