Woosh Newbie alert ⚠️

[JezzyJez]

Evening all, I'm Jez, and on my 4th ebike, but 2nd pedelec. I have a Samebike 20LVXD30-II, and just looking for a few solutions to a couple of little things I'd like to change on it. As a lot of u have probably experienced, every bike shop I've walked into or called, as soon as I tell them what bike I have, treat u like some sort of criminal and refuse to touch it. So if I want anything doing on it, I'll have to do it myself.. So I'll be having a good nose here how some of u guys have solved the same issues... TIA Jez

 

[Nealh]

One will find that with nearly all cycle shops that ;
1. Haven''t supplied the bike .
2. It is a hub bike.
3. It is illegal speed control device and 250w+.

Most don't have a clue unless it can be plugged to a pc to tell them what is wrong with it.

 

[Nealh]

Say what you want to do with it /to it and you will likely get some answers , whether one likes the answers is another thing.

 

[JezzyJez]

One will find that with nearly all cycle shops that ;
1. Haven''t supplied the bike .
2. It is a hub bike.
3. It is illegal speed control device and 250w+.

Most don't have a clue unless it can be plugged to a pc to tell them what is wrong with it.

 

[JezzyJez]

Can of worms opened...

 

[Nealh]

One will find a high percentage of oners on the forum do all of their maintenance and a quite a few of us build our bikes from scratch . So their is awealth of knowledge for diy kit bikes and generic type bikes.

Hand shaking and CAN bus systems are out of the question generally and are the domain of dealers as the main bike industry have opted for closed system bikes and no right for diy repair.
That is the real big can of worms .

 

[JezzyJez]

With my last bike, as I said nobody wanted to touch it anyway, and I didn't have a clue.. Even after having it for over 3 months. and replacing a spoke about every 10 days, and watching YouTube videos on how to fix a spoke because I didn't have a clue. I got so pissed off thinking about it, I called Amazon and complained, so they said they'll request a return from the seller, but there was no guarantee they'd accept now. I said OK. A few hours later, even more pissed off I call again, just to let off steam, then they said they'll refer it to the team who can decided whether to refund me, if they think the bike was not fit for purpose. So I said OK. Then after walking 4 miles back from town, I called Amazon again and gave them a proper ear full, and demanded my money back, and 48 hours later I got a full refund, and still kept the bike, which I sold on... My current bike has Magnesium Alloy cast wheels, so no chance of them breaking .... Just a couple of things I want to modify, and I've pretty much found solutions on here reading a few past threads.. But there is a huge gap in the market for Pedelec repair shops, and someone is gonna end up a rich man out of this..