How Do You Get?

Here's a collection of some of basic advice for ebike buyers, particularly aimed at NZ commuters, particularly in Auckland.

Find a brand and store that you trust

Most bike shops will only service brands that they sell (and in some cases only if you bought from them), so my main advice is to buy from a shop that you trust.

Consider what you want to use it for

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Just a note that litestream 0.5 can't handle a 0.3 replica. If you're upgrading from 0.3 to 0.5, you need to restore back to a local sqlite file using 0.3, and then start a new replica on a different path with 0.5.

Also, if you're running litestream in Docker, make sure you're at least locking to an 0.X version, so you don't automatically upgrade to an incompatible version.