HOW TO MAKE AN EBIKE IN UNDER AN HOUR!!! | TREK MARLIN 5 EBIKE CONVERSION 

This has to be one of the best videos I have ever seen, informative and pleasurable with the laymans terms Andy puts across. Excellent and will be purchasing.

Great video! No hours of bulshitting, straight to the point! Cheers for that . Greetings from Germany

Dang, what a great vid. I've been looking at getting back on my bike but I'm hampered by a back / hip condition which greatly limits the power in my leg. Looks like I might have found a solution. Thanks greatly Andy.

Great video .The world needs more guys like this.

Thanks for this inspiring tutorial Andy! I'm 68 and live in a mountainous area...very tough to actually pedal uphill at my age and condition. But if I can add a kit like this to my bike and then ride the ridges by pedaling...a new world opens up. I can't really understand all the technical details...but I think our local bike shop could help me with the conversion. Thanks for sharing. I'm excited! :)

Me: Buys expensive conversion kit thinking it will take an hour Reality:Takes me me 1 hour to mount the battery alone

A safety note: The brake disc bolts should only be tightened to the specified torque, which isn't high, only around 6.2Nm, about as tight as you can get with a normal Torx key without hurting your fingers - it should be a fingers action, not hauling on them with whole hand. Alternatively, just spend £20 on a torque wrench and set the torque with that, it's the right tool for the job (a battery drill isn't). If you "do them up really tight" you risk stripping the threads out of the alloy hub, as they're only tiny little bolts. This could just cause damage to wiring, or could cause a crash. The important bit is the thread locker (Loctite 243 or similar) - medium strength Loctite 243 would probably stop the bolts backing out even if you just did them up finger-tight. Do them up to the right torque with thread-locker and it will be fine. It doesn't have to be actual Loctite, there are other brands available from bike shops or Amazon, or you can buy bolts with it already in place. Most appropriate medium strength thread lockers are blue, don't be tempted to use the green "high strength" Loctite thinking it's "better" as it can stick the hub threads so well to the bolt that the aluminium strips out when you undo the bolts. Threadlockers are anaerobic glues, they set in the absence of air, so when you do the bolts up make sure you're ready to do them all up (star pattern) and complete the job reasonably quickly.

Nice System 1, I have one too :) Am also looking to do what you've done here with the e bike, so thanks for the great vid !

Have just completed a conversion of this exact bike, trek marlin 5, 29er, Fitted a 1500w hubmotor, controller and display look the same, 48V 21ah triangle battery, power is great, 65kph on flat fully charged, 40kph up an incline, 30km range without pedalling, 60km range or so depending how much I help it by pedalling, And the bike handles great, although braking has been affected as it is now quite heavy,

Great video and set up. I appreciate you showing the process of putting it together and how simple it was. It's cool how you can take the battery off for charging. You got my sub! cheers from Spokane Washington USA!

I have the same setup on my mtnb but mounted the controller on the underside of the frame with a junction box for all the wires. Found the controller was overheating in the bag and it looks much better underneath. Great vids m8 😎

Really enjoyed this vid Andy I'll defo be building one can't wait

Hi Andy, really fun video can I just offer up a couple of things, I know you mentioned the torque arms, make sure that people use them when they have aluminium frames and don't even go for a test ride before they fit them, steel frames should be fine but on aluminium you will crack them very easily if you don't use a torque arm, also if people want a front wheel motor on suspension forks you shouldn't even turn the wheel without a torque arm, someone I knew snapped his dropouts at standstill both sides when fitted to a suspension fork with no torque arms. Look at the kits provided by luna cycles, they use similar kits to you but they get the suppliers to fit really nice quick disconnect connectors to the power and the hall wires, I thought the days of Chinese ebike suppliers supplying those naff connectors were long gone but it seems not, you want the disconnect wires near the rear axle otherwise changing out the wheel if someone gets a puncture will be a nightmare with that screw in block? in the short term you could use 30A Anderson powerpole connectors, I have been using them for 10 years on my 40,000 mile ebike, I use a simple cheap 5 pin din audio jack for the hall sensors, little things like that make all the difference I think the 5 pin din was 50p from Maplins. This is a direct drive motor, can you test the hill climbing ability, I would be interested to know how it fares, I have been on the ebiking scene since 2000 and did dabble with supply all those years ago with Mark Higgon from Team Hybrid way back in 2006 and it was fun but it can be a PITA when stuff starts going wrong especially the batteries, dont go investing all your savings in to it mate, Im glad I kept it just as a hobby, i wish you the best of luck.

almost finish paying my bike in layaway lol cant wait to get it!!

I love the mullet look with that Ebike Conversion. You just sold me on this conversion for my mtb. WIth my dorpper post and horn (attached to the head light) and rear taillight remote, I think I'm going to have to swap my handlebars out or use shorter grips to fit everything in the cockpit.

