Thats the best I’ve seen. Its expensive but to me it’s a bargain compared to high end FS bikes.
Mezza fork(£600) and they dont seem to even be able to tell what hydraulic brake they have, as they've quoted the rotor code, not the brake itself. But even if they put trickstuff Maxima,or tech 4 v4's on, its still a really cheap fork for £12k.
At that money I'd expect at the very least something like an Ohlins RXF38 or even a manitou Dorado pro.
If it didnt lok like they were only interested in how much profit they could scrape out of it, a Fox40 would probably be best.
A £10k e-bike left unattended for hours in London will attract the wrong attention.
They'll steal anything, even a kids bike or a rusty catalog effort that cost £199.
The reason is cycling, especially the offroad stuff is seen by the younger members as the in thing. As such all bikes are expensive if you want it to survive that environment.
The explosion of the sport means more riders, who know what works and what doesnt buy expensive bikes, which like all things worth a few quid attract thieves.
And its not just high end Ebikes(incidentally £10K bikes E or otherwise are a rarity. 3500-6000 is about the usual mark.) Standard analogue bikes are also targetted, and i think we'l find if we were to percenage the thefts, 75-80% would be standard, and the rest Ebike