Convert YOUR bike into an E-BIKE 2023 **THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO A 2KW HUB DIY MTB CONVERSION KIT**
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2023
- COMPLETE GUIDE ON HUB CONVERSION. TURN ASNY HARDTAIL INTO A FAST PRACTICAL BEAST!
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You should NEVER use that plastic spacer with a disk, its only to be used when no disk is installed (rim brakes) it is to prevent damage to the coating on the hub from the bolts, and to stop the bolts from going too deep in to the hub
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@@samuraiscriptsdang bro. I'm 35 and in the same boat. In guessing you don't live in northern california.
i dont yeah@@turboleggy
@@samuraiscriptsMate you have the guts and the attitude to do it🤙🏽
That’s just plain dumb. You wouldn’t have rotor screws there if you weren’t using disc brakes...the screws come in the rotor kit.
What I love about you and Andy Kirby is he's showing from a professionals point of view and your showing from a diy'ers perspective best combo
Thanks for the well-explained step-by-step instruction! Happy and safe riding!
Hey Steve I never heard of Kirby build kits so far what I seen are the best conversion kits that I've seen so far I'd sure like to try one out one day you're doing a great job Steve keep it on
Hey Steve you are easily the best DIY Bike guy on youtube. Informative with a great sense of humor. Keep up the great work & Thanks !
Thank you 😊
I prefer the other guys video of pulling the van the content was better
@TuffTowling bit random when this is an ebike tutorial and the guy thanked me for diy specific content. Not to mention it was a girl not a guy 😄 not to mention they sell low spec ebikes for 2 grand they don't make high spec ebike conversions. But everyone's taste is different.
@DudeStuff whoooo don't be so salty "dude" 🤪 half your content is illegal shit anyway 🤣 thought it was up to us to decide ? you've said enough lol just take it as flattery instead of turning a nice peaceful give away vid into a copycat rant of a lifetime 🙈🙉🙊✌️ p.s love ya 😘
What's the other channel called I'm intrigued now be good to see the comparison 🤔
Thank you for the clear run down how to its really awesome. And ive subscribed..from queensland Australia many thanks💯🎯
Thanks for this vid, very detailed, gonna give it ago💪
Looking to make my own ebike. This helps a lot. Got a factory ebike at the moment for food deliveries. Thanks for the video mate.
Thank you for your videos brother. Very helpful. from across the pond.
Great video, very informative
Great information Steve. Getting one of these kits soon for a project 🤜👍
Cheers.. Very helpful and well explained
Thanks man pretty cool of you to put that together. Good video. Thanks from Destin Florida.
Another top episode well translated for me nice one❤
Fantastic video, simple explanation. Andys conversion kits are fantastic. I was looking for a kit for my Mate bike, on Aliexpress or Ebay but, Kirby kits are the best with the warranty , great customer service, emails answered straight away by Jason Wang, thanks a lot.
Going to buy fat tire 20 inch kit next month pay day. Can't wait. All the best to all of you.
Great work Steve excellent video 👍
My kit is ready to build, just watching again before I start building. Dreams.
thank you for educating me. I'm good in general with DIY and you have a great skill in explaining the situations in every video so far that I have watched. made its easy for me to gather info to do ebike project with a single speed racer i have. thank you very much
Really good advice’s
Dude this video is awesome !!! Thank you I needed this exactly ! Wish I won the bike as well haha. Cheers
Another great video Steve 👍
well that answers my question about the rim decals 🙂 bonus! cant wait!
Love the videos what a nice bike
13:41 great to see an mt60 connector being used for the phase wires. I would for sure advertise that as a feature over the standard connector block used on cheaper direct drive motor kits, which tends to not be great long term. plus you have a quick and easy quick disconnect.
however a criticism that I would make for Andy is to sell proper torque arms on his website, the ones he sells are not ideal. The company which made them has said so themselves. A v2 style torque arm would be much better.
Great info. I did a DIY conversation to an old junk bike and love it. I'm with you on the PAS and at first I disconnected it but later I wired a couple of micro switches so I can switch on the speed limiter and turn on the PAS and it's just right when I want to get more exercise and pedal at a comfortable speed of about 12mph, or I can turn off the limiter and the PAS for just tooling around town on it doing errands. Mine is a front wheel hub so a little nose heavy 🙄. Next time I'll use a back wheel hub with a cassette like you do 👍. 10ah batt gets me about 16-20 miles if I'm conservative so I have a 20ah coming in the mail to be the main battery, and an A/B switch so I can throw this current one on the back rack and have it as a secondary to run longer trips. Thanks for all your tips though man 😎👍
This is very informative for someone just starting out Thanks
You're welcome 😊
Just found you and your videos are mint
Variety pack of bike spacers also a good purchase with the cable ties.
