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“budget” E-bike? Is buying used a good idea?

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flag cbailey168
Posted: Mar 15, 2023 at 21:30 Quote
Looking to find a relatively inexpensive trail/enduro e-bike for the lady. 130-160mm travel range. I have been able to find some more budget builds for around 4-5k new and these same models used (few years old)
for around 2-3k.
I have zero experience with e-bikes and honestly don’t know much about them. How often do these batteries fail? Is a used e-bike generally safe to buy or is best to purchase new? I’d hate to buy something used and then have a battery fail. Another thing, are these batteries replaceable?

Thx
flag kiranseligman
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Posted: Mar 16, 2023 at 10:47 Quote
cbailey168 wrote:
Looking to find a relatively inexpensive trail/enduro e-bike for the lady. 130-160mm travel range. I have been able to find some more budget builds for around 4-5k new and these same models used (few years old)
for around 2-3k.
I have zero experience with e-bikes and honestly don’t know much about them. How often do these batteries fail? Is a used e-bike generally safe to buy or is best to purchase new? I’d hate to buy something used and then have a battery fail. Another thing, are these batteries replaceable?

Thx

What bike is it? The battery is definitely replaceable, though quite costly. Most of the big brands of e-bikes will be able to give you a report of the battery health and how it’s doing. You can also load test the battery so see how it is health wise, though this requires a machine which is somewhat pricey.
flag cbailey168
Posted: Mar 16, 2023 at 20:41 Quote
kiranseligman wrote:
cbailey168 wrote:
Looking to find a relatively inexpensive trail/enduro e-bike for the lady. 130-160mm travel range. I have been able to find some more budget builds for around 4-5k new and these same models used (few years old)
for around 2-3k.
I have zero experience with e-bikes and honestly don’t know much about them. How often do these batteries fail? Is a used e-bike generally safe to buy or is best to purchase new? I’d hate to buy something used and then have a battery fail. Another thing, are these batteries replaceable?

Thx

What bike is it? The battery is definitely replaceable, though quite costly. Most of the big brands of e-bikes will be able to give you a report of the battery health and how it’s doing. You can also load test the battery so see how it is health wise, though this requires a machine which is somewhat pricey.


Good to know. The bike I was looking at is a Scott Spark 920
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