Motorcycle & Scooter

I didn't want to go all that fast, don't have much money and I'm a hacker so that determined my path to an ebike.

The ebikes on the market at the moment are mostly either cheap Chinese crud that demands a lot of prep and fixing minor issues or high dollar near-works-of-art from the US or Europe. Dealing with Chinese distributors is something of a headache, they're not necessarily ill intentioned but often don't really know what it is they are selling very well (they're ad writers and sales people not engineers) and the language and cultural barriers don't help. Anyone who imports the stuff into the US in bulk and can tell you about it fairly accurately is putting a big markup on the parts. The prime piece of advice I've heard is don't ever ask a Chinese distributor a yes/no question, the answer will always be yes.

With the hub motor bikes (the great majority) unless you spend fairly big money it's hard to get a lot of hill climbing ability, especially in the larger wheeled bikes 24", 26" 29", my bike has a 20" rear wheel so it climbs pretty well with the hub motor but the smaller diameter also leads to lower speeds with the same motor than a larger diameter wheel would, it's changing the effective overall gear ratio.

The site that probably has the best overall reputation is this one.

http://ebikes.ca/

http://ebikes.ca/store/