I'm also a kickstarter backer for the bike. I don't have a problem with the delays, per se, but I do have a problem with the company's wildly unsubstantiated issuing of updated delivery dates. The "delays" exist because the company fails to meet it's own absurd completion schedule. This undermines confidence. It would have been entirely reasonable to have stated design and production will take 36 months, or whatever. Of course, if the reason for being overly optimistic about the release date was to dupe investors, I'd be thinking about, one way or the other, getting my money back.