![]() ![]() If you spend more than X$ (while still using common sense and realizing cheapies exist at higher dollar amounts,) you're probably going to get something between a Corolla and an Elantra. if it's a 'full suspension' cheapie) you won't even be able to find the parts to do it. The situation with 'cheap' bikes is the same as it was almost 20 years ago when I worked at a shop If you spend less than X$ on a bike, it's almost certain to require repairs down the road and there's a good chance (i.e. It's absolutely possible, consumers just have to be willing to pay more. The author shortly mentions removing batteries as optional, I must insist that removing and replacing a battery is a must-have to ensure the bike to be usable for a long time as many decent bikes do get ridden for 10, 20 or even 30 years. This is probably the US-centric view, but with a certain threshold of cyclists the wide middle of bike sales is practical bikes for short rides in the city with a hub dynamo a basket or rack for you shopping. ![]() We will though see ABS from Bosch soon, not sure if that's such a good idea or even necessary at the low speeds of a > Most bikes are sold as toys or as overcomplicated hobbyist contraptions. ![]() Never ever will we see electronic or even wireless braking, it's just madness and illegal everywhere. Everybody else will run on cheap mechanical drive trains for a long time to come. It's the components that dictate the final price, barely the frame, motor or battery where less choice exists than with the other components.ĭrive by wire will be exotic for a long time, I can see it taking over certain niches like recumbent bike where you have an extremely long drive train. (E-)Bikes come in wide range of price and range, often from the same manufacturer. No idea what the author means with "lacking a Toyota Corolla equivalent". It's like owning a horse in olden times when all you had before were your own two legs. It can be long weekend rides for some, but it can also be living/working on a hill. People love ebikes not because of barely having to pedal, but because they can reach places with the bicycles that are out of their reach with a regular bike. As an ex-programmer, now bicycle mechanic working mostly on e-bikes I'd like to add a few things: ![]()
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