Thread: Helix Update?
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Old 08-10-19, 10:06 PM
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Pine Cone
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I sold my Helix pledge at the end of July. At that time Peter was still struggling to increase production and there had been no mention of Helix-specific accessories like fenders and racks in the last year.

The good news is that he has hired some new employees and upgraded some machinery which should help speed up production. It was unclear as of the beginning of August if the 100th Helix had been produced yet.

I wish Peter and Team Helix the best of luck, but they have been unable to produce one completed bicycle a day in 2019. They need to increase production 15X to 20X in order to ship all of the Kickstarter and pre-order bikes before the end of 2019. That will be a challenge.
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