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587 eMTB rabbit hole part "the end"

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Let's end this thing.  No, I'm not buying an eMTB. Good ones are expensive, cheap ones aren't that good or that cheap, and middle-tier ones are still expensive and a bit of a gamble.  But mainly, I'm not buying one because I was interested in keeping up with my brother-in-law's Specialized Turbo Levo, and I realized a couple things:  1. I'm never going to keep up with him. He's a former pro moto-cross racer. I'm not. We'll probably ride together some, and hopefully I'll get a bike that can handle all of that terrain, but I'm not going to buy a $4k+ bike for the two or ten times a year we ride together, I want a bike for every day.  2. There are tons of other ebikes that can do what I want out of a bike, possibly better and for cheaper. That's going to be the next Bike & Battery entry. Still, here's what I found about eMTBs, in a nutshell. The Specialized Turbo Levo leads the pack of bikes over $...