Cool bike and all, but not sure that at this price this is a good candidate for micro mobility. Can’t afford or don’t want a car? Here, get this $3k bike.
Also, what am I missing? Says it has front suspension but all I see is a rigid fork.
The suspension is in the steerer.
It's not hydraulically damped, on top of being super proprietary. For me, proprietary is a hard nope at any price.
I bet that's an absolute delight to service.
People commute on waaaaaay more expensive bikes than 3k. I'm not sure how it isn't micromobility: It's a bike! There's nothing that says micromobility is inherently cheap or low end (it can be, especially compared to cars, but it doesn't have to be).
There are plenty of e-bikes that cost more than many cars, still micromobility.
I suppose I read into “micro mobility” an implied “affordable non-car transportation.” Micro mobility as mobility for those, at least in part, who don’t have the means for a car. Although $3k for a standard bicycle isn’t crazy expensive, it exceeds what makes affordable non-car transportation affordable IMO.
Well I can tell you that bike costs 3 times as much as my most expensive ride, but that said, expensive doesn't preclude micromobility: Some micromobility options are ridiculously expensive, others are super affordable (like a decent used Craig's List bike).
The front suspension is in the stem of the bars, the positioning gives more unsprung mass, but it shouldn't make that big of a difference since the bike is about 10 kg.
A comfy bike makes commutes a lot nicer. I used to use my carbon road bike for commuting and I wouldn't have used my much cheaper hybrid because it made a big difference during a 15 mile commute. Granted, an ebike at the same price (or far less) would be a lot better entry for a lot of people (which is what I eventually got).
Also, at that price point, you have to worry a lot more about how you are securing it.
Granted, an ebike at the same price (or far less) would be a lot better entry for a lot of people
I guess that’s my point. $3k for a standard bicycle doesn’t seem to offer up $3k worth of transportation value as does, say, an e-bike like you mention.
I don’t see this bike as particularly great use of transportation dollars, as compared to even a well-spec’d touring bike.
It will be hard to go back to riding gravel without some form of front suspension
Have the gravel bike weirdos finally discovered that suspension is a good thing?
(I will continue on a full suspension mountain bike, especially on trails that gravel bikes are supposedly for. And I'll continue enjoying it greatly.)
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
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