Comments on: FABIKE

By: Fabio

Fabio — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:29:04 +0000

Hi Jamey, I see what you mean.
You know, our aim is to bring on the market a good and meaningful product with the intention to improve cycling. But then we can’t decide that people should do with that and with what intention.
Anyway, thank for your wishes, very appreciated.

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By: Jamey

Jamey — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:35:34 +0000

The amount of attention given to “high-end” commuters, excuse me, “urban bikes,” is retarded. Urban means locking the bicycle outside while one grabs an artisanal espresso or shops for contrasting brocade for his bespoke single-breasted peak-lapel suit and, not just riding it to look cool.

But good luck, Fabio. There’s no shortage of suckers for you.

By: Doug Curtland

Doug Curtland — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:08:19 +0000

Cool! If you guys can keep the price between 3 and 4k, I’m in!

By: Fabio

Fabio — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:52:31 +0000

Hi Doug,
you are right, the starting price for a road race bike of 14-pounds is 8K (if you are lucky). The FABIKE in 10 gears configuration is in that range of weight (and lighter in the other configurations), but don’t worry, not in that range of price.
Of course considering the materials and the innovative technology you can imagine that the retail price can’t be 1K like a regular city bike.
We are not yet giving precise numbers but let’s say that it will be somewhere between 1K and 8K, but quite closer to 1K than 8K

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By: Doug Curtland

Doug Curtland — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:26:29 +0000

I like the black natural carbon look, and as I’ve been reading, it is a better material versus aluminum or some other more exotics. The thing that frightens me is that carbon bikes for around 14-pounds and under are all wearing price tags of $8k USD and up, like the Jamis Xenith for example, so I’m not too optimistic about this one’s price tag either. Yeah sounds like a bike for rich urban boys and girls. Not for me. It would be cool though to have a bike that light and versatile, so I can sell my old Scott CR1 2008 and my reliable Vigorelli. They were fun, but my flat is too small, and I’m looking for more utility and flexibility now. I currently teach English to VIPs in Moscow, and we pretty much live in the metro here at least during some part of the day. Carrying a bike to and from is an annoyance and mentally tiring. If I can swing a reasonably-priced bike to tote around, I’m in. I couldn’t find this on kikstarter yet. JT do you have more info about the street price with this? Additionally, what would it cost to get to Moscow? Where would it ship from?

By: Fabio

Fabio — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:21:55 +0000

Hi Michael, and thanks for your appreciation.
Yes, hopefully this will be soon all real. The whole project will be on Kickstarter in few weeks to collect funds and start the production.
Stay tuned, and if you feel like pledge the project and be one of the very first people to ride a FABIKE.

By: Michael Aknum

Michael Aknum — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:47:23 +0000

Wow, this is seriously cool. I love the color selection for these frames. You think these will ever go into production? I’d love to get my hands on one of these.