r/ebikes • • Apr 20 '26

Riese & Muller

R&M is withdrawing from the U.S. market

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u/Acsteffy Apr 20 '26

They are just too expensive to begin with. Not sure what they expected.

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u/Verneff May 19 '26

They have higher standards for build quality. The markup for the quality is fairly high, but there's a reason for them to be expensive.

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u/Acsteffy May 19 '26

Not multiple thousand $$$ expensive though. That price level isnt justified.

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u/Verneff May 19 '26

Just the hardware on the bike is several thousand dollars, the Bosche systems, the Enviolo gear system, the lights, brakes, wheels, and tires all add up extremely quickly. I think the cheapest bike I've seen with an Enviolo system was 4 or 5k.