boytitan said:
2 sereprate companies failed to get this bike to market. China does what it does best and clones it. Yet there are no dedicated threads or group buys about this Surron class ebike.
I will admit I could not find this bike on aliexpress or alibaba which is mildly worrying. But the price seems right.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088MCBBVJ/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
the two companies didn't "fail".. the first is small company that developed the design and built the prototype, but was not set up for larger scale serial production.. the second company bought the design and was already established with serial production and global distribution from their other models.. but must first have orders from customers and dealers before bikes hit the showrooms.. pre order is also available now I believe.. next you have this virus with trade shows cancelled, businesses closed or at minimal operation and some ppl maybe worried about food and rent instead of their next premium high end ebike.. meanwhile, you cannot un-invent the wheel.. (just change it by 15%
so enter china .. the whale-energy (swordlimit) seems to be selling like hot cakes now that it hit the market just few weeks ago (mid may).. and now frame kit are available for the DIY crowd.. sooo, I predict you will start seeing these bikes in the wild and on the forum soon
.. 8)