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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smaug" data-source="post: 15847" data-attributes="member: 5646">Get a new one. There is no guarantee on the battery, and the cost of a new battery will be close to that of the bike.The seller will know that you have no way of confirming whether the battery has "very little use". It's like buying a car from a seller who insists "It's all highway miles."I just bought an e-bike for $1400 US and I looked at the price of a replacement battery pack; it is $500. (it is a 48 V, 15 Ah pack)Since you live in an area with lots of hills, I would look for an e-bike with plenty of gears, plenty of speed selections and not too heavy. (because if you're caught without battery power on a heavier e-bike, you will be pushing it up the hills on foot) I could not pedal my e-bike up a steep hill very long, even in the lowest gear, as the bike weighs around 30 kg!</blockquote>