Old knees made riding more than 4 or 5 miles no fun, and the hilly terrain around here didn't help any. I wanted to see if an electric bike would help, so I put a conversion kit on my hybrid bike as an experiment. That was about 4000 miles ago. It made it possible for me to continue riding for fun and exercise well into my 80s. It was worth every penny.

If I had to do it over I would still do the conversion of a GOOD bike. I think most manufactured ebikes are grossly overpriced. Plus there are tons of unknown brands out there, and one of the "hassles" of these ebikes is that the parts are proprietary. It is an evolving market - who knows which brand will survive or just disappear? Threads on this site have indicated difficulty in getting repairs and parts. However, the conversion kits are using generic items that are simple to service and readily available from many sources.