CHEAP AMAZON ELECTRIC BIKE VS EXPENSIVE TOP OF THE RANGE E-MTB!

Cheap Amazon electric bike VS expensive top of the range E-MTB! Can this £500 MTB keep up with the £6000 Canyon E mountain bike while riding MTB trails, jumps, hill climbs and urban MTB freeride spots, how long will it last?

The Canyon Torque: On is my favourite electric mountain bike and i just received a new one so I thought I’d buy a cheap Swifty ebike off Amazon and put the head to head in the ultimate bike vs bike challenge. I start off in the woods hitting hill climbs and trails before getting more crazy and sending it harder on both these bikes to really show you what is possible on both ends of the price range. After performing off road I then switch to an urban environment for some more freeride action and craziness. But how long will this cheap bike last?

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this ebike cost
£555 while this one cost £
6,399 only putting them head to head to
see how they
compare hello everyone today is going to
be epic because in the last head-to-head
challenge the cheap bike I used wasn’t
electrified W oh
no oh my God it’s all broken and you
guys thought it wasn’t fair so I’ve
decided to buy the Swifty
e mountain bike from Amazon I found this
for
£555 and it is a hard tail mountain bike
with an electric motor in the rear hub
there we’ve got seven gears on it we got
double discs front and rear there is no
dropper post no rear suspension and
we’re going to be putting it
head-to-head with the beautiful and
brand new Canyon Tor on cf9 this far
more Superior and expensive bike comes
straight out the Fox as a winning
machine it has Fox 38 forx up front we
got the Fox Flow X2 Factory rear shock
in there it’s also got the Shimano ep8
motor delivering 85 newon M of torque
I’ve also fitted Halo gravitas wheel set
on here along with the goodye Newton
Tires for insane grip while trying to
stop we flying into Corners so without
any further Ado let’s get into the woods
and start the first challenges first
challenge the hill climb challenge
exactly why an e bike’s amazing watch
how easy it is on the canyon Tor on see
[Applause]
up so chill now it’s
time for the Nifty Swifty let’s see if
we can do it on this
beast wow that’s surprising actually so
that first challenge was just to get the
feelers of the power of that bike we’ve
got a bigger Hill here so is this bike
going to make it through this bargain up
there the canyon of course is going to
fire through why I’m wearing a white
T-shirt I’ll never know and I can just
click through these
gears straight
up no trouble as I know this bike
doesn’t have the same power we’re going
to start a little bit further back so we
can get into the Power Band through this
bog
section I’m in the lowest gear already
so
y made it now it’s time for the brake
test I’m going to go back up to the top
of there we’ll set this log as not that
one it’s massive we’re going to set this
little stick as the breaking point here
we go
that was all right let’s leave it lent
up show you what the canyon can
do even in them slippy conditions that
was well easy look I still got 50 psi in
here as well onto the next challenge the
next challenge is the head-to-head race
I’m going to start at the top I’m going
to hit one of the trails down here cut
off into this section up the hill down
there with them trees at the bottom as a
Finish Line 3 2 1 driving
G there we go power’s kicking in firing
get it try not to lose that bike oh it’s
so scary even
work scared of these tires
come
on
Sange Perfect come
here I’m scared of this breaks don’t
[Music]
work
yes next challenge is the trial
challenge that’s what I love about
ebikes you can make these fun little
sections and then oh no Lou’s
down oh no let’s clean this section then
hopefully Lou cleans it as well and
doesn’t land on his back right that
section’s done and we’re in
here you can’t really see how slippy and
tight it
is manage that
oh
yo that was well good it’s now time for
the Swifty and with this heavy low gear
of it I think it’s going to be quite
hard but
oh we’ve somehow managed that
oh oh my
God okay the Swift
is not good at trials the gears aren’t
low enough there’s no grip on the tires
but I actually went further than I
thought it would
go overall this bike is doing all right
for 500 quid but what’s it like at
jumping let’s find out we’ve now come
over to a jump I haven’t been here for
ages the lip has been built up so you
can get more air time and unless you’ve
been living under a rock you know that
Canyons can jump super well so let’s
just blast out a few tricks on here
before I get scared and attempt it on
that Swift
oh my God that was
massive I jumped over your head didn’t I
let’s do some
more
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ited I’m loving this feels well dreamie
this is a medium so it’s a nice bit
smaller than you’d want if you were
actually like
my size and didn’t do tricks but because
I like to move the bike around and do
tricks medium’s perfect for me good for
manuals 360s on an ebike it works
perfect I want to just get a slow motion
