I built a Chinese Carbon EBIKE!! 

Loved doing this! Bike weight is 24.5KG (forgot to add that part to the vid!) have been riding the bike and it’s great!! Can’t wait to share the next vid. Also to add I am NOT suggesting this is the best way to go about getting an ebike!! Lots of time spent painting, building, waiting etc etc. - Warranty, reliability, longevity etc etc all need to be tested. And that’s one of the reasons I did this. To experiment. It’s a LOT of work to do it this way. Lots of tools, time and patience.

Unexpected. You went above and beyond what any bafang conversion bloke would do. This is DIY done right, thank you for showing the way. This is really inspiring me!

By far the best E-bike video I've ever seen Rob. Such interesting content and beautifully delivered. I've just built a short travel 29er and know how much work you've put into this. Fun but hard work. That paint job is fantastic and the whole bike looks gorgeous. And it's totally unique which has to be worth a lot to you. Can't wait to see how it rides.

Fantastic video, you did a great build. You've just gave me the boost I needed to go with budget drivetrain and higher end suspension components. Cheers from Canada !!!!

As a complete bike nerd buying every bike I have as a frame set and building them up, this is exactly what I've been waiting for. With the parts, time and a little bike building skills ... I'm sold.

Rob this is one of your best videos, can’t wait for the review.

I did built this bike after watching your video. I have to thank you so much, it is awesome! I recommend M600 motor, 29" wheels front/back and 160mm travel front and 150mm travel in the back.

His idea of Cheapest is much different from mine! LOL

Just superb, really interesting, and the video is brilliantly produced ... hope the bike delivers! Well done Rob. I admire your patience too!

OMG! I've been thinking of doing exactly the same thing! The paint looks amazing. Can't wait to see the ride review! Top Job Rob!

Fantastic project and well produced video. I am not a big fan of the ebike in general, but always love DIY bike projects. If I ever did cross over to the ebike world I would build one up myself and of course refer back to this video. Thank you Rob.

This video is so good! Cant wait to see you testing the bike! Much love !

You’re gonna cry long and hard after that first scratch! 😂

A lot of people have cheap Chinese mountain bikes, they just don't realize it....

As someone that does airbrush and Cerakote work this is one of the best videos on painting on RU-vid. Wet sanding, all the right prep and a 2K clear! Cheers!

Production quality of this is insane and the editing is really good as well as that the audio is fantastic relative to other content I watch on RU-vid thanks for the effort thumbs up

That colour is absolutely dreamlike! The bike is absolutely stunning, I'm so stoked on how the bike ended aesthetically

Fair play Rob. I did the same thing by buying 4 alloy frames which use the Bafang Ultra motors in 2019. 3 full suspension frames and one hardtail. All four bikes I built cost me less than my Levo and Kenevo. This is the next step for ebike owners however, I do agree with you in terms of the purchasing process. I'm quite lucky to have private property which I can access in my neck of the woods. Perhaps I'll make a vid and upload my Bafang Ultra collection for all to see as all four still work after near 2 years. Keep up the vids Rob 🤙

Best eMTB video by far. Good job. Bike looks stunning.

Absolutely epic, best looking ebike I've ever seen, and the spec has me excited aswell. Can't wait for the ride review and your thoughts on the Bafang motor, but very nicely done indeed. 👌🏻👍🏻

Rob, what an absolutely brilliant video and effort from yourself, this video will genuinely inspire SO many riders to take the dive into "eeb-it-yourself" (trademark pending!). I'm so impressed with how much you have developed your you tube channel and your skills over the last 2 years, its been a pleasure to follow your journey, we have met a couple of times at Berkshire cycles and Peaslake and you have always been very approachable and genuinely friendly, I've had a gen 1 Turbo Levo expert for over 4 years now and I still love it as much as the first test ride! I'm in the market for a new bike this year(2021), as I've done everything I can to my ride to better it, plus I've been waiting for that "ground-breaking new bike" to hit the market, the SL almost temped me, but I think 2021 with have some pretty special things coming from various brands! Good luck with all your future endeavours and keep up the hard work (trust me, its greatly appreciated)... Happy New Year, 2020 can F--k right off! LOL

After seeing so many scary reviews of Chinese carbon frames, I've subscribed to see the long term durability of the frame. Nice video

Best looking bike ive ever seen!! Amazing job. Great vid

The bike looks great, and looked quite intuitive build wise. Will say been wishing we might see a shift away from hard wired lights an turning lights on bikes, as some companies can put pretty low grade lights on them, and a switch to having some usb ports on the bike frame. I say this as many lights have usb connectors it seems, allowing us to choose what light we enjoy the most, and still run it off the battery of the bike over buying a battery we need to fit on the bike. Put on some covers to hide the ports when not in use, and even the companies having their own lights you can use built for the bikes they sell an it would be a nice change.

