ActiveCyclingVanMoof e-bike owners need to download this app now or risk being brickedBankruptcy means VanMoof e-bikes could be permanently lockedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveCyclingVanMoof e-bike owners need to download this app now or risk being brickedBankruptcy means VanMoof e-bikes could be permanently lockedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Bankruptcy means VanMoof e-bikes could be permanently locked
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: VanMoof)
(Image credit: VanMoof)
Thankfully, if you are an owner of a VanMoof e-bike, a third-party app could come to your rescue.Bikey AppforiPhoneallows you to generate a unique digital key and use it to unlock the bike, even if the servers are offline.
(Image credit: Cowboy)
(Image credit: Cowboy)
The app is available foriOSandAndroid, but will only work withVanMoof S3and X3 e-bikes at the time of writing. Cowboy has said that it plans to expand support, though: “Whilst our focus has to be on our own Cowboy software development, our team is also working to add support for S4, X4, S5, and A5 in the coming days,” it explained to T3 in a statement.
(Image credit: VanMoof)
(Image credit: VanMoof)
A sad ending for VanMoof
VanMoof’s bankruptcy is a sad ending for a genuinely innovative, exciting product range and concept. Its S3 e-bike won a T3 Award in 2020 and it looked to have taken things up a notch with the VanMoof S5 released last year. It was certainly among thebest electric bikeswe’ve seen.
The company’s design team did such a good job, we’ve seen a few similar looking e-bikes in recent times - such as theBirdBike from Halfords. Maybe that’s partly contributory to its downfall.
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We certainly hope some positive outcome is achieved. It’ll be a massive shame not to see such good-looking, well-designed bikes on our roads in future.
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