Ten years ago, I rode the Harley Livewire when they toured it around the country. I was sold on electric bikes immediately, just not that one; that one had all the trappings that make me dislike Harley, but I was totally sold on electric, my next bike would definitely be electric.

Fast forward to 2019, its time for me to replace my ICE bike. I go shopping and... Literally nothing with any other modern features, and prices are still bonkers. I wanted safety features: traction control, abs, wheelie control, etc. And 20kUSD was the way upper limit.

I also wanted to be able to actually go to a place and buy one. And be confident that if I have problems (admittedly less likely with electric, but still possible), I have somewhere to take it to that someone will deal with it under warranty.

I was really gung-ho to get electric this time around. Maybe next time, in ten years, when my 200hp supercharged all-singing all-dancing sub-20k bike gets long in the tooth, there'll actually be something in the market.