Bike Manufacturers Are Making Bikes Less Repairable
Just like cars, tractors, computers, and seemingly every other product category, bikes—and especially e-bikes—are going all black box on us.
Ifixit take on current bike/e-bike manufacturers.
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I guess the best thing to do is to research the bikes that do this bullshit and don't buy them.
The vast majority of consumers don’t care. They look for a product which is in their budget, and they think does what they want.
The market will select for companies which and most profitable.
The best thing to do is to pass laws that make this practice of enshitification illegal.
Legislation like that seems reasonable considering the standards that exist for cars and bikes serve literally the same societal purpose as cars.
Since steel frames seem to last forever, Id just get a decades old used bike. Maybe get some new wheels
