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This looks weird and interesting and the price of the single speed version is actually not bad. The string is just simple dyneema cord with crimped ends, so you could probably even make them yourself from bulk and carry a dozen spares for basically no extra weight.

The prices on their different lines seem way out of whack though. Carbon and Aluminum cost basically the same? Aren't carbon bikes usually much more expensive than others?

Single speed is _way_ cheaper than the rest. Like unexpectedly so. Are they saying their adjustable gear mechanism accounts for $2000 of the price?

And Designer is in the middle?

I really don't understand the pricing scale here.




What prices are you seeing? For me in Europe, the single speed is only €240 cheaper than the cheapest Aluminum bike.

€3990-€5200 Carbon €1590-€1990 Designer €1490-€1990 Aluminum €1250 single speed


In the US:

Carbon: $3478-$4553

Aluminum: $3100-$3800

Designers: $1386-$1909 (many priceless, presumably expensive)

Single Speed: $1090


Wow that is a big difference on Aluminum. I was looking at the US prices myself, and my first thought was I bet I could add shifter levers on that single speed myself and save 2 grand. The EU prices make much more sense.


Esoteric gearing/hubs are really expensive. I have an internally-geared bike, and the rear wheel/hub is already 1/2 the cost of the entire bike... and that's more or less using tech that was originally developed in 1957.


Are they saying their adjustable gear mechanism accounts for $2000 of the price?

Look again: the "single speed" includes the gearing:

"The gear shifter was removed however gears can be changed manually pulling or pushing the pulley up or down when the bike is stationary."

You're paying $2000 to not have to stop and change gears manually, or saving $2K by doing without the gear shifter, which ever way you wish to look at it. I almost think the price is a typo.


Good aluminum bikes can be nicer than cheap carbon.


Absolutely! And rim brakes with new break pads can work better than disc brakes. Besides you don’t need to refill brake fluid in rim brakes.


You can definitely find two fairly priced frames, where the better/pricier one is made of aluminium and the cheaper one is carbon. It helps carbon fiber prices have gone down substantially in the last decade.

Still, it is a bit odd...




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