Comment by dmarinus

> something more problematic of this smart bike is that it also requires an app to unlock.

It doesn't, assuming you have the PIN to the bicycle.

> from what I read they used many (low quality) custom parts for this bike which aren't available anymore.

I've worked on my two VanMoofs a bunch to keep them running and they're okay quality parts in my opinion. Additionally, they sold about 200k bicycles so there's plenty of second hand, and even new, parts out there.

Since we were swapping it from owner every few months initially, when the App still worked, we left it unlocked and with a normal chain lock. Luckily for us, since now the app doesn't work anymore.