Originally Posted by Jipe

If you are an experienced design engineer, you know like me that the probability of being first time right when you make a completely new product from scratch is very low, there are always problems that only appear when the product is released and used by many real users in real conditions.

All big companies with a lot of knowledge aim at being first time right with their products, very few succeed.

In the Helix case, the probability is even lower because Peter never designed and manufactured any bike before Helix. Nothing replaces experience !