Fixing Up This TRASHED eBike! 

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Little tip for removing the chainring with the reverse thread. Use a chain whip for a cassette to hold the chainring while you undo the fastener 👍

Great work Rob! A worthy cause to support too. It's a pity that the bike's a XL or else I'd be putting in a bid. In the past I've been a bit 'meh' about emtb's, however, after today's ride on familiar trails where I spent a great portion of it it on a borrowed Liteville 301ce, I've got a new found respect for their abilities.

I’ve never been into the new dream bike video where no one talks. This was satisfying to see a well used bike being refreshed. Good job!

Be careful about eBay fundraisers. Skills with Phil and Seth can tell you all about the trolls that ruin it for everyone. 😠

Fair play to you Rob for doing this for a good cause

Superb video Rob. I learned a lot from this. One worry, though, is the ease with which you took out the lock and battery with just an Allen key! Good for your build but scary for security and protection of a massively expensive battery. With encouragement to cycle more I’d worry leaving my bike locked up anywhere!

Someone's timing stuff for watching during love island 🤣 genius move.

Great job!!! I hope your sponsors appreciate the exposure! It looks amazing!

Thanks for letting us get invovled Rob! A really great cause!! 💓

Shut up and take my money. Thank you for introducing me to the world of eMTB. You don't even realize how you changed our habits. Every holiday is now extremely active thanks to eMTB. Thank you Rob!

Nice work! I bought the same Jam2 6.9 after watching your review on 2021. Still looks brand new and performes perfectly 🥰👍🏁

Removing cog from motor.... Little tip Use cassette holding tool, it work both ways (regardless of thread direction)

Superb vid, I totally enjoyed all the way through. Could you please list the parts you used in headset / stem area? I have a Jam2 7.9 and will be converting the headset form stock internal cabling to external.

was great to see that bike come back to life

Excellent fixup of the bike. I ride the Focus Jam² myself, also my wife has one. What amazes me is the weight of under 23kg - mine weighs in size L and original equipment around 27kg - where can I save so much? I save me the video in any case for the next maintenance, thanks for all the details!

What method were you using to remove the pivot bearings, and what brand is the press? Cheers, and well done for the fundraiser

Rob, your videos are just the next level!

Great build and great cause Rob. Nicely done sir!

I donated through thier website. Really enjoyed the video, I got my first emtb last year and this really showed me I can make it last a long time with a refresh.

Can't believe brands are speccing plastic bearing cups on bikes of this weight intended for hard riding. Bonkers! Great build vid tho 🙌🏼

Great video and even better cause Rob. Hats off. I’m sure you’ll get more than 1k in donations.

Kudos to you Rob, what a great thing to do👍

Idk how someone can neglect this bike, let alone leave it at this state. I'd be shredding this every weekend tbh.

Rob, I have same bike in my work shop just now )) And yes plastic headset cups r bad. As well as stem cable route which catches all dust inside 🤦.. Thanks for the video!

Such a shame reviewers don't take care of things. I haven't even seen bikes left out in the rain look that bad haha. Great cause btw.

Brilliant stuff rob !! Stunning bike 🥵I run the 6.9 jam ebb great bikes 👍🏻 keep up the good work 👌🏻.

Great content! Rob, you are one step ahead. Cheers! 👍

Nice thumbnail

Very cool! Great job on giving back!

My teenage boys need that bike for a week to teach you what a trashed bike is!!! They broke everything....

On the locking mechanism your missing 2 long black rubber washers which stop the battery moving when locked in. Without them the battery will vibrate the lock apart over time. I know cos I had the same issue which ended with me stopping on a rocky downhill section just in time to catch the battery cover and battery as it fell out my bike 😳

Indeed better than new, congratulations!

Nice Work

You could have used the chain to lock the chainring 👍

I really love this kind of ebikes I wanna buy one to goto college but I am going through a tough time ,lets hope some magic happen .

What I find hilarious, is that most people who buy an ebike, just replace it with another. The old one goes on ebay for a dealer to fix up for seconds or scrap for parts.

Hand built with LOVE !

Well done! I just changed out my XT derailleur after I put 20,000+ km on it. I've never had a wear issue like the one you put forth. Weird That bike was pretty torched. Any idea of the mileage it had? Cheers

Love your work man

Hired this bike in Italy, Amazing bike in the Dolomites

That opening segment read like a Chinese bicycle catalogue 🤣

Nice work. Did you have a way to test the battery? I have to assume that it has degraded some what.

Excellent work and cause Rob!

