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I was hoping this was about the Copenhagen Wheel. I'd love if my expensive brick could get going again. It was my first lesson in "Don't trust a startup".

ortusdux 2y ago
I've been eyeing a Pikaboost 2 conversion kit for a while now, but I share your skepticism. For me it's more of a distrust of first gen products than it is startups. Even apple messes up 1st gen. I live up a hill, and all my destinations are at sea level, so I just want enough E-bike to get home at the end of the day.
pedantsamaritan 2y ago
I thought I'd read about unbricking it. https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/1bis770/diehard_copenhagen_wheel_users_unite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/1bis770/diehard_cop... links to a private FB group that I haven't joined, but implies maybe it hasn't been solved yet. https://www.instructables.com/Build-a-Key-for-the-Copenhagen-Wheel-With-an-ESP32/ https://www.instructables.com/Build-a-Key-for-the-Copenhagen... makes me think at least one piece of the puzzle has been.
consp 2y ago
> I'd love if my expensive brick could get going again. It was my first lesson in "Don't trust a startup". This does not even require an app. Simply lock down all hardware and make it economically unviable by charging 100+ euro for a 5 second "software update", which you need to do if you ever unplug the battery for > 10 seconds. See the thousands of Accell bikes (mostly Sparta branded) on dumps. You can get them going again but that's only for diehard hobbyists and requires custom hardware.
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autoexec 2y ago
I'm sure there are startups that won't screw over their users even if they don't make it. Don't trust/buy any hardware that requires a cell phone app to use though.
- dylan604 2y ago
  Yeah, if the first thing they show in a promo video is using an app, I'm already rolling my eyes. If they instead just show the product working, and then "one more thing" the demo with app control, maybe I'll get my eyes to face forward the entire demo. It seems like the "but on a computer" just went to "but it has an app" mental picture.
- henry2023 2y ago
  If the CEO is an MBA then just don't even give them a chance.
monkaiju 2y ago
They are unbrickable, I just got home from a rode using mine. It is super tragic that such a great piece of hardware was so mismanaged

ortusdux 2y ago

I've been eyeing a Pikaboost 2 conversion kit for a while now, but I share your skepticism. For me it's more of a distrust of first gen products than it is startups. Even apple messes up 1st gen. I live up a hill, and all my destinations are at sea level, so I just want enough E-bike to get home at the end of the day.

pedantsamaritan 2y ago

I thought I'd read about unbricking it. https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/1bis770/diehard_copenhagen_wheel_users_unite/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/1bis770/diehard_cop... links to a private FB group that I haven't joined, but implies maybe it hasn't been solved yet. https://www.instructables.com/Build-a-Key-for-the-Copenhagen-Wheel-With-an-ESP32/ https://www.instructables.com/Build-a-Key-for-the-Copenhagen... makes me think at least one piece of the puzzle has been.

consp 2y ago

> I'd love if my expensive brick could get going again. It was my first lesson in "Don't trust a startup". This does not even require an app. Simply lock down all hardware and make it economically unviable by charging 100+ euro for a 5 second "software update", which you need to do if you ever unplug the battery for > 10 seconds. See the thousands of Accell bikes (mostly Sparta branded) on dumps. You can get them going again but that's only for diehard hobbyists and requires custom hardware.

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autoexec 2y ago

I'm sure there are startups that won't screw over their users even if they don't make it. Don't trust/buy any hardware that requires a cell phone app to use though.

dylan604 2y ago
Yeah, if the first thing they show in a promo video is using an app, I'm already rolling my eyes. If they instead just show the product working, and then "one more thing" the demo with app control, maybe I'll get my eyes to face forward the entire demo. It seems like the "but on a computer" just went to "but it has an app" mental picture.
henry2023 2y ago
If the CEO is an MBA then just don't even give them a chance.

monkaiju 2y ago

They are unbrickable, I just got home from a rode using mine. It is super tragic that such a great piece of hardware was so mismanaged