A new e-mbike from Germany

anotherkiwi

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Wander

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Maybe

but I actually said WOW out loud when I looked at that link!
 

JamesW

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Nope, they're not getting ridiculous. When I was ebike shopping last Jan, I asked in the Electric Transport Shop:
1) what is a mid range bike price
2) what is a top of the range bike price.

the answer to Q2 was...
hmmm the most expensive bike we do is about 8k - no hang on, this is the top of the range bike here:
you get a custom built titanium frame, made to your measurement, flown out to the factory in a private jet to see it being built, max speed of 50mph+, 24hour support anywhere in the world they will fly out an engineer to repair your bike, and it only costs 55k!

(wish I could find a link to it now - It was an ugly beast that looked like something out of Ghost Rider!)
 

Croxden

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With the upside down battery placement as the Grace MX designed to collect all the crud.

Mind it has a Rohloff hub so I'll have three.
 

Croxden

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anotherkiwi

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I know you can pay thousands more for a hand build road bike with top of the line components. I am not into offroad pedelecs I do agree it is a very nice design but looking at the specs you are paying a lot compared to others just over half that. just to have a Gates Carbon drive?

8500€ gets a half decent velomobile - WAW with 250W motor.

It also pays a Greek pensionner for 13 odd months...