Yeah range frustrates me too. The reason they don't generally do this is that having unsprung weight dramatically affects the cornering performance of the bike.

Yeah range frustrates me too. The reason they don't generally do this is that having unsprung weight dramatically affects the cornering performance of the bike. So while it would be great to crank out miles in a straight line on a long journey it would suck going around corners on a shorter trip. Like everything else in biking it's a tradeoff.