Do you own a Metacycle?
A wealth of information regarding the Sondors Metacycle.
About the Metacycle
History
2021 (Early): Sondors, known for budget-friendly electric bicycles, announced the Metacycle, with initial deliveries expected in late 2022. For $5,000, riders could expect highway speeds and 80 miles of range.
2021 (Fall): Pre-orders start with an expected delivery date of Q1 2022.
2021 (Late): Delivery timeline pushed to late 2022.
2022 (June): 2,000 unit order was made and a prepayment was sent to SiAECOSYS to manufacture the units.
2022 (Sep): Factory sends 360 Metacycles to U.S. but no payment.
2022 (Oct): Production stops because of no payment.
2022 (Late): Deliveries begin, though they didn't meet initial expectations.
2023 (Mar): Sondors asks for a price reduction and to alter the existing contract.
2023 (Spring): Sondors announced a price drop, citing increased volume production.
2023 (Jul): Storm Sondors claims no relationship with the factory.
2023 (Oct): Issues with Metacycle project regarding unclear delivery figures and customer complaints.
2023 (Dec): Sondors goes into receivership and the company is for sale. Perhaps 10,000 preorders went unfulfilled without refunds - the company kept the deposits (approximately $20M) and delivered no product for most of them.
2025: Sondors may be attempting to sell the Metacycle again as it appeared on their website, plus they also have a new electric off-road bike. In 2026, the Metacycle link stopped working.
Learn more about the debacle from TopSpeed. If you have one of these bikes, you're quite lucky as only approximately 1,400 to 1,500 were delivered.