Have you got a list of the consumable components you used and where to get them ? Great video by the way

A lot easier to remove the right crank-arm, if the chain is still on. Or use the left crank-arm as leverage...!!!

i found a chain whip works well for removing the chainring

This was really enjoyable to watch!

why didn't you clean the bike before dissasemby ? what's your oppinion on the welds focus puts in their frames? I have the jam 6.8 and I am dissapointed, in some places it looks like kids welded it.

2023 Super Deluxe Ultimate Air, nice! Do you have any personal experience with those new HBO equipped RS SDU shocks, Rob, air or coil?

Lovely Say Rob do you know of any ebike kits that can really easily be taken on and off a bike? Something like the BiMotal prototype thing - it'd be really handy for things like transporting the bike on the roof and switching to analogue for trails that don't allow ebikes. Thanks!

Great vid Rob, fantastic course too. I have a Focus Jam2, can i ask what brand chain did you used and what number of links was the chain, will be up grading mine in the near future. Cheers.

I'm halfway the video and I'm thinking: "the joke is on you (me), can't afford a "normal" bike and people on richer countries do that to an e-bike!!". Would bid on it... doubt would get me far though! lolwell, video ended, went to ebay to have a go at it and.... it's already 3 months pay lol impossible to reach. Hope it goes a good price to help the World Bicycle Relief initiative. Cheers from Portugal

Woah that bike is such. You did a great job

great bike, what a transformation

Another great vid Rob and a great bike to refresh. Just wondered what carbon wheels you used for the bike?

I'm looking forward to when used e-bikes are out there and reasonably priced.

Excellent video Rob, I have the same bike and tried fitting a coil with no joy but I also couldn't get the Rock Shox Ultimate to fit but it was a 2021, has the size changed for 2023? They are a great bike, I was going to sell mine this summer and get a new one.

Great vid Rob 👍🏻

Brilliant simply brilliant

Hey Rob that Fox float shock you took off you wouldn't have that for sale would you? Mine just spewed it's oil out yesterday a month and a few days out of warranty 😢

When the bike is really rough like this one, how much should you pay for it, knowing it needs this many parts and days of labour?

Rob the tinkerer strikes back! so fulllfiling to see this kind of "restorations" Ps: This is probably a silly question, but why is not posible to change the rear shock upside down? (Edit) Scratch that, I see that the shock body would touch the linkage

@rob rides emtb could you give me the info for the metal cups and the full bearing set please. keep up with the good work 👍

Love my focus jam 👌🏼👌🏼

Well done 🤘How much you habe spend for the parts?

Great cause rob!, however if the bike breaks how are they going to be fixed is my question?

Nice one Rob!

@7:07 should’ve used a chain whip to hold the sprocket in place

Ey Rob. We need that ⚡️ cap!!!

Get well soon 🙏

Great build. But would have liked to see also some repairs and not just replacements

Never saw a plastic cup on an MTB before omg 😂 checked mine its AL 😅

Do you have the model details of the rear shock? I have the same Focus Jam and thinking of that upgrade after changing forks over to rockshox

That shimano pad to insert on the shifter is available on amazon?

Sam pilgrim in his latest videos showed us the interesting tool for keeping the E-bike crank still while taking them out. Check it out!

Am I missing something with the crank removal... will a crank removal tool not work>

Rob, are you sure with the weight? I can‘t image this weight for a jam in xl with this specs

Just use a chain whip when you are taking off the front chainring 7:04

Can you buy these ex press bikes to do just what you have done

Hi Rob. Can you put up a link for the xtr part you fitted to the shifter cable?

I thought you were exaggerating when you said trashed in the title

this bike is more amazing than shock absorber bike only i think

Really good video.

this is sick but the forks mannn the colour lets it down

thats like a year old bike, there was some serious shagging required to get it in this state

Plastic bearing cups in an e-bike?? What in the world madness is that!

Some of these internal cable solutions look far worse than just having traditional external cables

Why did you placed the shock upside down?

Nice video bro

Hi Rob Can you tell me the brand of thr drink bottle holder

is there any way i can get or buy that fox fork?

Goooooood job👍

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Untighten two screws and no key needed...seriously: why lock the battery then? 🙈

The lock you showed on Amazon was Gen 2 and won’t fit!!! 😢

Love you bro

Imagine if everyone who saw this video donated the minimal amount of £1 :) Do your part if you can, every pound matters!

When will the bike be for sale ?

On ALL my bikes (e bike or not) I had to change the headset…. Always a hidden low quality part…..