What is better to do it or to buy ready one?

Well it depends. If you are a bit handy and got some time on your hands, if fun to build one. But on the other hand if you have very little time (and alot of money) you would prob. be happier to buy one.

What kind of bike are you looking for, and what is your budget?
 
The third option is to buy an existing one that won't be adequate and upgrade as you figure out what's wrong. It's getting better, but you still can't buy much of a bike without a lot of money. You can expect you want maybe a better motor, etc., but it's already wired and the like so it's still more simple.
 
^^ Watt these folks are saying. LOVE the DIY folks... but today the market for a new ebike complete is being absolutely flooded with manufactures... from car companies... bike companies... hehe about everybuddy... Watt causes prices for new ebikes to get "depressed"... OTOH... Haven't checked, but the market may be getting equally flooded with used antique/old/pedal-only poop-mobile-style bikes watt are ripe for conversion. If a newb ebiker, might be tempted to go new at first... tends to include stuff like LBS support and a "warranty". Then plan your leap into the void (stuff like tools and spare parts and experience come included w/DIY...). :wink:
 
It depends how much you want to spend and how much quality you want (repairable motor or disposable), as well as what type of bike you want. If you want a hub motor powered bike it might not be too much more expensive to buy one ready built, but manufacture built full suspension mid drive bikes can be quite pricey. An example would be my bike - 2017 full suspension raleigh kodiak 1 with tsdz2 750w middrive and small battery. Everything was purchased new by me for about $1000, but raleigh wants $4000 for their kodiak ebike. If you consider it has a larger battery and some better parts figure it is worth maybe $500-750 more than mine, yet it costs $3000 more. That is like $500 an hour for labor...
 
JacobThompson said:
Hello! Does anybody know what is better to buy e-bike or to do it yourserves?

Are you the kind of person, who if your dishwashing machine stopped working, might search the problem online, take the thing apart to have a look, and maybe order parts to fix it? If so, you should definitely set up your own e-bike.

If you'd never consider fixing your own dishwasher, putting together a reliable e-bike might not be fun for you. But then, neither would trying to live with a cheap ready-made e-bike. If you wouldn't build your own, you'll need to spend real money for a reputable model with dealer support. A cheap mail-order model will prove to be every bit as much of a project as a DIY kit, if not more.
 
ebikes are easy to build for the DYIer, but much harder to repair and troubleshoot when things go wrong. Many of the components are sourced overseas and there is little in the way of support should they malfunction. Fortunately, everything you need to to troubleshoot and repair an ebike is available here on ES. To take full advantage of this, you need to be handy with a wrench, to have good research skills and a willingness to learn.
 
If you're willing to settle for what the masses ride in China, than you cannot build an ebike for the $600 it cost to buy the former. Yes, you can buy a $300 battery and $100 motor from China, but there's a ton of shipping charges.

On the other hand, if you understand the technology and own one or two ebike batteries, the incremental cost to build an ebike is very low, especially if you have a box of used bike parts.
 
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