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  1. hod

    road bike frames for electric conversion

    Clockwise, Those are some good points. I'll keep that in mind. The appeal of the Grace "One" and other e bikes has zero to do with any desire to jump or go off-road. I'm looking for a modest electric bike to use casually around town. I just have a preference about the way the frame looks. -N
  2. hod

    road bike frames for electric conversion

    Geebee, Thanks for your help. That sounds like a good idea or someone, but I'm not gonna be utilizing any bicycle shaped objects from Walmart. A direct drive hub will offer me the 40 mph top speed I'm looking for without any bulky installations.
  3. hod

    road bike frames for electric conversion

    Mike, Thanks for your input. Certainly a hard-tail mountain bike could satisfy me. However, it would need to look the way i described. I don't care about categorization. All the mountain bikes i've looked at thus don't have the form i'm looking for. Its difficult to explain what i have in my...
  4. hod

    road bike frames for electric conversion

    Hello, I'm interested in building a custom electric bicycle. Right now, I'm just looking at frames. I want to use a road bike frame or something similar. Basically, i am after a certain aesthetic that uses a flat top bar like a road bike, but thicker. The dilemma is finding a frame like this...