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Hi I need to get the difficult balance right between exercising my leg muscles (primarily vastus medialis) and not causing more difficulties for my damaged knee joints. Cycling on the flat is good, but I live in a mountainous area and my house is on the side of an escarpment, so I cannot avoid steep hills if I cycle out of my house. I was thinking of getting an ebike rather than putting my mountain bike in a car everyday for just a brief ride. It would have to get me up steep inclines without me peddling too heavily ( I want exercise so I do not want a no –peddling moped approach). Lighter is better than heavier. I don’t give a damn if its illegal. I don’t need to go far. I don’t need to go fast. And while I want value for money, cost is not critical (nothing is more expensive than buying something that isn’t quite up to the job). Ive looked at the road bikes online but what little I can get from reviews suggests these road bikes are focussed on speed and high-geared appropriately. I wondered if a mountain ebike from Haibike or another manufacturer would be better- more likely to have gearing sympathetic to hills and my crappy knees? If it’s a consideration I,m 6ft & 13 stone.