Hi,

I have a fairly vintage restored bike that I picked up from a non-profit organization a few years ago. I've put a lot of work into making it a solid road cycling bike for riding with friends. My rides have started to get longer and more difficult and I have been thinking about converting it into an e-bike with a small motor and battery to act as an assist on hills or other challenging parts of my rides. I ride pretty much exclusively on roads and paved cycleways.

I've been doing lots of research on different DIY methods and how I could approach this with the bike I do have on hand instead of getting a separate donor bike. Here are some pictures of my bike:

I suppose the first question I would have is: Would this frame be an ok donor to convert into an ebike? I recognize that it's using v-brakes, but they've been maintained well and hold up quite good even in the rainy season. My initial thoughts were to attempt either a front drive or mid drive kit, and to go fairly low power as the purpose of this is more to give me an assist on hills or difficult parts of my ride.

I would love to know if anyone else is in a similar position.

All help appreciated and I'm more than willing to provide more details to find a solution. I'm pretty handy and technically savvy so I'm not above challenging myself either. Thanks!

P.S. I just measured my front dropout and it's at about 100mm, I presume that my rear dropout is slightly bigger in the 120mm range