ausGoef,
let's me rephrase my point.
There are Chinese and non-Chinese brands.
One thing is bike made in Chinese assembly-only factory of known European or NAmericam manufacturer and complelely different thing is Chinese brand.
2 different things.
Like with other things ,
you also put those money toward bicycle wich will last or you buy POS and keep adding batteries, parts
or if you are technical person keep dirtying your hands with constant adjustments.
Chinese don't know much about metalurgy, there are Soviet-era still in many cases - to start with.
Bolts strip, metal twists, etc.
Maybe unpleasant comments but true comments.
MC