E-bike recall: E-bike from well-established manufacturer should no longer be ridden under any circumstances
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E-bike riders beware: Cube is recalling a certain e-bike that can lead to very serious problems for the rider. The problem does not concern the hardware, but rather the software of the e-bike.
    • Chup@feddit.deEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      The danger comes from the possible legal and financial issues, less from personal injuries.

      With more than 25km/h, depending on region/country, it’s no longer a bicycle, but a motorised vehicle. Requiring a driver’s licence and insurance.

      It could be driving without license. Or having one, could lead to insurance issues and thereby problems for the driver’s license due to driving an uninsured vehicle. Which again can lead to dramatic financial problems, if you have an accident and no insurance pays. So you’d be stuck with all costs out of your own pocket.

      All from that tiny error in the software with having the wrong tire size programmed.

      • yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, this is really no joke.

        Cube is a German company, and one of the largest bike manufacturers. Their bikes are ubiquitous here.

        And German vehicle regulations are extremely strict. It‘s only an e-bike if it’s limited to 25 km/h, anything above is a „light motor bike“, which indeed needs a registration and a license.

        Driving a vehicle without those is a misdemeanour* in Germany.

        And I assume Cube did everything to reach out to all owners directly, so Police will assume you know those bikes are illegal.

        Edit: * Technically. I mean, most likely they’ll just find you and impound the bike. But if they want to fuck you up about this, they totally can.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    111·
    11 months ago

    0o0o an amazingly stupid american quote pulled from the comments… hilarious and wrong in every aspect

    For us people in the US thats perfect because most people derestrict them here! In our country bikes and cars go as fast as we want them to go and then our enforcement people put speed limits and they issue penalties based on that we don’t let communists take control of any of our possessions when we buy it we control every part of it including the internal programming of any computer system that’s in the object we buy😉💪🇺🇸 God Bless America you guys should get better leaders don’t let them rob your hard-earned money with gangs of police going after hard-working people for bullshit

    • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      we control every part of it including the internal programming of any computer system that’s in the object we buy

      Yeah tell that to John Deere. Or Apple. Or Samsung. Or Sonos. Or…

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Wow 😂

      Personally I prefer the consumer-friendly RTR ebikes be restricted OOTB. Having people fly past you on the sidewalk riding 45km/h, without a ding of the bell or any warning, is not nice 😭

      People who DIY an unrestricted setup usually tend to go fast on the road, probably because they know what power they’ve got between their legs lol