Sadly, I am recovering from a crash that a faulty fender on my Engwe caused and have been driving this week.
Hopefully I'll heal up fast but to anyone out there that has an Engwe: Remove your front fender bolts that attach the stays to the fork and replace them with zip ties or remove the fender entirely.
These shitty fenders fail and wrap around the front tire, sending the rider into the pavement at great speed. Bones were broken, Engwe did not give a single shit and as far as I can tell, they are taking no action to fix the issue.
To anyone considering their bikes: Look elsewhere, they are not worth it and the company apparently DGAF if you get killed as long as they have your money.
I'm sorry to hear that! So the front locked up and you had a highside crash? That's my greatest fear on my ebike (heybike ranger s) and my motorcycle (suzuki gs500). I hope you heal up and can get back to riding soon, and I'm glad you're still alive and coherent
Yeah, my helmet probably saved my life. RIP in peace Bell Super Air R, you were a good helmet.
Quality fenders will have some sort of emergency breakaway in case something fails but cheaper ones that are all metal lack this basic safety feature. You can create your own breakaways by replacing the bolts with some 5-10 lb zip ties that will break and throw the fender instead of you.
You should probably make an actual warning post about this so more people will see it. You aren't the first to get thrown by an Engwe because of the fender.