>>you don't really own something if you can't repair it. Exactly! (add to that, "sell it") EBikes seem like a very ripe opportunity for open source solutions

>>you don't really own something if you can't repair it. Exactly! (add to that, "sell it") EBikes seem like a very ripe opportunity for open source solutions that could be even better than many packaged products (most of which seem to me to be insanely mass-heavy; a bicycle should be lightweight). All that's really needed is a battery, motor, controller, and mounting for each. The control scheme could be anything from a simple throttle to tracking pedal pressure. Indeed, a quick search turned up two OS efforts [0] and [1], and it seems there should be many more — maybe others can post any they know about so as to build a list resource here? [0] https://hackaday.com/2020/02/23/an-open-source-ebike/ https://hackaday.com/2020/02/23/an-open-source-ebike/ [1] https://opensourceebikefirmware.bitbucket.io/ https://opensourceebikefirmware.bitbucket.io/