knexcar@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoCycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limitswww.cyclingweekly.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkCycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limitswww.cyclingweekly.comknexcar@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square110fedilinkfile-text
Weight limits for bicycles need to be higher and more transparent, especially if the majority of people want to use them.
minus-squareCrampon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·5 months agoThey’re not left out. They just have to purchase the right equipment for their condition. They have excluded themselves from a segment of the market. We have to stop infantilizing adults and actually tell grown ups what’s actually going on.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoThey are purchasing the wrong equipment because the manufacturer isn’t being upfront about the limits. That’s one of the problems this article is about.
They’re not left out. They just have to purchase the right equipment for their condition.
They have excluded themselves from a segment of the market.
We have to stop infantilizing adults and actually tell grown ups what’s actually going on.
They are purchasing the wrong equipment because the manufacturer isn’t being upfront about the limits. That’s one of the problems this article is about.