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Does anyone have a link to such a product that one could buy?
I've clicked around on the interwebs and it seems the technology is more mature than I initially thought.Competitions aside, I like the idea of being able to retrofit motors to a bike you currently own, to enable older riders to continue commuting trough periods of ill health for example.
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Competitions aside, I like the idea of being able to retrofit motors to a bike you currently own, to enable older riders to continue commuting trough periods of ill health for example.
e-bikes, non? You can convert a bog standard bike with a motorised hub and a battery. Doesn't need to be all stealth like these tech fraud setups.
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From an FT article a couple of weeks ago: "the motors and batteries, manufactured by an Austrian company called Vivax, can already be bought through numerous dealers in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands."
It's not cheap though: http://www.vivax-assist.com/en/produkte/vivax-assist-4-0/vivax-assist_4-0.html
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Gruber Assist
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One of the selling points for these little motors (as I've read a couple of times) is that they allow weaker riders to join club rides and not slow down others or get dropped. So if the bike does belong to a friend who she trains with, the excuse offered is entirely plausible and, I hope, true.
I can't imagine pro-teams chancing it, and I think it would be impossible for riders to do something like this to a bike without their teams/mechanics knowing.
One can hope.