i find myself with some extra money.

i've never been all that enamored with my current winter commuter bike.

then i see this monster on bikesdirect for $1,600 and my mind starts pondering.

an E-bike fatbike would be able to conquer just about anything a chicago winter could throw at it.

except perhaps the 18 billion tons of road salt chicago dumps on its streets every winter. that gives me great pause.

anyone here have any experience of riding an E-bike in highly saline winter environment? $1,600 is a fair bit of coin to me, i'd need the bike to last more than a couple seasons before salt eats the electronics.