Cool bike and all, but not sure that at this price this is a good candidate for micro mobility. Can’t afford or don’t want a car? Here, get this $3k bike.
Also, what am I missing? Says it has front suspension but all I see is a rigid fork.
The suspension is in the steerer.
It’s not hydraulically damped, on top of being super proprietary. For me, proprietary is a hard nope at any price.
I bet that’s an absolute delight to service.
People commute on waaaaaay more expensive bikes than 3k. I’m not sure how it isn’t micromobility: It’s a bike! There’s nothing that says micromobility is inherently cheap or low end (it can be, especially compared to cars, but it doesn’t have to be).
There are plenty of e-bikes that cost more than many cars, still micromobility.
I suppose I read into “micro mobility” an implied “affordable non-car transportation.” Micro mobility as mobility for those, at least in part, who don’t have the means for a car. Although $3k for a standard bicycle isn’t crazy expensive, it exceeds what makes affordable non-car transportation affordable IMO.
Well I can tell you that bike costs 3 times as much as my most expensive ride, but that said, expensive doesn’t preclude micromobility: Some micromobility options are ridiculously expensive, others are super affordable (like a decent used Craig’s List bike).
The front suspension is in the stem of the bars, the positioning gives more unsprung mass, but it shouldn’t make that big of a difference since the bike is about 10 kg.
A comfy bike makes commutes a lot nicer. I used to use my carbon road bike for commuting and I wouldn’t have used my much cheaper hybrid because it made a big difference during a 15 mile commute. Granted, an ebike at the same price (or far less) would be a lot better entry for a lot of people (which is what I eventually got).
Also, at that price point, you have to worry a lot more about how you are securing it.
Granted, an ebike at the same price (or far less) would be a lot better entry for a lot of people
I guess that’s my point. $3k for a standard bicycle doesn’t seem to offer up $3k worth of transportation value as does, say, an e-bike like you mention.
I don’t see this bike as particularly great use of transportation dollars, as compared to even a well-spec’d touring bike.
It will be hard to go back to riding gravel without some form of front suspension
Have the gravel bike weirdos finally discovered that suspension is a good thing?
(I will continue on a full suspension mountain bike, especially on trails that gravel bikes are supposedly for. And I’ll continue enjoying it greatly.)
