That IS a fear I have with every single mtb out there. Which is why this one seems like there is just SO MUCH MORE expensive shit to break and go wrong, and go wrong spectacularly with enormous headache inducing service requirements. Maybe the frame is burly, but what about all the plastic bits hanging off it? Head unit ripped off by your knee in a crash? Scratched stanchion, blown shock, cracked frame, etc etc etc. But add a batteries and flight attendant and the whole host of synced electronics and replacing that scratched stanchion, or ripping the flight attendant off the fork or shock during a tumble, and I bet the dollars involved in replacing and resetting things are going to be a lot higher and more complicated than me swapping a part on a non electronically integrated part with headset cable routing.
I guess what I am getting at, is that bikes of this nature just seem so much less serviceable in the long term. Things will break. Maybe they will be repairable, maybe they will not. If they are, its certainly gonna be expensive as fucking hell. If they arent, what are your options for salvage? Ebikes dont come as frame only. And even if the broken item is replacebale/repairable, the replacement may be so complicated, expensive, and labor intensive that you may be left wondering if the repair is even worthwhile. On a 16k bicycle! The same 16k bicycle that stopped working when you rode it through a stream. What will happen when its on the back of your car during a near freezing temp downpour after a soaking wet slick ride with maybe a crash or two.
July 26, 2022, 12:54 p.m. - Metacomet
That IS a fear I have with every single mtb out there. Which is why this one seems like there is just SO MUCH MORE expensive shit to break and go wrong, and go wrong spectacularly with enormous headache inducing service requirements. Maybe the frame is burly, but what about all the plastic bits hanging off it? Head unit ripped off by your knee in a crash? Scratched stanchion, blown shock, cracked frame, etc etc etc. But add a batteries and flight attendant and the whole host of synced electronics and replacing that scratched stanchion, or ripping the flight attendant off the fork or shock during a tumble, and I bet the dollars involved in replacing and resetting things are going to be a lot higher and more complicated than me swapping a part on a non electronically integrated part with headset cable routing. I guess what I am getting at, is that bikes of this nature just seem so much less serviceable in the long term. Things will break. Maybe they will be repairable, maybe they will not. If they are, its certainly gonna be expensive as fucking hell. If they arent, what are your options for salvage? Ebikes dont come as frame only. And even if the broken item is replacebale/repairable, the replacement may be so complicated, expensive, and labor intensive that you may be left wondering if the repair is even worthwhile. On a 16k bicycle! The same 16k bicycle that stopped working when you rode it through a stream. What will happen when its on the back of your car during a near freezing temp downpour after a soaking wet slick ride with maybe a crash or two.