Hey @siquerah! I've been sharing my experience with the Transend with siqueirah, so please bear with me if I repeat myself a little.
A coworker used to commute to work on a bike 15-years ago, his ride was about 8 miles each way with a fairly steep, mile long hill at each end. My commute was about 6 miles each way with a couple of hills as well. 10-years ago he added a rear wheel with a hub motor and the controller, battery back and wires to make it work. It first I was tempted to do the same, but he spent a lot of time tinkering with the setup to keep it working and his bike seemed to have a lot more issues after the conversion so I decided to wait and lat the technology mature a bit.
About two years ago I started looking at the eBike market and seeing what was available. I didn't want to go the DIY route and I don't care for cargo bikes, folding bikes, or road bikes so it looked like my best bet was to get a mountain eBike. I wasn't thrilled with mail ordering a bike and the retail options were not cheap, so I put it off a bit longer.
Last Spring I decided I was ready finally ready to get an eBike, just as the pandemic hit. I started with a $1,500 budget, but the more I research I did the more I decided I wanted a mid-drive and I wanted to buy form an
actual bicycle company, not just some eBike company that didn't exist 2-years ago and may not be around next month. I upped my budget to $2k and continued to research eBikes from Giant, Raleigh, Trek, Specialized, Canondale, etc.
I drove an hour to the nearest Trek dealership and rode one of their mid-drive mountain eBikes as well as a Townie hub-drive eBike. I decided I definitely preferred the feel of a mid-drive. I really liked the Trek and then I rode a Giant mountain e-bike, it was full suspension, all the bells and whistles, but what really impressed me was how well integrated the eBike bits were into the bike riding experience. The assist comes on very smoothly and naturally and I really liked the frame integrated battery pack and simple controls. I talked to the salesman for a while and he showed me the Momentum website. Somehow I had overlooked Momentum in my research and I really liked the style of the Transend E+. I ordered one in June and it was ready for pickup in less than a week.
My old Canondale M400 still sits in the garage, unridden for the past 6-years, but I'm riding the Transend at least twice a week, (I play Pickleball 3-4x a week, so not much time left for riding). I really like the Transend and I am so glad I got what I really wanted instead of trying to save a few bucks. Two of my friends rode my bike and they each bought a Transend for themselves. One of their bikes was ready for pick-up at the Giant dealer in only 3-days, the other took a week.
I've logged about 500 miles with 97,000ft of elevation gain. I prefer to make simple adjustments and maintenance myself and I've not had any issues with the bike, but it's good to know all I have to do is take it to the dealer if I ever have any problems. The only way I'm parting with my Transend is to upgrade to a FastRoad E+ EX Pro.