no that can then we’ll switch onto
the
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Swifty that was even a heavy landing on
that Beast now I’m on the Swifty hard
tail thinnest Forks ever made
it’s pretty scary let me just hit it
straight first see how it feels here we
go
oh let’s start off lightly and get a
little soy on there oh the brakes don’t
work oh no wow oh I’m actually going to
go off the smaller lip so I don’t die
yes oh soe my hands weren’t even back
on oh that’s so so scary on that
oh right that is it the whole thing is
bending that’s so horrible I know I’ve
got to go quicker to clear it better but
already that landing’s so
flat oh I’m I don’t need to make excuses
up it’s terrifying look at
it look at them let’s get into an urban
environment see what else we can do on
these bikes the next challenge is an
urban Classics the St set of Doom I’m
going to blast down on this and then see
if it’s possible on the cheap one let’s
get it big
[Applause]
send
wow wow
ow
oh here we go on the cheepy as I said
I’m not doubling
in oh it’s not too
bad oh my God that is so
de
oh oh the for’s making oh such death
sounds surviving it though oh there we
go the canyon once again smashed the
cheap bike on this ridiculous stair set
of Doom we’re now going to move on to
some more challenges see what other
stuff we can put these bikes
through next challenge has been chosen
cuz I think the Swifty may be the
expensive bike we’re going to drop in
here on this pump track no pedaling
allowed three 2 1 Swifty
[Music]
oh almost got Stu there we
go now
that is what I call a quick time we
measured that at about
14.25 can I beat it on the canyon let’s
find out 3 2 1 there we go straight in
oh my God this is going to be slower cuz
of the full
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suspension ow there we go there we go we
just got a time of
15.05 on the expensive Canyon the Swifty
is quicker at pump
tracks maybe we shouldn’t mention that
to Canyon actually the next challenge is
the top to bottom challenge we’re going
to start here and we’re going to set a
time down to that bottom Olympic ring
there you’re on the cheat bike Lou think
that’ll be fun I’m going to stay on the
canyon cuz it’s new and I love it it’s
the best thing ever so I’m going to film
you go down there and you can set the
first time 3 two 1 go oh he’s in oh my
God that was well good well at least I
look impressive
up
then oh
oh this is
crap actually it’s not that crap oh oh
my God cing wonder if that looks easy
and
cool oh I don’t know what the rout
is is that the bottom 3 2 1
dropping there you go free ride
who you didn’t have to stay on the
track you could have just sent it like
that this thing’s way quicker next
challenge is for you to decide simply
we’re going to come down that Hill grab
a load of the back brake and see which
bike can drift the best round and down
this bit into that bit of Trail good
oldfashioned fun let’s get it
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next challenge we’ve come across is this
Fallen log which can be used to emulate
a trail that might have a log in the way
I can get over it easily on this well I
say easily I haven’t tried yet let’s see
if it will work on the Swifty after I’ve
done it on this
beast wow I’ll do it back the other way
as well
see Chill on this you can use your
suspension to bounce into it and over
Swift is very heavy this is also quite
heavy is a ebike but with the
compression and bounce you can sort of
make the weight disappear so let’s try
it on that and see if it’s
possible that worked let me try the
bigger
bit oh yeah just definitely not as
stylish and easy as on that bike but it
is possible completed it next one the
final challenge is upon us and this is
the towing
[Music]
challenge we moved of the canyon you
know it’s possible I’ve done it already
if I can even slightly move it with the
EP special that is going to be
mindblowing let’s give it a
[Music]
go that’s just my leg power cuz it the
motor doesn’t kick in until you start
moving so that is it for the challenges
and the head-to-head between these two
very differently priced ebikes and this
little Swift
actually survived much better than I
thought it would I guess £00 isn’t
really that cheap but some of the parts
on here are unbelievable so dangerous
the forks I mean it does say no jumping
or stunting on the top here uh the
wheels are actually quite strong I think
that’s because an ebike has to be rated
differently and they probably have to go
through some sort of
other ratings to allow it to be sold so
yeah it wasn’t too bad but obviously the
canyon Tor on looking all beautiful over
here destroyed that thing hill climbs
stair sets Downhill Racing grip
breaking I mean it out Shon that by
Miles and obviously it would with a
price tag of over £6,000 but you
literally get what you pay for that is
an insane bit of Kit obviously if you
wanted get into bit of ebike and you
wanted to go down the pub or something
that might be one for you but I wouldn’t
even dare risk buying that to ride in a
bike park see you in the next one
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