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I bought a bike yesterday, the Haibike Xduro Trekking RX. After considering all your helpful counsel and experience and doing some test riding on the actual roads/hills I will be commuting over, I was able to recognize that for me, a mid-drive is quite important. First, I had to spend enough...

Thank you, all. This helps me so much. I am 6' tall, weighing 180 and 60 years old. The commute path I envision using is on a hilly winding road that winds along foothills in Southern California - my goal being to take the hit of the hills to reduce riding in traffic. In my state of...

I appreciate the info. I was able to test ride a couple ebikes over the weekend (Haibike Trekking (Bosch system) and Izip Dash and paid closer attention to the hills and shifting. I am afraid that I am so blown away by the power of both that it is hard to concentrate on the differences between...

Perfect! I am an older and weaker version of you, with just the same goals. Would you be willing to share any more about your additional pros and cons?

I am so grateful for the feedback from all of you experienced with ebikes. In light of your thoughts, I am inclined to look to buy a simpler bike, avoiding the "bells and whistles" that can go wrong, and force me to a repair shop. My goal for this bike is that it will allow me to turn some of...

Right, you get the bike two days, they get the bike one day, you get the bike two days...

Great, Ann. Thanks! Dean

Perfect! I can do this. I feared the e-bike would be dealer maintenance only - like what forced me to stop working on my car! I copied and pasted this list and link. Thanks again! Dean

This, too, encourages me to dive in and buy a bike! Yes, I would very much appreciate the maintenance list. If I was confident that I could manage the routine maintenance, I could better mange the risk of our one remaining shop going under. Thanks!

Thanks, Ann! That does help.

In our community, we have had several e-bike shops close and longstanding shops stop selling e-bikes. The lone remaining shop does sell Haibike and Stromer - great bikes, but the shop recommends servicing them every 100 miles. If this shop also goes belly-up, I can't imagine driving the bike...