Hi all- thanks for letting me join your forum. I made great use of it as a non-member while I was sorting out what e-bike and what accompanying gear to get. I ended up deciding to totally splurge and have purchased a new Riese & Muller Homage with the works (double battery, HS, Rohloff, etc.) It's due to be ready for me to pick up sometime next week. This will be my first bike in many, many years. I used to road bike here in Marin, but I gave it up in large part because I just didn't enjoy huffing and puffing my way up the many big hills that every route seemed to involve. I've been doing spinning for the past several years, but ultimately that is just too boring, so I decided it was time to get back out on the roads and trails -- but this time with the comfort of knowing that I can (at age 69) rely on turbo mode to make the hills fun too. I'll probably have some stupid newbie questions to ask of you as I get started on this; thanks in advance for your patience with me.