The difficulty I have is that, for $10,000, that motor had better be DIALED for a decade, and the battery should still be properly usable in this time. So far, my experience with Bosch is that it seems like many systems are trouble free and indicate that they probably will work 10 years down the line, but certainly not all.
The issue is that like all moving things, Bosch ebike motors do experience failures and right now, the "solution" is to unbolt the motor from the bike, yank the wires, send it to Live to Play, and have them send up a new one under warranty. That warranty simply isn't long enough for what I perceive the expected lifespan of cargo bikes ought to be, and I just don't think it's right to ask a user to spend a couple grand getting a motor outside this timeframe. When I left the shop a couple years ago, there were a couple forum posts on fixing Bosch stuff at home but the official stance is that they are unfixable "sealed" units.
Maybe this is something Mr. Derek Baker could comment on? Seems like he would be the expert out of all of us.
Nov. 25, 2024, 9:24 a.m. - Jotegir
The difficulty I have is that, for $10,000, that motor had better be DIALED for a decade, and the battery should still be properly usable in this time. So far, my experience with Bosch is that it seems like many systems are trouble free and indicate that they probably will work 10 years down the line, but certainly not all. The issue is that like all moving things, Bosch ebike motors do experience failures and right now, the "solution" is to unbolt the motor from the bike, yank the wires, send it to Live to Play, and have them send up a new one under warranty. That warranty simply isn't long enough for what I perceive the expected lifespan of cargo bikes ought to be, and I just don't think it's right to ask a user to spend a couple grand getting a motor outside this timeframe. When I left the shop a couple years ago, there were a couple forum posts on fixing Bosch stuff at home but the official stance is that they are unfixable "sealed" units. Maybe this is something Mr. Derek Baker could comment on? Seems like he would be the expert out of all of us.