@HCBunny Haven't owned one, but one thing that occurs to me because it applies to wheelchairs (friend was wheelchair user) and to e-cycles is to scope out the repair places near you - because if at all possible you want to pick a brand/model that a place near you that's competent can fix. So if it were me, I'd scope that out and make a list of brands/models that the repair places say they can easily get parts for yet are not constantly breaking down.