Still thinking about this but I have found a solution for my nights out in town. I have started locking my bike up in the covered porch area directly outside the police station that has CCTV and police at hand. Feels like a thief would be taking an unnecessary risk trying to steal my bike from there
I haven't seen a cop on the beat for ages. Don't all cops stay indoors filling out forms these days?
There's only one folding bike I would be interested in converting next:
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Steel frame, and some have 135mm rear dropouts - earlier models didn't. Seems ideal for a seriously powerful rear hub motor to be dropped into, with no spreading required. Similar geometry to my Helios, therefore "250W" Bafang BBS01B is also an option. Or both, if 500w becomes legal, and the rear hub motor is also rated "250W". Rare as hen's teeth, I've only seen one for sale in 3 years. I was in two minds as to whether to draw attention to this bike, because doing so risks increasing competition if another one ever turns up. Hopefully this post will be forgotten, or I might delete it very soon.
Steel framed, so perhaps disc brake mounting points could be welded on? Always wondered how well that works out long term.