I’m going to preface this with some non bike info.
I am moving to Minneapolis and autistic, I can drive and do in Florida, but I am leaving my only car with my family who is staying behind until I can get better settled and find a place up here. A car is a necessity in Florida, but Minneapolis has an amazing bike system and I rode a bike as primary transportation to and from school and in my early 20s. I haven’t ever had an ebike, but have rode motorcycles and mopeds.

I want an e-bike that is appropriate for my size of 5’2” and capable of going over light snow (I’m not expecting snowmobile capabilities), and has a decent range of 35 miles at a minimum.

Any advice? I am trying to save as much money as I can to bring my family here and do not want a car payment and insurance to hold me back. I am excited about exercise and spending more time outside in general, Florida is too hot.

Thank you! Honestly! I am gathering as much info as possible because preparing makes me feel less anxious.

I was in Minnetonka checking out a different trail route and had to head east of Tonkawood to reach the trail at Jidana Park, but unfortunately the newer path on Minnetonka Blvd ends at Tonkawood and although it's only a couple of blocks away, I'd rather not ride in traffic and there are no sidewalks on either side, just narrow shoulders. As luck would have it, the north side of the street was closed off for construction that had yet to start and it mimicked a temporary bike path that continues east where the current one ends, so obviously I took that vs riding in high speed traffic. Just goes to show that if we *wanted* to install temporary bike paths vs wait years for permanent ones, we could just plop a similar setup down overnight. Bonus pic of one of the many meadows along the way if you head NE towards Ridgedale, there are some surprisingly quiet spots tucked away from all of the residential suburbia.

My wife's bike was stolen from our backyard in Holland neighborhood. NE MPLS

It's a black origin-8 single speed with dark gold highlights.

Noticed by looking on this thread that there's been a spree of bike thefts in the neighborhood over the last 2 weeks. Please be on the look out, thank you.