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Yeah....good deals do tend to go fast. But given that you did your research and came away with mostly Chinese made imports with sub par components, the Yamaha should have been a slam dunk, especially since the price was very close to the bikes you listed. I was kinda hoping it was you that...

Too bad it wasn’t Sylvester Stallone riding that Rambo... 🤣

Looks like someone gobbled up that Yamaha YD-TORC. That was was a good deal on a great bike.

If your focus is exercise, I wouldn’t get one with powerful motors as even at low assist levels they are pretty powerful. I also don’t recommend fat tires bikes for exercise. They are designed for the specific purpose of riding in rough terrain and not paved roads since they have very high...

Brooks Cambium and the regular leather series are two completely different saddle types. I think an option might be to get the bike as is and sell the new saddle. You’d probably come out ahead.

At minimum you can try out the different types of motors and frames which will give you a better idea of the type of bike you like. The big 3 all use mid drives from Bosch, Yamaha, or Brose. The less expensive hub drives like Aventon, Ride1Up, Rad Power are a completely different experience.

Here’s another. It’s hub drive but with 750W peak and almost half off original MSRP. https://www.crazylennysebikes.com/crazy-deal/

This bike will not be used on single track. Mostly paved roads and some fire roads.

Some almost new but highly discounted options. Both are mid-drives. https://www.crazylennysebikes.com/shop/izip-zuma-2-0-demo/ https://www.crazylennysebikes.com/shop/haibike-trekking-2-0-demo/

The Manitou FS forks start at $230 or so which is more than double the Suntour. The goal of this build is to minimize the cost investment and build a bike that still has similar level of capability as the original.

Here's my running component list as of 7/31/2020. This will be updated as I find more cost effective alternative parts. I won't be doing the build until I can get the costs significantly down. This may come in the form of donor bike or components local or otherwise. Please feel free to make...

You forgot to mention to ignore handlebar since they're supposed to come with Surly Moloko. ;)

Not sure where the business incentive for WW is with that. The only benefactor other than consumers would be EBR since it would motivate people to make accounts on EBR, or am I missing something? 🤔

Maybe add some pictures of the bike and the close up of the damaged areas?

They are all words. Word are just labels where people assigned meanings behind it. As long as people get the intended meaning, it’s doing what it’s supposed to do. “That’s dope!”....Everyone understands that it’s not referring to drugs.

I told @pushkar the same thing! 😄

You should also state the frame size.

This type of person should not be ordering things online.

Use Amazon Prime delivery service? 🤪

Sataway bike has the Bafang Max mid-drive motor which is 250W nominal.