• azimir@lemmy.ml
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    23 hours ago

    Widely used for delivery services. The local Wolt gig delivery people are mostly on fat tired electric bikes. With Wolt, you have to bring your own bike, so apparently it’s what people are investing in to do the work. The only real problem is speed and distracted riding (they’re usually on the phone while rolling around).

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      20 hours ago

      In the Netherlands, they are mainly used as a means of transport (or rather: racing) for underage teenagers (12-14) in general (and migrants and young people with a lower level of education in particular), as long as they are not yet allowed to ride a moped and therefore happy to use these fatbikes to circumvent the rules for mopeds.

      It might well be possible these ‘bikes’ are a gift when buying vapes, or the other way around, don’t know, but somehow they mainly occur in combination with each other.