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Welcome aboard! Arlington here along with Dewey.

At this point, my answer's no. With the surprise reintroduction of my original 1992 long-forgotten and long-unridden Bianchi 21-speed (which fills the critical role of "back-up" bike if/when the ebike goes out of service for any length of time) I'm at two bikes total; that seems enough for me...

My riding consists of frequent office commutes (5 miles one way, shortest route) and leisure rides / exercise rides. All done on paved trails and a small amount of residential side streets. The ebike definitely made riding possible again after a 25+ year gap without biking (nor much in the way...

I bought a Class 3 / 750w / no-throttle, and after 17 months on it now, I can say it is realistically a bit of overkill for my particular riding patterns (office commute of 5 to 7 miles one-way depending on route; longer leisure rides weekends, and usually a 15-20 mile deliberately longer...

Wish I could help - but I'm in Arlington and I'm 6'2" so I suspect my ebike isn't the right size for you. There are several bike shops carrying ebikes in DC and northern VA if you decide to venture further afield.

Oops -- yes, and I neglected to say -- it wasn't a Rad bike -- but I replied anyway, since I'd used Velo...

Welcome to the forums, and nearly-welcome to ebiking! I used Velofix for my ebike's assembly -- but everything went smoothly, so there weren't any damaged bits, etc. that had to be sorted out between Velo and the manufacturer... so I'm afraid I can't chime in on that part! My *guess* would be...

Hi Cheryl; I have no answer for your Brompton question, but welcome to the forums, and good luck with the conversion!

My “vintage” (does a bike become “vintage” at 25+ years?) ~1992 Bianchi (acoustic) bike on its inaugural ride of the “Arlington Loop” yesterday, riding with my sister and stopping along the Potomac for a view of the monuments.

The ebike needed new rear brake pads (and a new Mirrycle mirror, as the bike fell over today while I had stopped to pick up litter along the trail)... so a stop at the LBS was in order. While I waited for them to install the pads, I couldn't resist a little shopping for the new-old Bianchi...

Adapting to a 21-speed pedal bike joining the ebike...

Out for a fun, full day on the bike, stopping to tour the FutureHAUS, a stunning prototype home, designed by students at Virginia Tech, which recently took the top prize at the Solar Decathalon in Dubai. [ https://www.futurehaus.tech/ ]. The home has been rebuilt a few blocks from my office...

Thanks, @Alaskan! Yes, it was rewarding this morning, being able to ride the Bianchi without dread! I even avoided falling over when extracting my feet from the "toe cages" I installed in the 90's... (in contrast to the VERY LAST ride I ever made on the Bianchi back then, when I did fall over...

Today was my inaugural ride on "the old beast." I rode my morning office commute, stopping partway through at a weekly morning coffee gathering (all pedal-bikers in the coffee club; all very friendly to me with my ebike on prior stops, but all were also very excited to see the pedal bike...

And here at last it is! Tho I can feel a substantial shopping spree coming, to finish it out... new clip pedals, new handlebar grips, a rack, a lock, lights...

Well, there is that trusty scientific formula developed to determine your personalized, ideal number of bikes... {n+1} where {n} is the number you own today. But... a carbon fiber ebike with front suspension could be #3... someday... ;)

When the ebike went out of commission this month, I had a feeling it might be a slow turnaround... (needed a new bottom bracket and a new controller, under warranty.) Turned out to be a total of 25 days without biking. (Everything's back to good with the ebike now.) But during that time I...

Update - The guys at VEB confirmed that my new controller came with programming that gave Level 1 a higher power output than before... Old Level 1 was 12% and the new controller Level 1 was preset to 20%. If I were riding solely for leisure, I'd probably love that 20% setting! It really was...

I guess this isn’t a valid comparison as I’ve got a rear hub motor... but 5k miles on original chain and not yet showing stretch when measured.

Welcome to the forum and ebiking! There’s a popular thread here for sharing pics of your bike and where you typically ride...