https://sydneyelectricbikes.com/book/book.html
I am interested in the red cruiser is near the end of the page that is an ex rental. What should i ask the store. The good thing is it is within my budget and the shop is near where i live :0)

I don't know how good the brand or parts are but the description says, " 6 Speed / Wheel Size 26 inch / Max Speed with motor alone 25kms ". I don't know if the added "S" is a typo.. if they mean 25 Kilometers per hour, that is only 15 miles per hour which would be the slowest an e-bike will go. People generally pedal between 11 and 15 miles per hour depending on type of bike. I can go up to 21 miles per hour on mine but I use a 500 watt motor.. I know in Sydney AUS you may be limited to a 250 watt motor. If so, you might not be able to go faster than 15 MPH anyway. Just be sure you are happy with that speed.

Ask yourself, if you want more speed and if you can get away with doing 32 KM ( 20 MPH) without getting in trouble. It would not be for me, but it may be all you need.

I already had the bike and installed an electric kit. The kit cost 526 U.S dollars. You may want to go with a kit if you have a bike, and thus may have more options.

I think i read somewhere or maybe it came up in this forum on another thread that 250watt is the max in Sydney :0)
Since the place just down the road from me i will go there and ask about the typo.
Yeah as i am not in very good health i wouldn't pedal very fast. Currently i can't do any hills down or down. Only flat for me. Not like the old days when i raced around everywhere and was very fit. It is a miracle i can even sit on a bike after what i have been through :0)
Oh the other good thing about that shop is they have a free trial thing happening so i might give that a go when i have time.
Yes i was shopping for a kit but the prices in oz are rediculous. I am also thinking i will have a lot of trouble with it because my brain is not really good with new things.
Anyway thanks for the advice. When i peeped into the shop the bikes looked good. Far better than the crap i bought from an ebayer and it took me two months to get a refund on it :0)

I think your on the right track buying form a real dealer this time. However, you maybe able to find an EBay seller that has a good local store as well. With luck maybe they are selling the same product in a real store and on EBay. I've done this with the maching tools I buy. It was an accedint that I noticed the company I was ordering for was just down the road from me. So I saved the shipping but more important I could see what I was buying before I paid for it. And if I had a problem I knew where to take it.

Thanks D i did look for an ebay seller that has a physical shop but there are none. I am thinking that the whole ebike thing is not big here yet. I have seen the petrol bikes arround for years but not ebikes. They are also very exclusive type shops that sell them and the prices are unreal. Minimum $1000aud just like that online store that i posted about in this thread. The bike is an ex rental that i am posting about so i hope it is worth it.
Plus this will save me as you say shipping and assembly hassles. I wonder what the warranty is. Probably only 3 months

why dont you start with your local dealer, have a real good talk with him, take it to the point where you are ready to buy from him, then DONT - LOL

At least, dont buy from him until you come back here and ask a few more questions. We are always willing to help.

In the end, I really do think that your first bike ought to be bought locally if getting local support is important to you.

If you are the kind of person that can 'farmer fix' just about anything, then you might want to price shop on the internet cuz I doubt that you will want to leave it stock for long, anyway.

best of wishes to you

ST

Thanks i will ask more questions and confirm with you guys on this forum,
No fixing or installing is just one more pressure so not an option really. I would rather it just work for my first experience with an ebke. I have had way too much happen so far with the bike i bought from an ebayer that finally i got rid of plus too much fixing going on right now with computers. Anyway will be a while before i have time to go to the shop and test a bike. Too busy :0)

Went into an enviro store today called the Watershed and they told me about this place https://www.value-e-bikes.com.au/E-Bikes.htm up in Queensland too. Would cost a lot to get to Sydney but if anyone has an opinion lemme know :0)

1000AUS dollars price anreal, why do you think so?
Bike with 250W-300W motor Panasonic drive is for sure worth of that price, because it will last, bullet proof.
Quality cost money.
Here in NAmerice E+ bike is close to 3000 US and it is USA-made bike , again silence operation/no wine, no shudder/ and bullet-proof reliability worth 3000 to you?
I made 17600 km on my TF which is predecessor of E+ /E+ has the same motor/, E+ is even more about 15% more efficient. Bike paid for itself in 2,5 years, considering that I OWE 3,5 litwer engine car.
I think it is worth , quality is worth money, just like with the car, why buy Honda, you can go 100km/h in KIA also, right?
MC

Without question their bikes are a lot more expensive then your last one. Of course there's really no way to say if they are worth $10 or $1000. but for sure this looks like a better outfit to work with then the last one. And they at least have a parts page which is a good sign. They even offer upgrad battery packs. I know they are expensive but maybe you could upgrade for less if you did it with the purchase and trade back the lead cell batttery. I would recommend you email them and ask about the waranty on these bike.

Bob

Rapattack... If I were you, I would go and buy a new bike, and a conversion kit.

The cheap bikes at Walmart are all steel and well suited for an ebike. Just make sure you don't get one that is pre-assembled. High School kids making minimum wage, don't put bikes together very well. (Get one in the box and assemble it yourself.)

For $100-$200 you can get a dual suspension bike with at least one disc brake. (A Huffy, Mongoose, or Schwinn, etc) (All steel, strong, good for e-bike)
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Then get a conversion kit. I just got a Magic Pie 2.0 and love it to pieces, but I have only run it for 50 miles... I don't want to recommend it just yet, in case it burns out and dies the next time I ride my bike. =P
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Now start with SLA batteries, and put some of your saved gas money aside for the possible Lithium battery in the future.

Get a desulfator for your SLA batteries.
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Blam. You now have a dual suspension, electric powered, disc brake mountain bike, for about $600 or $700.

Plus, you'll have fun constructing, tinkering, and fine tuning the bike. You'll also learn every aspect of your e-bike during the construction and tinkering phase... =P
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On the other side of the coin... If you don't do your homework, you could buy bunk stuff and get burned... =P

Hi thanks for all the advice. I found a good bike and got it today :0) It is an ex rental and the guy said it is over a year old and only got rented 6 times.