Flipping a Trek Bicycle FOR PROFIT $$$ - How to pick the right bike, what to look for and how to fix
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- Another blatantly vulnerable, honest and authentic bicycle reconditioning video, but I go into depth about what I pay, what I look for and how much money I make! No secrets here. I'm pretty transparent with all of my customers about how I make my money. Hope it inspires someone to do the same!
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With quick release disk breaks wheels I always like to adjust the wheels when the bike is on the ground. Let the weight of the bike put them in the right spot. Works most of the times
Doing this all the time at work. Setting wheels with the bikes own weight so they're always in the same spot, then set the brakes up and continue doing the wheel setup process so usually never have to touch the caliper setting again.
Yeah, I used to have to adjust my brakes all the time until I just started to put the wheels on the stand and then readjust with the bike on the ground
@@fabianalejandrodiazjimenez3947A few times I've put wheels on with the frame upside down resting on the seat and bars the rim is too far over when I get the bike back on it's wheels and the brake pads rub, I open the quick release and it fixes itself most times then when I reclose the quick release the brake pads stop rubbing unless the pads or calipers are out of alignment, just had it happen earlier today when I put brand new quick release wheels on my full suspension mountain bike after I got the old tires put on the new rims and I only had to help it fix the wheel alignment a little bit and readjust the brakes so the pads wouldn't rub on the tire sidewalls.
quick release has a point.. Well it is always adjusting, yeah maybe, but this is less of a problem.. It is a problem of a lesser extent.
It counts if the wheel is trued, if the spokes are tensioned, if the gears changing in the way it is planned, the headset set up. The seat clamp not overdriven to a point of no return. The seatpost should have some minimal special grease too.. It just moves when the diameter of the Seatpost can have slight differences. That can happen.
I adjusted the brakes yes on the ground. Either you look if the disc is in the middle and then screw one side right.. I go from up to down. Watch out to have that disc in the middle when you screw ..
Maybe take sure the hub does not move LOL that could make it more troublesome to ever have it the "right" way..
No, you have to put the bike on the ground with your ribcage on the seat with 100% of your weight THEN wiggle the top of the tyre left and right till you feel it stop clunking, then tighten the quick release
I would buy a reconditioned bicycle from you any day. Very fair pricing and competent work.
I found your videos about a month ago, and I have watched 90% of them so far. I love the way you approach your business and the way you teach. Thank you so much for the inspiration, and for all the bikes I will know how to fix in the future
About the disc-brake and quick-release: Always tighten the quick release with the bike standing on the floor. Put the wheel on, place the bike on the floor, open and re-tighten the quick release. Works for me.
As an old geezer bike rider and longtime shard tree bike mechanic, I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I often time learn something new or an easier way to make adjustments and/or repairs. Do you have a link to the awesome apron you wear?
Thanks so much for this vid I have a few bikes that were left at our shop, I'm just a mechanic so I got to take them home and am looking to flip em. This is a great video to show me where to focus putting money back into it
I learned how to tune disk brakes from channels like this. There are so many nuances to the job. Just did this job today and grateful for thru axles! I'm too fussy about bike repairs that even with my experience I'd probably lose money. I wrench only for myself.
Your advice in the first three minutes of the video was super helpful. Very easily understood.
Loving your videos: down to earth, honest, fun, relaxing, educational!
Another good vid - very much enjoy watching you recondition these bikes.
Loving your videos! Makes me want to pull my old bikes out, clean em up and get out riding them.
Beat ya to it! ;)
When the hanger broke, I felt that one. Been there before and luckily, also had a "donor frame" to take one from.
Dammmn! I had no idea how much work goes into reconditioning a bike. Great work!
I haven't been a mechanic for as long as you have, but I always adjust new RD hangers. the frame is rarely straight. that might be why it's not perfectly shifting.
You're right about presta valves - I've had to explain to so many people how they work. I would never have thought of drilling out a rim to convert to schrader tho.
