Is there anyone making aftermarket ebike batteries for the big brands? Spesh, Trek, Giant etc?
Just wondering about what will happen when an ebike is 5 years old and battery or motor or electronics die?
Will we see loads of scrap? Its not like a 10 year old 26er that you can keep going, if you can't get a battery then don't you just end with a very heavy bike that is not much use? we have already seen this in the car industry.
What Ebike do you have?
Just wondering what brands will be repairable, usable longer than the manufacturers battery life.
I've seen motor repair/servicing places, they do all brands, but I heard Giant are the hardest to fix if the electronics go wrong. Wondering if people will start looking at full repalcements of motor/battery/electronics etc.
I have been told Shimano are very difficult to aftermarket even down to replacing the cells. The drawback apparently is the software which is rigged to only recognise genuine parts
I'm sure once the demand kicks in then people will find a way to hack it.
There are plug in chips for almost every EMTB to get around the speed limtis, so someoen must have hacked the software a bit.
Yamaha spares are readily available.
Giant use Yamaha motors.
Giant then add their own software so only giant can replace the circuit board when it gets water ingress. Bit rude.
Who knows. Some genius will come up with something. Hopefully.
I love my ebike but I'm not sure it's going to last like my other bikes.