That "tube stuff" is called spiral bind, or as we joke about with it..... "Pig tail"....... You could also take the screen and throttle wires down around the underside of the bottom bracket and up around the set post upright and put the bag under the saddle if the wires are long enough or up to where the bag can be put in the frame...... Well done Andy looks good, next you need to mount the paddle sensor and take off the throttle to make it a "bit" more road legal......

Hi, just got the battery in from FedEx. I did exactly what you did and put the head lcd upside down. Really nice and fast well impressed. I added rim tape before adding the tube. Apart from that nice kit.

Can’t wait to see how many miles she can do buddy.. nice kit 👌🏼

Now we're talking!! What a wicked bike!! It's really weird coz I just bought a frame (hard tail carbon 29er) and wanted to rig up a motor on it. Thank God you've been there and done it as I want to buy an electric motor for mine and I can come to you for it. Keep up the great work.

I noticed that he never disconnected the battery 🔋 while he was assembling all of the electrical systems. People don’t ever do that at your home this guy is way to confident

Andy, tip for the cable going into the hub: make it approach from below so that rainwater drips from the bottom of the cable loop. Get those torque arms on! I lost my previous frame because the dropouts sheared off completely and the wheel fell off - not fun!

Hi Andy, first off - bike looks great! I have similar hub motor, the wire going into the motor has a gap to fit through the axle so its on outside of frame rather than between frame and disc/motor, yours looked like it might get snagged? unless i've done mine incorrectly...either way awesome build !

Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips ,and a beautiful bike 👍💚

Great setup I just got mine 48v 1000w 20ah but haven’t tried it yet but can’t wait 😊

Used this kit on a trek Marlin 6, few remarks: -There's no way you can fit it in under an hour, just tying up the cables properly cost me over 20 minutes😂 -The triangle is a bit smaller, so it's a bit harder fitting the controller in there and some additional washers were needed to get the torque arm mounted. -I do recommend a seat post with a spring, going off road on a hardtail at high speeds will crush your crown jewels at the slightest bump in the road.

When undoing bolts you know have loctite on the threads some gentle heat will make it easy and save breaking your torx set. Ask me how I know, I've used this trick for years and never fails

Nice job Andy looks cool and goes well👍

I just got my bike on the charger for the first time this year. I need to get my brake lights worked out soon, and I am considering changing the fork or rebuilding it along with the head tube cartridge and front brakes. The hope brakes don't seem to bite like I would like, but I haven't tried to tune them much. I really am thinking I want to do a low power setup that is bikeable for work commute. I am leaning towards a middrive for that, and may use my gt zaskar frame or start from scratch.

great video Andy, keep it coming... I'm subscribing

Hi Andy.,great video, you have converted a hard core enduro mountain biker to thinking e-bikes have amazing possibilities to other people and my family. Your energy and enthusiasm for e-bikes is contagious. Why did you stop at that slow moving stream? In Canada that is invitation to go faster or is there something I don't know about e-bike safe? I appreciate your sharing. Many thanks. Shayne, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

I just ordered your kit tonight from your website can’t wait to install it

Bro I love this so much your skills and your jokes elite class👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Great video! Seriously considering one of these kits. Are there wheel sizes options? Ie 700c or 27.5"

Hey man you've got the bars upsidedown.😂😂

Very nice build, simple and powerful with a clean look. I'm amazed at how well the mismatched wheel sizes worked out. Definitely want to put some torque arms on there. I have 1500 watts to rear hub motor (with regen), and it wore the dropouts even on my steel frame, to the point where the axle spun out. It took a long time for it to happen, but I wish I had just put them on. Now I have a scrap frame.

Great video Andy and yes come the spring will probably have a one they look good fun.Not sure if it's Locktite you put on the bolts think it might be Thread Lock comes in diff colours for each strengh

I ran one of those at 50a for months 56v just shunt modded the 35a kt controller. the motor gave out finally when I went to 80amp and was doing a lot of pulls on the field. I think 3 to 4k is the limit for that motor without heatsinks and ferrofluid. the looks on the kids faces when you blow them away on there mopeds, even had a 125 fourstroke struggle keeping up. top speed with 27.5 wheel was 44mph andy.

Hi Andy. Great video. Looking to do a conversion myself. Want to ask a question that doesn't appear to have been covered anywhere else... How easy would it be to replace the rear inner-tube if you're out and about and get a puncture?

Nice one very simple and informative video. You have loads of enthusiasm and knowledge.

Loving the videos mate keep it coming

A really lean mean fast machine this E Bike MAKE AN E BIKE IN UNDER AN HOUR, is amazing well done you.Just a bit bothered about the exposed electric cables by the pedals?

I've never known of E-BIKE conversion kits.. So this is a way cool video. I'd like to ask do they make *CHEAPER* FANS for work sites with that don't have electricity, or for family reunions, gatherings at parks or cabins.. Or cheaper conversion kits to turn a gas mower to push to start

I'm thinking about rigging one of these up for my fishing trips which will be off road as well as main road, this looks the bee's knees for what I need.

