Is it worth it to build an AliExpress MTB? 

Pretty sure the brand is SPCycle, not SpyCycle. Also, the listing title is not the model. It's just a sting of search terms that describe the product. Pretty sure this frame is called the SP-M05. I wouldn't put any more or less faith in carbon over other materials. Plenty of aluminium and steel frames have snapped. I have those same wheels on the bike I race marathons on. The rims and really soft. I destroyed the rear rim in the first race. Replaced it with a Spank rim which has been a lot more reliable.

looks so mint, awesome bike. dont get drawn in by big brands. ive used expensive and cheap things and most times its useless to buy more expensive things especially consumables like cassettes and chains

I thought You have more subscribers than 181. I am not english native speaker and I appreciate speakers who normally speaks like you and I can understand them. Nice video! Sorry for my grammar.

Nothing wrong with Ali if you find the right parts.I built an Aliexpress bike in 2018 , raced a bunch of xc and i weigh around 240. Frame still holding strong all these years. Ali carbon cranks is a different story,lol.

Just got done with my Aliexpress carbon build. HyperX Carbon walmart i ended up getting free after trading. Carbon bars Carbon seat post MT200 hydraulic brakes Buckaloos stuff Bolany fork Shimano Deore drive Ceramic bottom bracket Every other oart from Alieexpress. Total build cost = $322.13 for a Carbon hard tail 29er with an air fork. I also have a RAW jibb with thousands invested. This build was for fun to see how cheap i could build a decent Carbon bike.

Thanks for walking through your self built bike. I enjoy building bikes, you can build them to ride how you want, get to try different parts, and smile when you find that great value part. I also build electric commuters and MTB, and share batteries between the builds. Enjoy testing the different motors, including the CYC Photon.

First of all the bike looks sick! The blue is mint! Very cool video overall and great breakdown, I wonder how long will it last so be much appreciated if you do a long run video in the future! Good job!

Great video, man! Gave me inspiration to start my channel. I've been buying Aliex parts in the last two years and i recently finished my MTB build with some Aliex parts in it. I live in Brazil and their parts are a great save of money.

I'm planning on making a touring bike with internal gears. Bikes are so much better, when you build them yourself, it makes you aware of how everything works and helps you customize it to fulfill your needs. Nice video!

I am currently building a XC bike myself (the first time though) and I could get it for around 850€. I went with VeloBuild, as aliexpress frames were slightly worse for the price, but every other component was from Ali and I could mount a full Shimano Deore change in it (derailleur+cassette+crankset+chain) and MT200 hidraulic brakes. I risked it with the fork and went with a Nanlio, but seems really good for what I paid. I think that AliExpress and the Chinese market in general is a great choice for budget builds. You won't obviously get the peack performance, but I guess they are far from being bad. It's always good to see other people going the AliExpress way. Congrats on your build, it looks great!

This looks like a very decent bike, well done 👍🏼

Cheap and carbon in the same sentence scares me lol. I would have the carbon checked by a professional to make sure there are no air bubbles between the layers and for spots that are too thin before sending it too hard.

2400 euros, for that price you might as well get a name brand bike.

If you’re concerned about the carbon fiber parts, it could always be a pavement princess.

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Looks amazing. I actually like that it doesn't have decals cluttered on it. Just plain matte black is so cool. Please keep is posted on how it holds up. I often thought of buying direct from Ali myself, but just wasn't too sure about their quality. Good luck!

Looks clean bro !

Nice build bro. Im sure you'll be competitive with this build

BEAUTIFUL BIKE

1:38 these are not tubeless compatible, i have yet to have a problem, however, pss- *cuts out*

Nice build dude. I can recommend use Continental tyres Race King Performance 2.2" in back and Cross King Performance 2.2" in front and I think for XC that is super. I also seen Tom Pidcock use them on that Pinarello Dogma MTB so it must be good :D (he had both tyres race king tho)

I built 5 Bikes off AliExpress already thay all worked out really good, just need to pick the right parts!

Those are the great carbon parts , here in the Philippines alot of mtb riders use those parts , also toseek carbon and ec90 carbon and no issues at all durable and cheap

I thought of doing this but i would be worried of stuff snapping and getting hurt. Are you planning on taking it on anything more rough then dirt roads?

Is that a 27.5 fork? 2.10 feels to tight for that fork

Do you have the link to buy this bottle cage?

Do they sell derailleur hangers as spares, or are you completely screwed the second you break the one you got?

