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There are lots of decent ebike options < $2000 and they generally require very little maintenance.

$1000 for inner tubes, break pads, and chain grease is not a reasonable estimate.

[jacquesm]

I'd say $1000 is pretty high and likely is mostly labor. You can almost all of your bike maintenance yourself for a small fraction of what it costs at the bike store and if you are halfway handy you will probably do as good or better.

$1000 would probably also include things like cassettes, chainrings, chains and brake discs. Depending on the system on your bike this stuff can get quite expensive.

[sliken]

Er, what? Sounds crazy high, maybe $50 for tubes/pads (at huge bike shop markups) and even a very generous hourly rate for a generous 1 hour should be WAY less than half of that.