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You can spend $800 on an ebike or you can spend $8,000 on one, and both will technically get you to work. The gap between those two numbers is where most of the confusion lives. An ebike is not one product at a fixed price. It is a category that

The motor is one of the biggest things that changes how an ebike feels, but most product pages do a terrible job explaining it. They will tell you the bike has a “powerful hub motor” or a “premium mid-drive system,” and then somehow expect that to answer all your questions.

An ebike is a bicycle with an electric motor and battery that help you ride. That is the short version. The slightly more useful version is that an ebike still works like a regular bike, but it gives you extra assistance when you pedal. Some ebikes also have a throttle,

Most ebikes can go somewhere around 20 to 60 miles on one charge. Some compact city bikes land below that, some long range ebikes can go well beyond it, and a few specialty models advertise numbers that sound more like a road trip than a bike ride. The tricky part

Ebike classes are one of those things that sound more complicated than they need to be. You start shopping for an electric bike, and suddenly every model is labeled Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, or “ships as Class 2 but can be unlocked.” At that point, buying a bike