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I am biased because I have one. However, in another thread, I mentioned I probably would not get one again. Look at E-Glide. Honestly, the bike is perfectly fine. It has quality parts and is a quality build. What you want the bike to do is not what I want to do. The E-Glide is built for...

Seeing that I am the OP . . . I wound up with an Eglide. However, there is a little asterisk next to it. I spent some time with Chris at Propel and test drove a R&M. Holy s@#$! those are very nice bikes. Seriously VERY NICE bikes. If the bike was not ~4x the cost of the Eglide we would...

If you think it will hold immense resale value, you are wrong. If you think it has no resale value, you are wrong. This is the classic demand equation. It is worth what someone is willing to pay for it and you are willing to sell it for. You can ask as much as you want, but if no one is...

Just jumping in with a counter thought :) Just because the manufacturer put on a sticker, doesn't mean the sticker is correct. Marketing is full of lies and exaggerations. As an example, RadPower lists their bikes as having 750w motors. They advertise the bejeebus out of that. The cool...

Just adding a little more. What I learned is that there really are categories for ebikes. Are you going to spend all of your time on asphalt? Is this a bike that will let you commute from home to work and only be on roads? Are you going to see dirt on occasion? Are you going to be mountain...

Actually, that is incorrect. It took me a while to learn this as I am new as well. All bikes are the same. You have rims with tires on it, cranks, pedals, a chain, gears and brakes. Notice I said bikes and not e-bikes? What makes a Cervelo P3 a 5k bike? It has all the same things as a bike...

@Ian Ok, let me have just a little bit of fun with you. This statement should probably give you pause. All the antibiotics and most of the drugs that you get at the pharmacy, the hospital and over the counter . . . ALL MADE IN CHINA. There are NO US based companies that make any...

This may sound good in theory, but I think you are missing the forest because of the trees. My background is that I used to have a LOT of apparel manufactured. Hundreds of millions of dollars of apparel. We sourced the world to make. Some times we would make in LA. Some times we would make...

@AHicks Please, bear with my complete lack of knowledge here. Seriously, I do not know that much about this stuff, it is not my normal nerd type stuff! What prompted me to write this post was RadCity's site. It's a nice site and they highlighted the brand motor they use and the wattage of...

I am not trying to sell you on it, but you will have the shipping, not the sales tax :) I'd also suggest renting either what you want to buy or something very similar so you can determine if it's what you want.

Here is my 2 cents and what we did. My wife was looking for a daily commuter to her work. She hates driving on the side of the road, even though, here in Santa Barbara, CA it is very bike friendly. So her route has her going on main drags for about 30% of it and then bike trails for the rest...

Thanks for taking the time to educate someone who doesn't know that much :) I appreciate it. My background in the nerd world had a lot to do with printing. Even though toner is somewhat generic, the cartridges are all proprietary, thus locking you into that maker's toner. I assumed this to...

Thanks for the reply. Fortunately for me, it's just a 60 mile drive to get the bike from E-Glide. :) So I don't have to worry about the $175 fee. I am not sure how the battery is proprietary. It uses Panasonic cells versus Samsung cells in the Rad. Considering I do not think either one of...

I am debating between the RadCity and E-glide bike. They are close to the same in cost so now I am trying to compare the components. One thing I noticed on the RadPower site is that they claim that the motor is a 750w Shengyi. I just looked at Shengyi's site and they do not have any 750w...

As atariguy mentioned, it's worth what someone is willing to pay. I am in a similar boat as you. I am probably ordering two RadCities in the next few days. My wife and I have talked about the scenario of what happens if they suck and we don't like them. Considering I am in Santa Barbara, CA...