Just ordered this kit so it's great to see a build with it. Thanks a lot for this and the dudestuff £40 discount. Wiring looks much tidier than the previous kit and the controller and battery are clear upgrades. Went with the Vitus Nucleus 27 VR you did a previous build with and it's going for a steal at £325 on Black Friday deal. Can't wait for it all to arrive and have fun building and riding my first Ebike conversion thanks to the inspiriation from watching your channel. Cheers! Well worth a sub👌
Appreciate it Thanks and vitus vr rides lovely I've done a few of them good bikes.
Nice to see someone fitting the torque washers correctly on the inside, just file a little off the front side of the dropout then it'll fit in without a hammer 🔨 😉 ,it needs to come out easily at the side of the road incase you get a puncture .
Not sure what mean are you suggesting filling the dropout? I'd rather have it tighter and tap in with a plastic mallet. The tighter the fit the better. The mallet isn't needed for the dropout tightness anyway it's more likely the dropout width and spacers being tight filling wouldn't do anything to help that just loosen the axle fitment which isn't good! It's a gentle tap that doesnt damage anything to ensure its fully down as far as it can go. Steve
@@DudeStuff Yes you file the front end of the drop out where the most metal is 17:03 where your left index finger is,,only a few points of a millimetre /0.2mm ,so it glides in smoothly.I been fitting these kits since 2013 and if used daily they pick up punctures because of the weight even with kevlar guard tyres. 🙏 so much easier to fix a puncture at the roadside with the wheel out, Ian 🤠🤟🇬🇧
love the drying canopy m8
great vid bro i like your style
Top class video dude, well done 100% premo
Love the new smaller controller!! Is it possible to fit the new sine wave controller to the old kit? I see it has different connectors.
Best rear hub install system and video i have seen yet; awesome; thanks. i want to install it on a mountain schwinn 29", will it work? I need a 29" rear wheel correct? I looked at the website; i missed it; what is the difference between freewheel thread and cassette? i can use my old rear cassette like you did; thanks
Excellent video
Great instructor.
What a perfectionist, I would love to have a bike like this it's so nice... what a cool guy as well.
Thank you 😊
Steve that was a great introduction on how to do rear wheel hub. I build my first bike by watching you. But I'm going to try to do the rear wheel hub. Great information on how to build it. Keep this great work up. You are the Haynes manual on electric bikes 👍
Appreciate it thank you 😊
@@DudeStuffwill this kit work on a trek marlin 6 3x8 drivetrain 19.5 inch frame 29inch wheels and 29x2.20inch tires
@@tatianatodorova5199 yes it will
A generally good guide. I did a Yose Power 350w conversion on a Scott Sportster hybrid bike. That has an integrated controller in the battery mount which looks a lot cleaner. I’m guessing it’s not possible to do that with higher wattage conversions because the controller needs to be bigger to cope with the extra load? I did fit the triangular bag anyway. Excellent for a puncture repair kit, a few tools and a mini air compressor for roadside puncture fixes. I personally fitted the cadence sensor to get some exercise and extend the range. Probably less likely to attract attention from the plod if you’re pedalling a bit. I didn’t do the brake cut outs though for similar reasons and because my gear shift and brake levers are integrated. Thumb throttle is useful for getting away if you stop in too high a gear and ….15mph looks like warp speed😂
Yeah that's right you generally have smaller less powerful controllers built in to battery bases. Grinn make a reasonable one but they can be a bit off with tech support and warranty on my experience. Plus you can only use their over priced displays with it, their ugly as hell and too over spec'd I don't need to programme throttle curve on my handle bars for 300 quid
Great watch Steve
Hey thanks a lot for video man I had similar bike set but I had the mtx 39 it was to wide for tires I'm taking this is a small width mtx rim
Hey Steve…great video again..what amp is the controller in the kit…?
Im still learning.I like your videos ,they are very informative and funny to....Thanks for teaching me,,
D.S David Shoemake
Great video. You're very thurough in your directions. Have you done a mid crank bike conversion?
What display is that? The one that comes with the current kit is not just a color LCD and not a full-color TFT like the one you have there. BTW thanks for the discount code 🙂
Looks fun as! I reckon a brake upgrade is certainly in order with something like that, at least put much bigger discs on it, like 203mm, more power and better heat dissipation.
Nice video Dude, although I will say why not leave the nut on the axle for protection against the mallet / floor, if the threads do become damaged you just unscrew the nut and it reforms the thread.
I've been watching your uploads for over a year now after I was forcibly reintroduced to cycling after a break of over 27 years, I've converted an old Giant hybrid bike with a Bafang mid mount kit which I now use to commute 4 miles each way, covered about 2,500 miles in a little over 12 months.
Thanks for the regular, varied and humorous content.
Oh and more of the dog please, she's a beaut.
Superb content ..best wishes.
