diff --git a/src/components/ebike/Ebike.tsx b/src/components/ebike/Ebike.tsx
index e7de0dc..93186bf 100644
--- a/src/components/ebike/Ebike.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ebike/Ebike.tsx
@@ -344,13 +344,19 @@ export function Ebike({
   // pollute the view. The prompt comes back the moment the bike comes to
   // a stop. window.ebikeDriveInputActive is published every frame by
   // PlayerController based on whether a movement key is currently held.
+  // Also hide entirely while the breakdown sequence is active — the bike
+  // must read as inert and non-interactive while the panne dialogue plays
+  // and during the auto-dismount that follows.
   const [isEbikeDriving, setIsEbikeDriving] = useState(false);
+  const [isEbikeBreakdown, setIsEbikeBreakdown] = useState(false);
   useFrame(() => {
     const driving =
       movementMode === "ebike" && window.ebikeDriveInputActive === true;
     if (driving !== isEbikeDriving) setIsEbikeDriving(driving);
+    const breakdown = window.ebikeBreakdownActive === true;
+    if (breakdown !== isEbikeBreakdown) setIsEbikeBreakdown(breakdown);
   });
-  const showInteractPrompt = !isEbikeDriving;
+  const showInteractPrompt = !isEbikeDriving && !isEbikeBreakdown;
 
   const handleInteract = useCallback((): void => {
     if (window.ebikeBreakdownActive === true) return;
diff --git a/src/data/ebike/ebikeConfig.ts b/src/data/ebike/ebikeConfig.ts
index 9a90b75..c1279b4 100644
--- a/src/data/ebike/ebikeConfig.ts
+++ b/src/data/ebike/ebikeConfig.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const EBIKE_WORLD_POSITION: Vector3Tuple = [68, 0.8, 65];
 export const EBIKE_WORLD_ROTATION_Y = -2.5;
 export const EBIKE_WORLD_SCALE = 0.35;
 
-export const EBIKE_INTRO_BREAKDOWN_DISTANCE = 15;
+export const EBIKE_INTRO_BREAKDOWN_DISTANCE = 450;
 export const EBIKE_BREAKDOWN_DIALOGUE_DELAY_MS = 250;
 
 export const EBIKE_ACCELERATION_DURATION_MS = 2000;
diff --git a/src/world/player/PlayerController.tsx b/src/world/player/PlayerController.tsx
index 72cd0f2..8545f9c 100644
--- a/src/world/player/PlayerController.tsx
+++ b/src/world/player/PlayerController.tsx
@@ -363,7 +363,11 @@ export function PlayerController({
     }
 
     _wishDir.set(0, 0, 0);
-    if (!isEbikeBreakdown) {
+    // Block drive input only when still on the bike during breakdown.
+    // Once auto-dismounted (movementMode === "walk"), the player must
+    // remain free to walk around even though ebikeBreakdownActive is true.
+    const blockDriveInput = isEbikeMounted && isEbikeBreakdown;
+    if (!blockDriveInput) {
       if (keys.current.forward) _wishDir.add(_forward);
       if (keys.current.backward) _wishDir.sub(_forward);
       if (!isEbikeMounted) {