Yeah Belinonaut, opinions only. No smart-arse informed, reasoned or considered arguments allowed.

Here's a sniff of mine...

Having seen the updates now, even more confident in delivery - looking really good.

What is evident is that Helix have seized the opportunity presented by the level of Kickstarter investment to set the company up for the future both in terms of the product design and their production capability rather than simply fulfilling orders based on the initial design as quickly as possible and evolving more organically thereafter.

I would guess that this has probably happened incrementally as a number of smaller decisions informed by individual considerations and the owner's nature as a designer, rather than strategically - but that is just pure conjecture. The net result for backers is what appears to be an improved product with upwards of 18 months delay.

Can understand why some backers might be unhappy with this if they were setting out to buy a folding bike for a near term need. Kickstarter projects aren't the best if that is your expectation - it is after all a start-up crowd funding platform, not a product marketplace.

Indeed, anecdotally, many backers seem OK with the trade off and the main frustration has been poor comma and expectation management.

Either way don't see that money has been wasted and speculation time is people's own to burn.

What is interesting is that the angriest and most negative opinions appear to come from those who are not backers and have no stake whatsoever. What could explain this? Opinions welcome.