Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Vehicles Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:20:14 +0200 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <10crldd$lkb4$1@dont-email.me> <10ctb13$12oei$2@dont-email.me> <10ctrdc$16st9$1@dont-email.me> <10d24n9$2bb83$2@dont-email.me> <10d2dos$2dnk0$3@dont-email.me> <0g8hslxmvj.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net WWnbCiIWemcR7h/M4+AyuAc8bzStTC+GvjZaoG5YNz8MjaWgGj X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:EH4oeLgR5kvrOslC5b7VY5z8OZg= sha256:Wl5unKm0NNdJ4ohHp/VTVNxw18n190YykrqUigq3FAg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76669 On 2025-10-25 03:54, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:22:36 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> Interesting. But too expensive. If those are the normal prices, I will >> have to reconsider. > > No, that's high end. I think you can get something decent in the 1000-1500 > USD range but it would require research. Bicycles have been that way for > years. Shimano has quite a few different grades of components, all of > which look the same. Some can be mixed and matched. Altus used to be the > entry level and a manufacturer might use a fairly high quality suspension > fork and cheap out on the components. TBH I've had everything from XTR on > down; they're all adequate and they all break the same. I will have a look one day. > > Electric bikes add many more variables. I wouldn't trust a $500 Chinese > bike bought from Amazon although many of the reviews are good. I got a > kick out of one 5 star review "have ridden it maybe a total of 5 miles > over the course of 3 trips," :-D -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;