I still think the most under-reported, most holy shit tech story of the last 5+ years is how good e-bikes have gotten and how much more affordable a decent e-bike has become.
E-cars and trucks are a nice change but mostly meh. E-bikes, tho? They are magic.
They deserve subsidies and way more press attention.
yes, but the lack of parts standards is pretty awful right now
good luck finding parts when something wears out in 5-10 years
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I hope / assume all of this will become a commodity with imperfect but widely adopted standards. I'd love to see a proliferation of ebike builders like desktop PCs in the 90s. A few big builders but all kinds of local businesses building custom rigs for people. I want people to be able to upgrade and replace parts keeping the parts that are still fine.
@bluejekyll @AGTMADCAT @ian @marcprecipice @szakib @joriki @ryansingel This feels like diversity/culture fail 101. Bosch historically did not do bikes, probably does not even know that the parts tend interchangeable (can swap in modern pedals, seat, stem, hubs, wheels, saddle, on a bike made in the 1940s), so why would they bother making replacement and upgrade a priority?
Unlike cars, it's pretty easy to keep a bicycle on the road indefinitely.
I worked for Rohloff ( https://rohloff.de ) until the end of Dec23. Believe me, the people at Bosch know. Because we told them more than once.
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