Thank you 😊
Brilliant,love the speed test,lol,😂
Great build helpfull hints and yes 15mph looked fast nudge nudge 😉 😉 lol
This little detail cracked me up and made me love this channel 😂
15!! 😂😂
Great video mate, and quality build
Hi Steve new sub here I love the content can I ask were I can pick up one of these controllers thanks 😊
Can this this kit be used in a commuter bike in all year round ?
Anybody that buys this Kirby kit won’t Be disapointed it’s perfect .. and if your having problem finding the keys for the battery they are taped to theinside packaging/bubble wrap will Ben ordeing aNother for my norco bike next 🤣
Shame they can't spell "Manual" properly on their website, joking aside these are a good kit, bit pricey though, I managed the exact same set-up for no more than £670. All quality parts, and no it ain't a cheap battery that I bought, the battery cost the most (52v 20Ah - kit was a Voilamart, all stuff bought from e-bay).
One point I think should be said, it makes sense to fit torque arms on both sides. That's what I've done anyway.
Nice video, you do a good job of explaining the fitting process, for anybody doing this patience is a virtue as it's best to really take your time and do it right.
Great upgrade and attention to how it looks in the end , spot on, and love the sarcasm,, doing a quicksilver 15mph 😉 pmsl , dont want any karens complaining now do we 😂
My pops work gold cart does fifteen. That's so slow. Omg.
Built my own bike a few weeks back all of watching your videos. Best thing I've ever done cut my commute loads.
15 miles in about 16-17 minutes across country. Imagine that pedalling 😵😵 would take me about an hour unless I've had my weetabix 😆
A mile a minute, 60 mile an hour?@@MaNNeRz91
just brought 20 tickets fingers crossed i win haha lovely bike man love the content :)
Hi Steve, seeking advice....i have a Carrera Hustle with 27.5 wheels, 21 speed, do you think this could be a good candidate for the Kirby 2000w conversion? I was thinking buy a 29er with maybe 10 gears but don't want unnecessary expense, and then again i don't want to waste time converting an unsuitable bike. What do you reckon? Cheers
What size are your washers, and where do you find your anti-rotation washer? Thanks
Just wondering if you can install a light set on this controller. Cheers.
I rock with this channel. Definitely swayed me on my hub motor build. Respect from North Carolina homie 👍🏿
Nice conversion mate, I'd love to get back on a bike again now there's ebikes where my health wouldn't be an issue.
I've never won a thing before but I hope the subscriber who wins really enjoys the bike. 👍
Silly question will a trek dual sport 3 2022 be able to fit this kit?
My kits from kirby didnt come with the metal around the motor cable to protect the wires,
So the wire got cut when a screw come loose,
I had to get it fixed hall sensor!
What can i use to protect this steve ?
I've got a MuddyFox and a Carrera and I can't decide which one to make into a E-BIKE. 😂
In this video you show how to fit everything but on the website there isn’t back wheel conversion it’s only front wheel any help?
hi my only concern is my discs are a central locking ring , have you done a video of you changing one over to a new electric back wheel ?
great video otherwise
andy
Much better than other e-bike shows .
Thank you 😊
Nice
is this right now the best choise to buy?i found it on their homepage the kit for my 29 costs 992 euro.
I have zero knowledge are there other better alternatives?Money is not an issue but maybe getting a new e-bike from a known brand would be better?your idea thanks
ECMF = Easy Cable Management Fadangleriser.
😂😂😂
Another honest vid , if your ever Yarmouth way I'll stand you a pint or two
What is the best controller for a 72v 30ah
Great job but a bit of advice is whenever you’re knocking a threaded axle put the nut on and hit the nut this will stop you from damaging the threads cheers mate 👍👏
Never had any issue using a plastic mallet but wouldn't hurt to fit the nut to be extra cautious
will they ever make a one for thru axle wheels.
is the 1300Wh 48V 27A battery a good pair with Bafang 48V 1000W??? idk anything abt ebikes
Well you're gonna say kirbe is the best battery company, you're part of their team! 😂
Been watching you for a while now mate and you've unlocked my inner childhood I want to start riding again and do a build to sneak around town 😂 do you think you could do a single speed dirt jumper bike build a little 2000w 48v 🎉🎉🎉
Just look out for enough space on frame triangle for battery and controller huge probably won't fit
@@DudeStuff thanks for your reply mate, been watching your uploads for a while you keep me entertained and when you say have a break make a cuppa tea or grab a beer, I make myself a tea 😂 yes I was thinking this because the frames are smaller and there's no water bottle screws on them style bikes so may have to do hardtail because they have the screw fixing, also would I be able to take the single cog off and put it on the electric hub, that's if I find a way of getting a battery to fit if I did a dirt jumper,,, sorry to bombard you I know you must be busy and doing what you do takes up a lot of your time so cant always reply, and I'd like to say big thumbs up on the old mafiabikes blacked out build, that was tidy 👌🏽
@@dansnow2942 you can get a single speed conversion from amazon
@@DudeStuff sorry it's late mate been on the phone sipping ☕ looking at kits all day/night 😂 I haven't come across any single speeds on Amazon or eBay 🤷🏽♂️ if so what have you spotted and whats the specs 🙏🏽❤️🇯🇲🤜🏽
Hello mate @DudeStuff getting back to what we was talking about the other day, I've brought a 26" rear 1500w kit and looking to put it on a 27.5" hardtail, what I'm calling a Hard-E-Mullet 😂🤣 do you think this can work, it says 1500w should be at 48v 20ah but could I get more OOMPH with a 52v 24ah I have a 32v controller 🤷🏽♂️
Cant believe theres still a marked forth non integrated controllers.
