• ralakus@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    From what I’ve seen, ebikes in general are a massive pain to maintain and service due to all proprietary parts and anticonsumer software locking. It’d most likely be better to get a quality analog bike and a quality conversion kit like a cyc photon or bafang bbshd.

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      2 days ago

      I’ve been looking at converting my Trek 820 ST but I still want to have a regular bike. Once I get one, I probably will convert it with a Bafang or something.

      That said not all ebikes are a huge PITA to service, depends on the brand.

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      3 days ago

      I can only hope that right-to-repair legislation in some US States and the EU will aid the situation, but it might still be a while.