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D3 · Level 1 · Electric, no logic An electric rock

Gazelle Tour Populair

Gazelle Tour Populair Dutch city bike with a hub dynamo.

$900–1,200Buy on Gazelle
Estimate. Prices change.

An upright Dutch bike with a hub dynamo, a chain guard and a rack. Pedal and the lights come on, with no battery anywhere. Built to be ridden every day for twenty years.

Repairable
Opens with common tools, spare parts are available, and replacement parts work without the maker unlocking them.
Off-grid
Runs on battery, crank or solar, so it survives a power cut.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
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=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisGazelle Tour Populair
What it replacesSmart oneVanMoof S5
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Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
FALSE
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
FALSE
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
TRUE
FALSE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
6 of 66/6
0 of 60/6

The smart one is the VanMoof S5.

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When the maker went bust, owners scrambled for their unlock keys.

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VanMoof S5

$3,000–4,000Dumb ones
Local · Online · Cloud-dependent A bike that needs its maker alive.
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Pedal and the lights come on. Dutch since 1892.

Gazelle Tour Populair

$900–1,200
Repairable · Off-grid
Gazelle Tour Populair$900–1,200
Buy on Gazelle