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c.h.e. in reply to @sohi

There's a lot in the article about the brakes needing constant attention and failing.
Base model in Europe has Tektro Aries.
The bike weighs +30k, add 2 humans and a steep hill and it can get quite dangerous.
Basically what @Howard says.

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edscoble in reply to @c.h.e.

TBF, Tektro Aries are fine, as long the bike is legal (15mph etc.).

We sell ebikes with them and 180mm rotors (Raleigh), when set up well in a workshop, they can stop you in a dime.

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c.h.e. in reply to @edscoble

Don't doubt that they can stop you, especially if someone competent does the set up and maintains them. But who knows what they did put on the bikes in the US and if the brakes on that bike ever worked properly.

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