• yonder@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    I’ll have to get linux stickers for my bike instead. Maybe I should install a hub dynamo and boot a pi zero with my pedal power every time I ride. Linux on my Linux bike.

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      30 days ago

      Not gonna lie, the extent to which the motor, controller, etc. are proprietary is an important consideration for me when buying an e-bike. For example, I would rather have one that can’t connect to my phone etc. at all than one that can but requires a proprietary app.

      (I also care about things like weird proprietary headset and bottom bracket hardware, on e-bikes and regular bikes alike.)

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        30 days ago

        I wasn’t even talking about ebikes, but yeah, closed up and glued-together “smart” ebikes seem like a bad idea.