Kind of want to pick one up because they seem like quality ebikes, but I'm kind of worried about support/repair down the line.
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From what I've seen, ebikes in general are a massive pain to maintain and service due to all proprietary parts and anticonsumer software locking. It'd most likely be better to get a quality analog bike and a quality conversion kit like a cyc photon or bafang bbshd.
I can only hope that right-to-repair legislation in some US States and the EU will aid the situation, but it might still be a while.
I've been looking at converting my Trek 820 ST but I still want to have a regular bike. Once I get one, I probably will convert it with a Bafang or something.
That said not all ebikes are a huge PITA to service, depends on the brand.
I hope parts for my Yamaha powered Giant bike are available for a while.