This is a guest post from Brett Thurber, co-owner of The New Wheel electric bike shop in San Francisco, CA.
Two years ago I met Claus Fleischer, general manager of Bosch’s electric bike unit at Eurobike.
I told him that we needed Bosch powered ebikes in San Francisco. I knew a few things: a quality mid-drive is good for our hilly market, a company with a top tier reputation is good for ebikes, and Bosch had both.
Although Mr. Fleischer didn’t have a timeline for bringing Bosch ebikes stateside he was intrigued by the possibility. [Read more…] about The Bosch E-Bike Cometh