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My local bicycle dealer has models in the window up to 15k$. There’s a market for such priced products.
by trvz 1y ago
My local bicycle dealer has models in the window up to 15k$. There’s a market for such priced products.
- jakedata 1y agoOh, clearly. But for that money I'd buy a really nice BMW i3 REX. Obviously not an option for everyone.
- plantwallshoe 1y agoThose are high performance mountain bikes with carbon fiber frames, top of the line components, carbon wheels. This is an aluminum city commuter and 4.5k is at the high end of that class of ebike.
- dgacmu 1y agoMy tern gsd (cargo e-bike) was in this range and it was totally worth it. Not sure I'd feel the same about a basic commuter bike though.
- plantwallshoe 1y agoTerns are great bikes
- socalgal2 1y agothe problem with $5-$15k bikes is you can't actually use them in the USA as they'll be stolen. You can commute if you have the place to keep it secure. You can not stop for some shopping on the way home though as you'll lose your bike.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoIf you're riding a $10,000 bike to work, your work probably provides a place to safely store it. Or you make terrible financial decisions
- Izikiel43 1y ago> your work probably provides a place to safely store it. They get stolen anyway, know some guys it happened to.
- nradov 1y agoRight, the thieves will shoulder surf or pick a lock to get into the "secure" office building storage area. Happens all the time and the police won't bother to investigate.
- pandaman 1y agoJust like $0-$5K bikes: it's not like a homeless junkie is going to leave your bike alone if it's just $3K or even $300.
- tim333 1y agoMy $200 rusty ebike has been parked outside for 18 months in central London without problems. I take the battery in. The homeless junkie would have to get an angle grinder to cut two D locks, figure out how to buy the battery which costs $300 and is only available from decathlon, somehow try to make a profit out of the whole operation which I don't think I could myself and so on. It's actually cost me about another $500 in maintenance getting the various bits that pack up replaced but it's a good theft deterrent.
- pandaman 1y agoThis might have something to do with London not being in the USA?
- tim333 1y agoI guess it varies by location but we have homeless druggies and bike thieves here too. I think old rusty stuff not being very attractive to thieves is fairly universal.
- pandaman 1y agoDo you also have homeless tent cities with thousands of stolen bikes in different states of decay piled around?
- tim333 1y agoNo. We don't have that one. Although the place still has issues https://www.reddit.com/r/londoncycling/comments/1hfo5ij/how_bad_is_bike_theft_in_london_really_im_talking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/londoncycling/comments/1hfo5ij/how_...
- trollbridge 1y agoThe last bike I had stolen was one I paid $100 for. If I commuted via bicycle in an area with frequent larceny, I’d simply take it inside to my cubicle, which is surprisingly easy. Currently I live in a low larceny area so I simply leave it outside of the office, unlocked.