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Thanks, David. That's the type of idea I was hoping to pick up here.

Pardon my ignorance, but what sort of failure in a mid-drive motor would prevent it from being pedaled? How would it be different from pedaling on the no-assist setting, or with a depleted battery, or with the battery removed?

Good advice. The market is maturing rapidly and I expect to see a lot more out there by then. My main goal for now is to get my wife on one (she does have one picked out) so that she can more easily do the same distances and conditions that I can currently do on my own. After all, I'm only 72...

I just threw those trails in as an example, but it's not like I'd ride end-to-end in one shot; we're talking about an average of 40 miles a day and probably in "eco" mode for just a light boost, and staying in motels where charging each night is no problem.

I'm looking ahead to an eBike within the next couple of years, but just haven't seen anything locally or from the bigger mfrs that quite fits the bill for what I'm thinking of. What I would like to do is to replace the hybrid/trail bike that I now use for a lot of my riding (I also have a carbon...