HOW TO MAKE AN EBIKE IN UNDER AN HOUR!!! | TREK MARLIN 5 EBIKE CONVERSION
Here’s the kit I used to do this conversion:
https://www.cloudsto.com/ebikes/kirbebike-conv-kits/kirbebike-1500w-2000w-ebike-kit-inc-ion-plus-58v-17ah-battery-detail.html
See all the kits here: https://www.cloudsto.com/ebikes/kirbebike-conv-kits.html
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Can you use any battery on a kirb e-bike kit?
Why didn’t you get the same wheel size???????????
How much was the kit?
Great video and great tune at beginning of vid. Where can I find this music?
Great video doing exactly this can the conversion kit go on a medium or large frame trek 5? Height 5,6
1 hour of hyperactive work, 3 hours of kind of idle work and 5 hours of planning O_O
How much does the bike weigh?
anyone got any advice for me
im planning on building one of these bikes from a trek marlin 5, i work as a takeaway courier in central London and work average 10 hours a day, sometimes a little more or less, what sort of battery should i be looking at or maybe 2 batteries??
Also if it rains will i need covers for the batteries in heavy english rain conditions?
Is there a kit that only involves the motor, ECU and throttle? I don’t want to buy a kit with a screen, s**** brakes I don’t need, cadence sensors. I only want to use a battery, motor, throttle and a controller for those 4.
Would this work with old fashion cable breaks?
Ahww noh av stuck tha display awn the wrong way rahhhnd
Why did you throw the reflector in the garbage
How many miles can this bad boy kit do?
does it come with the battery?
So how did you adjust your gearing? was it just a simple adjustment or did it require something extra? this is the one thing keeping me from taking the dive on building an ebike with these kits
Hi Andy – great video – Maybe you could release a video on e-bike insurance theft claims. In this week BBC RIP OFF BRITAIN features how e-bike thefts are increasing and victims are not being compensated by their insurance companies for various reasons. For instance many house insurance claims fail because :-
a) You haven’t specifically listed the e-bike/s as a high value item on your house insurance.
b) You haven’t used your Insurance Company’s SPECIFIED locks on your shed/garage and IN ADDITION THEIR specified bike
anti theft cable/chain. Get their recommended anti theft shed locks AND anti theft devices IN WRITING.
c) Some insurance companies will NOT meet the claim if you have left your e-bike in the shed/garage unattended for more
than six hours. Most of us are away from home during the day at work for EIGHT HOURS.
d) The theft occurred outside the boundary of your property.
e) You forgot to renew your house insurance or failed to confirm your e-bike was on cover.
E-bikes are expensive highly desirable items which can be thrown into a van in minutes and it’s gone. They’re easy and quick to sell on. If your e-bike is stolen you might like to check the likely avenues where the thief will advertise it. Thieves need to sell it cheap for a quick sale. Get rid of the evidence and get their next fix.
I would :-
1. Get a stamp kit and stamp out a number ( your post code ) somewhere on the bike where it can be seen. Heat the stamp and burn your post code on the plastic components/seat so if your e-bike is recovered by the Police you can prove it’s your property.
Buy and install a security camera that will alert your mobile phone when triggered by an intruder.
I would buy a very small mobile phone ( they smuggle them into prisons – £30 ) and hide it possibly under the seat or make a plastic container and screw it on the bike so it looks like it might be part of the electrical system. It can be configured as a tracker.
Insurance companies don’t like paying out. It’s their profit. It’s your responsibility to make sure they are nailed down.
Get every thing confirmed in writing.
2:33 what did I just see, you touched that disk with your bare oily hands…. I suggest everyone building their bikes to file out the dropouts to make them deeper as one of my mates had his wheel coming off while riding, quite dangerous!
Hi Andy, I’ve got a trek marlin 7. Do you think it would work in the same way yours did. Also what size bike is this so I can compare sizes (ie small medium large) my marlin 7 is the medium with long tube
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?
I wonder if you can translate the video to English?!
Do you have a link for this kit?
Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips ,and a beautiful bike 👍💚
What is the size of the bike?
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.
Hey Andy,
how did you fit brake calipers on rotor? on marlin 5 2021, in bikesop, I was told your kit cant fit with the calipers on this bike, because of the location of calipers (in 2018 is was located on top of chain tube, in 2019+ its located in the midlle of 2 chain tubes). On video I can see that you have this 2019+ vesion and clearly you first removed them, then installed the motor, but I didnt saw how did you fit brakes on rotor. In bikeshop I was told that calipers cant be aligned with rotor because 2019+ calipers is unable to move to diferent positions to fit rotor.
