First off, I'm a newbie to all of this and am lovin' this site. Great info from top to bottom and a community that is very civil and generous.
My son built his first MB a few weeks ago on a Trek mountain bike and he has been turning heads all over town. I will be ordering a kit after Memorial day. My first impulse is to install it on my current bike. After hours of reading on this site I see that no one but no one is building using any skinny wheeled "racing" bikes. I am curious as to why that is.
My bike is a 1981, French built Peugeot. A UE8M if that means anything to anyone. From what I have gleaned from the web, this is a run of the mill touring bike sold during the biking craze of the seventies and early eighties. I picked it up for 40 bucks at a going out of business sale at Western Auto. It was abandoned by it's owner. It is a quality bike and has been taken care of very well. Very little rust, chrome fenders, welded rat trap, lights and generator and in excellent working order. It is a tall bike with 27 inch wheels and a 61cm seat tube. I am tall and this suites me fine.
Aside from this being a French built bike with non-standard sizes all over it, what is the downside of motorizing a bike like this? My thoughts are to add some saddle bag baskets and use it as a grocery getter here in town maybe not so much on the open road.
Thanks.
My son built his first MB a few weeks ago on a Trek mountain bike and he has been turning heads all over town. I will be ordering a kit after Memorial day. My first impulse is to install it on my current bike. After hours of reading on this site I see that no one but no one is building using any skinny wheeled "racing" bikes. I am curious as to why that is.
My bike is a 1981, French built Peugeot. A UE8M if that means anything to anyone. From what I have gleaned from the web, this is a run of the mill touring bike sold during the biking craze of the seventies and early eighties. I picked it up for 40 bucks at a going out of business sale at Western Auto. It was abandoned by it's owner. It is a quality bike and has been taken care of very well. Very little rust, chrome fenders, welded rat trap, lights and generator and in excellent working order. It is a tall bike with 27 inch wheels and a 61cm seat tube. I am tall and this suites me fine.
Aside from this being a French built bike with non-standard sizes all over it, what is the downside of motorizing a bike like this? My thoughts are to add some saddle bag baskets and use it as a grocery getter here in town maybe not so much on the open road.
Thanks.