The integrated onces offer a much cleaner appearance
Will I need to fit power cut off break lever
What's the maximum voltage the new controller can take?
Does the P.A.S settings 1-5 limit the speed on throttle or does the throttle over ride the numbered P.A.S setting.
Default settings are that the throttle gives 100% power and ignores the pas setting.
ECMF, Electrical Cable Management Fabric
My kit did not come with those washers and spacers, where can I get them from?
Are regular (separate) controllers better than those controllers that come integrated into the battery mount? Which is more reliable and future proof? Thanks.
Generally, separate ones are slightly higher amp output if we're talking average prices kits. Grinn do a higher power integrated controller but the plug connectors are huge and ugly and you get no display or the option of only using their own ugly overpriced display nothing basic and cheap. Possibly better cooling on extremal controller depending how you mount it.
@@DudeStuff Thank you!
Hey Buddy,
Im new to your channel, and I have to say that you're doing a great job in explaining things.
Just a few questions to ask.
1. I can't see the £40 discount code nore the link?
2. There are several restrictive laws on ebike speed limits but surely a 2000W 20ah ebike kit can do a tone more than 15mph?
3. If I want to apply a front motor wheel hub and a rear motor wheel hub. Can I do that to a single battery and a single controller unit?
4. How much would that cost roughly because from memory, I recall you done that to one of mountain 29" black bike with a combined power of 5000w?
I hope you can help me out with my questions and give me a little guidance.
Thanks, buddy.
Watched this several times so i can be ready to fit mine when i order the kit then thought what the hell ill just join the raffall.
Good man nice one 🙂
Great video as always mate. Quick question - I have a Carrera ( one of the Halfords bikes ) so only about £400 worth of bike. Is it worth putting this kit on it ( I see it's pretty much double the price of the bike I have) or is the bike not good enough quality and I need a better bike to make it worthwhile?
I think it depends on what you want to get. I'm going to play with a $100 ful sus 'department-store' bike conversion/restoration project. Maybe it won't be super safe for the road, so maybe I'd upgrade it later.
For $1000+ I think I could find some used factory-made ebikes (mid-drive and battery hidden in the tube).
44:26 😂👍
Are there any reasonably priced MTBs u recommend for conversions? I’ve tried about 5 different ones and none had a dropout wider than 135mm
I found the 1kw-1.5kw hub motors fit easily into 135mm, so do you need 2kw if so it is harder
Was there holes for the battery holder on the frame??
ECMF - Easy Cable Management Fing
I love the channel, I love the way you present the channel. But what is the point of a bike past 250w, all it will do is help me get points on my lisence. Any chance u can make a bike that runs in road legal mode and has a super duper button that puts it in off-road speedy mode?
Thank you very much. You just described 90% of the bikes I review on my channel 😊 a lot of ebikes are capable of over 250w once unlocked but enter the market limited by the controller its very unlikely you'll get issues if you're sensible
@@DudeStuff well I've subbed. And I'm going to look thru your vids..... I have a tszd2 on my bike. It's 250w but I've flashed it to 500w. Keep up the good work buddy....
Can I upgrade brake discs to 208mm
Are you telling me that all I need to to is buy a kit from kirbe and it will fit my mountain bike frame I already have for like £400 just for the kit?
does anyone know what tool i uise to take of brake discs of my old bike
Can you put a 11 speed cassette in the hub ???
I was surprised how noisy the new cassette was when you spun it by hand! Is that normal? I have never changed one. Great video. Subbed
Does Kirby have a 29" kit?
I like the sound of casettes never really thought about it lol different bands might sound different. Yes kirbebike kits are common in 29 inch
@@DudeStuff kinda debating on whether to do a mid drive or hub motor on my 29er.
@@tenncutt I prefer hub for 99% of uses
can someone help me to find a good and cheaper choise for ebike wheel and motor i need something powerful good for roads with mtb (mtb with 700c like hybrid)