i agree the cemoto is a totally different bike and feel
and for me better
and folded up yes it is a little bigger but not a huge amount and as far as picking them both up i cannot tell any difference in weight
not sure what you mean on the mariner, bought it used and broken off craigslist then took it to the prodeco dealer in phoenix and they repaired it
so i paid cash all around
it was kind of a fluke deal, was actually on my way to phoenix to buy a new mariner from that dealer
but had emailed that guy on craigslist a week before and it just happened he replied when i got halfway to phoenix and said he wanted the bike out of his garage, that he bought it used from someone but could not get it to work
had it listed for 500 but wanted it gone today and would take 200, so i figured what the hell
it had some wires messed up or something and the prodeco dealer fixed it for 80
did not want it to end up in the landfill somewhere if it could be fixed
the other thing is the bike is used and i have not been on a bicycle in 25 years, it might get dropped, scratched
makes a good starter bike for me
not sure i will keep the mariner, but makes a good backup bike in case the cemoto should have a problem at some point and i need one right then
my entire thing getting into the electric bike deal is i needed to be able to drop off one of my cars a few miles away sometimes and wanted a way back home without having to call someone for a ride
and hoping i would like riding it and would exercise some
i know nothing about bikes so learning on all this, but i can tell that the build on the cemoto is good for the price
think we are all going to have fun with these