“Sometimes we open one up and water will run out literally all over the floor. Then it’s a race to dry it out inside before the fresh oxygen turns the steel parts to rust – you can actually see it happening before your eyes.” That’s Peter Collard, a man who started an e-bike motor repair business from a log cabin in his garden four years ago, but now runs an international business fixing out-of-warranty motors.
He proudly shows us his wall of horrors: motors with snapped axles, broken teeth, rusted components seized hard, and wiring that’s carried water right up into the motor’s circuit board.
“People will swear
