Originally Posted by
DCB0
You holier than thou bicycle enthusiasts have lost another valuable elcitric-bicycle-rider with your 'honest practical advice.'
You're kidding, right? I didn't see any cautionary advice here that he wouldn't have gotten from a dealer as well. It was all pretty much an attempt to save an accident. Electric bikes tend to be heavier and be driven faster than the average city bike. Yeah - there's a built in speed limiter, but more than half the ebikes I service have been crashed because the rider misjudged their speed coming into a corner. Some things aren't worth taking a chance with - a broken frame on an ebike is one of them.
Would you rather that someone tell him to do the repair, spray paint it and put it on Craigslist?