Re:Where do stolen bikes go?
by syndacks on Thursday February 16, 2023 @10:10PM
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Vanmoof is a shit company with shit bikes and even more shit customer service. Purely aesthetics and marketing. Stay away.
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Re:Where do stolen bikes go?
by InCityDreams on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:31AM
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Your opinion being based on...?
This brand is known for bikes that break very quickly. The bikes are good, but don’t last. They are very expensive and the replacement parts are too.
The VanMoof or Tweakers forums are filled with users talking about the repairs the did this week to their bike, or that they send their bike back since it broke the week they bought it.
Re:Where do stolen bikes go?
by hgomersall on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:04AM
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Without knowing anything about VanMoof, I'm always (more than I'd ideally like) doing some repairs on whichever bike I'm generally riding. Same for our car, which barely gets driven at all. It seems mechanical stuff needs repairing. Maybe VanMoof riders talk about it more in the forum. Most companies don't offer that...?
It’s definitely possible that there is a bias; users that have perfectly working VanMoofs don’t complain on the forums and just ride their bikes.
Re:Where do stolen bikes go?
by andrewshadura on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:14AM
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Also Vanmoof and the BMW of the bicycle world, most people who ride them, do it in a super annoying way.