Bought a road bike at walmart, kent , for 98 dollars. Last bike got stolen after having it 2 months. It doesnt have any gears but would be possible to convert? Would love to do a conversion if that’s possible.
I am writin I am writing this for the buyers. Maybe it will make things easier for others.
Ebike front wheel conversion kit was shipped quickly.
This was the only good news…
Manual was terrible, worse than useless. Had to spend a lot of time to find
suitable instructions on YouTube.
I had a lot
of serious problems with the front
wheel, sitting in the fork properly. Because the new wheel had larger diameter
axle, it was sitting about 1/8” off center, comparing to the original wheel,
and washers didn’t fit now into the indentation in the fork. I had to file safety washers to get them into
the fork indentation. Hopefully, I
won’t get killed in the accident after that.
If I knew only about this problem upfront, I probably wouldn’t buy the
kit at all…
Break levers were useless because mine were
integrated with gear switch, so I
couldn’t replace them, and magnetic break sensors were missing,
although they were mentioned in the manual, as an alternative. Had to buy them myself at extra cost(>$25). New magnetic brake sensors worked well, after
finding the right position for the magnets. Throttle didn’t match the one in the manual as
well, but at least it worked, after sorting out LCD PAS setting problem.
Getting pedal assist installed was even
worse. There were no instructions. It required extra tools that had to be
purchased to remove the crank arm. Had to wait for weeks for the crank puller.
Then stripped thread on both crank arm and the puller. Then I had to find another PAS model that didn’t require crank arm removal. More time and money. I also have to replace the crank arm now, because
the thread is stripped. Then the new PAS
sensor turned out to be defective and has to be replaced. I am still not done with this, almost 4 weeks
since the purchase. The whole PAS installation was a disaster in
slow motion…
Controller and LCD. There was no diagram, one was supposed to
match wires by a connector type and wire color. When the battery came in and I started
connecting things to check it out, I had discovered that the controller had
ring style connectors instead of bullet connectors on the motor (although they
came together as a kit). Seller tried to send me another controller
with the right connectors, but couldn’t do it quickly. So we decided that I
will try to replace them myself, by buying female bullets, crimper, solder,
flux and iron. So, I managed to replace these connectors. Finally I was able to connect most of the
things to the battery to check if this thing was working. And
it didn’t. Everything was dead. Communicated with the seller. It turned out that one had to turn on the LCD
display by pushing the middle button on a little switch, attached to the LCD, and
then push the upper button to get PAS at 1 or higher. Finally, the throttle
worked and the wheel was spinning. I was
happy, and upset at the same time. There was nothing in the manual
describing this procedure. Thankfully, seller had refunded some costs related to
changing the connectors. In the end, controller had 3 extra wires/connectors
left over. No instructions about what
they were for or what to do about them
either.
No tools were included, nor were the
instructions on what is needed. And one
needs a lot of tools, some very specialized, maybe used once. Manual doesn’t
address this at all. So a lot of
tools had to be learned about and purchased, adding a lot of time to the
project. It took about 2 weeks and many
trips to the hardware store.
Overall, I had
to spend at least $150 above the cost
of the kit itself, plus a ton of time and gas.
All in all,
this was much more difficult and frustrating project than I expected. I was ready to give it up and ship the product
back several times. Seller was trying to
help with most of the problems (although many could have been avoided with
better product description, much, much better manual and video links). This whole industry seems to be populated by
young unprofessional people, bike shop kids or/and Chinese entrepreneurs with
limited English…
Then, I learned about Simon Cowell, who broke his
back trying a new electric bike. So it
occurred to me that while one has to spend over $700 for everything plus a lot
frustration and work, the alternative is a very nice 65” TV with an excellent manual
and no real need for it. One has to hope
that this was a better decision.g this for the buyers. Maybe it will make things easier for others.
Ebike front wheel conversion kit was shipped quickly.
This was the only good news…
Manual was terrible, worse than useless. Had to spend a lot of time to find
suitable instructions on YouTube.
I had a lot
of serious problems with the front
wheel, sitting in the fork properly. Because the new wheel had larger diameter
axle, it was sitting about 1/8” off center, comparing to the original wheel,
and washers didn’t fit now into the indentation in the fork. I had to file safety washers to get them into
the fork indentation. Hopefully, I
won’t get killed in the accident after that.
