what happens if your display breaks?

[earless]

Newb question here, but i recently damaged my ebike display, it still works but the screen is cracked. So what happens if the screen is completely broken and i can no longer control/see the assist level, or see battery life etc? I did a quick search for my type of display and found that they are pretty much obsolete and no one has them in stock. So what would i do in this situation? Can i replace a screen with a third party screen? Are they generally interchangeable?

 

[Gyre]

Generally speaking, they're not interchangeable (with perhaps some very limited exceptions). What ebike do you have?

 

[earless]

Most of them are not interchangeable. What ebike do you have?

I have a 2021 bulls am evo 2 with a brose motor. So if the display breaks your ebike is effectively toast?

 

[flash]

Contact your LBS or Bulls. Likely Brose or Bulls keeps spares and also likely not enough demand for them to be anything but a special order item. Why would a shop keep something on the shelf that they sell only a couple a year of? You'll be able to get one. Just not overnight.

Gordon

 

[earless]

Contact your LBS or Bulls. Likely Brose or Bulls keeps spares and also likely not enough demand for them to be anything but a special order item. Why would a shop keep something on the shelf that they sell only a couple a year of? You'll be able to get one. Just not overnight.

Gordon

Thing is the company that made the display, named Bloks(display is Bloks 14D) is out of business. I was more interested in replacing it with a third party display in the future.

 

[Gyre]

Thing is the company that made the display, named Bloks(display is Bloks 14D) is out of business. I was more interested in replacing it with a third party display in the future.

Bulls is your best bet. It's not inconceivable, but it's highly unlikely someone duplicated all the protocols, interfaces, and functions that Bloks used.

 

[2WheelsNot4]

A replacement should cost you about $150+ give or take, so be prepared should you find one to pay that at least.

 

[Paulquattro]

Welcome
Good luck with your hunt