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"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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Cycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limits (www.cyclingweekly.com)

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Weight limits for bicycles need to be higher and more transparent, especially if the majority of people want to use them.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s worse than that, even. Some brands (like Tern) go by gross vehicle weight, meaning rider + cargo + bike. And their most popular bike is 75 pounds.

It’s not as much of a problem for Tern specifically because their bikes are rock solid (I’m very big and tall and don’t have a problem with mine) but still a confusing way to measure.