So I crashed my Riese & Muller Delite ebike yesterday on a tarmac road. Luckily I wasn’t hurt apart from a few scratches and bruises.
Anyway, apart from the front light falling out and a few surfaces scratches; the main damage to the bike appears to be a really strong clicking or possibly grinding sound at a certain part of the pedal revolution, there’s also some added resistance at this certain point. The bike landed on the left side so I think some force was applied to the left pedal while it was sliding across the floor.
In your opinion guys, is this likely to be crank arm / crankset damage or could the bearing/cog of the internal motor have gotten twisted out of place? And how is a repair likely to cost either of the crankset and/or the whole Bosch motor?
Obviously I have insurance on such an expensive bike so fortunately that will cover most of the costs.
it has a Rohloff gearing system with a chain by the way, not the carbon drive.
Anyway, apart from the front light falling out and a few surfaces scratches; the main damage to the bike appears to be a really strong clicking or possibly grinding sound at a certain part of the pedal revolution, there’s also some added resistance at this certain point. The bike landed on the left side so I think some force was applied to the left pedal while it was sliding across the floor.
In your opinion guys, is this likely to be crank arm / crankset damage or could the bearing/cog of the internal motor have gotten twisted out of place? And how is a repair likely to cost either of the crankset and/or the whole Bosch motor?
Obviously I have insurance on such an expensive bike so fortunately that will cover most of the costs.
it has a Rohloff gearing system with a chain by the way, not the carbon drive.
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