Clark W. Griswold
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
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I love they claim the bike is on sale on Bikes Direct as if someone else sold these brands they bought the names of to give their site some prestige. The worst part about buying e-bikes from them is you won't get the services a shop offers like giving you a pre-built bike with all the updates done and some sort of aftercare. Plus you can actually test ride the bike before you buy it which is the problem with buying online. That is why I caution people from doing so, if you really truly know what you are doing, it can be fine but a lot of folks would be lost putting together an e-bike and updating it properly and without a shop there to help out warranties can be hard.
All in all it seems like it has decent spec and while I am not personally a huge fan of the STePs system it is solid and having the Di2 integration is neat. Full suspension e-bikes and dropper posts are a pain, unless you go wireless. A little more cost but no faffing about with cables or anything.