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Old 02-13-19, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Remi
It also would be nice if 75% of the country wasn't snowed or rained in right now. I don't expect any reviews for a while, it's COLD out there!

As for missing the market, my guess is yes. Every story I hear from insider bikey people is that ebikes are rolling over everything, and you better build one if you want to sell bikes. Helix is WAY behind on this curve. My opinion.
Helix has expressed plans for Ebike conversion (250W max power).
There are many add-on options which would be easy to adapt, eg, Copenhagen
Wheel, which look like a great solution both short & long term. But I know that the
market is heading towards motors at the crank, which would mean a major redesign.
Will Helix take the hard or the easy route? Or both?

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