There is so much unnecessary and fragile stuff going on with this bike that I really dont think I could happily live with it even if I could afford it. Mtn bikes live a pretty hard life and things already break and go wrong. My philosophy with mtn bikes has always been that you should be able to afford to buy your bike and whatever you are putting on it, twice, and some things even three times, because shit is going to break if you ride it. There is very little about this that looks like it was built with any amount of longevity in mind, and with all of the inter-dependency of all the integrated electronics, systems, separate batteries, headset cable routing, bar mounted and exposed control unit, one piece bar-stem, etc etc... This seems like it would be a really fun toy for a year, maybe two at best? Or maybe only until the first or second time you crash and send it tumbling and sliding off into the rocks and trees. After that... What will the cost be to get it back up and running? Is there anything breakable that would straight up kill the bike outright? Cracked frame? Will they still support any of this stuff in even 5 years time?
July 26, 2022, 10:15 a.m. - Metacomet
There is so much unnecessary and fragile stuff going on with this bike that I really dont think I could happily live with it even if I could afford it. Mtn bikes live a pretty hard life and things already break and go wrong. My philosophy with mtn bikes has always been that you should be able to afford to buy your bike and whatever you are putting on it, twice, and some things even three times, because shit is going to break if you ride it. There is very little about this that looks like it was built with any amount of longevity in mind, and with all of the inter-dependency of all the integrated electronics, systems, separate batteries, headset cable routing, bar mounted and exposed control unit, one piece bar-stem, etc etc... This seems like it would be a really fun toy for a year, maybe two at best? Or maybe only until the first or second time you crash and send it tumbling and sliding off into the rocks and trees. After that... What will the cost be to get it back up and running? Is there anything breakable that would straight up kill the bike outright? Cracked frame? Will they still support any of this stuff in even 5 years time?