If I knew only about this problem upfront, I probably wouldn’t buy the
kit at all…
Break levers were useless because mine were
integrated with gear switch, so I
couldn’t replace them, and magnetic break sensors were missing,
although they were mentioned in the manual, as an alternative. Had to buy them myself at extra cost(>$25). New magnetic brake sensors worked well, after
finding the right position for the magnets. Throttle didn’t match the one in the manual as
well, but at least it worked, after sorting out LCD PAS setting problem.
Getting pedal assist installed was even
worse. There were no instructions. It required extra tools that had to be
purchased to remove the crank arm. Had to wait for weeks for the crank puller.
Then stripped thread on both crank arm and the puller. Then I had to find another PAS model that didn’t require crank arm removal. More time and money. I also have to replace the crank arm now, because
the thread is stripped. Then the new PAS
sensor turned out to be defective and has to be replaced. I am still not done with this, almost 4 weeks
since the purchase. The whole PAS installation was a disaster in
slow motion…
Controller and LCD. There was no diagram, one was supposed to
match wires by a connector type and wire color. When the battery came in and I started
connecting things to check it out, I had discovered that the controller had
ring style connectors instead of bullet connectors on the motor (although they
came together as a kit). Seller tried to send me another controller
with the right connectors, but couldn’t do it quickly. So we decided that I
will try to replace them myself, by buying female bullets, crimper, solder,
flux and iron. So, I managed to replace these connectors. Finally I was able to connect most of the
things to the battery to check if this thing was working. And
it didn’t. Everything was dead. Communicated with the seller. It turned out that one had to turn on the LCD
display by pushing the middle button on a little switch, attached to the LCD, and
then push the upper button to get PAS at 1 or higher. Finally, the throttle
worked and the wheel was spinning. I was
happy, and upset at the same time. There was nothing in the manual
describing this procedure. Thankfully, seller had refunded some costs related to
changing the connectors. In the end, controller had 3 extra wires/connectors
left over. No instructions about what
they were for or what to do about them
either.
No tools were included, nor were the
instructions on what is needed. And one
needs a lot of tools, some very specialized, maybe used once. Manual doesn’t
address this at all. So a lot of
tools had to be learned about and purchased, adding a lot of time to the
project. It took about 2 weeks and many
trips to the hardware store.
Overall, I had
to spend at least $150 above the cost
of the kit itself, plus a ton of time and gas.
All in all,
this was much more difficult and frustrating project than I expected. I was ready to give it up and ship the product
back several times. Seller was trying to
help with most of the problems (although many could have been avoided with
better product description, much, much better manual and video links). This whole industry seems to be populated by
young unprofessional people, bike shop kids or/and Chinese entrepreneurs with
limited English…
Then, I learned about Simon Cowell, who broke his
back trying a new electric bike. So it
occurred to me that while one has to spend over $700 for everything plus a lot
frustration and work, the alternative is a very nice 65” TV with an excellent manual
and no real need for it. One has to hope
that this was a better decision.
What is the size of the bike?
What about adding a 2nd battery in parallel for a longer range?
Is it waterproof?
great video mate,have a nice day !
You can put all the wire inside the square frame will look much sharper but still good work .👍👏👌
I was planning on buying the exact same bike to convert it (that is why I found this video). Would the hub motor with the 29 inch wheel and the MTX rim not fit this frame? Is the rim too wide? How about the 27.5 inch variant?
I am not sure which size to choose as I do not know if anything over 26 would fit even though the original wheel is 29 inch.
If anyone could help with this question I would appreciate it 🙂
Thanks
i got a 8 speed sprocket and want to buy this kit will it work still mate?
Bro that website is so difficult to navigate I was just trying to find out how to buy the damn thing and It just kept showing me parts, I thought this was a kit
Ive just built a ebike with this kit how do you change the display from km to mph thanks.
my ebike just suddenly cut off and I don’t how to turn it back on. could it be a controller issue?
Total cost and where to get it Andy mate cheers 👍
Hi do you sell full kits bike and all because ive hands for nothing.
is there any way to add a wire to the controller that allows me to connect a headlight ?
Dodgy camera
how fast does this go?
Can anyone help i got this kit and the lcd screen comes on but there’s no power or battery on the indicator but the battery is fully charge does anyone have a idea? I tried asking where I bought it from but they just say look on utube its this kit I bought the 1500w. Cheers
Is this kit waterproof?
Can anyone confirm they have bought and received one of these kits?
is there a more compact controller available ? cheers!
This looks awesome! Is it waterproof though?
hi andy i received my kit today but no battery does that come sepratley
Could you do it in place of the FRONT Wheel??
Can you make my mtb bike to an electric bike please