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$700 for a single-speed bike with this goofy gimmick frame-lock, $800 for a three-speed. Nah, I think I'll stick to the beat-up seven-speed I spent $300 on seve
by egypturnash 5y ago
$700 for a single-speed bike with this goofy gimmick frame-lock, $800 for a three-speed. Nah, I think I'll stick to the beat-up seven-speed I spent $300 on several years ago and a cheap chain.
- alanbernstein 5y agoIt's not single speed, it has an internal hub gear.
- egypturnash 5y agoI was going by the last sentence of the article: It comes in two flavors, either single- or three-gear, which cost $699 and $799 respectively. If you go to Yerka's site it does say that "The Yerka model with gears incorporates sealed gears inside the hub which means less service, more reliability and you will be able to shift without pedaling" so the three-speed might have an internal hub gear. But this also clearly implies a model "without gears". And finally at the store page - https://yerka.store/products/yerka-v3?variant=35584723255449 https://yerka.store/products/yerka-v3?variant=35584723255449 - it pretty distinctly gives you an option of "3 speed" and "single speed". And has photos of a bike with one big gear behind the cranks, doesn't even have a chain guard to help keep your pants out of it. No fancy internal gear there.
- ahoka 5y agoYeah, a 300USD single speed from Decathlon and 50USD U Lock is much better.