Disk brakes + quick release. Bike upside down on the ground, spin the wheel, squeeze the brake slowly (this centers the disk & wheel) then clamp down on the lever. it's never failed me, centers up every time, no rubbing. I take both wheels off my bike every time I chuck it in the car and attach the wheels at the trailhead, 2-3 times a week.
Very thorough job, and very quick also!
Great video! Love the economic breakdown
Love the channel...love all the bikes..I'm a bike addict..enjoying watching from queensland Australia...i pick bikes from the dump rebuild them and sell them for what i paid or donate to kids..and people in need ..i have my own personal collection..over 20 bikes..i want all people to know how awesome cycling and bikes are 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️❤
This old Deore derailleurs and newer Alivio, always end up with a lot of pivot play prematurely.
I always check it when it’s in high gear rear low gear front. It causes shifting issues, as you experienced
Love the schraeder conversion tip. I have a high-end e-mtb (turbo levo). The obsession with presta on wide rims is baffling. I convert to tubeless schraeder on all my bikes and I don’t need to mess with adapters etc. not just for “regular people”. I use a drill BTW/. The reamer looks like a PITA. I use a different size drill for hub side and tire side for a hollow rim.
Schraeder tubless just makes so much more sense. I've seen so many alumimum tubless presta valves broken - because they offer NO give way when pumping up. Either go full brass presta values or go schraeder where the larger size is so much more sturdy. With tubes the valve has some give way, not tubeless.
Glad to see someone taking a stance against presta valves..
I really don't see the point unless you have the most narrow wheel on a road bike. It's just a hassle and they always bend..
Regular shrader valves are also so much more universal. Just roll up to a gas station and you can pump your tires. No special tools needed.
My favorite relatively recent "investment" was a flush cut pair of side cutters. I think they were $3 at Harbor Freight Racing and it's so nice not having sharp edges from the zip-tie tail trying to tear my HF gloves.
The number of good bikes that are thrown away is astounding. I pull 6-10 from the metal pile at the town transfer station every year. I'm talking about 10-30 year old bikes that were upper mid to high end bikes when they were new. Most look like they were rode a few times then tucked into the garage or basement until someone decided to get rid of it. Usually the only parts that need replacing are dryrotted tires and tubes, brake pads and sometimes a torn saddle. Plenty of newer WalMart bikes end up on the pile, too. These can be good to salvage tires, saddles and brake pads. Someone who buys a $250 reconditioned bike from me doesn't care if it has cheap tires. He only wants tires to have good tread and hold air.
Really appreciate this video!
Really enjoyed this video!
Another great video. Can you make a video on your thoughts on the Electric bike industry/phenomenon.To me a 500 battery needed every 2 years is a deal breaker.
Thanks for the flipping tips and insights. I don't think I'm there yet, but man you've planted that seed in the 'ol noggin.
I appreciate the Giant middle finger to Trek with regards to the replacement tires.
I know it's Popcorn Time when I hear That's the Cookie with a Mancini riff!!! Jazz on, brother! 🎷🎺🥁
I can't understand the problem with Presta valves especially on road bikes, over here in the UK they used to be known as "High pressure" valves. Perhaps its because unless you carry an adaptor you can't inflate presa valved tyres at a gas station, really enjoying the vids.
Very cool 😎 video and good info, thanks 😊.
hi🌷
Nice to meet you!, definitely a new sub ! 😂
Been on bikes before I could walk!, now I gotta room full of older treks and I’m trying to learn what I need to know to get them all ready to ride!
I love bikepacking the trails and I need to know how to take care of myself out there for sure!
I’m going on a bike trip soon!, which would be the best route to follow around Galveston Bay, Tx as an older solo female cyclist ? ccc 🚴🏼♀️ Im needing to know 🔜? Lmk Please 🙏
ps. where do I start with your tutorials ?, you do a great job!👍
Take care
🥳 Cheryl
19:04 aluminium fatigues when bending back and forth. Hanger alignment tools bend hangers at their thinnest/weakest profile/point. What you want to do is under the hanger and just clamp it flat in a vice. You have 3 points of contact over a large area. You can alse put a 1mm+ shim at the center of the banana and you can straighten any hanger. Otherwise doing it your way with an alignment "gauge" (its not a straightener) will often just bend the hanger at the frame mounting bolts instead of at the 10mm direct Mount
20:10 to fully seat the axle in the dropouts you have to put the bike on the ground with your ribcage on the seat with 100% of your weight THEN wiggle the top of the tyre left and right till you feel it stop clunking, then tighten the quick release. Or ride of a curb a few times
Blue pedals are SICK!
Your videos are really instructives and useful. I have a trek 4300 19.5 " from 2006 and I was wondering if it is possible to put some 700 wheels on it and what size would fit better. Greetings from Brazil.🎉
Hi its Ralph from south Wales uk, i have found the bottom of a T-shirt, the rib, if you tear it off its a good cleaner for the cassette, let me know what you think ?
Great video
Looks great. I would recommend a better side cutter for those zip ties though. There are some good cheap options that will cut them off perfectly flush so they won’t cut people.
Totally agree! Getting cut by a badly cut tie wrap sucks!
I use a lighter to melt the ends, but only melt the plastic a very short time or the plastic isn't that nice melted , but turns out rough.
I also have some pliers, which are intended to use for mani pedi that cut zip ties pretty good, because of the blades being slightly curved they leave no sharp edges when the zip tie gets cut at the very end.
I'm also not a fan of the presta valve aka sclaverand valve. If you have a flat and want to pump some air into it on a petrol station, you always gonna need an adapter. But if you have a shrader valve, you could just put some air into it, just like on a car. I mean there is a reason why all cars and planes do have these valves...😅
instead of using hairspray, you can use lubricant spray too, it does the same job!
Just put the wheel on using grsvity. Have adjusted 100s of QR disc brakes and never had this issue of having to readjust after a wheel insert.
Looks good. I'm down with the flu (not sure if it's covid) and i think i either got it watching yours or Tim Fitzwater bike videos 😂.
I stopped riding bikes when i turned 16 also but, it was 40 years before i started again.
When I was a 1st year apprentice my journeyman taught me to twist the cable tie off so it doesn't leave a sharp edge.
I know filming takes extra time but if you just did that job without filming how long would it have taken?
Thanks for making these great videos.
About an hour with the hub and hanger snafus I’d say. My Covid felt like a bad cold crossed with a flu bug
I understand your rationale on the schrader thing. Most non-bikies will never understand the advantages of the presta valve. And oh the disc brake fad! This a very good reason there's not one disc brake bike in my fleet of 6. Everytime I go on a group ride I hear that "zing-zing-zing" of the disc brakes dragging. I hate riding around a noisy bike.
Seems like the fork could have used a little love? Looks like rust on the stanchions?
You are one amazing dude🧔
1. Please tell us about the jazz track that was the soundtrack to the cleaning segment.
2. Everyone who has the luxury of local professional bike mechanic expertise should expect to pay more for the comfort in safety they provide and build that ongoing relationship!. It's worth every penny!!!!! You buy blindly on line with even limited mechanic ability and that gamble is futile ...watching enough of these videos can help develop some mechanic knowledge.,but we get dangerous with our knowledge! TRUST ONLY YOUR LOCAL BIKE EXPERT MECHANICS and TIP THEM!!!! On a descent or in traffic your life is in their hands!!
It’s probably from TH-cams copyright free music library. Google it.
Song: That's the Cookie - Wendy Marcini
Makes me want to get a new mountain bike myself.
Have you tried silicone spray it turns black parts like new also great on Frames
I get why you did it, but I died a little inside when you hogged out those presta holes.
I have some head trash about it too. I generally refuse to do it when customers ask. I just had a buyer in line for this and thought it might throw them for a loop so I made the call.
How do you get those scratches off the crank wheel
Presta valves have their uses if you’re a track, time trial or road race cyclist but you’re right: for us normies and most recreational riders, Schrader just presents less potential for hassle. And hassle takes the fun out of cycling. I don’t need any more excuses to avoid taking my bike out 😂
The only substantial downside is you can't pump up your tyres at a petrol station. The slightly more complicated handling is something you get used to. And they supposedly keep the air in a little better which I like.
@@Jacksparrow4986well yes, I know, but I don't run ultra skinny 23c anymore that really necessitate Presta since my racing bike got replaced by an old Dave Quinn 'cross bike with relatively kinder geometry and clearance for wider tyres, hence lower pressures. One day I'll grow up and graduate to tubeless, if only to install something like Vittoria's Air-Liners for maximum peace of mind (fixed too many flats / replaced tubes with cold fingers), so I may return to Presta again 😅
@1972hermanoben I don't think you graduate to tubeless, I think a good part of it is hopping on the hype train (check out the hassle of tubeles vs. Cheap tpu from china). I don't know the exact difference in air tightness, I just very rarely check the tyre pressures and am happy when they are close to ideal and still okay. When looking at other peoples bikes, my most frequent complaints are loose mudguards (I live in a road with cobblestones, so I hear any loose mudguards), too low tyre pressure and unlubed chains. So, I'm not sure if the "lower frequency of pumpups is ok" beats the "slightly easier to pump up." I'm all presta (I believe), so changing everything over would be a hurdle that I would need good reasons for. In germany presta feels dominant to me.
Schrader are only good for about 45psi unless you want to pump your tyres up like every day. I want to hold 65psi on my 26er sporting some rather delicious Sri Lankan made 26x1.50 slicks made by DSI and I'm struggling with Schraders. A lot.
The hole in my deep dish rim (no pun intended 😂) well it needs a plug of some sort to accommodate presta, maybe bike Farmer from Wisconsin could offer some advice.
I find Schrader Valves annoying when pumping up a tyre, because I often can't get the pump off the valve fast enough.
I especially mean pumps that hold onto the valve by pulling a lever.
I've got a QR disc brake bike, and I do a lot of fiddling with the the nut and lever to slightly shift the wheel whichever way to keep the rotor from rubbing. I've gotten pretty good at it, but I have a lot of practice. Also helps that I have the easiest brake calipers of any type to adjust: Avid BB7s
Oop, dropped a comment
Did Dawn soap sponsor you yet. LoL . Thanks , another great video ! Ride Safe everybody...
Never use an aerosol lube near a rotor!
I'd like to see the same video, but with an 80s-90s road bike
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and rule of thirds
DO Americans just not use Presta valves? It's the most common type here.
Hey Bike Farmer, how come you turned to presta valve into a schrader kind? I never really understood why one might be preferential to the other tbh
Because regular people are baffled by Presta valves and I’m sick of having to talk it through with no chance of being taken seriously
That's honest work. A kid's gonna love it.
are presta valve tubes more difficult to find in north america? arent bike pumps compatible with both valve types?
Do you really not know how dumb Americans are?
I bought a new bike in September and it has Presta valves. I love them. It’s not hard to find them. I carry a spare & patches but a Walmart near me has Presta! I buy from my Bike Shop though; I want to make sure Sunshine Bike Shop stays in business! ☺️
Most people only have a pump from 1986 that only does Schrader lol.
Hier in België is het een fiets land en hier vinden de mensen in de fietsenwinkel waar ik aan nieuw en tweedehands fietsen die ventiel wel goed ook voor elektrische fietsen
are you liable or willing to take liability for recalled parts???
What size frame and style bikes sell better? Is there colors (Purple or Pink ETC...)or sizes to stay away from? Is there a specific tire tread pattern tire that sells a bike better when replacing tires?Are recumbent bikes good to flip or a narrow market?
You’ll just have to keep watching!
Personally i would never buy a bike with a big frame for tall people, cause you could only sell it to a big person. But if you have a midsized or small frame, you can almost always adjust the height for the new owner via the seatpost and stem.
I once bought a frame from ebay and somehow wasn't aware of the size of it.
I ended up having a 23,5" frame at home, which is too big for me.
After a while I had also put it back on ebay and it sold rather quick.
There seems to be a demand for bigger bikes or frames.
@@MetalTiger88 personally it seems like anything under a 16" frame is hard to get rid of.
The fork suspension on my trek 4100 is completely seized Should have buy a new one or is there anything i can do?
Silicone spray.
I picked up a Trek 8000 with a Rockshox Judy T2 on it. I'm having a hard time getting bump stops. The elastomer pieces seem ok but you can get a rebuild for $61. I'm about to just get another fork for it.
Little bit of steel whole on those forks and a wire brush on the cassette would clean that surface rust right up. Small cosmetic things like that makes it sell better.
eh?
When there is time the cassette can also be put in Evaporust or similar solutions for a day.
I steer clear of most Hayes and ALL Avid hydro brakes when looking for flip bikes. I dont have the time to bleed something 5 times and still not have it right.
I don't have the throughput in my world to be able to break it down by brand like that. I've kinda designed things that way. But I'm with you...
@@bkefrmr I flip on the side, affords me to be choosy with preferences.
not going to lie i cried a little when you reamed the presta hole out. but i do understand why you did it.
Well if you can do it with furniture shine, and whatever spray. I'm not so sure if that business formula will last the long run sir.
Aluminium frame and rim lifetime is also limited,so should be taken into consideration
What do you consider the limit on an aluminum frame?
@@ShepherdsSheepdog they crack
Aluminium frames can hold up to about 5 to 10 years, afaik, maybe even longer but at some point they will crack.
That is also why I like Steel frames more, when taken care of they last very long.
They are also more elastic and less rigid than Aluminium frames, which makes riding the bike more comfortable.
I wish I could email you. I can’t find the answer to a question about my bike and I would mail you a check for answering my trivia question lol.
Thanks for accepting the whole glove thing! 😂 You are welcome!
Has he accepted the glove thing??
@@PopInCycles it appears so! I guess enough of the loud and obnoxious crowd convinced him. 🤣😂🤣
It is better to use them when dealing with these mineral oil stuff and others like Teflon for example.
No video has ever recreated the experience of tuning up a bike quite like this.
Not so sure about Giant tyres on a Trek 😉
They are rebranded kenda tires so I don't care.
your website doesnt say which giant bikes you have that are new
so what
pro tip: cutting zip ties, use nail clippers - absolutely flush cut.
Good idea, I have used some pliers with curved blades, which are meant for mani pedi as well lol.
At least when I find them from time to time.
When I don't find them I often just melt the plastic with a lighter for one second or so.
The plastic starts to bubble pretty fast which leaves a rough surface, therefore only melting it very short and then ending up with a smooth surface instead.
I think it can also be molten again when it is rough, it only melts even faster.
Or pressing down on the molten plastic to flatten it, but it should not be too hot of course and the zip tie should better not be very big in that case.
Nail Clippers also have curved blades like the pliers, which leave no sharp edges when the zip tie gets cut at the very end.
I now also have to put a Nail Clipper in my tool box.
1/3 rule looks a bit sketchy but the driving costs in bike flipping is labour time, rent and "unexpected total loss" like frame cracks.
Looks sketchy?
@@bkefrmr older people tend to use the worth "shady".
@@FuchsHorst what’s shady about it?
@@bkefrmr nothing! But I know people still arguing about how greedy bicycle shops are when they are not. People should stop complaining and accept that good service and products have costs and there is no short cut, well except furniture polish.
150 for an hour of work sounds really good, but then you talk to the customer and help with the test ride, and boom, the rate goes down to 75. From that, you need to subtract the shop cost and you quickly move from the "greedy" to the "enough to make a living" territory. Kudos for talking numbers!
I give away my old mountain bikes to the local NICA mtb team for kids who cannot afford a new bike. They really appreciate it and sometimes get a really nice bike. My last gift was a 2018 Trek X-Cal8 w/ upgraded fork, dropper and 1x.
