Matteo Bikee Bike
Member
Hi Everybody,
Just to give you a little background about me, I'm the founder and owner of Bikee Bike, the Italian startup of ebike motors. I'm the motor engineer, and I'm in the field of electric motors since 2009, with more than 200 projects streamlined.
Wit Bikee Bike, we are about to launch our new product on the market, the Lightest ( see here: www.lightest.bike ).
That motor can be fit either as retrofit to convert your bike or fit as OEM components ( just as other motors like Bosch, Shimano, Brose...).
From the next year you should start to see some ebikes with that motor on.
The main reason that prompted me to join the forum ( aside that it is a beatiful forum
) was that some ebikers with Shimano motors ( and others with Bosch motors) on their bikes asked for the Lightest as replacement after that the warranty is expired. We can actually do that by using a motor mount which is compatible with Shimano fixing points and which integrates the bottom bracket.
www.emtbforums.com
We haven't yet optimized the design for manufacturing, so I joined to understand if we can support you in that type of installation. In particular, my goal is to understand how many people have this problem ( not finding a standard motor for their warranty-expired bicycles) and what's their target price . That will help us in deciding what's the most cost effective production technology for the motor mount, and thus its price. For the price of the motor itself, you can check on lightest.bike directly.
Thanks
Matteo
Just to give you a little background about me, I'm the founder and owner of Bikee Bike, the Italian startup of ebike motors. I'm the motor engineer, and I'm in the field of electric motors since 2009, with more than 200 projects streamlined.
Wit Bikee Bike, we are about to launch our new product on the market, the Lightest ( see here: www.lightest.bike ).
That motor can be fit either as retrofit to convert your bike or fit as OEM components ( just as other motors like Bosch, Shimano, Brose...).
From the next year you should start to see some ebikes with that motor on.
The main reason that prompted me to join the forum ( aside that it is a beatiful forum
) was that some ebikers with Shimano motors ( and others with Bosch motors) on their bikes asked for the Lightest as replacement after that the warranty is expired. We can actually do that by using a motor mount which is compatible with Shimano fixing points and which integrates the bottom bracket.Out of warranty shimano repairs
Maybe we should all start a petition. Or send a link to this thread to Shimano? You would think they look at forums like this given the user base to gauge reactions etc. Are there any shimano reps on this forum?
www.emtbforums.com
We haven't yet optimized the design for manufacturing, so I joined to understand if we can support you in that type of installation. In particular, my goal is to understand how many people have this problem ( not finding a standard motor for their warranty-expired bicycles) and what's their target price . That will help us in deciding what's the most cost effective production technology for the motor mount, and thus its price. For the price of the motor itself, you can check on lightest.bike directly.
Thanks
Matteo
