As I will have to finish my journey to Cape Town with only one battery, I have to explain to you why.
In Windhoek, only one shop has the ability to help me repair my broken battery, but the owner categorically refuses to help me, just because, basically, I didn’t get my e-bike and my battery from his shop…
On the friendliest continent on earth, I find myself in need of help from the rudest person on the continent…
Here is the video explaining how my battery could have been repaired:
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People stop reacting to any of Yves vlogs because they are two months old and he is already on his way back via Angola,Congo to West Africa and then to Europe.
Google Review his shop.
Scam, he wants you to buy a new bike, he will refurbish your old bike AND BATTERY ! …sell it at 100% profit, plus the margins on the new bike he sells you!!
SCAM!!!
please ride your bike in america. we'd love a guy like U.
NY to LA vie texas
German vs French: How do I have a feeling that this is WWII re-enacted 😆😆
you look so stressful of your job 😅..
try looking for a electronic repair shop
Yves bro,go to barber pls😅💈💇🏼♂️
I don't get it. The mechanic told you it's the fuse. Find out what fuse it is and get a very small gauge wire to replace it in the interim!!!
It’s never been about the planet.
I would try sleuthing at the electrical engineering dept of local University. Maybe there is a tinkerer in that midst that could handle your fuse problem…
Be a man, cycle without a battery like an African native 😂
This is how the Germans are, they enjoy rejecting everything. Unfortunately, this is their mentality and it will not change. I understand your suffering, Kino. 13:21
German say
Das geht nicht 😂
Yves – how can I buy your battery here in Canada and send it to you?
I equate the stubborn selfishness of the bike shop man (of German descent) to the bigoted behavior of some whites living in Africa who refuse to live equitably with native Africans. How do you relocate to another region, decide you like that region and then subject the native people to discrimination and bigotry because you feel you are superior? This unjust, superior behavior is common, I think, amongst some Europeans and Americans who just won’t work with certain individuals for God only knows reasons. The German guy could have had a grudge because you’re French.
Cheer up hard worker, you could face a lot of bullshits on the way….. use them as your strength. Wish you all the best….. ma men yves
Hermon
The issues here are the same as you brought a spaceship and landed with it in a place that doesn't reach this kind of technology yet …
I'm a traveler myself, but I can admit I've never done anything as awe-inspiring as what you're doing, crossing East Africa on an E-bike. Very impressive! Sometimes when traveling, I experience a frustrating situation like you're in this video. I used to get crazy, angry, and frustrated. Over the last couple of years, I’ve started treating these situations as the travel Gods testing me to see how I react. I’ve found that rolling with the punches makes my life a lot easier than pushing against the wall in anger or frustration. We are blessed to travel, even in the most absurd, frustrating situations! You handled it very respectfully—move on with one battery and go with the flow. Best of luck, brother!
I hope no new Franco- German war in Africa.
U got robbedwith ak. Your bike sabotaged and thrown rocks at you but a guy who probably has a contract that doesn't allow him to repair your battery is the thing that makes u judge a whole nation. Incredible
لا تغضب نفسك كينو تحلي بالصبر المسئلة ببساطة ان ھناك اشخاص في الحياة سلبيين ولكن بالتأكيد لن يستطيعوا ان يوقفوا عزيمتك ان شاء الله سوف تحل الازمة بأذن الله تعالي الله يساعدك ويسھل أمورك وطمنا علي وضعك في اسرع وقت ❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Kenyan camp here…if this was in Nairobi could have been solved very easily.
For all the travel you do…. That bike of yours looks a basic model. The chain is not robust looking. Seat…. Tyres. I would think you would need a top spec design to travel the world
You should wait for the worker after work and ask him to do it on his own time.
Or….. Buy 2 new battery's and get them fitted…. DONE!
I somehow got emotionally invested in a random e-bike battery repair saga in Namibia! Never thought I'd be sitting here desperately needing to know if a stranger's battery got fixed. That cliffhanger ending though – you can't leave us hanging like that! We need season 2! 😅
If it's just a fuse, a visit to an electric/electronics repair shop should fix you up with a suitable generic circuit breaker as a substitute for the fuse.
Why don't you have the battery shipped by the company from which you bought the bike?
Yves dont dissapoint me with this stereotypes. Is ist because we build the better cars? 😉 Regards from Germany 🙂
Ola Kino we should go eat kapana and drink some beer if you still in Windhoek 🤝🏽
Namibia is in Africa wow beautiful I thought in Europe wow in Africa wow beautiful country Namibia
I never like Germans. Very rude man, but l like French people very much. German language is very rough. French language is very smooth and polite.
Give us his number we say Hi to him
Are Germans generally like this, or is it just one person? Africa is a home of love and unity, and I felt bad about the actions of that one German man. Namibia, are Germans still influencing your governance, or is that just my perception? Here in Kenya, we wouldn’t tolerate such behavior—we believe in fairness and standing together. Let’s all embrace love and remain open-minded as a global community
Just go to an electrical repair shop not a bicycle shop!! hahaha
Germans are full of it ! Colonial attitude remains !
You should go to an electronic repair person. Preferably someone who works on laptop/mobile motherboards.
What about buying a new in France and getting it shipped to you by DHL,the shipping time will be under 5 days