RE: My Priority Current purchase.
Though mine wasn't the best experience because it came damaged, it wasn't caused by Priority, or necessarily FedEx, the delivery co. The box and packaging were top notch and there was nothing visible when it arrived that would lead me to think there was any damage. In FedEx's defense I would "guess" they weren't the first ones to handle the bike, and likely only take it from warehouse to consumer. Not origin manufacturer to consumer. Like I said... a guess. Unfortunately I could not just take the wheel to the shop, since the brake disc was also bent. If it was merely the wheel being out of true I would have just done it myself. I've built many sets of wheels and own the shop quality tools required. I have never owned a bike with disc brakes so I thought it best to bring the whole bike to the shop. I got it back perfect without the slightest wobble of the rim or scraping of the brake rotor. The mechanic commented "had it been any worse it would have had to be replaced". I'm not sure you could find a shop to do that for "$10 or $20" USD. FYI - I'm about 50 miles from Priority's Hudson St. address in NYC. No bargain shops in this zip code. I would have been ok to bring the wheel to them and swap it, but was told no, and that I must bring it to a shop, and then send them the bill. I did so and was promptly refunded by Priority. My experience was more just bad luck. I bought 3 bikes from Bikesdirect.com in the past 5 years, and thought they packaged their bikes well until the Priority Current arrived. It was packaged to the max. It was very surprising anything could have happened. So my long drawn out answer is "yes" I would buy it again because it checks all the boxes for a Gates belt drive, internal hub, build in lights, fenders, optional accessories including a rear rack with a built in auxiliary battery. That spells no range anxiety for the little lady to tag along.
Which hub ? Give up a little efficiency, but have the gearing ability to spin it to the programable 28mph limit, the Enviolo hub is my choice. Or save a few bucks and likely get a little more range with the Shimano 5 speed. You will have to spin a little faster when this thing gets rolling in high gear especially downhill. Sorry no $ Rohloff $ hubs yet.
I'm still sorting out a couple of other issues like a spongy frame that seems to go into a shimmy if you sit up and take your hands off the bars momentarily. It's not the front wheel. Also the primary battery will discharge down to half from full, if stored for more than a week to 10 days. More on these when I do more research.
