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3. No its not is it? Trade maybe but not people. UK wants hard border with EU, even if there is free movement of trade goods. So say we do get a free trade deal without needing to be in the single market. What do you do about this problem?

Replacing the bearing is a VERY simple job that any competent bike shop should be able to do. I know a good number of eBike riders who do it themselves to save bothering the shop. Its just a bearing. Is that a simple enough answer? As has been said above very clearly, the only reason shops...

Why? They are just bicycles aren't they? We can't argue they are bicycles on one hand and then say they are special on the other can we?

Sorry I missed this part of the question. I don't know the details of the supply chains of a lot of other brands. But at a guess. The Halfords brand Carrera is I'm sure made by Merida, who have 5 factories, 3 of which are in China. Carrera have a Bosch equipped bike now. So there is a good...

I'm not sure Bosch were even at the meeting of the EMBA, bearing in mind they aren't a bike brand. Its also bigger than just Bosch, its multiple motors and bigger than that its the bike brands. I've been saying for years, that eBike industry in the UK is going to get shaken up as soon as the...

The problem is bicycles are subject to this duty, and eBikes are classed as bicycles under every EU Law, so they should be subject to the same duty shouldn't they?. So yes, the solution is remove anti dumping duty on normal bikes, or put it on eBikes. It has to be a level playing field which...

Its not Bosch... its the big bike brands. Cube, Haibike, Giant etc etc.

I wasn't dissing you, and I was complimenting you on the rant, just hopefully correcting you on some points / opinions that weren't quite accurate. It came across as a rant, because of the subject and style of your posting. I apologise of course, if you're not happy with it being called a...

Look at what sort of watch you can get for £5k.

Bosch are't the people your dealer will deal with. Bosch sell motors to Bicycle brands and they train retailers. They supply service companies and distributors with parts, in this country its Magura, I'm not sure who it is in Finland. However your dealer won't deal with Bosch they will deal...

Good rant :) but its simply not correct. If you look at eBikes v normal bikes I think you'll find the eBIkes look pretty good value and the dealers actually make less money / margin on eBikes when compared to normal bikes. Everyone is doing everything we can to get these into the UK as cheap...

We train on them on the KTM brand and selling KTM bikes. We don't train them on the components or servicing. That training is done by the relevant brands Shimano / Rockshox / Bosch etc etc etc.

if the motor breaks the dealer is going to try to fix it like any other part on a bike. Its no more complicated than suspension forks. Its a question you need to ask the dealer really, we as KTM don't train them on anything other than the KTM bits. I was dealing with a set of forks last week...

They can and do. They don't need to dismantle anything or modify anything before being able to ride. The issue I'm talking about is the only water related problem I'm aware with premium centre drive eMTB. It doesn't occur from new, and the synmptom is a motor cutting out. The problem is that...

That's not to do with the sealing of the motor though, thats people not greasing the connectors at the base of the battery when it sits in the cradle. Sealing the motor aware and making it not user serviceable (during warranty period), solves more problems than it creates.

and this is one of the main reasons why the bike industry has historically been very reluctant to touch eBikes. Now with the proper sealed units (which is why they won't let people open them! from the likes of Bosch, Yamaha, Shimano etc etc) the water issue has gone away, so its not a...

\\ again... I'm guessing. But if it was Bosch, the dealer is first asked to try another battery on the problem bike, and then another display to make sure the problem is diagnosed as the motor. In this case the dealer would probably also have had to rule out the problem being any of the...

But that's my point, this dealer has done exactly what he's trained to do. The problem appears to be the timescale, and that's going nothing to do with eBikes, that's just organisation. He'd have had the same issues, if the problem had been with a tyre, suspension fork etc etc. Its not about...

I have no idea who the dealer is, and as I say I have zero Yamaha experience, but this is just flat out wrong and you're spreading bad vibes about your competition with no knowledge of the case. The dealer could well be a huge expert, if the motor wasn't withing warranty, it could have been a...

Just to be clear... motor warranties are dealt with by the motor brand, so this good service comes from Bosch / Magura and is irrespective of the bicycle brand that the motor is attached to. I don't understand why or how you think there would be a problem out of warranty? Our of warranty...