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Rik_Van_Looy
- Retrospec need to work on robustness and styling before I'd be able to take them seriously though.
Target market and customer expectation are quite different here.
£400 to look urbane/sophisticated for your once a week summer commute for a few years is reasonable value.
It's not that hard to build a reliable SS/fixeh from cheap far east components when the target market are more interested in the look than the performance and won't be pushing themselves or the kit.
Shoppers for a £1500 gravel bike will do some research and irrespective of your mechanical knowledge and enthusiasm I can't imagine anyone looking at the Sensah derailleur, zoom brakes etc and thinking they look anything other than dodgy, which would then make me wonder about the quality of the hubs/freehub, strength of the frame/handlebars etc.... and just think "I'll stick with the Genesis, Arkose, Kinesis" or whatever
