With the huge number of e-bike sellers, some being questionable, and the ever changing (improving) technology I'm wondering if it would be smart to wait until next year (at least) for things to settle down and weed out some of the bad sellers.. I really want an e-bike but the closest dealer is 45min. away and only sells and services pedego.. I've gone for a test ride and like the bike well enough (ridgerider, $3,695) but they go for at least $1,000 more than comparable e-bikes found elsewhere. I'm nervous about buying my bike online and having little or no support for it afterwards, this makes the pedego dealer attractive but almost four thousand seems like a rip off to me.....Thoughts?... btw, we live close to a huge network of bike trails and can go long distances on MUP trails, We're in our 60's (yes, my wife will need one too) and the uphill sections have kept us from doing them extensively on our regular bikes.. The other issue is MI has determined class one e-bikes are allowed on ALL trails but class 2 and 3 are at the discretion of local authorities.. Since the pedego I rode is a class 2 with a throttle , the dealer (super nice guy btw) said "just disconnect the throttle and now it's a class one"..... Sounds good but not sure LEO would buy that, especially if the start strict enforcement in the future..