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Ebikes haven't been getting much love recently. Between rain (still don't have proper fenders) and giving a coworker rides to work, I've been riding much fewer miles than the first couple months.
My wife's ebike has just over 350 miles on it. The rear CST Cyclops tire has almost 250 miles on it and still looking pretty good, should be able to get at least a couple thousand miles out of it at this rate. Front wheel has the stock knobby tire back on it because I was sharing the wheel with my bike.
My ebike is still at 600 miles. I haven't gotten any further with replacing the rim on the motor. Got a Rockshox XC30TK fork installed along with Avid BB7 disc brakes front and rear (using the wheels that came with my wife's bike when I ride it). Took it mountain biking and the brakes and fork performed great.
I'm currently considering switching to a 20" wheel bike for my commuter. I would rebuild the hub motor from my bike as a 20" wheel, which is part of why I've been holding off rebuilding it as a 26". I want to keep my bike pedal-only because I don't think the motor would perform well on the trails around here. A smaller commuter would be easier to store inside and throw in the back of my Prius to transport, as most trunk racks aren't rated to hold a 35lb bike with a 15lb hub motor (not to mention batteries if I ever get them installed on the bike).
BMX bikes are pretty much out because the rear dropouts are only 110mm apart and I don't want to mess with bending them. Folding bikes would be great, but from what I've read, 1000w and 25-30MPH might not be the greatest on a bike that's been cut in half. The Cannondale Hooligan is kind of a BMX style bike with the rider position similar to a full size bike, but I can't find any used ones locally and $1k for a new one is way too much. So now I'm looking at kids bikes. The Diamondback Cobra 20" is a decent looking hardtail and Walmart has a few full suspension 20" bikes that don't seem too bad. The front shocks on all of them are terrible, though. My biggest worry about the Walmart bikes is that, while the dropouts were all steel, they didn't exactly look beefy.
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