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A 5 mile commute is probably easy for most any e-bike, especially if you’re fairly active, and not very overweight. Highly recommend a belt drive and maybe even a single speed, since there’s less to go wrong, and less maintenance required. But your fitness level and steepness of hills would be...

Single speed bike keeps things really clean (this is my analog bike. I’ll take a picture of the single speed e-bike, when I have a chance)

Ha! I did look at the Wu Tan Clan edition, with black paint and yellow highlights. But that costs more, the white does look classy, and I even just got white water bottle cages to match. ;)

Crazy idea for you, but for a very low price of admission and low risk, try a Ride1UP Roadster Gravel Edition. At $1245 for a gates belt driven single speed and under 35 lbs, it may be at least worth a try. I like buying stuff at a value price, but that have great user reviews and many good...

The additional info is helpful. Given your age, weight and wanting to have your handlebars high compared to your seat, all are factors that may be against you. I have heard that as you get older, your skin also gets thinner and more susceptible to damage? And not having your handlebars lower...

+1. Don’t be “that guy.” Listen to your wife and see a doctor.

Lots of good ideas here, but you didn’t mention if you’ve seen a doctor? You should also see them, to rule out other medical condition contributors. And what is your weight, age, etc? A good suspension seat post I think is an absolute must, to reduce the ass-pounding. And if you have the...

That’s why I went with established companies with a longer history of operation. Nothing off Amazon, and nothing little known or little reviewed without a large user base. Actually, this is true for all purchases online, e-bike or otherwise. My three e-bikes from different companies were all...

FINAL SET-UP & REVIEW Love this bike! Inexpensive and great for the type of biking I enjoy. Final set-up and a review, after 200 miles. Haven’t had a lot of time to ride, but have done 20 mile, several 40 mile and a 60 mile ride. Lots of climbing, to decide on gearing for the long term...

+1. Even if test riding, I’ve found the bike adjustments and variables (seat height, tires and tire pressure, suspension seat post or not, handlebars or bullhorns, bar tape, gloves, etc) to be more important than what can be determined from a short test ride. At least for me, most of those...

+1. Could make a huge difference.

In that case, you may want to use the particular brand’s bike sizing guidelines, and err on the smaller size if in between ranges. Is relatively enough to adjust seat height, handlebars or change stems.

Everyone is different, and they might have different uses and different expectations, but IMO for a lot of people almost any e-bike could work for you if you don’t have challenging requirements (like super long range, major mountain climbs, high speeds, heavy hauling requirements, etc). There...

Sorry to hear about that. I can’t believe some of these LBS shops that want to just scam you. Much smaller problem, but when I went to an LBS and said I needed to replace a broken spoke, they said it’s a bad wheelbuild and they would need to replace and rebuild the entire wheel. I got a...

p.s. - generally at Gran Fondos, people are really supportive, to try to help you make it through the full course. I got offers of water and electrolytes, when the temp got over 100F and doing major mountain climbs, and I ran out of water (duh), and I was struggling with my SS gear ;)

I’ve done Gran Fondos, though my e-bike looks much more like a traditional bike (Ride1UP Roadster v2), until they see the external add on battery. I do ride in lowest assist, so I’m in the middle of the pack of riders, and with a SS I’m standing climbing up all hills. Key I think is to just not...

I think VoltBike is also out of Canada (in BC), and we’ve had one of their e-bikes for quite a while, and have been happy with ours. Might be another to consider.

💯% agree. Having the option to use available higher assist and speeds when I want is 👍

Not sure what brands you might have available locally, but given your short commute distance and your weather, you might want to consider a single speed belt drive. Almost no maintenance and fewer things to go wrong or rust. I know Ride1UP ships to Canada, and they have a SS belt drive e-bike...

As an experiment, I modified the settings on my Ride1UP Roadster SS e-bike so that my EggRider display controller has the “Eco” PAS range set to the EU 25kph (15.5mph) max assist speed, and the “Sport” PAS range set to 45kph (28 mph) max assist speed. A surprise to me, the 15.5 mph limited...