Can't see the handlebars in the list. Mind stating which handlebars you used?

this looks great, now lets get a riding video =p

Did you pay customs when the frame arrived? I'm in germany and wondering if I need to consider that.

Sweet video

I build a emtb from AliExpress and its awesome

Very interesting! I wanted a new mtb and considdered building one to keep cost down. Only issue was is it a good idea and how long will it take. Ended up going second hand and got a scott. I have a second hand carbon cross bike which has held up very nice. Handlevars and seat post are alloy, and I would want those alloy. No need to worry about carbon snapping. Yes I have bought stuff on Alieexpress. Most often stiff that is not dangous if it breaks (glasses for example good deal on alieexpress).

would you mind sharing the store link of where you got the bike frame?

You say the front sprocket is 32T but on the video it's 36T?

pretty hefty pricetag considering most parts are chinese nonames. not sure if i would do smth like that. stay safe and good luck with it :)

Fact that nothing broke in past 2k km should give you reassurance that they will not brake in next 10k km.

Aren't those brakes overkill for an XC bike? I got simple cheap mt200's and they do their job fine. They do fade a bit off course, but none of my loops is taxing enough on them where it really matters.

Respect for building quite a nice bike. No respect for the Chinese rear derailleur and non tubeless tires lol.

Nice build. For that budget I probably would've used a cheaper fork and spent money on a better drivetrain. Ltwoo now has rear mech's with a sort of clutch that works well. I have one on my chinese gravel bike and it has zero chain slap or chain drops.

Im going to be honest, ive started to move away from Aliexpress on my bikes now. I love their products, and they were very, very appealing in my early mountain bike days. However, its just been nothing but problems. Between the long shipping, so so returns, lack of dealers, and wide variety of quality, its just been better to find deals from other brands. Ive bought two XD cassettes from Zitto, they were about $100. The greatest build quality ever, super super light with great range. But after about 150 miles, both cassettes developed play. It would be fully tightened on the hub and still wiggle slightly. It led to bad shifting sometimes, an awful grinding noise, and might have led to the downfall of my hub, as the internals literally exploded metal on the inside but that might not be related. So im going to look for an actual xx1 cassette once it wears out again. I bought some inexpensive mountain bike shoes and used them for about 2 years. They were super ripped and scratched and scarred but somehow held together. When riding the shoe I could never get the cleat far back enough as there wasnt built in enough room to push it back. For 2 years I had really bad foot pain when riding because of how far forward and to the right the cleats were, but I just thought thats how clipless shoes were. But then I bought a pair of Giro shoes for about $70, and for the first time was able to get the cleats in a good position. Turns out it was simply bad design on the part of the aliexpress shoes, and it all could have been avoided if I had spent $20 more.

Mekus men ..that's my Rd Ltwoo AX

in the philiphines we Buy rigid fork and negative stem big front chain rings so that we can use mtb for racing lol

Whats the total weight?

The derrailleur is ltwoo not zzitto. Love your video you got a new suscriptor

You mentioned your tires need more grip, i ride with maxxis ardent race both front and rear, it's grippy enough in trails but also slick enough if you're just hitting the road. Anyways, i really love your build, great work!!!🫶🏾🫶🏾

For good path only to avoid issue

I respect what you're doing but let me just say one thing. You're young. I'm old. There's a saying that rarely fails. " You get what you pay for." Regardless, well done and thanks for making this video. Aloha. 🤙

I've been eyeing a couple of full suspension frames from ali but all things considered shipping and duty to Canada would make it too expensive for the level of uncertainty, carbon rigid frames are very well priced tho 🙃 *I've personally broken two of these bottle cage holder, the little tab in the back snapped on both, don't push like a mad man on it I guess 😢😂

nice bike

Have you had a look at a Waltly titanium frame with custom geometry? You could transfer some of the parts of this build.

I can recommend the Maxxis rekon race 29x2.25. The race version has smaller and more knobs than the normal rekon casing. I have ridden 1500+km on my trail full over forest and park paths as well as tarmac with this profile

What are now the Total costs and weight?

I oder a lot of stuff from Ali, and some is pretty good. For doing Road or XC build Ali parts might be alright, except for suspension forks and brakes. But as soon as you start riding trails, please get some reliable name brand stuff. You can't trust any of these Ali components with your life. The only things I'd maybe try from Ali on my Enduro bike would be drivetrain, but with name brand cranks. If any of that fails I'll mots likely stay on the bike.

