No more gears: meet the new e-bike drive system with no mechanical link between the pedals and rear wheel | electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips

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Mr_lobber_lobber@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 120d (2 replies)

That is going to be expensive to buy, expensive to fix when it breaks and most likely not possible to fix yourself.

Sounds cool though

artyom@piefed.social · 5 pts · 119d

Not to mention extremely inefficient.

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 120d

Unless it gets really popular, you're probably right.

dipcart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d (1 reply)

A couple days ago my ebike died on my way home and I still made it back. What would happen on this bike I wonder

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 115d

Yeah, sometimes I just switch off the motor on mine to cruise around. Can't do that without a chain or belt drive.

I definitely wouldn't buy one of these.