< Unplugging the Ebike

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Good morning, ~whiskeyding!

I too found that an e-bike is somehow "cheating" :-) --- but it all depends. If someone is going out again on a (modest?) e-bike, who would otherwise stay at home, then that's all wonderful. But of course, I see school children showing off their e-bikes ... kind of sad in my humble opinion.

disc breaks: the ones I have are all right. The drawback I see is, that the forces must be balanced over the spokes, which is not the case for rim breaks.

internal hubs: I own a bike with a Rohloff 15 hub gear. Yes, it eats some energy. BUT no cleaning of the sprockets/derailleur ever again! My bike even features a closed chain box (not sure, what the correct term is). Chains last forever without all the dirt from outside. Yes, it is slower. Enjoy!

There is another gear box from Pinion, which is mounted at the main cranks place. But I have not tried a bike with that.

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