Which would you pick? - electric bike or regular road bike?

A bike elictric kit that would carry me to work and back and probably extracurricular activities. …OR a entry level road bike?

Mountain bike ■■■■ the roads

I have a hybrid bike it’s half and half

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a hover board.
take care :alien:

Thanks for the input guys/gals …

Hard to say without knowing more about circumstances. Where do you live? How far do you go? Etc.

In an ideal world we’d all have one of these:

Pixel.

Mouse, if you enjoy biking off road I highly recommend investing in a proper Mtn bike. There is nothing like bombing a good single track. I’ve owned many from $200-$3500.
I can point you to a good entry level if you are interested. 29">26".

Ditto. I speak bike so lemme know. The most important part for the serious novice is fit. You can dump loads of cash on a high end bike but if you aren’t comfortable chances are you wont want to ride.

I speak bike and fit also. …im in rapid city sd…

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I ride a Trek 7.7 now. Sold my Gary Fisher full squish before I moved out of the mountainside. I miss riding trails. Have you seen Budnitz’s bikes yet? Sick!
What kits and roadies are ya looking at @petester?
I chose the Trek for the handlebar/shifting configuration. Light as hell too.

Road bike get a hybrid you will like it!

Good luck!

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I have an old “Rock Hopper” bike bought in 1986…still rides as good as the first day.
I prefer my Yamaha TW 200 for around town, it uses gasoline.

Yeah I really enjoy finding a older bike in great condition? Some folks bought a bike 20 yrs ago then put it in the garage and never touched it.

Not saying you did that im just saying that I love finding older bikes.

Get something that runs on Gas, you don’t want to be half way home then your battery runs out. I seen that happen to somebody recently. Someone came in a car to pick them up but they looked confused on how to fit the bike into the car.

Yes A Hover Bike. thay are so cool… I have a three wheel electric bike for show, and I loss to many friends on motor bikes it an’t funny. so play it safe and get a new mobility car off your ins company. look it up and drive safe.

Yeah, I did just that. Actually, WE did just that.
My (ex)husband bought them after we got married with the intention of some outdoor fun…yeah ok.
They sat - more like hung upside down for the next ? 20-25 years, only riding them together 2 times!
Next year marks the 30th year I’ve had them, looks brand new.

In the year we split up, I’ve put a lot of miles on them, I do love to ride them around finding neat stuff on the ground.

Riding feels great.

I bought a used bike for 100$, or so I thougt. It was apparently a adolescent bike, which was too small for my 6 2 frame. It got the job done, but when I tried riding it for 15 miles up and down hill, I was completely exhausted at the end.

Yep at 6’2" you need a XL bike man,im maybe 6" in boots and im riding a XL Breezer.

I don’t like bikes that fit me because it feels like im riding a kids bike.

Moped if you live in moderate climate. You can get okay road bike from police sale or storage unit sale…Just know the good brands.