Bosch and Garmin

[Dave Ll]

Hi.

Does anyone know if it is possible to connect a Garmin Forerunner 165 to the Bosch flow system? It would be helpful to get my heart rate on the bike screen.

Dave

 

[silverback]

How is Bosch with reliability? My Brother dogs their bike motors down he has never owned one. I started buying Bosch brushless power tools and there winnders imo. Tons of power that lasts and I only had one break down. But not motor related.

 

[Joecrow]

The link below may be helpful to try and see if it works.
https://help.bosch-ebike.com/en/help-center/ebw-flowapp-activitytracking/asset-asf-01012

 

[Fritz Katzenjammer]

How is Bosch with reliability? My Brother dogs their bike motors down he has never owned one. I started buying Bosch brushless power tools and there winnders imo. Tons of power that lasts and I only had one break down. But not motor related.

I’ve attended Bosch training, they told us the motors should be good for 50,000km. We have a customer at our shop who puts 30,000km a year on his e-bike. He’s a year round rider so you can throw a lot of rain, road salt and cold weather use into that. He’s just bought his second bike as the first one is pretty worn after 3 years of that treatment. ( 90,000+ km! ) We replaced his chain, cassette, derailleur, brakes and tires I don’t know how many times. He bought a second battery a while back as the original was getting a bit iffy and he cracked the rim on the rear wheel at least once.

But the stupid Bosch Performance Line motor has never been touched and still works fine.

 

[silverback]

I bought a medium 18V brushless / cordless drill 2 years ago. Mainly for a home utility and lighter duty. It inspired confidence to use it all around. I highly recommend that one. It has the clutch setting and hammer on/off and a necessity half inch drive. I picked it over Makita at the time because Bosch was the only one offering it brushless at the time. The drill is a little champion. It came with dual battery. The new lithium tech is also awesome, they charge within in a couple hours and last. You can't beat having two in the middle of something though.