I have a couple of friends with Cannondale road style ebikes. They are pretty happy with them and they look good. One guy's motor apparently cuts out at 20 mph so he gets dropped on the flats. He finds that annoying and I think there may be a way to hot rod it once the warranty is done. One thing to keep in mind is that an ebike from a major bike company will come with functional disc brakes, useful on something that weighs twice the normal bike weight.