Originally Posted by
Iride01
If we'd do like we do with automobiles and get a new bike every few years. And even send quite a few old bikes to the scrapyard when the sum of maintenance needed becomes to much. Then perhaps the bicycle industry might be a little more robust. And even still make high end steel bikes that aren't just a niche market for a few.
I think they have tapped into that kind of model a bit in NL with e-bikes. People over there already bought new bikes quite often, and now there's even more excuse because your battery's probably a bit knackered, and the new one might have a bit more capacity anyway.