The Porsche Cross Performance EXC 2ND GEN e-bike is now available to pre-order. This is a more expensive model, with a carbon frame and a full-suspension system. Other features include tires from Continental and a Shimano display showing your current speed and remaining battery level.
MSRP $15,665
That is fujing stupid
It’s so stupid it totally works as a punchline for an actual joke, but it’s real, which is a joke in and of itself.
I wouldn’t buy a car that Surly or Trek made, I’m definitely not going to buy a bike that Porsche makes.
I know this is a joke, but it did make me start thinking about it.
I’d probably buy a car that Surly made. It’d be very outdated and simple, but also unkillable and practical, kinda like the original Toyota pickup truck.
I wouldn’t buy a Trek car purely because you know they’d make the front grill enormous specifically so they can make the trek logo bigger.
Okay, your point about a car Surly might make is well taken
That thinking is a bit broken. A car is a complex mechanical, electronic and geometric system, and a bike is the same just smaller. I don’t see what a car brand such as Porsche couldn’t do better than a bike manufacturer honestly. They have all the manufacturing techniques, the simulation software, carbon weave experts, metal foundry suppliers, designers, you name it.
So, this just popped up on my feed and I’m that much into bikes beyond owning an older one to get me from a to b in my small town or to the next city, so bear with me if the question is stupid, but I always thought carbon frames were used because they are so warp resistant, thus losing less of the energy that you put into the system to bending the frame. How much sense does it make to have a frame that is expensive due to this property and combine it with a suspension that is supposed to absorb energy put into the system into warping springs to have a smoother ride? Like, it seems those are pretty much drawing the properties of this bike into opposing directions, no?
Carbon is used because it’s lighter than a steel or aluminum bike. I have hear the same things as you about the stiffness. Maybe it only has to be stiff side to side not up and down? In any case, there are drawbacks. I get the strong sense that this bike is ridiculous and unreasonable, probably a fun concept, but I hope they prove me wrong and deliver $15k of value and it’s not just another luxury “thing”. :D
Where I live it’s very common for bikes to get stolen. I can only imagine how fast this one would be gone.
