Thanks for this long term, high mileage review, Denis. If we hope to use e-bikes as car replacements, we also want them to last a long time, and be easily repairable with standardized parts. But some DTC bikes (and Stromer, I think) have some pretty proprietary non-standardized parts. It doesn't benefit bike companies to have their design be completely built in a way others can copy by buying similar parts, but relying on a company to be around in 5 or 10 years and for them to be willing to keep manufacturing bespoke parts like custom fit controllers or built in switches/displays might be problematic. Stromer certainly has a better build quality than most e-bike only brands.
Thanks Karl. Technology keeps moving forward and now you can see a budget bikes with a tgorque sensor which is a big thumb up. If you calculate kiloWatts to USD, you wil get approximately 1500-2000 miles per $5 bill on e-bike. They are very efficient!
Thanks for this long term, high mileage review, Denis. If we hope to use e-bikes as car replacements, we also want them to last a long time, and be easily repairable with standardized parts. But some DTC bikes (and Stromer, I think) have some pretty proprietary non-standardized parts. It doesn't benefit bike companies to have their design be completely built in a way others can copy by buying similar parts, but relying on a company to be around in 5 or 10 years and for them to be willing to keep manufacturing bespoke parts like custom fit controllers or built in switches/displays might be problematic. Stromer certainly has a better build quality than most e-bike only brands.
Thanks Karl. Technology keeps moving forward and now you can see a budget bikes with a tgorque sensor which is a big thumb up. If you calculate kiloWatts to USD, you wil get approximately 1500-2000 miles per $5 bill on e-bike. They are very efficient!