We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.
Trust me, when I was pricing like maybe 2-3 years ago ebikes still had high prices. Even used. I just looked real quick and Trek starts at $3,500. The Rad version of the Lectric starts at $2,300. Moral of the story, I thought Ebikes cost too much. For me, I did not see a reason to buy something other than Lectric. Except I got parts for stupid cheap so I went that route but I still recommend Lectric as the standard to compare against. The price creep after Lectric happens really quick.
As far as service goes I recommend finding a good bike shop if you are not a bike person. Same with EVs and ICE cars. When I was putting mine together it didn’t take long to find one with nice people. For bike stuff. Finding someone that knows anything about the black magic that is electricity is another adventure.
Those $10k bikes are for competitive mountain biking.
I do recommend getting an e-bike from a local bike retailer so that stuff can be serviced by warranty if you are not much of a bike mechanic
Trust me, when I was pricing like maybe 2-3 years ago ebikes still had high prices. Even used. I just looked real quick and Trek starts at $3,500. The Rad version of the Lectric starts at $2,300. Moral of the story, I thought Ebikes cost too much. For me, I did not see a reason to buy something other than Lectric. Except I got parts for stupid cheap so I went that route but I still recommend Lectric as the standard to compare against. The price creep after Lectric happens really quick.
As far as service goes I recommend finding a good bike shop if you are not a bike person. Same with EVs and ICE cars. When I was putting mine together it didn’t take long to find one with nice people. For bike stuff. Finding someone that knows anything about the black magic that is electricity is another adventure.