_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSanta Cruz Vala review: the best bike I've ever testedwww.bikeradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkSanta Cruz Vala review: the best bike I've ever testedwww.bikeradar.com_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days ago Cons: None Bro, the bike is $12,000. 😵
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoGlad I wasn’t the only one thinking that. The 600wh battery isn’t even removable either, and 600wh is really small for a bike that costs 12k
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoI’ve never even spent that much on a car. Maybe if I include repair bills it ends up being about that. I guess with bike there’s no insurance or gas but it still seems bonkers for a fraction of the metal and parts with not really much innovation.
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoThere’s a point of diminishing returns with bikes that some would estimate to be much, much lower than $12,000, even for an e-bike. And for a bike like that (e-MTB), it’s even more difficult to justify the costs, because it’s not a car replacement like an e-cargo bike could be.
Bro, the bike is $12,000. 😵
Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that. The 600wh battery isn’t even removable either, and 600wh is really small for a bike that costs 12k
I’ve never even spent that much on a car. Maybe if I include repair bills it ends up being about that. I guess with bike there’s no insurance or gas but it still seems bonkers for a fraction of the metal and parts with not really much innovation.
There’s a point of diminishing returns with bikes that some would estimate to be much, much lower than $12,000, even for an e-bike.
And for a bike like that (e-MTB), it’s even more difficult to justify the costs, because it’s not a car replacement like an e-cargo bike could be.