[Old School Hound]

Note: I did not intend to disparage cheaper e-bikes in any of my posts. If you have lots of patience and mechanical skills, a $300 to $500 e-bike from Walmart or Amazon can be a great deal, if you cannot afford or are unwilling to spend more on a bike. I hate spending time assembling stuff myself.

$2,000 is a lot of money to spend on an e-bike, but I could have easily spent 2 to 3 times as much buying a similarly (or better) equipped bike from an e-bike shop instead of ordering a bike directly from a company through the Internet. Lectra has only been in business 6 or 7 years, but they sell more e-bikes in the U.S. than anybody else. 

Besides cost, I avoided buying from a shop because I think I need to be able to make most repairs to my bike on the side of a road, if necessary. Transporting a broken down e-bike to a shop for repairs can be expensive. When I get a bike rack, I will probably have to get one with a ramp because loading a 100-pound bike without a ramp is a two-man job, or a job for one very stout young man.

Sorry, my bad. I should have read closer. Thanks.