But be aware that genuine Stridas also have issues with quality, durability, availablilty of replacement parts, etc. My (genuine) Strida has been at or near the end of its useful life for so long that I now hesitate to ride it at all.
Just wondering if you could be more specific. I ride my real Strida pretty much every day and in the rain, and don't have problems yet, but I would like some details as to what to watch out for, what some of the first things to go are, etc.
Btw, I bought my Strida at Warm Planet. I work near there, and am always Strida-ing around the city on a black Strida 5 with the rack removed (I haven't seen anyone else in the city on one yet), so if you see me, feel free to say hi
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Jon