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  • Get something mainstream. As long as the bike has one of the following engine systems: Shimano, Bosch, Specialized, Mahle, TQ and a couple others I can’t think of off hand. Any of the other weird ones are often impossible to diagnose and work on

    Bafang motors are a crap shoot. They make a couple that are okay, but also a lot of low end, sketchy systems.

    Electra has a couple of cheaper models that come in under $2k. While the motors themselves aren’t unsafe, I think the bikes themselves have underpowered brakes and the like. Something like the Specialized Globe is $2800 and is a pretty solid, utilitarian platform.

    Avoid Rad Power, Lectric, Super 73, and any of the other weird, fly by night direct to consumer Asian brands









  • Japan is another world. When I was traveling there, I remember seeing dots on the highways so as to space your interval with the car in front of you. Another person in my group started laughing because that would be ignored in the US but the guy driving was confused and couldn’t fathom not following that rule. He was like, “why wouldn’t you do that?”