Absolutely stunning paint job, love the mullet setups too.

Looks great, I ordered myself a Frey M600 for about the same price and am just waiting for it to be built and shipped

What an absolute legend. Amazing video earned you a sub. This and your protection video but this was another class. What you achieved paint finish and under budget...incredible

Fantastic results! Nice work.

Fantastic job! This is exactly what I’ve been planning on doing. Also from the same supplier. They have a new frame called the E22 to be released end March 2021 with improved geometry; Enduro/DH type. It will house the Bafang M620 Ultra (160NM Torque).

Incredible Rob! Dare I say, a game changing video!? This is going to get both consumers and bike companies thinking👍

Holy cow...nice work dude!!! Your attention to detail is amazing! Keep up the good work 👏

Rob you earn my respect for trying it out I have a m600 from Frey and love it far surpassed my expectations your right nerve racking sending your money but paid off for me

Well done mate and kudos for hanging in there. I would have left it stock and rode the shit out it lol. Excellent video!! Ahead of the pack by miles

Looks stunning, was a bit surprised there actually! 👌

Super nice video. And the bike looks sick!!!

The paint job is great, great work loving the vids keep it up.

Im still waiting for someone to put a lightbar an one of these E-mtb, with that batter size im sure you could get it to last ages!

Great job on the paint job! It looks great, but I would have left it flat black and maybe put some select decals here and there on it maybe just because it's so much easier. Also, you'll never have to worry about scratching the flat black carbon frame.

What a great looking bit of kit! New subscriber, so nice to see someone taking the risk and doing such a fantastic job building!

Top notch video work. Awesome topic. First time viewer

Got a thumbs up as soon as I heard : "I'm calling it the CHEEB" 😄😄

Very interesting project Rob - well done, and like many others who have commented I'm interested to see how this stands up to punishment, and I agree with your comments about the Deore drivetrain - I've been running Deore cassettes on my Focus Jam2 for the last couple of years with no problems. I got 1600 miles out of one cassette and chain combo, and only replaced them because it seemed like I should - they still worked fine! The current set is on about 1000 miles at the moment with no issues. I'm quite interested by many of the comments regarding Chinese quality. Not all manufacturers will be up to scratch for sure (but that's the case everywhere, even here in the UK). I design products for a Chinese manufacturing company who supply Domestic Lighting, to US, UK and various other markets. Obviously these are safety critical items and subject to stringent testing and certification, in a similar way to the testing that would be required for a bike frame. In our factory we manufacture for some rather top end retailers and we also make stuff at the lower end of the price scale for Walmart!! Same production lines, same staff, same Design, R&D and sampling dept., same process, work flow management, testing and QC broadly speaking. Different customers do have slightly different requirements, but they all follow the required legislation. It's usually the materials, and components that are specced that makes the most difference to the perceived quality and price of the product. I would imagine that this is a very similar scenario in the bike manufacturing industry. I don't know if Dengfu are an OEM manufacturer for any big brand cycle companies? In our industry, by having long standing relationships and working closely with branded and trusted retailers we've learnt good practice over the years, so if a Chinese frame manufacturer has similar relationships they would also benefit from this, and they should therefore be able to offer a quality product on a direct basis. However, some Chinese manufacturers will cut corners if they are off loading goods into the domestic market or just shipping stuff out directly to end customers, so potential home builders should do their research and proceed with both eyes open and at the same time be aware that the money saved is probably a good proportion of what brands charge in order to be able to achieve brand confidence through customer support, replacement parts, warranties etc.

Man, that’s the best looking emtb I’ve ever seen in my life. Great job with the build!

Great vid man! Looking forward to your long term review on this! Cheers!

Recommended video to me and it was shot 10 minutes from my house, what are the chances 😂 great video 👍

Rob i am so excited to see your video. Finally a professional review of the bafang. I'd just like to take this opportunity to say SUCK IT ! To all the over priced big mafia bike companies that have tried there hardest to keep bafang down and prices up.

great content, cant wait to see the next vid

That looks sick!!! Congratz Bro!

Well this could be an even cheaper alternative to the Decathlon Stilus. I bet you could build a nice enough bike for around £2000 if you bought cheaper suspension etc or even some good 2nd hand bits. Looks a nice bike Rob and that colour is 😍

Netherlands here, quite a lot of brands have a bafang motor, they're pretty good and some perform better than bosch. (Speaking as someone working in an e-bike store)

Great work and video Rob

Nice bike! Glad u done it! Hope its gonna work great on the mountains! Cant wait to see u test it out!

