Atherton Bike Co

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I read an article on Pink Bike where they interviewed Dan... Pretty excited to see what they come out with. Been a fan of the Athertons for years. Them coming out with an eBike would be icing on the cake! :eek:
 

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Not a huge Atherton fan, though I like them enough, but a big Robot fanboy. You can see the Titanium Printed Lug construction in this pic

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I reckon a Fauza would snuggle up nicely into a carbon downtube
 

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Sintering titanium parts = wallet crushing bike prices. Great for prototyping, or for a small bespoke bike company, tough for making enough money to pay the bills on a large operation, even in a direct to consumer operation. There is a reason YT, Canyon and the others are making their bikes in China and Taiwan.
 

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The Robot bikes where not too bad, no more than an equivalent Santa Cruz/Pivot/Evil etc, and I think there prototyping cost are less as they dont have to make new moulds, simply print off a new lug etc to play around with the geo
 

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