[Darkrider]

Originally Posted by Megadan

It's actually pretty common to use the disc flange for the drive and run a rim brake out back on a motorized bike. Often done with a dual pull single brake lever to prevent having too much braking power in the rear when combined with a front disc brake.

I have considered an e-bike, but I may hold off for now since they are expensive as heck, both to build or to buy. I am starting a new job soon that makes using the bikes as transport to save money a bit more difficult due to the distance and the routes available to me, so for now they are just a hobby anyway. 12 miles of city riding is a bit more than I want to deal with for a commute on a bicycle of any kind.

Enlighten me on this dual pull single brake lever? Funny enough when i was looking into the two ideas i was actually saving money going Ebike. This was based off of the idea of buying a new bike from Ctire here as the base. Granted a cheap one with rim brakes to upgrade around the motor later kind of thing. But at this point there is also a plan i found on a site to build a cargo type bike that i may consider for the ebike idea. Modify the plans a touch to have a staggered tire set up similar to a dirt bike and have the smaller rear being a hub drive as i keep finding 24" hub drive wheels for reasonable prices. The goal there would eventually be to have a 2wd Ebike kind of set up like a Dual sport motorcycle. I would be taking advantage of the stretched wheelbase of the cargo bike to have somewhere to place the batteries in a lower center of gravity location.