Comments by "Charles Eye" (@TheCharleseye) on "VanMoof just made the Tesla of bicycles" video.

  1. For that price you can buy a car.
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  2. +Ken Mastri You're trying to justify the inflated price of this bicycle by listing the well known costs of owning a car. Sorry but that's a poor argument. The two aren't remotely in the same category. When was the last time you took an entire family (including dogs and luggage) on a cross country trip on a bicycle? My point stands. A car is a complex piece of machinery that's capable of carrying multiple people and cargo, at freeway speeds, in nearly all weather conditions. This thing in the video isn't even comparable to a Walmart bike with a weed whacker motor mounted on it and that would cost you all of $500 and a day of turning a wrench.
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  3. +yocampout I have a friend who spent $85,000 on a Dodge Viper that didn't even have a backseat. That doesn't mean a Ford station wagon is worth $40,000. You're comparing carbon fiber racing bikes (with top of the line components) to an entry level commuter bike that has a small electric motor and a battery. This thing shouldn't retail for more than $900 (and that's being generous).
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  4. +Jakob Tresch (SirSchaegge) It takes about a day to mount a 49cc motor to just about any bike (including the time to figure out where/how to mount it and then round up the parts) and costs far less. When you're done you have a full-on MoPed that is perfectly street legal (in the US) and you still have about $2600 left to spend on more important things (more, if you buy a used motor).
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  5. +loguerto Yes, because scooters are so much safer and less "toxic."
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  6. +Ken Mastri You can go ahead and argue but it doesn't change the fact that this bike isn't worth the price of a car. It doesn't matter that it's more efficient than a car in the city because EVERY bicycle is more efficient than a car in the city and there are millions of perfectly functional bikes that cost far less than this gimmicky pile. Electric assisted bicycles are a fad right now, so everyone who comes out with one jacks the price up to milk the new market. A $350 bike with $500 worth of components added to it is worth $850. It's that simple. But please, keep arguing. It's amusing to watch.
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  7. +Luniii737 Wait, what? You admit that these bikes are selling for $1000...then state that it's worth $2000 MORE for them to stuff the battery into the top tube?! You do realize that that's insane, right? In fact, the MAJOR caveat they had to make because of using a battery that fits in the top tube is that the electric assist isn't nearly as powerful as those found on some $1000 bikes. You've essentially said that it's worth three times as much money because it's prettier and less functional than other bikes in its category. I have to assume at this point that you're a long time Apple customer.
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  8. +Floris van Onna Your argument is that bicycles should have a high retail price, because....parking? By that logic, the shoes on your feet are worth at least $5,000 because you don't even have to lock those to a post.
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