u/ViSuo

Hey everyone, I'll keep this short.

I'm coming over for another summer as a seasonal worker in Fairbanks and I'm dead tired of commuting 15 miles back and forth everyday on a regular bicycle.

I've been looking to buy an electric bike online, so it's shipped before I arrive, but I've had zero luck. Looking online I concluded that A) all affordable e-bikes are out of stock in Walmart, Costco etc and B) No one is going to deliver that to me through Amazon because of shipping restrictions.

So I'd like to ask the locals, where does one acquire an electric bicycle in Fairbanks? My budget is not high, I only need it to survive for 4 months and them I'm out.

Any help is appreciated, as I've completely hit a wall here.

Heading out for seasonal work soon and need an e-bike for a ~10 mile daily commute. Only need it for 4 months. Budget is $600 max, regular bike isn’t an option for me, and the used market where I’m going is basically dead so I’m stuck buying new.

Problem is everything under $500 looks like sketchy Temu/Amazon no-name stuff with horror story reviews. Fat tires would be cool but not a dealbreaker. Don’t care about speed, just want a battery that’ll actually get me to work and back.

Any models you’d actually trust for 4 months of daily use? Thanks.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​