That shipping date is highly questionable in my opinion unless it really gets realized. Its slipped too many times already.

And besides, if they are not shipping before people commit to pre-orders (20th Jan), who knows if its just another round of milking 'funding' instead ?

Would you happen to have any new updates directly from them for being such an early backer ??

For all the parts to trickle in, need maybe 2 months and more since there is still the X'mas / New Year period to contend with in the meantime. If they want to ship by then (26th Jan), then at least a significant portion of the parts for these bikes would need to have arrived at the factory already. You still need a few weeks to ramp up assembly production.

At the very latest, all the parts and frames will need to be ready for final assembly and packing before X'mas rolls along.