Here's the sort of questions I asked myself...
New or used? Seeing as though the frame is going to be cut and only the back half used it seemed to me used was a good choice.
Steel or Alloy? Given that I intend to weld to the frame and a Tig welder is out of my price range, steel was the choice.
Disc brake or V brake frame? After a good few web pages and reading numerous reviews of different makes & models of cargo trikes it had become apparent that most people only used the front disc brakes for stopping and the rear brake for a park brake. So for me a V brake frame seemed a good option.
MTB or Road Frame? This was an easy decision as I already had a rear MTB hub and 700c rim that I intend to use.
I bought a couple of cheap second hand frames just to play around with an look at the differing geometries to see if one would work better then the other and settled on a Giant Yukon SE 20" pictured below.
It's not a pretty frame but it has a good solid rear triangle and slightly oversized top tube and seat tube. It's solid and true.
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