He has often explained that the reason he couldn't reveal much was due to patent issues. Delays have been caused by that but also by major design changes - at first the frame would be welded, then he ditched that and decided that cast lugs that are bonded to frame tubes are better, then he ditched that again and went back to welding. Plus more deisgn reasons, and late ordering of Ti material and bike componentry, chiefly the wheel building which is the biggest delay.

Peter never revealed where the wheels would be built; early on he showed off all the Alfine hubs in the original factory location; that led me to believe the wheels would be built in Toronto. However, lately he revealed that the wheels are being built in Taiwan(?). This is what I accurately speculated about a while ago, that since there isn't a wheel building team on the ground or likely in Canada, all wheel components would have to be shipped BACK to Taiwan for all the 2000+ wheels to be built, then shipped to Toronto again. Since the wheels are the biggest delay, seems that speculation was either 100% accurate, or he read my post and decided that was the best way out of the wheel dilemma. Either way, we are looking at 2-3 months for the wheels.