We don’t often get to update you on the more madcap crowdfunded e-bike projects we’ve previously reported on – for the simple reason that most of them don’t go anywhere. It seems Beno’s hubless Reevo e-bike did at least get built – although given what we’ve seen, perhaps it shouldn’t have been. Announced in 2020, the Reevo boasted hubless, spokeless wheels; a one-sided fork; and fingerprint locking/unlocking. This was apparently a sufficiently alluring package that it managed to attract over £5m in crowdfunding.
There are some really, really stupid design decisions made. But I really don’t like that they are destroying the bike in the process. It might be a piece of crap, but it totally is a cool collectors item.
You should be able to repair your bike though, this obviously isn’t. There are very few standard bike parts that on a normal bike can’t be taken off then put back on, but this seems full of odd bits and glued in pins.
Better to make a video that lots of people can enjoy than have a shit bike sitting in one person’s fancy garage somewhere.
I was talking about stuff like “Let’s drill a whole in the body for no purpose” and “destroy the wheel”. That video would have worked without destroying the bike - without those action you would be able to put everything back together.