Thanks for all of the responses, I ended up buying the Marin Sausalito, the primary reason was weight, approx 40 lbs vs 53 lbs , secondary was the marin had 4 frame sizes s,m,l, xl , wife is 5'3" . The Marin does have nice components - including 11 speeds so if one removed the battery the bike could be ridden as a non e bike, I bought an e bike for the wife so we can ride together as I've been cycling for over 50 yrs, 1st decent bike I owned was a Viscount Aerospace - early aluminum frame, 10 speed bike which I put many many miles on. Now I ride a > 20 yrs old Fuji Absolute which is getting long in the tooth so my next bike may be an e bike as well, I'm 72 yrs old with a really bad back.
Now gotta make sure the wife rides it, The ride1up though is a pretty good bike for the price and does get good ratings except for occasional shipment and parts missing issues.