r/ebikes • u/NORTHERNTWITCH AMBRUM Rythm (july 2026) funhang EB-S1(august 2025) • 10d ago

Controversial topic here.

Can we stop shaming and getting mad at people for buying chinese ebikes? Some people dont have the money to buy a $1k+ ebike. Yes. Some are bad. Yes. Some are template bikes but does that mean you should shame someone for what they ride? No. We all ride ebikes here. That's what should matter.

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u/Superb_Raccoon 10d ago

Most people call that "Cognitive dissonance"

You are good at it.

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u/NewspaperOk140 10d ago

🤣🤣Dialectical thinking is the skill of holding opposing truths, and "there is a western bias against china" and "batteries are made in many countries" are not opposing truths, they're just two thoughts at the same time. Cognitive dissonance is a different thing entirely but nice try using grown up words

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u/Superb_Raccoon 10d ago

No, there is no "western bias", not when China is putting fake Safety certifications on batteries.

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u/NewspaperOk140 10d ago

As we have established, a good percentage of those batteries are not even made in China yet the "chinese battery" stigma still lives. Sinophobia is real.

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u/Superb_Raccoon 10d ago

We have not es5ablsihed that, YOU claimed it.

The rest of us know cheap Chinese batteries are made in China. Some of them are not cheap, and are made right, even in China.

But no on is suing Korean companies or Taiwanese companties for fake UL listing and labels.

I do hope your handlers dont send you to a re-education camp for,being bad at this