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It's amazing. I can appreciate the _desire_ to have a linked app to deal with the electronic internals of an ebike. We have a Yuba cargo and a Rad, and it'd b
by pnathan 3y ago
It's amazing.
I can appreciate the _desire_ to have a linked app to deal with the electronic internals of an ebike. We have a Yuba cargo and a Rad, and it'd be cool to "open up the insides and tweak". Yet. Yet.
Honestly, I got a non-ebike very recently (I've been wanting a particular set of features for about 5 years now), and it has been very, very nice to use. No concerns about battery, speed limiting, etc. No cloud servers connecting to an app, either. I can't say I'd recommend an non-ebike to everyone, but it does simplify certain elements of the experience.
- hrunt 3y agoMy son just got an non-ebike, and we bought parts to convert it to an ebike (a better, a kit with a wheel/motor, control unit, screen, and pedal assist sensor). What I found is that the collection of parts was very much like building a PC. My friend just bought an ebike, and even though functionally it's basically the same, it's more like a Mac in that he can't really swap things out and tinker with it. Also, not related, but your post sounds like someone who just discovered regular bikes after only having used an e-bike. For someone who only has a regular bike and has grown up with them, that view felt recognizably foreign to me. The world is a changing ...
- pnathan 3y agoHahah, I've ridden bikes for like... 35? years now. Got the ebikes about 4? years ago. I'm very, ah, midwit about bikes. I like using them - zipping around in the city -, and doing minor repair, but I am not a real gearhead.