Originally Posted by chvid

"Its just a bike"...actually just a frame really, with a bunch of parts on it, like all bikes. Except it seems some of the parts need adjustment or servicing. Really there is nothing special about an electric bike, except some of the parts are more complicated than a normal bike and require specialty knowlege - like replacing cells inside the battery, or changing brushes or Hall connectors inside hub motors etc., or putting on new connectors - stuff a normal local bike shop wouldn't be able to do necessarily. Anything else - and it sounds like the parts you were were talking about are "just bike parts" and could be fixed by any competent bike mechanic, or even yourself with a little bit of online investigation. I'd take it to a good LBS first to get the regular bike parts serviced, and build a relationship with them, as you will need to eventually anyway - unless it is directly related to the electric components. I've built nine ebikes, and I regularly need my LBS for things that are beyond my depth, but those things are limited to issues experienced as well by normal bikes as well, like getting new spokes cut, or putting in a new fork or whatever. I never bother them with the e-bits.