Originally Posted by
mlpokn
... looking for something reliable that I can just buy and forget and not worry about too much maintenance down the road.
... There are couple of electric bike stores in Portland but I'm not sure which bike to invest in? ... I would like to stay under $4000 ( lower the better of course but I hear you get what you pay for when it comes to electric bikes ) ...
Visit your local bike stores and test ride, test ride, test ride. Let the shop person know your intended use, the road surface(s), etc.
Raleigh USA has introduced some ebikes for 2015. See:
Raleigh Bicycles - Ebike. Currie Technologies (
Currie Technologies - Hybrid Best Electric Bikes and Bicycles E-Bike) has several different models. Raleigh and Currie are both part of the Accell Group. My understanding is that Currie did much of the design/development work on the Raleigh ebikes.
-HANK RYAN-
Norman, Oklahoma USA