bike without single point of failure

[ChuckingFeet]

Surely the most likely "single point of failure" on any e-bike , meat bike or ICE bike is that loose nut on the handlebars ....?

 

[jimriley]

Surely the most likely "single point of failure" on any e-bike , meat bike or ICE bike is that loose nut on the handlebars ....?

Or possibly the Nut loose on a bike?

 

[flecc]

Or possibly the Nut loose on a bike?

Agreed, on first seeing this thread my immediate thought was that the single point of failure in so many ways on all bikes is the rider.
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[BazP]

Rockrider E-ST500 water ingress

Hi, I have owned one of these (v1) for last 3 months and it’s been great. Yesterday the motor stopped working, which looking at reviews is a common problem due to water ingress. I am unable to contact Decathlon so does anyone know how I can rectify. I know it’s either the controller or bottom...

www.pedelecs.co.uk

A post by another member made me think (it happens every now and then) and to ask ...
Any engineer out there like to estimate what a bike without a single point of failure would look like?
How much would it weight?

ALL bikes have multiple points of failure. A failure to me is something that can’t be repaired on site. I’ve never had this but have seen non repairable things like a broken frame (especially carbon), a collapsed wheel and broken forks. Also, a broken seat post makes a bike unrideable for any distance along with a ceased motor. Anything else can be repaired in about 15 minutes Including chains, punctures and damaged or broken rear mechs. What kind of motor it is or where it is positioned is the least of out problems.

 

[WheezyRider]

Have you seen this from Bafang?

Might solve the chain snapping concern:

零部件

Bafang description

www.bafang-e.com

 

[sjpt]

ALL bikes have multiple points of failure. A failure to me is something that can’t be repaired on site. I’ve never had this but have seen non repairable things like a broken frame (especially carbon), a collapsed wheel and broken forks. Also, a broken seat post makes a bike unrideable for any distance along with a ceased motor. Anything else can be repaired in about 15 minutes Including chains, punctures and damaged or broken rear mechs. What kind of motor it is or where it is positioned is the least of out problems.

Absolutely. I started this thread partly to count the large number of posts (very small number of posters) we were getting about single points of failure on crank motors (as if chain was the one and only single point of failure on bikes).

I think the best solution came early in the thread.

This one should be ok!

 

[GSV3MiaC]

Have you seen this from Bafang?

Might solve the chain snapping concern:

零部件

Bafang description

www.bafang-e.com

Looks wonderful .. now when will Mr Woosh build it into a bike? I guess we would even get hub gears 'for free'. 8>.