vanmoof

The bike pictured is a VanMoof S3 which was discontinued when VanMoof went bust.

Remember the 2023 bankruptcy of e-bike manufacturer VanMoof, locking out its customers, even ones who had purchased it?

The VanMoof e-shifter is awful: Every shift comes as an interruptive surprise which makes for a very uncomfortable ride.

They’re very expensive, though, as they’re made for road racing, not for regular bikes like the ones VanMoof made.

VanMoof wanted to do everything themselves and found out the hard way that was a bad idea.

That looks so much like a Vanmoof which typically has light buttons on the left handlebar.

Good to hear this, since it encourages me to stick with the VanMoof I bought in 2019.

Also, don't have an e-bike or something fancy like a VanMoof.

Hey, I'm one of the app developers at VanMoof – what's not working exactly?

Note that the VanMoof was an e-bike with a lot of built-in features, so it wasn't intended to attract a minimalist market in the first place.

VanMoof and Urban Arrow bicycles and not that expensive.

Your friend may have bought a broken VanMoof.

VanMoof and Cowboy bicycles (both of which you'd presumably consider "like bikes").

> "since the SX2" + "Your friend may have bought a broken VanMoof" The explanation is that it's one of the first generation ones.

Since this is a vanmoof (first edition probably) I think they followed the design of "old fashioned" bikes which also lack the turnability features as the light is attached to the frame part of the central steering bar and not the insert which turns with the steering wheel.

It is an early edition Vanmoof, it has a single button on the handlebar that was for the Bell, no button for the lights.