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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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Customers are asked to do a mandatory battery check over safety concerns, and to reach out to Canyon if they are affected

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ENGWE BATTERY RECALL/WARNING (self.micromobility)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRBM-3u6q0&t=1s

ENGWE does not seem to be notifying their US customers about this, as usual: Their customer experience is a dumpster fire.

Contact them ASAP for a fix, but good luck because my experience with their support has been total dog shit. Never again will I buy from them and you shouldn't either.

Update: Apparently this is for EP 2 Pros bought in 2024.

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To anyone else out there with an Engwe ebike or any bike with a cheap fender: If your fender is not designed with breakaways on the mounts, you should either remove it entirely or replace the bolts with 5-10 lb zip ties to create your own breakaways and prevent a serious crash.

https://engwe-bikes.com/cdn/shop/products/Ep-2pro_5c418549-daf2-4cda-8994-6e4ac361cb9b.jpg

What happens is, if the fork mount fails and the front fender does not have breakaways, it wraps around the front wheel and sends you over the handlebars (quite possibly at great speed).

Engwe 100% does not care, did not cover my medical bills, replace my $300 helmet, warn their other customers, issue a recall, or even bother to fix the underlying issue.

To be clear, this fix literally costs a couple of zip ties. That is how little they care about their customers.

If I had not been wearing a quality helmet, my Engwe likely would have killed me or left me with life altering injuries.

If you're looking for an inexpensive ebike, don't buy Engwe. Get an REI Co-op, Ride1up, or Lectric. Any semi-reputable brand is a safer choice.

Also, as always: Wear your helmets every time! Be safe out there everyone.

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ITT We post pics of whatever we rode today.

Special thanks to Corm for the idea, thank you Corm!

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There's very little standardization when it comes to eMTB motors and batteries, but as the systems are further refined, winners are sure to emerge.

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How good is Giant Bicycles' first product in the e-road bike market? We put the Defy Advanced E+ Elite e-road bike to the test to find out

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Following a successful Indiegogo for a long-range folding ebike in January, Chinese e-mobility outfit Mihogo has returned to the platform with a lightweight commuter. The Air's carbon fiber frame is jam-packed with batteries for up to 128 miles per charge.

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I'm looking to buy four class-1 ebikes; two for my partner and I, and two for my older teenagers.

I want to make sure they're class-1 (or lockable to class-1) to maximize where we can use them. Even if enforcement is rare, I don't like the worry of bending or breaking rules.

We mostly do forest trails, but some road and ORV trails.

Budget = $2k per ebike

When I search around it's all name brands I don't recognize and I don't trust most random reviews even in reddit. Thanks for your advice fellow lemmings.

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Bikerumor's Lifestyle Editor, Ron Frazelle gives us his quick "first impression" review of the ingenious Ortlieb Fork Pack.

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KTM's parent company, Pierer AG, is in deep financial trouble as it blames economic conditions for its failings. But things are so bad, its latest financial release hints its possibly looking to sell a majority stake in the company.

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South Korean startup Kosmos has made its Indiegogo debut with a tech-packed ebike named the Nova7. The PAS commuter features a mid-mount internal gearbox, rear-hub motor with responsive torque sensing, and a low-maintenance belt drive.

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Lectric’s original electrified cargo bike was already a really tough value to beat. With the 2.0, they’ve found ways to make improvements nearly across the board while still keeping the value proposition sky-high. Lectric, one of the best-known e-bike brands in North America, is releasing the second generation of its immensely popular cargo bike. The

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The Lightfoot scooter comes with two large solar panels so it doesn’t have to plug in.

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German-made bicycle company Sour Bikes has a new all-road bicycle model. After four years in the "planning hopper", the Space Cake is here

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