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E-Bikes Are Real Bikes—and They’re Great for Everyone
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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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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.
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Shimano for gearing and Bosh for the motor is my preferred combo in e-bikes. It's reliable and easily serviceable, and parts are easy to get.
I'm looking to maybe get a new bike somewhere next year, since mine is a hand down that's quite old and I want to treat myself. I think I will go with Canyon.
Until the day any of your electronics break and you realize Bosch serialized all of their parts so you are at the mercy of getting it repaired from an authorized Bosch service center at their absolutely ridiculous prices. And once your particular motor gets it's support discontinued you are completely screwed unless someone successfully reverse engineers it
If you care about repairability then the best option is to do a DIY conversion of a regular bicycle, as there are still completely open motor controllers and BMSs available for conversions
I see the root of your point being open source and right to repair, but given the electric assist bike format is a relatively new one, I think everyone here would settle for getting people on two wheels, regardless of form or repairability.
I don't think you know how e-bikes work, since you advice me to build a motorcycle. Don't you think anyone that is able to do it, should be able to order some spare parts and replace them?
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