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# Hacker builds open-source e-bike motor to reclaim right to repair
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/hacker-builds-open-source-e-bike-motor-to-reclaim-right-to-repair/
- Published: 2026-07-19T16:06:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T16:06:45.000Z
- Description: Pedro Neves’s mid-drive motor project addresses a concrete problem: proprietary e-bike systems lock owners out of repairs, forcing dependence on manufacturers for maintenance. E-bikes represent a growing transportation category where repairability directly affects adoption costs and waste.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-connected, hardware, IoT, sustainability

Source: [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2026/07/18/open-source-mid-drive-e-bike-motor-has-lots-of-promise-and-hyphens/?ref=adjacent.media)

Pedro Neves's mid-drive motor project addresses a concrete problem: proprietary e-bike systems lock owners out of repairs, forcing dependence on manufacturers for maintenance. E-bikes represent a growing transportation category where repairability directly affects adoption costs and waste. A dead motor currently means replacing the entire system rather than fixing components. Open-source alternatives could create a commons of compatible, repairable parts that competing brands build around, similar to how Linux fragmented the software lock-in model.