You should do a collaboration with Hambini and get him to do a frame quality check. Be interesting to see what the alignments are like and if there are any flaws in the carbon.

Rob, I want to thank you for adding the dollars to pounds conversion in the video. It helps Yanks like me out a lot! Beautiful, beautiful bike. Fantastic 😊

Totally agree with your approach! The most important things in ANY bike: Suspension, Wheelset aтв brakes. Transmission is an expendable part and 10 speed is more than enough having powerful e-motor assistance

This truly looks VERY good! Thank you for the awesome video

Fun fact: _"cheap"_ in British English means _"expensive"._ 🤪

Great build, but I wouldn't call it "cheap"

amazing paintjob! well done

Mega video. Already have an eMTB but I like tinkering and building my own stuff, might have to do for my next bike in 2 years or so.

Test climp /uphill, sensors,response inside extreme climp,etc

6:42 carbon fiber dust is no joke, hope you used ventilation + mask, or respirator

Lovely built! Thinking about getting it myself!! (you got my sub with the converted currencies in the end :-D ) Keep up the fantastic work and ride safe!

Hello. Thank you very much Rob, that's exactly what I was waiting for, the dengfu & bafang test drive .... I'm waiting for the following ;-)

Looks amazing! Please do a heaps of jumps and drop-offs. We all want to see if you can break the frame 😆

Should have put some “cheeb” decals under the clear because that name is too good to not show it off!

awesome work!!! Stunning bike

Nice I like how he is so excited for accomplishing the built is just makes you smile. Way to go!!!! I don’t know if I could of accomplished this.

Have a great 2021 Rob and thank you for all you did in the last year

FFS Rob, if this next video makes me sell my Levo and do this, I'm sending you an invoice! Great vid, looking forward to the next.

That was friggin amazing. I got more joy from this video than any other MTB RU-vid video on the internet

I find the scene at the end of the vid where he says “I did it!” Very relatable one of the best feelings is when something you’ve spend a lot of time on just works and it’s done

Dude thats the best video i´ve seen in my live. everything is just perfect

decent, decent, decent haha. Really good video appreciate the quality

I love the reaction to painting something for a first time. I am the same way. Does not take much for me to be inpressed. Just like being in a toy store!!

Rob, really really good video. Amazing work!

This is amazing. Do you have a full bill of materials? I want to build the same bike!

Any Import Duty or VAT on the overseas parts Rob?

The production quality here is insane! Great work!

When I was 8 years old, my father bought me on my birthdays a part of a car, when I turned 21 I recieved the body and then for the first time I knew what I was making, At 23 my project was complete, a 911 Porsche. I kept that car until I was 39 as I knew it inside and out, Sadly my father died in 2001 but his memory and my project lives on even today in 2021. Great video and fantastic colouring.

That paint job looks better than my Norco sight vlt A1. The factory paint is crap Nice job 👍 might repaint mine now!!

Amazing build, amazing color! But isn't chain to short? Looks like on biggest cog it will snap derailleur.

Great job Rob. Keep it up.

Wow. This blew my mind, absolutely amazing!

Anticipating your review of this! Currently got a couple of these on order (one for the misses and I) and looking to seeing if we made the correct decision. The factor that swayed it for us was the ability to purchase the frameset, motor and batteries for such a reasonable price whilst being able to order the rest of the components through our cycle2work scheme.

I love how he says cheapest while costing $4000

Mate, this is an astonishing video! and the bike too!

Very impressed with your first effort at a DIY spray job, nice work!

e-bike noob here, I'm wondering why going with a carbon frame where the bike will ultimately end up very heavy because of the motor and battery ? An aluminium frame wouldn't be better for this kind of build ?

Check the video from Joe damois ( Danger) I hope yor frame is more reliable . Amazing work !

This is such a cool video idea and the production is so high quality

It looks amazing. Good job Rob.

"cheapest", proceeds to spend over 4 grand. Right

One mistake: always protect yourself (lungs!) when you're sanding/cutting carbon. It can be inhaleted.

This was so enjoyable, loved it 😊

What a great video! I was like, I really need to skip video to end but I didn't do it! It was great to watch every second of the video until the end! :-) What a bike indeed!

I built the worlds most expensive Chinese ebike should be the title. If this is cheap sir please will you pay my rent. This cheap bike will cover half the year

The experiment that the bike industry is terrified by...

Sweet video mate. Keep it up.

Very good looking bike. Thanks for the video.