Originally Posted by
FMB42
Yes, a rear suspension would take some of the jarring off. But you should be OK with a hard-tail (no rear susp.) bike as long as you don't go slamming into serious bumps and the like. One thing is for sure; you'll want a steel framed or steel wheel dropout equipped bike (I do not recommend aluminum framed or aluminum dropout bikes for e-conversions).
Since I'm only going for a low powered 250w motor would
counter-torque be much of a problem? Hope not, as far as I know my bike is aluminium.