Traditional bikes are a lot cheaper and simpler. Most of the e-bikes I've seen, are very expensive and come with low or mid-range quality components. Plus, I'd

Traditional bikes are a lot cheaper and simpler. Most of the e-bikes I've seen, are very expensive and come with low or mid-range quality components. Plus, I'd be very wary of investing in a bike with a lot of proprietary components. Traditional bike standards change as well, but you can still ride a 40 year old bike today and get parts for it. If I were to get an e-bike, I'd definitely go the route of getting a solid, steel, fully rigid mountain bike and putting a mid-drive conversion kit on it.