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But thats the problem, the plug, like the bianchi pista are popular on how they look, and some of the better OTPs at the same price points are over-looked because they are ugly, and they really are. So the question is why can't the Garry Fisher Triton or the Schwin Maddison be made sexier so they sell better, as they are better bikes.
Its not that I don't like the charge plug or the bianchi pista because its shit compared to a £5000 custom built jobby, I don't like it because for the money I don't think its good enough, and in particular to the plug I don't like the way charge have made it worse and not decreased the price. Its not about snobbery, its about assessing the cost-effectiveness and quality of each bike individually.
For example. I think the Schwin Cutter 09 is fucking awful. But that the mongoose is really good (but admittedly I don't have the same degree of experience with the mongoose that I do have with the Cutter).