E-bikes are a thing

[Cassinonorth]

Specialized sued by mountain biker after serious e-bike crash was allegedly caused by known motor defect

The cyclist is suing for damages after his rear wheel “spun out due to a manufacturing flaw”, causing him to lose control and crash

road.cc

 

[one piece crank]

🙄

 

[Ian F]

Yeah... that's pretty lame... While I totally consider this to be "user-error", I suppose the "fix" would be to have the overrun set to "zero" from the factory and if the user wants it, they'll have to make the adjustment themselves and thus accept responsibility for knowing how to use it.

 

[qclabrat]

I don't understand how this is a known defect. My new EV car works the same way. After braking to slowdown, the motors continue to run unless I'm holding down the brake to a full stop. One ride on a bike and it should be pretty obvious. I agree lame

 

[teabagger11]

I call bullshit on hearing ribs crack too broke 4 ribs and punctured a lung one time and never heard it and I was right there and another time broke 2 and never heard it both times on rides too busy falling to hear it

 

[rjr44]

I don't understand how this is a known defect. My new EV car works the same way. After braking to slowdown, the motors continue to run unless I'm holding down the brake to a full stop. One ride on a bike and it should be pretty obvious. I agree lame

It's called someone trying to save face w/ friends after spending over $15k on a bike and crashing on an innocuous piece of trail.

That or trying to blame one's own mistakes on anyone else but themselves.

 

[Steve Vai]

Looks like I’m not getting a Christmas Bonus this year, oh wait, I don’t get one anyway 😂

 

[thomas]

"Steve Ruggiero of Bainbridge Island was riding his Turbo Levo in June on the Alpine Trail in Oakridge, Oregon. While in Eco mode, Ruggiero descended a steep section of trail and decelerated over a long flat section of loose shale. Beyond the shale, he encountered a loam surface when the rear wheel "spun out, due to the manufacturing flaw" called overrun, according to the complaint."

Riding downhill in eco and it has power to break loose? Ain't no way.

 

[Patrick]

I don't understand how this is a known defect. My new EV car works the same way. After braking to slowdown, the motors continue to run unless I'm holding down the brake to a full stop. One ride on a bike and it should be pretty obvious. I agree lame

We have the car set the other way.
Foot off means stop. Hold when 0 mph.
Just a preference, it can coast and creep like ICE

What I found weird the on the ebike is the jump when repositioning the pedals forward

 

[qclabrat]

We have the car set the other way.
Foot off means stop. Hold when 0 mph.
Just a preference, it can coast and creep like ICE

What I found weird the on the ebike is the jump when repositioning the pedals forward

You mean one pedal drive? I only use it on the highway. I have dyslexia and it's hard transitioning to an ICE car

 

[jdog]

Time to update these votes.. This one is hard to belive at this point: