I don’t think there’s a low cost Gates alternative for belt drives yet. We need a SRAM/KMC-ification of these parts before they turn up on value bikes.

The new Aventons are probably the best value in e-bikes right now. They’re no Tern/R+M but they work, and their universal battery strategy is way better than anything else on the market.

One of the more under discussed parts of this story is what’s happening to e-bike powertrains and vertical integration of bike brands. The parallels with the auto sector and electrification are uncanny.

What’s emerging is something new and more mobility focused than the current EU/US cycling industry. Atm we don’t have a clear industry definition or business model—it’s so chaotic the world’s largest bike trade show might not happen in 2026.

It’s going to be fascinating to see what replaces it…

This is a huge shift from the current business model where bike brands are just integrators of powertrains and it’s unclear who owns responsibility for support.

The new structure could radically improve aftermarket support and drive innovation by improving the margins on e-bike powertrains.

The best example is Gobao, a major powertrain maker for sitdown electric scooters that’s moving into e-bikes. Instead of just selling parts, they created wholly owned bike brands, HEPHA in Europe, and Aventon in the US (which they bought or own a major stake in).

We’ve all been waiting on the Toyota of micromobity. I think a new business model is emerging that might make this happen:

In the last couple years we’re seeing vertically integrated e-bike brands owned by powertrain makers. ALSO is part of this trend but the real innovation is in China.

It’s going the be fascinating to see how this industry picks up the pieces from the bubble and gets back to research. There’s a lot of work still to be done that doesn’t require trillions of dollars in hardware.

Tbc, this looks like a mistake on @canonicalltd.bsky.social’s part,
including the code as the default along with a bunch of marketing, and not the fault of the uutils team.

Yikes, this isn’t the way to handle something of this importance.

Ubuntu 25.10 should have shipped with a “Would you like to beta test the new coreutils?” option that warns users this being WIP, rather than claiming it’s ready to use as a drop in replacement.

Bummer to see I’m not the only one getting burned by this:

☝️The missing badge on the “tailgate” looked like the oval from a Kia logo.

Tbh, unibody structures are probably over engineered anyway…

I’m concerned about the structural bondo but other than that, seems fine!

Also if you’re on a machine with an intel chipset, github.com/EricLBuehler... with the mkl features enabled is incredibly fast and low overhead.

@ahl.bsky.social @bcantrill.bsky.social please do an episode on this. Also can y’all get them running on prem? Seems like the way to snag the skybox seats!

Tbh, he’s driven by the same dad issues plaguing the current administration. Seems both tragic and inevitable this is where his vision would end up taking us: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-28/ess...