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> But in a more chaotic environment riding on the roads in a place that has hills, it's unusable I ride my vanmoof in Seattle (very hilly and urban) and to say
by sparrc 4y ago
> But in a more chaotic environment riding on the roads in a place that has hills, it's unusable
I ride my vanmoof in Seattle (very hilly and urban) and to say the auto-shift is "unusable" is a huge exaggeration IMO. It occasionally catches me out when I'm pedaling hard but for the most part it works OK.
Also, they've supported manual shifting for almost a year now: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22649901/vanmoof-s3-x3-automatic-manual-gear-shifter-update https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22649901/vanmoof-s3-x3-au...
- cactus2093 4y agoThe manual shifting is a big improvement at least, I didn't realize it was officially supported. Back when I had the bike almost 2 years ago there was the 3rd party Moofer app that supported it but Van Moof the company was very adamant that even installing this app would void your warranty. Which was another decision that makes me feel negatively towards the company overall.