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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] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Considering they were cutting and welding to make it, their only limit was the amount of fabrication time they wanted to spend on the project. So yeah, it's from harbor freight, but taken to the extreme, any source of raw materials could have been fabricated into a vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I built a shelter using only twine, sticks, mortar and bricks!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Building a WHOLE house using ONLY materials from a building materials and lumber distribution center