Cube "E-bike recall: E-bike from well-established manufacturer should no longer be ridden under any circumstances" (TL;DR - They go faster than local regulations allow) (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world to c/micromobility@lemmy.world

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

[removed by mod]

[-] Chup@feddit.de 13 points 10 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.ee 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 10 months ago

Models with this issue are gonna sell for way more now

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Gotta go fast!

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 14 points 10 months ago

i get it. false advertising. no part of that bike is cube-shaped.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We have been played for absolute fools!

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 10 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

[-] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Wait until he learns his big truck is electronically speed limited.

[-] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 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....

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Haha, gross.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 10 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

this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2023

23 points (82.9% liked)

micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

2244 readers

161 users here now

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"

Feel free to also check out

!utilitycycling@slrpnk.net

!bikewrench@lemmy.world

!bikecommuting@lemmy.world

!bikepacking@lemmy.world

!electricbikes@lemmy.world

!bicycle_touring@lemmy.world

!notjustbikes@feddit.nl

!longboard@lemmy.world

It's a little sad that we need to actually say this, but:

Don't be an asshole or you will be permanently banned.