DW is in Chicago too, so maybe he'll chime in especially on the regulations. As C58 said, depends on the type of person you are. If you have a comfortable bike that you can spare and like to tinker, it's fun. I've built a number of them and the MTB with a BBS02 (mid-drive) is more fun to ride than my Yamaha-equipped Haibike MTB. Look at the tutorials provided by ebikesca to gain some knowledge of the variables.
Last edited by 2old; 05-13-19 at 03:18 PM.