Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
Loads of e-Bikes under $1,000. The bulk of the market falls into a segment from $1,500 to $2,000. Sure, if you're only looking at Specialized, e-Bikes are expensive.
People who think even $500 is simply too much for a "pedal bike" don't even blink at $1,000 for a bike with an electric motor on it. Like it or not, e-Bikes are absolutely here to stay.
Oh no doubt, I dont see them going away.
I just the market for then is going to have a fairly low ceiling.
I think the bulk of customers for ebikes will be taken from moped sales. And even then it will be narrowed down further to people who have/had mopeds, AND have a concern about the environment.
I see an enormous amount of overlap between mopeds and ebikes in terms of use, convenience, cost, utility. Except in most cases...a moped will be better at those things.