Thanks! Yes, powering the rear wheel is a common option but my reason for wanting the front wheel powered, as well as many other threads I have read (sorry, I hope I am not hijacking this thread) is that not all of us have bikes that have cassettes on the rear to work with so that there would only be room for the motor and I want to move some of the weight forward to improve handling. Also some people don't want to use hub motors and also don't want to have to mess with extra freewheels, etc on the rear end to get the power of the motor transmitted to the wheel. I have ridden many different kinds of ebikes and one that I most enjoyed riding was one with a mid mount motor and a battery directly behind the seat post. This puts about 80% of the total weight of bike, motor, battery and rider in the middle third of the bike. I found handling the bike was very enjoyable. If I had the $$ I would take modify a frame and do the same thing but I don't have the $$ so my objective is to try to spread the weight more evenly across the bicycle. Also originally I was trying to find a way to squeeze more distance out of the batteries and was hoping that by using a hub gear up front with a gear motor I could increase the range. I have heard mixed thoughts about this though, and am not sure which setup would be most efficient.