Nice and very good in explaining keep doing videos like that.Thank you.

Hi all, I'm in the process of converting my Cube Ltd sl 29er to an ebike with this kit, wheel is finally in, just waiting on the battery to arrive from Germany. I will give my impressions of the bike when completed and list all the problems I've encountered whilst doing this conversion so it may help those of you who are thinking of purchasing one.👍

12:25 that was dope

Thanks buddy you have been very helpful I really can’t thank you enough I was going to buy electric bike once I saw your video I’m going to turn my bike into e bike thanks

Incredibly useful video. Thanks mate.

Best to leave controller out of bag especially in the summer

It's a lot of fun building an ebike...why the rush?

Excellent video! Very informative, gives me more confidence to go head and build myself an ebike with one of your kits. Also, I LOVE your videos with Dude stuff, after my ebike project I'll be going ahead and modding a Funbike MXR1300, I'm a little more nervous about that one though..

Great video. Thinkin of a conversion kit now.Thanx for sharing

16:54 you made a battery there

God please let me live like Andy heh doing and love hobby or job his waching his spirit rememind me in my pray some ide how to buy first e bike.Keep going Andy and God blees you.sorry for bad english.E bikes Ruless who love and undersand.

Excellent vid, my kit arrived today so I’ll be putting it on my 2017 specialized rockhopper tomorrow, but at a much more sedate pace with many tea and biscuit breaks .

I wouldn’t mind you building one for me. Great informative video!

I’m concerned about the import duty that’s in the small print. How much extra is it going to cost to get it to me?

How have you found this setup over time. I'm thinking of doing the same with the same bike or do you have a recommendation for another bike to convert in the same price range

Made that look easy mate, nice job

Great video mate! I have a 500w Voilamart kit and will be upgrading shortly.

Awwww no, I fixed the display the wrong way round🤪🤪

Under an hour my ass, just getting the rear wheel to fit right takes that long.

Thanks for another great video

Looks good thanks.

Nice one! So what was the top speed?

I have a custom e bike top speed up to 50 mhp and 70 mil hour so really so nice and fast bike Guys have to be go custome ebike online uk

exactly what i did with mine. its fantastic.

Nice build keep up the good work 👍

1 hour if I had the money :(

Hi Andy, but here in birningham if get stopped by police on an ev push bike you braking the law for no insurance mot its bloody madness

Hi Andy, I just bought your kit and it's going well ~ Quick question, how do I activate regen braking with the thumb throttle?

great video mate,have a nice day !

The kits are nice but with bike thefts so hi now I'd rather buy a heavy motorcycle style electric one at least that's alot harder to steal.

I thought the intro was some kind of pimp my ride intro

😲 the Speed wow crazy

great video! I have been debating converting my mountain bike into an e-bike and using it more instead of my car for trips to the store, buddies place for a beer etc...

Dang, that whole thing looks complicated, plus a lot of bike shops in my area don't service Ebikes.

You’ve installed the handlebars the wrong way up, the shifters should be underslung and if you don’t flip the brake levers over you will loose your brakes!!!!!

this is so cool what you did !!!

I like this video. Definitely motivates me to build one myself.

finally a video for us noobs lol

I wonder if you can translate the video to English?!

Hi Andy, watched quite a few of your vids now, great stuff! Just wondering, I have a Raleigh Velo ebike at the moment, is it possible to use my battery (think its a 36V) with one of your kits? (wheel and controller)

Just bought the kit I have the exact same bike thank you for making this video!!! So excited

Your bars on the wrong way

looks great, top vid

What is the added weight to the bike on this kit? Great video, quick, right to the point, no long boring intro thanks!

i just buyed a kit, very good video! thank you

Love this idea. Saw a video of a couple of lads making one a while back. They used Tupperware and sprayed it black to contain parts. Looked great tbh. Lol.

Man you're a cool dude I wish I lived near someone like you lol. I'd love you to convert my mtb to ebike.

this is awesome!

Great video mate! Hi from Australia 🇦🇺

Nice vid . I my self dipped into the diy with a 500w kit and so far its nice . very much the same but less power . I will ride it 7 k/ms to work and it should be great . then on the weekends at 50 lbs . I can still put it on the back car rack and go explore a trail or 2 . I could pull the battery to make it 10 lbs less if needed. .

Awesome.. compact design.. 👍👍

Andy can you do a follow up for the modifications you did to make this fit and work please

Great vid thanks mate.

bad ass dude... keep em coming...

Very nice build, neat and tidy with 52v battery. I only run on 36v to watch that video I’m getting envious. :)

Awesome video!

Inspirational video. Pushed me into buying a cheapo front hub 500 watt from ebay. 116 quid. Just something as an introduction. Looking at your kits, i think they are well priced compared to anything ive seen at that power.