Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Vehicles Date: 25 Oct 2025 01:54:11 GMT Lines: 17 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net i5kkdL2dYO4L4Kng9VKw4QkvWZXyQ/cferLxtXJ2a3pAOxEtXr Cancel-Lock: sha1:WN+ZQpYSOFMmwEIfUTUZJAhjrss= sha256:N8ZqeSoeGKwTnO5gNsEKLhPFtC6GfFV9oFKn98JDd60= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76651 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. 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,"