[bamboozled]

This is a pretty good point. I also wonder how fixable bikes will be once they're "smart" and whether or not will still maintain "the right to fix".

One of the reasons why I absolutely love cycling, is that my bikes (and those of friends and relatives) are one of the only things left in my life I can fix myself, I save money and learn a lot from doing it, it's rewarding and incredibly cheap.

It would be really disappointing to see parts become a black box, more expensive and disposable.

Leave it to the eBikes I say.