The bicycle market, for many of the reasons already stated is in a state of flux.
Yup Covid19, big demand combined with short supply - followed by a slump, recent high inflation, austerity and high borrowing rates have all had their impact.
Lots of other goods and products are affected. For...
Indeed. But also a little knowledge helps. I was concerned about my motor. So I took it to a reputable bike shop. A bike shop that happens to sell plenty of emtbs. I had very slight play in my DE bearing, occasional sprag clutch drag and I’d had a few error messages (might have been error 500 or...
One of my inserts fell out. This was after the bike shop I was using gave me the wrong figure for torquing the motor mount screws. I was assured it was 40Nm. I wish I had of given that figure more consideration……..
When I fitted my motor I got to just past 30Nm and I stopped. It just didn’t...
Yes please! Improved water sealing so it won’t expire after a couple of thousand miles like the Gen4. Plus, full spares availability and technical support via approved repairers so it can be kept going for many years after the initial warranty period.
Pretty much everything we as ordinary people in the UK enjoy today is because people stood up and fought for their rights.
Yes, it seems to be a common attitude today. But I guess those who believe they have lost before they even try will never win anything. :p
Bosch are massive, so I’m...
Nobody is saying that, and nobody expects that.
I can’t speak for bearing man, but my understanding is (please correct me if I am wrong) that he can get all the parts for Brose that he needs to fix them.
Whereas a lot of perfectly fixable Bosch units are written off and/or cannibalised to fix...
The Bafang M560 is rated IP X6 (different IP scale) which according to google is “Protected against high pressure water stream from any angle”.
That suggests Bafang may well be ahead of many other manufacturers in that respect.
I’m no expert on how the EU works. But I believe that MEPs can propose legislation to committees, and there is some sort of long convoluted democratic process that sometimes eventually produces legislation like the right to repair stuff.
At the end of the day the UK will follow CE standards and...
Yup something needs to change.
At the moment, in markets like the UK, emotors in emtbs are lasting something like 10% or less of their design life.
Seals need to improve.
If there are practical limits to sealing, then perhaps bike shops need make sure customers know to wash by hand and not...
Norbar are very good, very popular in industry.
I believe Norbar make Halfords ‘Professional’ torque wrenches, so those are a good buy too.
FFX tools have a good range of Norbar wrenches.
Rusty, next time instead of putting your twisted spin and interpretation onto what somebody has said - just quote them. Less chance of getting it wrong that way.
Another wee thing you could try, is rather than attacking and insulting people, and that does seem to be your style, why not try...
I’m not counting, but as you are JP-NZ, well here is, so I’m told, no. 28 in this thread from me(y).
As for me being the only one with an issue;
‘The big problem is water’: UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
Yup that’s me Paul;). I love my ebike. I’m addicted to my ebike. And talking...
No, what I said (post #276) was ‘insert verb of your choice’ “off” to the idea that I should have to repeatedly buy new motors because BOSCH won’t support their product.
Exactly, if the clutch in my car goes I replace it. If the clutch in my emotor goes, I’m supposed to shrug my shoulders and shell out for a whole new unit.
This carry on reminds me of my first DSLR that I bought back in 2005, a Canon 5D. Canon didn’t bother with weather sealing, but as it rains...
That’s just sweet after having forked out many thousands of pounds for a supposedly well-developed solid reliable product.
Two words spring to mind, the second is off, and I’ll leave you to guess the first.
Interestingly I ride a BMW R1250R. It doesn’t cost anything like as much to maintain as my ebike, nor does my car for that matter. :ROFLMAO:
Another fun wee point. There is an ‘issue’ with the shaft drive on most of the water cooled series of BMW boxer engines. It includes my R1250R. BMW have...
I note what bearing man says. But here’s a few other thoughts.
My experience of bicycle shops is (as a new customer walking in the door), ask them how reliable their ebike motors are and they will tell you they are bomb proof. They’ll emphasize the 2 year warranty etc.
In the UK on an emtb the...
Well once your ebike motor is obsolete, and it subsequently fails, how will you feel then? Another thing with ebikes is, replacing a frame isn’t easy or cost effective, so basically once the next model of ebike motor is out the clock is ticking on your bike.
New wheels? Well if I break a spoke...