I turned this belt driven urban eBike into a beautiful gravel adventurer

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🔖 CHAPTERS
00:00 Unboxing
02:00 First ride
10:24 Tear down
13:24 Modifications!
23:26 Glamor shots

[@jeremyellis1262]

cutting the zip ties to the beat was a nice touch

[@danielkim4839]

agreeeed

[@jani724]

Lol I work at a bike shop and find myself cussing at the unnecessarily amout of zip ties and tape 😭. Ill keep it to the beat next time for sure!

[@druiz127]

That was cool

[@AaronHendu]

Belt drive is the one upgrade I wanna make to my daily over the winter to be ready for next season. For no reason other quietness. I like my bikes to ride as silent as possible...as someone with OCD, any squeek or anything just doesnt sit right with me. Eliminating chain noise would be a dream.

[@oftankoftan]

would be cool to see footage and commentary of riding it afterwards

[@BuildaBetterBike]

Patreon :)

[@jasonkroll2735]

Lil doggy hauling ass ... bike looks better than i thought is was gonna look. Great job.

[@stephenshepherd5068]

Interesting build. Is the large tire size differential between the front and back because of limited clearance in the back or based on something else? I would also be curious how the fork and tires changed the bike geometry; how slack are the head tube and seat tube angles?

[@TimR123]

Why not use an externally controlled dropper like a PNW Pine 27.2 with a shim instead of drilling the frame?

[@BuildaBetterBike]

Because I would rather have a normal seatpost than an external dropper. They are the worst.

[@TimR123]

Fair enough :-) Although I've had two that are great.

[@uohtreB]

Really cool ! Great video.

[@jaimegomezgarcia7599]

Looks great !

[@albertovalongo9157]

Congratulations,looks very nice.Is it possible to change to an dropbar? I guess you would have to change all the group?Thanks.

[@fransilva69]

Another piece of art!

[@crashatrek]

Very cool but you kinda did turn it into a mountain bike with 100 mil travel. Did you make gravel forks that are about 40 to 50 mm of travel but looks good

[@raziel0729]

So i watched some reviews with this ebike and im interested in buying it. But, several people said (just like you have) that the bike is a little hard to pedal. In the case that i do end up buying the bike, what exactly do i need to tinker with? i have no experience with this sort of stuff either, but judging from your video it looks like you replaced the chainring as well as the belt drive. How do i know which ones I need to buy to make the bike a little bit easier to pedal?

[@smcdonough1427]

Man, I need to live where you live

[@MrJonathanpearce]

In the uk that would be known as as a hybrid e-bike

[@ericbattley_og]

Beautiful! apart from that rear tire - sorry!

[@chefausi]

Dont understand this changes. You have to show us result in action