'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
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Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#2From my perspective water is only at best a proximal cause. The big problem is that if the motor needs replacing five times during a two year waranty period that is a lemon and the manufacurer should give back the money one paid for it.
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#3Somehow this is not a big deal across the Channel in the Netherlands. Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#4£700 for a replacement motor? Bloody hell
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#5Somehow this is not a big deal across the Channel in the Netherlands. Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
Do the same bikes magically not fail and have cheaper replacement motors in the fabled Dutch paradise?
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#6Somehow this is not a big deal across the Channel in the Netherlands. Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
Do the same bikes magically not fail and have cheaper replacement motors in the fabled Dutch paradise?
Well for instance I don't see why an electrical motor would fail on a well designed bike.
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#7Somehow this is not a big deal across the Channel in the Netherlands. Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
Do the same bikes magically not fail and have cheaper replacement motors in the fabled Dutch paradise?
Who knows about "the same bikes", but yes in general the e-bikes we have over here are quite reliable.
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#8Somehow this is not a big deal across the Channel in the Netherlands. Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
> Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
This apparently affects Bosch motors. Bosch is a reputable company. Maybe they screwed up on these motors but I don't see how bikes used in the Netherlands, if they're using the same Bosch motors, wouldn't be affected. Especially seen the shitty all year weather we're all "enjoying" in our countries (UK / .nl / .be / .lu etc.). It's been, what, 8 months of rain nearly every day now?
Re: 'The big problem is water': UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors
#9Somehow this is not a big deal across the Channel in the Netherlands. Yet another case of the British not learning from the Dutch?
Do the same bikes magically not fail and have cheaper replacement motors in the fabled Dutch paradise?
As someone living in London and travelling to The Netherlands on a regular basis (intending to migrate), I have to say, pretty much everything from public transport to supermarket design seems of a much, much higher standard than its British equivalent.
Further to that, it generally feels as though the UK is a country massively in decline and this transcends down to the quality of goods which we pass as acceptable.
The bar of quality seems to have exponentially lowered over the past decade and the effects of such are now rearing their head in our day to day life.