Just picked up a new Trek Verve + 2. Still getting all set up. Put on a front rack, front camera/light, paniers, Monkey Light on the rear, studded snow tires, and Brooks saddle. Gray small step through frame seems heavy. The electronics say I went 3.? for my first ride. It picks up without too much sudden burst of power. I didn't want a race car. I just want something I can use to get the wife riding again and then build an electric for myself. I figure on giving it to her if I can cajole her into riding with me. I still have my 520 and have maintained it even with 6,000 miles, and two bottom brackets, don't know how many pedal sets. I'm thinking about a front hub drive unit at high power and mildly overvolted. I have been reading books and magazines for several years for this. But the Bosch mid drive called to me. I rode one two years ago at Biscari Brothers Bicycles in Liberty MO. They are my go to shop. Like all good shops they take care of any bike you buy new from them, for a year. So after 12 years' commuting on one of their 520s and four MS rides later I bought this Verve + 2. I'm just waiting for one of my buddies to make fun of my riding a step through. I'm going to tell them in 1897, a divorced wife invented the safety frame with the top tube going across. You guys know why! And yes, I used to sell cars. Be Well, Bluesfrog..