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From: The Ring of Fire, the Global South, Asia-Pacific, the Tropics...
Bikes: Several, all affordably priced, none exalted cult artifacts or hype jobs
[Channeling J!pe]
The problem with your purchase is the embarrasingly narrow range of the stock gearing coupled with the high price, weight and the proprietary nature and the inherent design compromises of the purchase item. By contrast, you could have, say, built yourself a 349er with a Litepro or FnHon frameset, or bought an Origami or Downtube complete bike for a fraction of the price and ended up with wider gearing, lower weight and an overall more competent bike when unfolded and ridden. Hope that helps.
[End Channeling J!pe]
Last edited by Ron Damon; 08-05-22 at 04:30 AM.