I have 3 bike designs that need to be built, but only time and resources to build one. The problem is they are all really neat designs that deserve to see the road and I can't make up my mind which one to build. I will list them in order of build difficulty.
1. 20/20 Crank forward. This would be a MTB frame and a BMX frame spliced together to make a compact Crank-forward bike that will fit on the racks on the front of the DART bus, with a suspension fork. 42" wheelbase to fit the rack with a 20x3" (406-75 ERTO) rear tire and a springer seat to cush the tush.
2. 20/20 FWD CLWB. Basically the bike above with the BB moved to the bottom of the fork, rigid fork with the seat moved over the rear tire. This would be a MBB FWD with a rear BB (too many acronyms) like the Moeller F'lowroller. Instead of the springer seat there would be a full recumbent style seat with a backrest. 50" wheelbase will just catch the rack with the rear tire without destroying the frame bouncing on the rack.
3. 26/26 FWD LWB low racer. Basically the F'lowroller with full suspension and e-assist. If built to the fullest extent of the TX e-assist law, and also meeting the federal limits on e-assist we're talking 210 miles per charge with LiFePO4 batteries, 40 miles with SLA from the recycle rack at Autozone. I don't know that I'll ever have the money for the LiFePO4 batteries,
but if I do I want to ride across the continent with this bike. 200 miles a day at an average speed of 18 MPH...
Basically we're talking $2500 in batteries alone for this one with the lithium battery.