CHEAP DIY ELECTRIC MTB VS PREMIUM £7000 E-BIKE!

I have a 200lb e-bike conversion kit on this cheap bike, and I have the 7,000lb Canyon Torque on, and I'm going to be putting them head to head to see how they compare. The first challenge for these weird bikes is the dual slalom track behind, but if we take a quick look at this thing, we've got the motor here stuck on the back, then you have a huge battery that's been fitted there, and in here is the sort of ECU thing. Then we've got a throttle, it isn't pedal assist, you have to power while pedalling. You've got a little speedo, two brakes, they're cantilever so they're super sketchy, and obviously you've got all the top notch new features on this beast, disc brakes, good tyres, full suspension, everything. So Louis, you're going to be on this, and I'm going to see how far behind I am on that because you're super quick down here, so we're going to blast down, and first one back up is the winner. We've got Louis involved now, you're on the canyon, torque on, go as fast as you can from here back to the top to show the difference in power. Ready? 3, 2, 1, drop in! Oh yeah, I've got my throttle on, oh I'm scared to jump this thing, oh the brakes don't really work, oh I can just throttle Louis, oh I'm just throttling, it's well good, this rat's going to come in, oh my god, the throttle's working well, oh no, I can't change gear and throttle at the same time, oh I'm pedalling as hard as possible, it's making all noises, oh no, oh god it's already broken, oh he's miles ahead, look, all that power has just ripped the chain off into there, look the chain's all wedged up in there, it must have been like a bit loose, so it was quite good going down, I was like shocked because I could keep the power on, like I said, this button here is the throttle, so it isn't pedal assisted, so I was just cruising down, I was like oh my god I'm catching you, let's get this back on and we'll do the next challenge. We're now to the next challenge, this is the wheelie, as we've got a throttle I think when it's in the position we should be able to sort of stay in wheelie, oh no because when you brake it cuts the power, oh that's so annoying, Louis just said it might have a clip to sense this, yeah that's it there then I think, if it still works, if that's unconnected, yeah that's it, Louis it's on, it's going to be the wheelie machine, oh it's come off again, we're now back in the work stand because this thing just sucks, how it's been fitted is just so wrong, so we're going to try and bend this out of the way and then move the wheel back which will tighten that chain up, it must be so hard to see on video why this doesn't work but just believe me I'm used to this rubbish stuff. A few heated words later and we've now fixed this thing I think, so let's get this huge wheelie on the go, oh yeah let's get a massive one, yes we've found something it's good at, wheelies without pedalling it looks like you're manually, so you can just hit that power button look, so much power, see if you can just mani from it, oh yeah, yeah, as we're going head to head I've got to do a wheelie on this which just seems unfair because this is the ultimate wheelie machine look, just pull it up like that, boom, you're in for the best wheelies of your life, oh my god e-biking is the dream, right let's find some more challenges, we're now going to drop in on this trail here, see how this one performs and then of course see how good the canyon is, let's get it, straight in on skinny timber, oh my goodness, oh that's slippy, doesn't have the good gears on, oh no, it's scary because you can just keep the power on though, oh, works kind of good for that, oh, oh, oh, oh, huge fire, wow, the chains come off again, I went quite hectic on that then, no, that was actually so fun on that thing, it's actually cool that you can keep the throttle on when you're not pedalling so you can sort of ride it a bit like a pit bike or whatever, I mean it's so underpowered but still when you can have your leg off and keep the power on it feels quite fun, we're now going to smash this lap on the canyon and show you what a real bike performs like, here we go, canyon torque on, that's the same trail, let's get it, easy, oh my god it's fast, oh my god the suspension just taking in everything in its stride, whoa, these tyres have endless grip, that is ridiculous, oh yeah, so much grip, I was pushing the limits on a flat turn, come on guys, right, that's clearly faster, although I did have a crash at the end, next challenge, next challenge is how well can both these bikes jump, well I love the canyon and it can fly over jumps and do stuff like this with ease, how well will the other one fare, huge cutty as well, first problem is that it won't even pull itself up the hill with me pedalling but you can press the throttle and run with it like a walk mode, I'm scared now, let me change gear, I'm just going to try and clear it first, yeah, oh, it feels alright but to flip I don't know, it's like the weight of a sauron it's going to be so deaf to flip, let me just try the jump again, why, I just got to pedal, power, cheap e-bike can flip, yes, stop, next challenge is that we're getting Alison involved, she is a beginner rider, there's a blue line there with a few jumps at the end, the final one being the biggest and I'm going to chase you on this bike clearing everything and if you don't clear the last one you're going to buy dinner tonight, this is the battle of cheap versus expensive because this canyon spectral is also an expensive e-bike, let's do it, ready Alison, don't go like overboard so you don't have to like buy dinner, like just ride within your means but go a little bit quicker, you'll do it, but remember I will be behind you on a £160 marketplace special, go on then, here we go, dropping, I've got my throttle pressed, oh, yep, catching you up, my rigid bike is flying down here, oh, yeah, this is the dream, rigid bike, oh, you're actually going well, oh no, the chain's come off the e-bike bit, oh no, I'm out of control, oh, oh, oh my god, I couldn't even clear it, oh, oh my god, I couldn't even clear it, what on earth, oh, that was so deaf, I did a proper Ronnie Mac nose dive as well, that was getting quite sketchy down there with this hanging on there, like if that had wrapped in the way it would have stopped dead and then I'd have died and I was super close to you, you basically cleared it though, so no dinner for her, she doesn't have to, no, no, yeah, you're not getting any dinner, that's it, right, another challenge, come on, we've now come over from that excitement to the Cutty of Doom challenge, we've got the dirt jumps here, I'm going to ride through them which is also a challenge on its own and then just see how hard we can cutty that final berm, right, here we go, into the jump line, oh, oh no, oh god, I got all out of control, it's all jumping to the wrong way for some reason, oh, I feel like a bit mean now, look at the wheel, it's so buckled but cutties are like a fundamental fun thing about mountain biking and that was a sick one because it fully fired round but that wheel just hated it so much, but I mean, look at this thing, it's hanging on, this is getting worse and worse, the chain keeps coming off when I power, it's, I mean, what you'd expect really from a 160 pound bike off marketplace but we're not done because I need to cutty the expensive dream machine the Canyon Torque on, we're now in on the ebb, loving this line, oh, it's incredible, oh, smashing, there we go, I did a cutty on this bike, I can't even get it to explode as well as the cheap bike did because I've got so much grip and we've got a lot of grip in the ground right now on this nice sandy stuff, anyway, no excuses, I'm going to say that bike won the cutty challenge just purely because the wheel folded and it fired, well fun, there we go, that challenge finished this off, the battery doesn't even pull me up anymore, look, that's full power, so that, the Canyon's got like five bars left, it's still fully charged, we haven't even done much and this thing sucks so bad, look, that's full power now, it won't pull up, won't pull me up the hill and the motor is boiling, it's probably going to blow up any minute, back wheel's folded, but you saw what was possible on it for 160 quid, actually quite mind-blowing, you can do flips, ride some trails and kind of get pulled up the hill with a bike that cheap, but mind your legs because oh, that is so hot, there's only one challenge left then because this doesn't work and that is to have fun on the Canyon Torque On, let's smash it, the last half hour or so has actually been plagued by rain, it's coming down so much now and it's sort of perfect timing because that bike's destroyed, we had a nice head-on challenge between cheap and expensive and that was just to show you that an expensive bike is going to last you when you're throwing crazy stuff at it, that has been very fun, if you want to see more head-to-head stuff, let me know, unfortunately that's the end of the video, see you in the next one, cheers!