<story><title>TV, or not TV: the story of our bike box (2019)</title><url>https://www.vanmoof.com/blog/en/tv-bike-box</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cactus2093</author><text>Clever idea, but I wish they would put this much thought &amp;amp; problem-solving effort into their bikes themselves. Their bikes have an auto-shifting system with hub gearing that is very prone to breaking. On a normal bike to avoid putting unnecessary strain on the drivetrain you learn to not shift under heavy load, in the middle of a heavy pedal stroke. With a bike that just decides to shift on its own you have no control over that so it will inevitably sometimes shift at the worst time. I don&amp;#x27;t understand how that design even makes it past the whiteboard stage, much less into the production product that has been shipping for years.&lt;p&gt;I guess maybe it&amp;#x27;s a fine bike for riding the bike paths of Amsterdam which is very flat, if you&amp;#x27;re very careful to never pedal hard and always let the motor do all the work. But in a more chaotic environment riding on the roads in a place that has hills, it&amp;#x27;s unusable. I had to return my bike after the shifting broke twice within a couple of weeks, and the internet is full of many, many stories from people with the same issue.</text></comment>
<story><title>TV, or not TV: the story of our bike box (2019)</title><url>https://www.vanmoof.com/blog/en/tv-bike-box</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>markstos</author><text>We can hope for the future where TV companies are printing bicycles on their boxes.</text></comment>