It seems like with e-bikes, the moment you buy your bike, you lock yourself into todays technology, soon to be yesterday's technology. And of course, tomorrow's technology is already in development.
We all understand how key e-bike components like motors and batteries and display mechanisms have a habit of too soon becoming obsolete. Part of the allure of a company like Watt Wagons is that they build in the notion of upgrading as part of what they are selling when you buy an e-bike today. They support such upgrades across time, in their case, to the best of my knowledge, offering upgrades on as many components or other features that turn your crank, so to speak. There are costs involved of course, as we would expect, both shipping and component parts, but supporting future change has huge value, as tomorrow's technologies will be vastly superior to today's and ebike technology particularly is advancing quickly. So if its a game changer for you, you can in fact have access.
Impacting the importance of supporting upgrades, I do not have the ability to upgrade an e-bike, though I know some of you do.
What other companies recognize the value of supporting you as it relates to future upgrades of your current bike or the one you are about to buy, and what companies are designing their ebikes keeping in mind potential future upgrades. So that you can take advantage of future technological improvements efficiently, keeping the cost of such upgrades under control.
For some components it may not be feasible or reasonable.
Thoughts and examples are welcome.
thx,
Stuart
We all understand how key e-bike components like motors and batteries and display mechanisms have a habit of too soon becoming obsolete. Part of the allure of a company like Watt Wagons is that they build in the notion of upgrading as part of what they are selling when you buy an e-bike today. They support such upgrades across time, in their case, to the best of my knowledge, offering upgrades on as many components or other features that turn your crank, so to speak. There are costs involved of course, as we would expect, both shipping and component parts, but supporting future change has huge value, as tomorrow's technologies will be vastly superior to today's and ebike technology particularly is advancing quickly. So if its a game changer for you, you can in fact have access.
Impacting the importance of supporting upgrades, I do not have the ability to upgrade an e-bike, though I know some of you do.
What other companies recognize the value of supporting you as it relates to future upgrades of your current bike or the one you are about to buy, and what companies are designing their ebikes keeping in mind potential future upgrades. So that you can take advantage of future technological improvements efficiently, keeping the cost of such upgrades under control.
For some components it may not be feasible or reasonable.
Thoughts and examples are welcome.
thx,
Stuart