The Chainless Jive Bike

Croxden

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Jan 26, 2013
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trex

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May 15, 2011
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not good. Very pretty though.

mechanical: single speed. The competition: Nexus, SRAM, SA and NuVinci all can do better.
electric drive: weedy motor, rather limited range.
price: competitive against the GoCycle
capital: insufficient.Their seed capital is woefully inadequate. The crowdfunded money is not capital, it's just deposits for early sales and they pre-sold 100 bikes.
You need to commit to 1,000 units at least just to iron out bugs. 2,000 to 3,000 units to set up manufacturing and distribution.
I don't think there is sufficient demand in the market for this type of products to succeed.
 
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