Yamaha announced it will pull out of the e-bike business in the U.S. by the end of the year.
  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
    14·
    8 days ago

    Kind of want to pick one up because they seem like quality ebikes, but I’m kind of worried about support/repair down the line.

    • ralakus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      8 days ago

      From what I’ve seen, ebikes in general are a massive pain to maintain and service due to all proprietary parts and anticonsumer software locking. It’d most likely be better to get a quality analog bike and a quality conversion kit like a cyc photon or bafang bbshd.

      • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        8 days ago

        I can only hope that right-to-repair legislation in some US States and the EU will aid the situation, but it might still be a while.

      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        I’ve been looking at converting my Trek 820 ST but I still want to have a regular bike. Once I get one, I probably will convert it with a Bafang or something.

        That said not all ebikes are a huge PITA to service, depends on the brand.