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The bikes actually had very good performance, I would gladly buy one of them to be honest.
by csunbird 6y ago
The bikes actually had very good performance, I would gladly buy one of them to be honest.
- tersers 6y agoThose things are tanks and I really enjoyed the low center of gravity making an easy ride.
- kube-system 6y agoHow would you charge it?
- dicknuckle 6y agoThere's always a way. It really depends on if the charge controller is onboard or in the dock.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoA way, yes. But it may be very expensive to design and manufacture a new charger, and they certainly don't want to sell the bikes to a bunch of techies who will stick random wires on them until 990 of them are happy and 10 generate news articles because they set their houses on fire with their hack.
- waterfowl 6y agoUnclear if they are charged by battery swapping or being taken to a third location -- but either way in a world where they'd sell them would they not include a charger?
- kube-system 6y agoThere are likely fewer chargers than bikes, and the chargers are not consumer friendly: https://therideshareguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/7b01981f-8041-4638-8802-6fb36957c525_IMG_2861.jpg https://therideshareguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/7b019...
- renewiltord 6y agoAnd how would you react if it failed a month in?
- TLightful 6y agoHave you ever heard of a second hand bike? Further, have you ever notice bicycle maintenance shops? Have you ever heard of tinkering with an old bike for fun? Just asking. I mean, WTF. This forum is supposed to be the elite?
- renewiltord 6y agoHaha, so much proud posturing. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/06/06/he-sold-40-printer-then-he-sued-indiana-30000/85219140/ https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/06/06/he-sold-40-pr...
- partyboat1586 6y agoJesus Christ that is madness. What kind of a world is it when an individual can try and sell some old stuff for cheap and end up in a law suit for 30K.
- ineedasername 6y agoYes, lawsuits can easily be abused as a form of asymmetric warfare, where they cost exceptionally little to initiate and exceptionally more to defend against even the most baseless and outrageous claim.
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoI would suggest this forum is also supposed to be cordial and welcoming. I appreciate your "can-do" spirit, and would suggest a different way of portraying the sentiment -- "Wrenching on bikes is super fun and accessible to anyone with the systems inclination that would bring them to HN. Way easier to understand and fix bikes than, say, cars, and it is fun to have mastery of the machine -- or you can take it to your LBS for a fixup and support your local biking community in the process."