Morrrice

Came here to say the same. YT TUES with a motor. I'm not so sure about the "great" part, tho.

@DavidGuerra: That would mean the customer orders a specific bike from a specific batch with the exact components. Good luck implementing that in big batches of more than 200 bikes. And what about the other bikes, that might not be pre-ordered by customers? How would you suggest they are being stored? Or should they not be build up, because no one ordered them? Where would you find the space to store all the parts? The only way to achieve this would be an assembly-by-order instead of a batch assembly. And here we are again: this is expensive, time-consuming and uneconomically. And yes, reprogramming the webshop also takes up resources and thus: money.

@DavidGuerra: Yes, but that would mean, that they would have to stock the additional dropper posts, in case someone wants's to swap. That also means higher costs for parts and storage. Plus the higher effort, to actually mount the desired dropper on the bike. I guess they do it, like all major D2C brands handle it: all bikes are being assembled in fixed batches, packed, stored and then shipped. To replace the dropper they would have to unpack every bike with a different dropper, swap the dropper, re-pack the bike and then ship it. You can't just have all the bikes hanging around, nearly complete but just without a dropper, waiting to be ordered and then shipped. That takes up way too much space (and therefore money). The handling time between order and shipping would also increase dramatically. Additionally, you would have to reprogram the online shop, to accept different option selections from customers. That just doesn't make any sense if you want to run a value-for-money business, where margins are already tight. The other option would be to increase the bike's prices for about 200€/$, I assume, to make this option available.

But what about riders with short legs? They can only insert the seatpost in the frame that much, and a 200mm drop would probably mean the saddle is still too high to pedal comfortably, whereas long-legged riders just need to pull the dropper out a bit more. So YT covers far more riders with the 170mm spec, than vice versa. If you need more drop, then feel free to swap the dropper out.

Yes, his residence is there. He's living together with his wife, and she's from Greece if I'm not mistaken.

@suspended-flesh: sorry... couldn't help it.

@GumptionZA: Bulls (the bikes, not the animal)

That was a 50/50 chance to translate "like" the correct way... seems it's a USB-port for you. ;) "Like this sh*t" -> "Mag diese Scheiße". Although no German would use such a phrase. Like (being really fond of something) = Mögen (noun)/mögen (verb) - "I like [...]" = "Ich mag [...]", "You like [...]" = "Du magst [...]", "They/You(formal) like [...]" = "Sie mögen", etc, etc, etc. Like (one thing being the same as the other) = Gleich/wie And now I'm off riding... Please don't see this as an offence. It's meant to be educational and maybe a tiny bit funny.

Is it just me, or did someone forget to upload the video?

What I don't see in the video is: Did the handlebar brake, because the bike hit the ground or did he crash, because the handlebar broke? Any other info on that, somewhere?