I'm a bit annoyed about the fact that EZEE have already withdrawn the Liv and now have the Liv Plus with a Lithium battery, makes me feel like my models out of date before I have even broken it in. What are the downsides about this for me, is it mainly that if I had to buy a new battery it would cost mega bucks ?
This isn't 50cycles fault Joanieb, there's a major cost and supply problem with the metal nickel at the moment as both Tim and I have reported elswhere in the forum. Until that changes the position is that Li-ion only are available. Also, with the current situation NiMh prices have doubled from some suppliers so would be dearer than Li-ion for the time being anyway.
When the nickel supply becomes adequate in due course, I've no doubt the bikes that normally used it will be back on offer, so your bike isn't in any way out of date.
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