I bit the bullet and purchased the new CEF69 frame with the bafang M510 4.0 and 835wh battery.

[NickQ]

Here I will document the Full build and share my experiences I look forward to any input and advice from anyone else that has built one of these or are planning too.

 

[Kepa]

Looks nice. I've been planning something like this myself, since I guess I'll have to give up the company bike in the near future... From where did you get this? How much? What kind of shock it accepts? Motor/battery included?

 

[NickQ]

Looks nice. I've been planning something like this myself, since I guess I'll have to give up the company bike in the near future... From where did you get this? How much? What kind of shock it accepts? Motor/battery included?

I purchased from jean at

Shenzhen Zhaosheng Carbon Fiber Technology Co., Ltd. Company Overview - Shenzhen Zhaosheng Carbon Fiber Technology Co., Ltd.

For the frame with custom paint, motor, battery and display including all wiring it came to about £1600 shipped to the UK.


In terms of shock it accepts 205 x 55-65

 

[WK0]

Awesome, I also purchased this frame with the M510 motor/835wh battery a couple days ago. Can't wait to build it up. I'm in the US. I'll share my experiences as well

 

[WK0]

Only two things I'm a little nervous about, curious to hear your thoughts. I'm a pretty big person and weigh 245lb/111 kg. I saw someone point out that these frames don't have a seatstay bridge and was concerned about torsional stiffness, did you see anything about that? Also this is my first e-bike and figured the M510 would feel plenty powerful and didn't want to deal with the noise of the M560, but hoping I don't miss the extra power that motor would provide. From everything I read the M510 feels much more refined than the M560.

 

[NickQ]

Awesome, I also purchased this frame with the M510 motor/835wh battery a couple days ago. Can't wait to build it up. I'm in the US. I'll share my experiences as well

Nice! What color did you go for?

 

[WK0]

Nice! What color did you go for?

Got this two-tone matte grey/black color. Wbu?

 

[NickQ]

Only two things I'm a little nervous about, curious to hear your thoughts. I'm a pretty big person and weigh 245lb/111 kg. I saw someone point out that these frames don't have a seatstay bridge and was concerned about torsional stiffness, did you see anything about that? Also this is my first e-bike and figured the M510 would feel plenty powerful and didn't want to deal with the noise of the M560, but hoping I don't miss the extra power that motor would provide. From everything I read the M510 feels much more refined than the M560.

I don't think you'll have any issues I done my due diligence and it seems this company has been making good quality carbon frames for some time.

And I also believe the m510 has great balance between power and efficiency

I've only had one other mid drive motor from bafang and that was the m620 which was completely overkill for my style of riding with 160nm of torque. great fun don't get me wrong but it's also super noisy which is what I have heard about the M560.

I think that the M510 will be perfect on this Frame.

 

[NickQ]

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Got this two-tone matte grey/black color. Wbu?

I went for a custom chameleon colour



Nebula C-007 too be precise



It looks a little like the CHEEB that rob

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Got this two-tone matte grey/black color. Wbu?

I went for a custom chameleon colour



Nebula C-007 too be precise



It looks a little like the CHEEB that Rob Rides EMTB built a while back

 

[WK0]

I went for a custom chameleon colour



Nebula C-007 too be precise



It looks a little like the CHEEB that Rob Rides EMTB built a while back

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Awesome, that's going to look great. Appreciate the advice on the frame quality/ M510, looks like we're on the same page. Did they give you any estimates on when your frame would ship?

 

[NickQ]

Awesome, that's going to look great. Appreciate the advice on the frame quality/ M510, looks like we're on the same page. Did they give you any estimates on when your frame would ship?

They didn't but I believe on the details of the listing it states within 30 days

 

[Kepa]

Is this a mullet or full 29er? Price doesn’t sound too bad. How does this Bafang compare to Bosch, for example latest gen Cx? I’ve never ridden anything else but Bosch, but I’m open for ideas.

 

[WK0]

Is this a mullet or full 29er? Price doesn’t sound too bad. How does this Bafang compare to Bosch, for example latest gen Cx? I’ve never ridden anything else but Bosch, but I’m open for ideas.

Full 29er. This will be my first e-bike but based on what I'm reading the M510 motor is similar in power and feel to the latest gen Bosch. Bafang also has a motor called the M560 that is extremely powerful, more so than the DJI avinox, but is apparently pretty loud

 

[NickQ]

Is this a mullet or full 29er? Price doesn’t sound too bad. How does this Bafang compare to Bosch, for example latest gen Cx? I’ve never ridden anything else but Bosch, but I’m open for ideas.

As kepa said it's full 29er but I'm going to have a little play with it and see how the mullet feels it obviously changes the geometry a little

 

[NickQ]

My frame came back from paint today. This thing is going to look awesome!

 

[Kepa]

My frame came back from paint today. This thing is going to look awesome!

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Awesome colour

 

[NickQ]

So my frame arrived and I must say I'm impressed with the paint!

I've been waiting a while and had plenty of time to get all the other components together so when it arrived I got straight to work and got this thing assembled and it's a thing of beauty!

I'm also overall impressed with the quality of the frame and the machining everything fit together seamlessly.

I may upgrade the suspension and dropper in the future to fox factory but unfortunately the fox float x2 factory I have doesn't fit as the body of the shock clashes with the top tube.

Here's a few pictures of the build.

 

[ssl]

So my frame arrived and I must say I'm impressed with the paint!

I've been waiting a while and had plenty of time to get all the other components together so when it arrived I got straight to work and got this thing assembled and it's a thing of beauty!

I'm also overall impressed with the quality of the frame and the machining everything fit together seamlessly.

I may upgrade the suspension and dropper in the future to fox factory but unfortunately the fox float x2 factory I have doesn't fit as the body of the shock clashes with the top tube.

Here's a few pictures of the build.

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Hi mate nice build… how did you fit the rear shock? as its vertical not horizontal fit?

 

[CJaMTB]

Just stick a 5mm allen key into the bushing and rotate the stanchion through 90 degrees.

 

[ssl]

Just stick a 5mm allen key into the bushing and rotate the stanchion through 90 degrees.

Just stick a 5mm allen key into the bushing and rotate the stanchion through 90 degrees.

Thank mate!

 

[NickQ]

Just stick a 5mm allen key into the bushing and rotate the stanchion through 90 degrees.

This is the way