There are many £1000+ bikes being purchased at the moment,how has your wife or partner reacted to you spending this amount on a bicycle,although i would like to spend over £1000 on a nice electric bike myself,i would worry about it being stolen whilst left in the bike shed at work,and i know my partner has a long list of far more important things (in her eyes) for my hard earned to be spent on,even spending £300 on a second hand electric bike is wasting money in her eyes.