Theodore, not everyone is gonna be able to afford multiple ebikes ranging in prices from $800- $ 6000 each, just to try and suit a certain platform. Its cool that you can afford it, but your average ebiker is not coming at it from your perspective. I ride my ebike to suit my personal needs/tastes and dont care what other onlookers feel about it. For under $4000 , I have e bike that can keep up with a $8000 stealth bomber quite well . It can handle flat roads, hills, dirt, trails and it gives a comfortable ride with good commuting distance on a single charge. It can basically do most of the things your $800 Sondors can do or your $7000 stealth bomber can do. Besides, most of us dont have enough garage space to own numerous ebikes, therefore it makes alot of sense for the rest of us to spend the least amount of money on 1 ebike that can handle all the things we want to do with it.