I’ve thought about making this video

Can you do a gravel bike AliExpress build?

Will it last?

I'm surprised you were able to order. Every time I try to order from Ali Express, both my credit cards block the sale?

Try the "MOUNTAINPEAK EVEREST" Frame

Nice video, I kinda lost you on "I don't want to compromise on safety" when it comes to the brakes, but your OK with your tires blowing off the rim (using non tubeless tires for tubeless) Just seems like bad risk management, IMO (specifically regarding the tires, I know Ali have high quality carbon) You could have ordered a proper set of TR tires (also from Ali) for a really fair price

I would go with titanium parts, particularly frame.

I’m very skeptical as I owned a bike rental/repair shop for thirty years and I assembled a thousand bikes from China and even though pre-assembled Chinese bikes are typically great in the higher end, whenever you cut costs by using lower end components you typically get a bike that doesn’t work well or hold up more than a year or two.

Just like in the west, looking for popular domestic brands and authentic product is probably the only way to avoid a stinker for important components

Weapon MTB was china too... But they used ALU6069

I think your front Brake disc is the wrong orientation

Cool bike, bit of a shame you don’t run Chinese wheels. I do mtb races at quite a level and I have had 4 bikes all with Chinese rims and never had any problemsn

Dangerous Bike! 🤔🤔🤔😮

noice

Apparently the frame is a replica of a Scott Scale :).

Those are some of the most expensive components for Aliexpress :) I mean for $2000 you can get a CF brand name bike these days. Not under 10kg, but with nothing Ali

Here in Russia we have a lot of chinese parts and brands due to sanctions. At first we were very cautious about it. But due to lack of big brand supply people eventually start buying them. And they arent too bad actually. Plus the prices went down a lot. For example I've purchased full carbon aero road bike with carbon wheels and electronic shifting just under $1000 dollars. Which is impossible for a major brands. Carbon hardtails with air fork starts at $600 and $850 for a full suspension XC bike. Carbon gravel bike is around $700. With hydraulic brakes and everything. Obviously quality isnt top notch, but i never heard anyone having an accident due to a failed carbon. Maybe not enough time has passed. But so far so good.

Riding a chyna carbon frame, you need your head read..

i mean.. you didn't follow the premise of the title of your video

Theres only a hanful of carbon factories in china and ALL the bikes of the market comes from them

I had a blow out with non tubeless tyres. Could of been catastrophic. I was lucky...

You could have gotten some decent goldix wheels for $600 and the build would have been in the sub 22lbs.

Your chain is way to short

I hear a bit of german😂😂😂

I was listening for a few minutes and then I ger bored. You sure love talking. You should've created a podcast If you're just going to talk and talk and talk and talk

Та не зламається та рама, то хіба важити 120кг і стрибати, тоді може трохи страшно ))

I'd recommend putting on at least 180mm brake rotors

make a video when you buy everthig on ali, so this title is worthy and not just clikbait

Sunshine is not very good

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wtf? I thought china paper frame was for poor countries. this frame is low quality, it has no hardness and flexible

For a start you should not buy a carbon frame for a _mountain bike_ 😆

It's heavier than I thought all things considered, but one can't complain with 2400 euros for a new carbon bike As a student I went down the hole of very old, but high end and modified with my 2009 Ghost Lektor 7700 Carbon Edition Fully that I bought in Allgäu for just 500 euro used from an older gentleman that had maintained it very well and done some light upgrades like a XTR crankset, ZTR Olympic Tubeless rims and it even came with some fresh Schwalbe Nobby Nic Evos. To be honest most of what I do is XC, but for that price and the fact that it's still only 11.5 kg despite being a L frame fully (though it is a 26"), I've been having a lot of fun with it, having done over 1000 kms in the past month and a half on it and only having to change the worn chainring bolts and nuts for 10 euro Hopefully the weather improves from this heavily rainy season so we can go ride more!

You mean assemble the bike, you're building nothing

Junge warum redest du nicht deutsch Du siehst dass du mit Englisch nicht weit kommst Der deutschsprachige Raum hat wesentlich mehr Abonnenten und auch da wärst du viel erfolgreicher

Rear cassette, too heavy, and looks stupid, just walk if its that steep.

It would be interesting to take that frame and handlebars to carbon repair shop to check for voids in carbon layout. It would provide information about quality and how much you can trust the bike.