After a severe spinal cord issue that became acute late last year, I decided to look into eBikes. My pride and joy has been my IF steel Crown Jewel. Love riding that bike, but it's now a challenge. So I started looking at electric bikes. Wow have I been disappointed. A very limited selection of bikes that look anything like a real road bike. There are reasons road bikes look like road bikes - because of the way they handle and how you can ride them. And weights of course. When I went shopping locally and online I was shocked at the majority of model styles. Ugly. Heavy. Fat tires. Lacking function and form. Heavy. Weird. I'm finding just a few eBikes that look anything or weigh anything like a road bike. And weight I'm not taking sub-20 pounds. I'm talking sub 30 or even sub 40 pounds. Yes there are a few eBikes that look like a real road bike. Cervelo makes one. Bulls. Trek Domane. Scott seems to "get it" with their Addict lineup. Road bike geometry. Carbon frames. Replaceable battery. Sub-$billion dollar pricetag. There is a a new eRoadie from Ride1Up. There are others, too. But within each manufacturer's model lineup they may have one traditional roadie model and then like a zillion weird ugly fat tire monsters. Why? Look at the sub forums here on Bikeforums.net; Road Bikes has like 4x or more the lifetime threads of the next closest topic. If road bikes are the #1 selling style of bicycle, then why are eBike models predominately weird something-else styles?