Thank you. You’re right that this was done with an MTB lens and in this case a more universal look may have served me better.
This is a fantastic post that I’m going to mine (with attribution) for a follow up piece. Because the failures I see on e-bikes absolutely are not mountain bike specific. The question then, given Bosch handles much of their own global support, is if it’s through the bike company or Bosch.
Batteries, I’m surprised Shimano/Bosch don’t force companies to buy batteries through them in order to have some control of quality. Certainly some ebike manufacturers have significantly more battery issues than others.
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For some shops I talked to for another piece I’m working on, we’re already there. The up front price difference between a true super bike with or without a motor is negligible for folks that can afford them and e-interest is way higher.
Is that because said customer owns a sweet pedal bike already and the motor assisted mountain bike is a complimentary machine? Maybe. Some folks have A Lot of money. But I wonder, both road and mountain, if the new higher end bikes (Ultegra/DuraAce level| XT/XTR level) wont almost all have motors within a couple years.
Feb. 27, 2022, 9:15 a.m. - Andrew Major
Thank you. You’re right that this was done with an MTB lens and in this case a more universal look may have served me better. This is a fantastic post that I’m going to mine (with attribution) for a follow up piece. Because the failures I see on e-bikes absolutely are not mountain bike specific. The question then, given Bosch handles much of their own global support, is if it’s through the bike company or Bosch. Batteries, I’m surprised Shimano/Bosch don’t force companies to buy batteries through them in order to have some control of quality. Certainly some ebike manufacturers have significantly more battery issues than others. ——— For some shops I talked to for another piece I’m working on, we’re already there. The up front price difference between a true super bike with or without a motor is negligible for folks that can afford them and e-interest is way higher. Is that because said customer owns a sweet pedal bike already and the motor assisted mountain bike is a complimentary machine? Maybe. Some folks have A Lot of money. But I wonder, both road and mountain, if the new higher end bikes (Ultegra/DuraAce level| XT/XTR level) wont almost all have motors within a couple years.