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Old 11-25-17 | 07:47 PM
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Joe Remi
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Originally Posted by Jipe
That said, I also think that the combination of an expensive material, a complex and expensive manufacturing, a complex bike design and a very low price, much lower than the market price for any titanium bike, is too much to be successful.
"Much lower than market price" is what I never understood about this project. If he wanted to sell it cheap, why not focus on the appeal of a compact fold with 24" wheels and make it out of steel or aluminum? He seems to have fallen in love with titanium - a not particularly popular material these days - and decided he could sell it at a steel/aluminum price. That would have been hard to do with a non-folding bike!
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