21 points
I was about to say, aren’t most e-Bikes still “dumb”? At least that’s my experience here in Germany.
The problem is less about e-Bikes specifically and more about companies locking product features to their cloud, which is frustratingly happening more and more with just about everything that’s electrical.
15 points
My US-made e-Bike is also “dumb”. A regular key to unlock it, a simple onboard trip computer, no apps, no bluetooth, a user replaceable battery… I can see the appeal of a “Tesla-like” e-Bike with a fancy app but reading about these companies going bankrupt makes me glad I got a simple bike.
