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benp1-
Can you explain more on what's up with the GSD?
QC Issues.
I handle warranty claims at my shop and we've found one or more of the following issues on roughly half the GSDs we've built (~130 total)
- Brake mounts require excessive facing
- Brake mounts are welded on crooked and can't be fixed with any amount of facing
- Rear hydro line crushed by motor casing during factory assembly (S10)
- Rear shift housing crushed by motor casing during factory assembly (S10)
- Drive unit mounting bolts being severely under torqued
- Drive unit mounting bolts being over torqued to the point in which they break the lips off the motor that hold the bolt head in place, making them spin freely when you try to loosen them
- Derailleur hanger not sitting flush with dropout due to paint and getting destroyed by the thru axle after a few wheel removals/installations
- Threads on Enviolo axle bolts stripped during factory assembly (S00)
- Heads of rear caliper bolts stripped during assembly
- Dust cap of freedhub body slowly working itself loose while riding, resulting in the cassette being pushed far enough out to mess with shifting and eventually seizing the freehub body all together (S10)
- Speedometer cables spec'd too short, resulting in premature failure due to the stress of coming out of the drive unit at a right angle
- Top half of aft Power Pack harness welded on crooked, resulting in a very tight if not impossible fitting for the aft Power Pack (this seems to be an issue specifically when installing keyed-alike systems)
- Spotty welding of the rear rack.
Hope the helps. The bike is fine once the QC issues have been addressed, but I just wish they'd put some money back into having them manufactured at a factory with higher standards.
- Brake mounts require excessive facing
JVBulman
Just make sure you buy it from a shop who knows how to fix the QC issues they're rife with before you strap a kid to it.