Seems like a funny time for electric cyclists nowadays. You couldn’t swing a stick at Interbike this year without hitting an ebike. Same for Eurobike. It seems that all kinds of wonderful new bikes and gear are coming from familiar ebike vendors, newcomers, and from mainstream manufacturers.
I look at the recently-announced Bionx stuff, for example, and wonder “If I had waited, the system I have on my own bike now would be notably lighter and more ergonomic. Should I have waited?” Should potential buyers wait until the new toys displayed at the shows actually show up?
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