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Tell me about it, my vauxhall of less than 40000 miles has been sat for 10 months with a wrecked gearbox due to a premature bearing failure. The quote, 2k for another box. Well the car can sit there for another 10 months, I'm using my Bosch powered ebike instead.

If the thing is sealed for life, why then do we not get a lifetime warranty? No spare parts is unacceptable to me. Maybe I still have a problem with this so called Green throw it away society.

Flecc Time will tell but if crank drive pedelecs are to move forward volume wise they need to be seen to be an economic solution somewhere between a regular cycle and a car or public transport. If parts are not readily available and I see no reson why they should not be then it is those who...

Have Bosch actually stated that they will not supply their dealers or customers spare internal parts? If so, makes the future value of these cycles pretty worthless as they start to wear. Nobody is going to buy a high mileage one without reasonably priced and off the shelf spares.

Bearings are not designed to wear out. They are designed to keep turning. They will eventually wear out but this feature is not be design. 4000 miles if F'All for a bearing of this size and design. It should still be as good as new.

Bosch programmed the system to error if it saw pulses at the same frequency as the crank rotation. Allows you about 30 seconds before it errors.

Eddie, I bet you wish you could turn back the clock regarding your decision to go with BH. I think its about time they returned your money. Flecc, I hope Arstu's experience stems from some Friday afternoon bearing production and not a design error. Lets not think about their decision to...

Bosch are not playing the game here. Who wants to wait 4 weeks for a bearing replacement. It might be acceptable if you are using the bike for weekend fun but not for a daily commuter. It says to me that Bosch think that these bikes are purchased for toys. My camper is a German conversion, I...

The question might then be, what is the design life? Surely it must be 10's of thousands of miles?

I have not followed this entire thread but would assume that Bosch do not warrant consumables. Bottom brackets are and always have been classed as consumables. All bearings have a finite life and bottom brackets do get hammered. My Haibike clocked 5000 miles yesterday. No signs of bearing play...

There seems to be an awful lot of closed and narrow minds out there. Surely you have to try the food before you can say I don't like it.

If I buy a Bosch drill and it breaks under warranty, I take it to a Bosch service centre. The nearest. When I purchased my cycle, I was told I have a 2 year warranty on Bosch parts. I assumed my warrantly would be valid anywhere in the country. Are you saying that this is not the case? After...

It's built in obsolescence. It is no accident that a lot of things wear out quicker than they should.

Someone once said a group of us, you cannot kayak down this section of the river. We ignored their advice. I think it was day 3, we found a barbed wire strung across the river at neck height. The fact was, we do have a right of passage. Whatever the legal situation watch out for those...

It happens. Try unfortunate.

I used to find it irritating, now I just agree.

Looking at the photos, looks idyllic. Hope your joints ease up.

Eddie, sounds brilliant. The question is, did you miss the battery? My guess is that you had a fantastic ride despite its absence.

There are loads of shared paths in Brighton, the council call them pavements. Some of the have a bit of paint added to make people follow them but thy are still pavements.

Does it not have the usual 2 year warranty?