in2bikes
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Hey guys, I just joined up today and thought I'd share my story. I got into building/restoring bikes about 12 years ago and am now building my first electric bike. My friend Matt (1000w) will be helping me with the build as he has kindly offered and I will need all the help and advise I can get. I started off buying an old Micargi cruiser in May this year and at the moment it is being built into a bike with all the new/restored parts. I will be running a front hub motor and the battery will be living in a rear motorcycle style pannier bag off the rear seat stay. Anyway here is a pic of the bike as purchased and a pic of the wheel/tyre combo (I'll be running a nexus 8 speed rear). I'll post some more pics when the bike is built and then the final pics when the electrics are done. The frame, guards and chain guard have a new colour, the fork re-chromed and different bars and seat should finished it off nicely. I didn't want to do anything too radical for my first build and I would like to build a rear hub bike for the next build but I'll finish this first