As for a few other traits the frame showcases, take a look at the rear of the bike. What do you see? If you answered fenders and a cargo rack, you caught my drift.
I don’t catch the drift. Unless this is embroidered language, I don’t see a cargo rack nor even the mounting points for a cargo rack in the photo gallery. I also don’t see the utility of a carbon fiber frame on a so-called urban bike.
To be clear, I do appreciate the virtues of concentrating on long distance and comfort – akin to the grand tourer class of automobiles – but the number one advice for bike fitness is to have it adjusted by an expert bike shop. They have the experience and the feedback to identify and adjust for the rides that are possible in their town or city. Barring that, many online tutorials can fix the worst of fitment issues when riding for distance.
Returning to the topic at hand, my opinion is that this ebike is akin to the stereotypical sports car for a doctor or lawyer: more of a status symbol that happens to be somewhat functional, draped in puffery and solutions to problems that seldom exist while out on the road.
So, there’s clearly a place for the Neo Carbon 1 and 2 in someone’s garage
I’m reminded of this FortNine video comparing a mid-tier motorbike to a high-end mountain bike. The takeaway there is that different bikes serve different markets, and here the article author seems to know this, although much like Charles Dickens, needs to put more words down to paper. To that end, I only wish the editor would have written a more fitting title for a meh bike.
I dont cath the drift
I believe that on the photos where you see the mudguard you can also see a small horizontal fixture where you can attach bike bags. It doesn’t seem very sturdy to me but it is there I think.
A cannondale being expensive? It’s nice that in a world full of change some things will always stay the same ;)
Yeah they’ve been quirky status symbol bikes since the 90s. Why stop now?
