Specialized launch the Tero, an everyday eMTB hardtail

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[ChrisF]

At that price point it may well steal customers from various other brands ....

 

 

Now to see the specs it is delivered with ....

[ACE Cycles]

17 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

At that price point it may well steal customers from various other brands ....

 

 

Now to see the specs it is delivered with ....

Definitely a very attractive and competitive price point

[Hilton.]

19 hours ago, ChrisF said:

At that price point it may well steal customers from various other brands ....

 

 

Now to see the specs it is delivered with ....

100%. Around the price of the new Titan E-bike hardtails.

I haven't compared the specs yet, but I suspect there may slightly lower spec here with the Big S than the equivalently-priced Titan.

[Headshot]

Fork looks dodgy. R60k only seems good value because bike prices are ludicrous in general....

[ChrisF]

10 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Fork looks dodgy. R60k only seems good value because bike prices are ludicrous in general....

In terms of ebikes, the vast majority of hardtail options are now in the R50k+ range.  Even some "new entrants" to our market is now in the mid 50's.

 

So on a budget level the Specialized seems agressively priced.

 

 

SPECS ... this is going to be the interesting part to check bike by bike ....  Sadly, based on the R90k Levo's I expect very basic specs on this bike .... HOPE I am proved wrong.

 

 

Back to pricing .... the cost of a second battery really should be considered .....  R5k for some brands with smaller footprint in SA, in excess of R20k for a Specialized battery.

 

 

Personally .... the rear drive train will be the decider for me.  Rather a basic and rugged Deore type setup, but never a NS or SX on an ebike.  In fact THIS swayed my final selection when I bought my ebike.  I had to choose between XT or NS.  I did not want to spend ebike type money, to spend another wack of cash getting the drive train sorted.

[Hilton.]

18 hours ago, ChrisF said:

...Personally .... the rear drive train will be the decider for me.  Rather a basic and rugged Deore type setup, but never a NS or SX on an ebike...

Then you're not going to be happy with this Spez:

The Tero 3.0 seems to be specced with Alivio 9 speed, according to international sites ☹️  The pics above are of the higher-end 5.0 model.

[ChrisF]

10 minutes ago, Hilton. said:

Then you're not going to be happy with this Spez:

The Tero 3.0 seems to be specced with Alivio 9 speed, according to international sites ☹️  The pics above are of the higher-end 5.0 model.

 

Even Alivio is way better than entry level sram 

 

And for "ordinary use", as per their launch angle, a 9 speed is sufficient on an ebike.

[Hilton.]

36 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Even Alivio is way better than entry level sram 

 

And for "ordinary use", as per their launch angle, a 9 speed is sufficient on an ebike.

Ok, I get that. I have nothing against lower-end Shimano. Used to use that for years myself.

 

But on a R60k bike, how much extra would it have cost to spec 12 spd Deore instead? As OEM with buying power, wouldn't it add about R4k vs the Alivio spec?
I know they're trying to hit a price point, but it always makes me think, regarding relative pricing, if you're paying R60k already, the extra spec you can get for a little more... 
(this isn't a R20k Signal basic hardtail)

[eala]

On 9/21/2021 at 6:15 PM, ChrisF said:

At that price point it may well steal customers from various other brands ....

 

 

Now to see the specs it is delivered with ....

JIP !