Andy I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your unstinting diligence in repeating the mid drive warnings, esp Bosch. Unfortunately its came to late for me.
I am one of the fools who has spent thousands of pounds on a succession of Bosch powered e bikes over the years. In spite of the fact I have done thousands of miles on them and even enjoyed a few continental tours I can't shake the feeling of imminent failure of the the motor or chain or god forbid both. Its got to the stage where it keeps me awake some nights now.
I am considering therapy for the insomnia and may even consider going back to hub drives to get a good nights sleep. Keep up the good work.
We all here have seen too many people who have spent big money on Bosch e-bikes, and nobody, least of all me, believe that a problem happens to each and every bike, of course it doesn't.
Some Bosch Bikes actually work as they should do, surprisingly! Some people get lucky....
But any bike, used a lot suffers when a there is a lack of spares for private people, unable to buy the parts from Bosch (and lets face it, even some LBS's cannot get spares from Bosch either!), expensive (Still Chinese manufacture, not German!!) motors, that may only be replaced by a workshop at huge costs, and only last a week or two, slow repairs, REALLY expensive repairs that break again sometimes only hours later, the CAN-BUS data lines linking up parts and checking for (in Bosch's view) illegal Dongles, and shutting down the electronics, if the firmware "thinks" that there might be a problem!
We have read about them all here on Pedelec, its not a secret, that the list of problems with Bosch e-bikes is very long and extensive, even if it only happens to some, its still a huge burden for those who get them......
I, and others here, would not be doing a good job for our future and present fellow members, looking for help and assistance, if we did not remind all here of the possible problems. Again and again.....
We all see the new member standard post on Pedelec:-
I bought an ***** e-bike and it's now giving problems, what should I do.......
It happens so often, and of course they bought a bike new or secondhand, in good faith, paid good money, and shortly afterwards they get HUGE problems.
Would it not be great to help them all
BEFORE they get stuck with an expensive piece of crap.....whether its mid or hub motor.....
Anyone not agreeing with full details and disclosure, right up front, is not being very kind to those people, in my view.
I really wonder exactly why so many Bosch owners, having read about all the problems some others experience, trust themselves to every say anything positive, that they have experienced, and apparently would be more than happy if I and some others here, quietly forgot about the Bosch crap.....and never mentioned it again!
Well that is NOT happening on my watch!
But each to his own.
Andy
