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Bike Manufacturers Are Making Bikes Less Repairable
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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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Celebrating/talking about repairing stuff, the right to repair stuff, and the intersection of tech and solarpunk ideals.
What does it mean to use what we have, including technology, to try to build a better, more environmentally just world?
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Does your friend have a cheap e-bike?
Not really. It's one of the trek ones. Fuel if I had to guess off memory and looking at pics.
They look indeed hard to service. Way too many screws, hidden cables, and propriety parts.
I'm currently looking for a non e-bike as my 2nd runner, and I compared their mountain ebikes with the treks and they look so much cleaner and easier to service.
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I have a RadPower bike. It seems to be pretty straightforward to repair the normal bike parts. Not sure how I would replace the motor when it goes though.
Cheap E-Bikes seem more easy if you are willing to get into the wiring. A lot of them use very similar parts in terms of Hub Motor, Controller, Battery