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I was insinuating that it was a poorly written article... and on re-reading it, that was probably a bit harsh. The advice provided in the article was generic and ignores the possibility that the manufacturer is untrustworthy, incompetent or negligent. The article title implies it's an ebike-specific issue, but the article itself indicates the problem applies to other vehicles. LiPo-battery fires are a poor quality LiPo-battery problem, not an ebike problem, just ask Samsung and model aircraft hobbyists. But sure, insinuating it was poor journalism was probably too harsh. There are certainly far worse news sources out there.

Summed up succinctly by @DieselnDust. An "ebike" can take many many different forms; from something well designed with good safeguards to something that should be charged in a concrete bunker. It's like anything in life. Many cars have accidents, some are predisposed to accidents because they're ill maintained or of a poor design. A good quality battery and charger regulates charging current and voltage and keeps a tab on temperature. "Journalism"

Email sent. I've been using a radar for a while now and it's very reassuring on the roads. My main cycling friend has been reluctant to get one but seems to be considering it after a recent near miss. My Varia rarely (if ever in fact) reports false positives. My only gripe is that the battery life is a bit short.

Looks like fun... /me sends link to ebike buddy. Also you know they're serious because they have a .com

My worst experiences so far have been with SUVs hah *Edit: but everyone around here has an SUV (except me ;)) so it may just be the people in this area.

Drivers are crazy. I almost exclusively ride MTB, but transit to the trails from my house across some roads. Even so I've had close calls where people have ploughed through stop streets and cut corners at stop streets. I'm super scared of cars. One guy came up next to my friend recently, got really close and then started hooting and going mental, hands waving, car swerving - we weren't even on the road (gravel shoulder next to it). I think the driver wanted to scare us off our bikes. And if it isn't cars it's the squirrels! I cycled over one this morning. How is that even possible?! But anyway, glad you're alright OP

I thought the profile pic was a joke initially but nope, it's for real. I guess if you've got it, flaunt it lol

I will buy two permits, but separately please consider accepting Snapscan as an alternative to Zapper. A friend and I tried to ride the trails recently and Zapper wouldn't allow either of us to register. If you look on the Play Store this and the inability to receive OTPs are major complaints against Zapper. It's a blergh app. Also, Snapscan QR codes can be used within at least FNB and Capitec banking apps - so now I don't even need to have the Snapscan app installed to pay vendors.

Loved the "smooth brain hubbers consider this business savvy" ???? My worst cycling related purchase to date was also my first and it was from a dealership, nice. In short I overpaid for a dodgy used bike. I was more discerning on the next bike purchase, which I still have - it's about to get a fork upgrade - bought today off the Hub WOOOO such excite. The seller was friendly and negotiable on price. I've done probably 30 deals to date on the Hub (I'd guess) and all of them have been decent, however I did recently have an experience where someone listed a gravel bike for sale for a good price. We agreed to meet up to do the deal and about an hour or so before the agreed time the seller messaged to say he had changed his mind and was going to keep the bike. The price was good so part of me didn't believe the deal would happen. I replied "no worries, good luck" and left it at that. Hadn't thought about it much until I saw this thread. Separately, good question @robbybzgo (revenge ratings)

The lesson being that the internet is dangerous?

If someone buys something and then sells it on for a profit, they've profited for a reason. For one, identifying the arbitrage opportunity (profit potential) takes knowledge (and knowledge isn't cheap, takes time, experience and research) If the seller makes a bad call they could make a loss (so there's risk). The reseller also has to put cash into the transactions to make it work and cash has a time value associated with it. The reseller may market the item better than the person they bought it from or may be prepared to wait longer for a buyer. It's all really quite reasonable. I sold a bike a while back knowing that the guy who was buying it from me was going to try and sell it for a profit - no worries, his risk, my convenience. We all makes mistakes selling stuff, it's how you learn. *Everything above assumes there isn't something illegal or highly unethical going on - illegality and ethics also have a price

ah okay, that's interesting, best of luck, would be interested to hear if you find anything

Edit: nevermind, it appears SVT can be triggered by vigorous exercise. I'm curious: SVT appears to normally not be associated with or caused by exercise - in fact it seems to be the other way around; SVT, when not inherited, is associated with the _classic_ "bad" stuff, like smoking, drinking, drugs and stress. Why do you suspect your cycling, if I may ask?

