geosped
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I have built several offroad e-mountain bikes over the years but the one thing they have in common is they still look like DIY kits. The new e-mountain bikes are fully integrated they just look awesome and IMO just next level compared to a DIY's type bike. Sure my BBSHD DIY kit performs well and the cost savings are there compared to a store bought "real e-mountain bike" but it's like buying / building a kit car. You can always tell a kit car from a manufacture built car. The idea is to buy directly from the manufacture that makes bikes from the other big manufactures like a Specialized, Trek, Giant, SantaCruz, etc. Basiclly do any of the manufactures sell or offer a house brand? Same concept is there a house brand of some really great ebike that cost much cheaper than the "original" I want the same spec and quality just dont want to pay for the name.
So with that being said would it be possible to buy an "unbranded" bike from a Taiwan / China manufacture that makes the bikes for companies like Specialized, Trek, Giant etc at a much lower cost? I would much rather go this route than go out and buy another BBSHD and put it on a 10 year old bike.
First is this a thing? Second if it is a thing how would I go about doing this?
So with that being said would it be possible to buy an "unbranded" bike from a Taiwan / China manufacture that makes the bikes for companies like Specialized, Trek, Giant etc at a much lower cost? I would much rather go this route than go out and buy another BBSHD and put it on a 10 year old bike.
First is this a thing? Second if it is a thing how would I go about doing this?