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Also need recommendations for both $1500 or less

If you live somewhere that snows, best to have a bike with some good, fat tires.

Look for one that has suspensions. It's worth the $100 to $200 added cost.

Also consider upgrading the bike seat since most are fairly basic in design and comfort.

Something like this would be in your price range:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3275a5d4.jpg
If you look around though, or wait for the typical summer sales, you can probably get a nice score on one for $800 or less.

I recently got this and it's amazing: https://www.cannondale.com/en-us/bikes/electric/e-urban/adventure-neo-allroad/adventure-neo-allroad-speed-low-stepthru

I second getting some kind of suspension, whether on the seat or the front fork.

I'd also check where you'd be getting your bike serviced and confirm that they'll work on the brand you get, including the motor. Many bike shops refuse to work on the direct to consumer/cheaper bikes, or at least their electrical components. This is why I went with a Cannondale with a popular motor brand. That said, this could just be reddit tier and bike shop marketing based advice as many many many people out there buy cheaper bikes and are happy with their experience.

Do you know what level of speed you want or whether you want a throttle?

Thinking about getting this

https://ride1up.com/product/portola/

Or this

https://lectricebikes.com/products/xp-black-long-range

Yeah, I considered getting that first one and the Lectric 3.0, but didn't due to the concerns about finding somewhere to get it fixed and support since I have almost no experience with bikes, much less ebikes. But Aventon, Ride1up, and Lectric seem to be the most reliable DTC ebikes and I was just super risk averse.

legendary_zell posted...

Yeah, I considered getting that first one and the Lectric 3.0, but didn't due to the concerns about finding somewhere to get it fixed and support since I have almost no experience with bikes, much less ebikes. But Aventon, Ride1up, and Lectric seem to be the most reliable DTC ebikes and I was just super risk averse.

you got an ebike or not yet? its hard to decide from the two I listed. The 3.0 looks worse but everything else seem good, portola looks great and looks great but dont know if local bike shops will work on it plus it dont come fully assembled like the xp does

BigB0ss13 posted...

you got an ebike or not yet? its hard to decide from the two I listed. The 3.0 looks worse but everything else seem good, portola looks great and looks great but dont know if local bike shops will work on it plus it dont come fully assembled like the xp does

Yes, I got the Cannondale I linked earlier. You should definitely take whatever bike you get to a shop to have it assembled, unless you're very very familiar with bikes. Mine was fully assembled at the shop already.

One thing to note that I think a lot of people overlook is ebikes are HEAVY, and bikes in general are awkward and cumbersome to carry. Step through and non-traditional, non triple-triangle frames especially. Add wide flat handlebars into the mix and it can be a real pain if you live in a tight apartment on a non-ground floor.

If you have to go up more than just a couple of steps to bring it into your house you may want to look at something lighter and easier to carry like a scooter.