Aaaargh there's no monkey-see-no-evil reaction for posts????????

I recently upgraded my ebike (used 2017 -> used 2018). The motors in the 2017 and 2018 models have some known weak points, particularly the sprag clutch (flimsy) and the outer bearings (which aren't watertight). Both tend to catastrophically self-destruct. Louis/Knipe Racing, at my request, did some preventative work on the motor where they removed it from the frame, replaced the dodgy bearings, greased where necessary, etc. It runs really nicely now, particularly when the motor's turned off They've also got fancy pants sprag clutches in stock that have a stainless steel retaining structure to them (instead of plastic), which are superior to the originals. We're really lucky to have someone local who's proficient on this stuff. There aren't that many people globally that can do this kind of maintenance and repair work reliably.

Thanks for posting that Eddy. I've owned three of the affected packs. A guy on here who helped me with a battery extender kit pointed out that the control panels are not sealed, so on all of my batteries (past and present) I removed the control panels, put on a small amount of silicone sealant on the sealing surfaces and reinstalled the panels. Even so I avoid riding in the rain with my ebike (preferring my non ebike if it's a bit wet). One of the packs I inherited already had some water damage.

Very pretty I may have to wait two years for when they pop up second hand in the classifieds

I bought a Bolt, the original unit... it was fantastic. I upgraded to the Roam and was disappointed, even more so when they introduced bugs through firmware updates after I had purchased it. I switched to Garmin (Edge 530 and Fenix) and apart from that little Crypto Ransomware attack they had I've been very happy. Wahoo was really dodgy with their marketing on the Roam unit (misleading graphics making the display look more colourful and bigger than it actually was), the mount was flimsy and broke easily and they've also been super dodgy with their Rival smartwatch product, which appears to be an alpha product. I see the fancy marketing images above and it reminds me of the Roam all over again. What are they hiding? So yeah, I'd be reluctant to try one of their products for a while to come... That said I do have a Kickr and my partner uses my old original Bolt, which is still going strong. -Edit- and the DCR article above echoes this: "I’m not convinced this is a model that’s going to take away any significant sales from the Garmin Edge 530 (at $299), given that it’s got a cruise ship full of added features Wahoo doesn’t have, and is largely considered pretty stable and dependable these days." and "I simply don’t know when Wahoo will fix the substantial issues I saw (and it sounds like some others saw too)." - Roam and Rival all over again.

I think you're being optimistic haha

As I said, it's not so useful on the trails, I don't have a death wish but it is useful to get back home and of course you can only really use it if you have been good and not blown your battery on the trails.

eish. My bike is an older model, there's no input validation on the wheel circumference, so it thinks it has a 15" wheel hahahaa I only ever hit speeds high enough to benefit from that "hack" when I'm on the roads heading home from the trails. My cycling friend has a newer ebike that is speed restricted and it irritates him no end that I'm unrestricted - doesn't help that I'm also stronger than him (I always wait though). I recently 3D-printed a cool thing for his bike to unrestrict it.

I agree with @Jewbacca. I've had a few attempts to scam me over the years, but always through Gumtree, never through BikeHub. I've done a few transactions now using BikeHub Pay and it works great. I don't mind paying the extra commission for the third-party trust - even so I'm super super wary. I think it's a bit unfair expecting the police to magically catch this guy and return the cash - the fact of the matter is, he scammed the OP and he was able to do that because the OP was naive. It's called paying your school fees and we all have to go through it at some point... It doesn't make it right, it's just the way it is.

Why did you send money via eWallet? Was he going to ship it to you? I'd walk away, it's the hardest thing to do but doing anything else will just waste more of your time and/or money. Use this as a learning opportunity.

Why did you send money via eWallet? Was he going to ship it to you? And sorry for your loss - getting scammed sucks