2019 Flyon Closer Look

[boneht]

I don’t get the trail destruction issue - you can ride uphill faster on an EMTB, but on the straights and down it’s the same as any other bike

Just the extra mileage folk will do will wear the trails more, not to mention newbies lured by emtbs

 

[Polaris]

So we are practically in October.. Is there any update on the release date for Flyon bikes yet?!

 

[AJR]

My first delivery is end of this month. I am not holding my breath.

 

[arawa]

So we are practically in October.. Is there any update on the release date for Flyon bikes yet?!

Called into my dealer yesterday to ask and they say they have had no fresh information on delivery dates since being told “October” months ago when the March date was not met.

 

[Polaris]

admittedly I was very interested in one, but delays of this magnitude can only be for a small number of reasons, all of which I'm not sure I'd like to have to deal with. It may have to be the Flyon v2.0 for me.

 

[MattyB]

People have been criticising Specialized for the embargo on the new Kenevo, but the car crash launch of the Flyon shows why releasing info early in the product lifecycle is far riskier - experience a major issue and you are left with egg all over your face. I am sure there are a lot of worried people at Haibike wondering if it is possible to recover from these issues and turn a profit after all the development cash that must have been spent.

 

[arawa]

admittedly I was very interested in one, but delays of this magnitude can only be for a small number of reasons, all of which I'm not sure I'd like to have to deal with. It may have to be the Flyon v2.0 for me.

My thoughts too and so I have asked for my delivery date to be slipped from the first batch to the second.

 

[MattyB]

My thoughts too and so I have asked for my delivery date to be slipped from the first batch to the second.

...and are you excited about getting your bike in 2024?!!

 

[arawa]

...and are you excited about getting your bike in 2024?!!

Good point well made
But if I have to wait that long it has at least saved me from wasting my money on a bike in Batch 1 which presumably has been a disaster

 

[MattyB]

I suspect this is the current location of batch 1...

 

[DenyeR]

I work in a shop, and they haven’t given any info. their b2b shows that the next badge of bikes will be delivered to bike shops March 1st, 2020.
I abandoned all hopes on getting one this year.

 

[AJR]

One of my customers thinks he will probably ride a unicorn before a flyon.

 

[Zimmerframe]

I am sure there are a lot of worried people at Haibike wondering if it is possible to recover from these issues and turn a profit after all the development cash that must have been spent.

Might not be the case. They could have just said "For FFS Ralph, I told you to get the stress analysis guy to test the frame, not work on your new cantilevered porch. Just fix it."

So for 6 months poor Ralph has just been sitting there on his own trying to work out how to stop his new carbon frame from fracturing. It's most likely that that Ralph will leave to start his new company - producing low temperature reactive resin carbon duct tape before sorting the problem.

 

[arawa]

I emailed Haibike to ask what was going on and received a VERY bland response saying that dealers had all the information and should communicate it to customers. I replied saying that I did not think my dealer knew what was happening but there has been no reply to that comment.
Given the rave publicity the magazines etc gave to the Flyon announcement I would have thought there might be some follow-up reports published but perhaps they prefer not bite the hand that feeds them????

 

[eebit]

New test video of the NDURO 10.0 model, for the German speakers!

 

[Zimmerframe]

I have absolutely no idea why I put my headphones on so I could hear the sound ..

I kept listening out for "Scheisse" ... but nothing .. He's just not got that @Rob Hancill touch.

I got excited at 50 seconds when I thought he said "Fooks", but he actually said "Fox"

Cool vid, gives it a pretty good ride and you can understand bits because some German sounds like English.