That article was a great read, thanks for sharing. This is a pic of a Black Mamba bicycle, looks like a vintage bicycle, very functional. Apparently still produced in India.

In the car centric West most modern “city”/lady bikes sold are heavy as hell, you see them in every supermarket, lowest price and quality tier below crappy MTBs (not many people shell the money for a “Holland” type which is still a heavy city bike but much more robust and functional); that Black Mamba actually looks daily drivable, light enough closer to old racing bikes. Of course the Buffalo is even better, that rack alone rated for 100kg (220lbs) is amazing. Most bikes I see have 10kg or 20kg rated racks, more than ok for grocery shopping but not enough for passengers or heavy cargo or indestructibility :D

I’ve found that L and E series seemingly mirror the T line but with a couple of years of delay, so overall with time it gets worse repairability wise, but gets better with things like 16:10 screen aspect ratio.

I haven’t researched the 2024 T series, is it noteworthy other than having some models with ram slots? Feels like some hype is going on. In any case, expect ~2026 L,E series to have similarly constructed models.