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If they have all these parts available at the factory or on ordered from vendors that are owed then Alta owners should not have to worry about any future part availability.
I believe Alta Motors problems are more legal issues originated from the way it closed overnight with no word from the company like a gag order.
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Can't exactly do that on an electric bike. Once the battery drains out you need to plug it in, wait for it to charge and then be on your way again.
Bringing extra fuel on your day out is a common thing, not so sure you can bring extra batteries. In the event that you run out of fuel somewhere you can always push it to a gas station or call someone to bring you gas.
On an electric bike what are you supposed to do if your battery drains out? Push it to a random person's house to plug it in? Call a buddy and let him know to bring a generator? Your day is pretty much over.
Point is that it's a lot easier to go 100+ miles on a bike that runs on fuel.
https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/how-do-hydrogen…
And wow, is it an earth shattering idea to bring along a generator to charge your electric bike? Why are we even talking about this like it's a thing. Running out of power or gas away from camp is your own stupid fault, period. The type of fuel required doesn't make a difference.
Point is, how about we judge bikes using something a little more grounded in reality.
I am all for electric, do not get me wrong. But people are not just dedicated track warriors. I have just as much fun exploring hillclimbs and trails as I do for Moto days. The fact remains that an Alta would run out if juice for a lot of weekend warriors.
I hope it doesn’t take rocket appliances for you to decipher what I am saying....
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If there were an electric bike that could be trail ridden, even 60 miles would be nice. Our average rides are 30+ miles
I'd imagine they owe money to most of their vendors, we'll all hope to get some sort of compensation for parts we've supplied.
They didn't write checks for their components, they bought them on credit terms, which they've now defaulted on.
Suspension, plastics, electronics, batteries, plastics, tires...everything needed to assemble the bikes.
In other words business as usual.
What does sound unusual is them still selling stuff after closing shop. But, if they haven't claimed bankruptcy,
they have every right to. I'm sure various vendors are burning their phone lines up, wondering when they're gonna get paid. But, until someone files a lawsuit and gets a lien, or they do go, what is it, Chapter 11?, they can just keep on going. If they have credit agreements of 180 days, hell, that's a half a year before any creditor cand do anything.
Maybe the owners are hoping they can pay most of the suppliers off, with what inventory they still have. Avoid going bankrupt. There is no reason Alta can not try and make a deal with every vendor, maybe paying off with say, 50 cents on the dollar. Bankruptcy might only get a guy 10 cents on the dollar.
And dispute the rest. It costs money to sue. It can be a hassle.
Bummer for sure, they seemed to have a good thing going.
Typically most companies would have some sort of NCND in place
Then you're asking that supplier to assume the problems created by Alta, and their liabilities
I think it's cool he gave what info he could, but any more than what's been shared could create an avalanche of issues
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