Yes, the prices are purely supply and demand based. The question now is whether MSRPs will move even slightly down now that demand is vastly diminished.
But forget about the Tesla, how is BYD releasing the seagull/dolphin-mini with a 30kWh battery for $10k in China, which is the price of many...
Damn, a lot of these are legit! I have done some sizable stuff, but they always look pretty average in photos/videos.
This one is more of a long and low:
Go take a look in the levo threads for more details.
But basically all the Brose ones which are all very similar hence the naming being specialized 1.2, 1.3 etc. Their SL motors from Mahle have similar reliability as other brands I believe.
I was talking to a guy who bought 3 levos for himself...
Update: sold for €1800, will hopefully get another 200 out of the second more recent battery. I don't even want to add up the upgrades and fixes (€1000 just for the motor that was still under warranty). It's brutal out there, can only console myself that the electric car I bought 12 months ago...
It's a mix of supply and demand on one side, and overheads on the other.
Most obvious example of overheads is the direct sales brands: canyon, yt and commencal all used to sell ebikes starting around 4k. They all went a bit nuts with marketing videos and race teams, yt pulled back a lot on...
Cheers for all the feedback, I agree that I don't see the market picking back up, maybe for MTBs but not older ebikes out of warranty.
@Dax I have been running ebikes at the bike park for 3 years now, here in the south of France the lifts are either a cabin or you just lift the front wheel up...
Ok, so my 2018 Commencal Meta Power has been sitting in my garage for a full year while its replacement, a Giant Reign e+, is used close to daily. After lowering the price from 3k (it has a very nice build with mostly new components) down to 2k, I just saw an ad on my equivalent of craigslist...
I use a bear bell: Coghlan's Bear Bell
But more for my own protection from hunters, there are a dozen or so deadly "accidents", i.e. shootings, in France every year from hunters, and I cross a lot of them during the winter.
Are you looking for dirt cheap or good value?
Just before Christmas I bought a Garmin forerunner 255, but my criteria was battery percentage + accurate GPS at the cheapest price. The 255 effectively does this by being as accurate as even the most expensive sportswatches, but is heavily...
I know Radon are often in the bargain section, but their current prices are bonkers, is this the cheapest Bosch smart system bike?
This particular model is a race ready enduro rig for €3.3k: DEFT 9.0 750 – RADON Bikes
But actually, I was more mind blown by this thing, for 2.3k, I would almost...
Was in a very similar situation upgrading from a 2018 meta power with same motor and 630wh battery. Bike aged really well, almost still relevant today in many ways (after mulleting it and upgrading the battery)
Not so much a recommendation but a warning: a more powerful motor will drain your...
Broke a spoke, bought a new wheel!
To be fair, I have been snapping spokes within the nipple all year long on my EX1700's. It has been driving me nuts as you have to replace the tubeless flap each time. The shop told me my rim was pretty tired so most likely the spokes can't be tensioned...
My mind immediately imagined half a dozen NSFW uses for that thing, but it took me a few minutes of backtracking through the comments to understand its actual purpose!
Testing out my new rear shock on a winter classic behind the french riviera. Things get pretty spicy after the 1m40 mark, but as always the go pro doesn't show how rough and loose the trail is:
Saw the single crown version at a recent event, definitely looked sorted in the flesh, wouldn't have any issue being seen on one.
As above, I have the giant reign 2022 with the same motor (different software), coming from a 70nm shimano e8000, it doesn't really feel much more powerful, and I'm...
Wow, great price on the brand-x!
I will say a huge advantage of the oneup is how "low" the saddle gets with respect to the collar, so for anyone with an older bike with a long seattube or even someone that sized up, the one up ends up feeling like you have 2-3 extra cm of space when it is fully...
I couldn't find a jacket I liked and the prices just kept getting higher and higher, so I packed up my things from Ireland and moved to France. Almost never get wet now.
You are most welcome for this advice :P