Hasn't passed Congress yet, but if it does 30% is a pretty significant incentive to go for an ebike. It will be interesting to see the details of it and if it is limited to complete bikes or could be used for a frame puchase. The total max allowed credit is $1500 so a $5k bike would be $3500 and take maximum advantage of the credit. Pretty sweet deal.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2021/02/14/congressmen-propose-30-percent-income-tax-credit-for-the-purchase-of-an-electric-bike/?sh=7299618c130a

Posted in the other thread as well. Sent a message to topfire. Production is starting after chinese new year for larger sizes. Price is 680usd so not as good as the inital 499usd price. 10pcs less $30 50pcs less$50.

Thanks for the info. Not sure if it's worth the effort for a $50 dollar discount? Open to the opinions of the group.

Pretty disappointing how the original seller just bailed out of the deal.

I can't see the video in your post Do you have a link for the video?

I was also planning to buy the E10 frame, but dengfu wants 799 Dollar for the frame. Did you already a offer for the frame? and for shipping?

Hmm maybe this link:

Not sure why you can't see it but if that doesn't work just go to YouTube and search for "I built the CHEAPEST Chinese EBIKE!!"

Beautiful looking hardtail, good photography, and well-presented build thread. Thanks for sharing and contributing, Schumo.

I especially like the seat stays, seat tube, and top tube junction on this frame. Looks stiff.

I also read a comment on the video that they wont sell it to North American market, hopefully hes wrong or they change their mind when they see all the people coming from the video wanting to buy.

Oh really, I didn't catch that. If it is true, surely it's just a matter of time before Dengfu or another company offers it to the U.S. market. I'll contact them and find out.

I've been waiting for a long time for there to be a good option in the open mold Chinese carbon E-Bike frame category and a powerful but budget E-Bike motor that will fit it and I think I've found it. Came across this guy's video on YouTube and thought I would share it here for inspiration. I think I'll use this build as a template for an E-bike build of my own sometime this year. Excited to see this space develop and grow and present even more affordable options.

As the title says, the frame is a Dengfu E10 (a bit too much travel for my needs, actually). Link to Dengfu E10: http://m.dengfubikes.com/index.php?s=/230.html
And the E-Bike motor is the Barang M500, which from what I see so far has really good user reviews. Here's the product page for the M500: https://bafang-e.com/products/motors/m-series/m500/ and the product page to the rest of Bafang's M series motors: https://bafang-e.com/products/motors/m-series/

Video of the Chinese E-Bike build:



I'll update the thread if I move forward with the frame/build. Looking forward to hearing what you all think.

No news that I know of. I'd honestly be surprised if this deal happened at this point. We'll just leave the thread open just in case. I'll attempt to reach out one more time for an update.