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Yes that sounds like mine. Gives me hope that mine makes it off the boat quickly! What port did yours go into?

I was offered an option for to the port where you would deal with a local party/broker to handle the second leg or to the door where fed-ex handles the second leg.

What type of shipment did you opt for originally?

Didn't get any "Covid delay" excuses. Ordered end of September, bike was completed mid November and shipped out. Timeline of shipping so far is attached here. There are various shipping methods and options, not sure what Leili, other companies or other people opted for shipping wise. I selected...

Sounds like people may want to actually explore Alibaba vendors other than Leili. To all the new guys thinking of ordering the bike, it is a country of 1.4 Billion people, I assure you there is more than one company that can put together a bike. I used Steamoon, and there are many others...

Mine was 30% up front and 70% when completed. 50% up front? Wow, gonna have to change your name to trust fund Terry. 😂🤣

Upgrade the brakes. Tektro 350 2 piston vs Tektro 725 4 piston. Heavy bike, rider, high speeds, more stopping power for an extra 1% of the purchase price or $30 bucks is wise.

I spoke with another company that said they had the 'patent' for the frame as well, Changzhou Zhihong. They sent a bunch of documents...in Chinese which I am not fluent in. All of these companies seem to have fairly easy access to the various frames which is great.

Not too bad actually. If you ordered a Sondors mid drive bike today you are looking at June shipping. Leili, Steamoon and these companies are getting bikes out pretty quickly in comparison.

No offer of upgraded cells.

Good point on the battery. I will let you know what the battery life is like once I get it which is looking like mid January.

I got a rear fender. They didn't have a fender for the RST fork. I also didn't get those excellent Maxxis Minion tires. That may be the first upgrade.

Upgrades - RST fork - 195 E725 Tektro - $36 IGH - $128 Belt Drive - $195 Frame color with wheel cutouts - $100 $2260 for the bike with the upgrades $2990 total with shipping, fees, etc. Shipping to the door first leg on a ship last leg Fedex. ***The shipping isn't like some that I have seen...

I meant "boutique" in that the options of what can be done color wise are more than tan or black. Not a reseller at all. I saw the bike and wanted it but wanted it done my way which is pretty much why I went to Alibaba. Steamoon makes bikes for other brands as well thats where I got the wheel...

Just checked the order. There was a $100 fee for the custom paint on the wheels and frame and a $100 'sample fee' because it was one bike. Even with that it was cheaper than what Leili was/is charging.

Perhaps Leili is a large assembly line operation that just pumps out the same bike. Steamoon is a smaller perhaps boutique operation. I was sent photos throughout the process of the bike being made, sent out for paint, etc. I ordered 9/23 it shipped out 11/22.

Color of the bike, wheel color, wheel cutouts, etc. Leili only offered tan and black paint with no wheel customizing back when i ordered.

I ordered my bike from them. Better price than Leili and far more customization available. You can just have them upgrade the parts to whatever you want.

@Terry777 what did you use for flat mitigation?

The wait is across the board. People who ordered bikes from Sondors during the same time period are all saying their delivery dates have been pushed back a couple months as well. My bike is en route but there is no detailed tracking of what ship it's on and where that ship is in the ocean at...