The Bosch battery goes in and out without a key

Pole Bicycles Lock

Photo: Pole Bicycles

When the full replacement battery is ready in the rucksack but the key is at home, it would be very practical to be able to change the battery in another way, i.e. without a key. Finnish boutique manufacturer Pole now has a practical solution.

Of course, this is not a good solution in terms of theft protection. Pole, the Finnish mountain bike manufacturer with a big heart for long, flat geometry and frames milled from aluminum blocks, has a battery lock for Bosch bikes that no longer works with a key. Instead, a five-pin Allen key is sufficient to unlock the battery's locking mechanism.

This allows the multitool to be used to remove the battery, for example. Anyone who never lets their valuable mountain bike out of their sight anyway could enjoy this practical solution. After all, a forgotten (or the wrong or messed-up) key can really spoil a tour. The Pole Inbus battery lock fits perfectly on the company's own Vioma and Sonni models, but should also fit all e-bikes equipped with the Bosch Smart System.

Since, as is usual with Pole, the milling machine is also used for this product, there is even a weight saving of around 50 grams when switching to the Allen lock.

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