Originally Posted by
linberl
I would just like to take a moment from the fascinating discussion of this actual bike to pause and remember it was not that long ago people thought it would never materialize. It may not be perfect but I'm super happy for the backers that it finally showed up, and seems to be a very good effort at what was promised. Now - back to the design bickering show =).
No, it didn't make any sense to begin with, and now it is totally absurd in economic sense.
That bike is way more complex to make and build than any other bike I can imagine (except for expensive alex moulton bikes), made in expensive material (ti), and made in first world country with expensive wage.
I am really really puzzled now - maybe Peter is extremely generous and giving away bikes that cost $5,000 to build at $1,500 with his own money. Maybe he made mistakes calculating the manufacturing cost. Maybe he didn't think about make both ends meet. Maybe he really found a totally new way to build bikes at 1/10th of the cost.
Anyway, let's see how this unfolds.