vodka
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- Oct 22, 2009
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I really thought about buying a Bosch driven Cube Stereo Hybrid 140 HPA fully as a spare Bike. Seems like a reasonable package to a relatively good Price around $3200 in my country. The Bosch drive units are definitely a well tuned piece of German engineering. The motor can claim steep hills utilizing the bikes gears. You can also get some Hacks to overcome the 25 km/h assist limit. I could even get an official licence for going faster than 25 km/h. But, there are problems, such as Bosch doesn’t sell replacement parts. Let’s say one cell is damaged, then there is a e-fuse that makes the whole pack unusable. So if you out of warranty you’re frocked. I read somewhere that the components are electronically chained together so that you can’t use a custom battery pack. If you have a damaged Motor for example you can only get a new one if a authorized seller sends it back within warranty time. If you have a old Bosh bike with a broken motor you can’t get a replacement at all. I also think that the sprockets and chain gonna wear our very quickly as well as the Li-ion Battery. I wouldn’t expect the Bosh drives to last longer 6000 km or 2 Years. So my conclusion is that Bosh drives are a proprietary mainstream system for ordinary people using their bikes occasionally on a sunny weekend, they probably own Apple products as well :lol: .