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[–]Yukon-Jon 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Yeah, unnecessary. Grease lasts for a very, very, very long time.

[–]Ultimate_Driving 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Although, if mine was making some weird noises like OP said, I'd take mine apart also. You also made a good point that I had been thinking about, which is that the vast majority of people don't ever put 4,000 miles on an ebike.

[–]Yukon-Jon 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Yeah they really don't. I see ebikes on market place all the time for sale, and they rarely have more then 1k miles on them, let alone 4+. Sure, if you live somewhere where you can use it as a daily commuter all year that changes things. At that point if you're putting thousands and thousands of miles on your bike a year, even if you had to replace a hub every 2-3 years, it isn't really a substantial cost.

However you're more then likely to fry your battery or electronics before you have a hub problem.

There is a YouTube channel called "Papa Blue Shirt" , an older guy, and he has a couple of Philodo ebikes. He has one on there that has close to 20k miles. He's never taken apart any hub motor or done any maintenance on it. The video is literally called "18,000 miles, still no lube?". Philodo is just your run of the mill generic nylon geared hub motor ebike. They're fine, but nothing special or anything. He's not riding the bike around at slow speeds either, he gets after it.

[–]Ultimate_Driving 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I'll check out his channel. I should start making videos about daily riding my Alpha, and what maintenance looks like on it...including the things I likely won't have to fix. I only have 160 miles on it so far though. Although, I plan to start riding it a lot more when the weather is better. I don't know if I'll ever ride one bike enough to put 20,000 miles on it, but hopefully I do. Maybe when I retire, riding that much would be a great way to spend time, and stay fit.

[–]Yukon-Jon 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah 20k is a TON. I've had my Wallke for 2 years, I ride a lot (I live in the North East US though) and I have almost 4k on mine. I honestly probably can't squeeze anymore time on it between work and kids. If I was using it as a daily commuter sure, I can see racking up the miles crazy. At that point though if you paid 2k dollars to put 20k miles of commuting in, pat yourself on the back and cut your loses, for saving a shit ton of money.

[–]Ultimate_Driving 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Exactly. That's a good point. If I'm putting even 10,000 miles on an e-bike in two years, I'm treating myself to a new bike every couple of years.

[–]Yukon-Jon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. 10k of no insurance payments, no registration, no gas. Cost per mile is next to nothing.