I started a local chapter of Free Bikes 4 Kidz that has given away 10,000+ bikes to local kids in Madison, WI and it has absolutely nothing to do with NICA
@@bkefrmr I sense some... hesitancy towards NICA. Understood. I know an Ohio team who refuses to race in Ohio and comes down to West Virginia. We're nice. hehe
@@BlackMan614 I think that despite the good intentions of NICA, the barrier to entry to mountain biking is very high. I’ve heard the homeschool team here in WI dominates. I just don’t think it’s a good school sport. Heck, I don’t think cycling should be a sport at all, so…
@@bkefrmr I disagree wholly. I've raced NICA for my entire high school career, and many of my friends (myself included) work and pay for their own bikes and entrance fees. I think it's a very approachable, and, most importantly, FUN sport. NICA is one of the only interscholastic sport that I find offers fun if you want, but can also provide that competitive fix if the racer chooses so. The great thing as well is, while it might have a higher barrier to entry than a sport like soccer, the cost of a bicycle is an investment that you can use for transportation as well. So not only will the money be well spent on a bicycle that you can race and have fun on, but it will save you LOADS of gas money and even potentially save you from buying a car as well. NICA has changed my life with the people and places it's taken me, so I encourage every kid with an MTB to mow a few lawns and try it.
People will still sell their used bikes that has been stored in the backyard out in the elements for $400 and up just because it says TREK or Specialized on the frame!
Do I ever agree with you on disc brakes, unless you are working your way down a mountain trail at high speed I see no reason why rim brakes are not adequate and a whole lot easier to adjust.
that's the perfect bike that'll get a kid many many years of enjoyment. call me old fashioned, but I so much prefer a 3x8 or 3x9 drivetrain with well spaced cassette gearing. none of those MASSIVE granny gear cassette. $400 was about what my kid's new 24" cost back in 2016, and if that used 4300 were available I'd have looked hard at it for him. after all he put just about the exact same scratches on it as that one has! 😂
Ever heard of Dingle Speed Drive Train?
It is a single speed rear cog with a 3x crank set.
I assume the wear of the chain is less severe and many use mainly the middle chain ring, which reduces the wear even more.
I read about someone suggesting to drive on a big chain ring up to the third biggest cog, because the bigger cogs don't wear off as fast as the small ones.
I now often only use the third biggest cog the whole time for all three chain rings (3×8).
I still haven't counted how many teeth it has.
I might try to set up a Dingle Speed Drive Train
Going from presta back to schrader is like going back 25 years. That’s a no no!.
Not the presta valve!!!!! Noooooooo
Sounds like Charlie Parker @5:17
Why a personal evaluation of the value of a bike, instead of Bicycle blue book? No judgement, purely curiosity; where I work uses it to head off customers getting salty about trade in value (we don't purchase outright), since the idea of a car blue book value is something they're already familiar with.
Bicycle Blue Book is bullshit
BBB is wildly inaccurate. It's a guide, but ebay sold auctions and your knowledge of the local market is far superior. I am always able to sell for more than what BBB claims.
@@BrantleySmithNC eBay/existing sales as a reference totally makes sense, and I figured knowledge of the local market played into it. Thanks for the reply and fun videos!
I've bought multiple "AS-IS" bikes from Bicycle Blue Book before (they are local). Bicycle Blue Book put NOTHING into the bike other than photograph it and list it. They won't accept anywhere near the price they quote you on the "value" of the bike. Even their "AS-IS" bikes are priced higher than any worth they show you. So they F'up the rest of the used market by giving folks the impression that you're charging WAY too much when you sell a used bike. It's a racket they have going.
@@lastfm4477 it’s bullshit. Like, no basis in reality. Completely irrelevant. It’s like, not even a thing to consider for any reason.
I would have taken it one step further and bleed the brakes.
So many Treks come with bent hangers out of the box, it's absurd.
Lordy I hate disc brakes. And Hayes are awful. But at least they're a WI company ;)
I'm curious if your business insurer grilled you about the liability of used bicycles? Big product manufacturers get sued alot (Trek) but what if you miss a crack in a head tube? Perhaps where you live there aren't many lawyers cycling around
Anyone who knows anything loves presta . Otherwise great vid! 😂
Hey, I have the same bike😂👍
ruining a presta wheel to appeal to the lowest common denominator is pretty tragic. the schrader to presta adapters suck.
Tragic? On this bike? Ok, buddy.
Can I buy parts from you. I'm in northern Minnesota. I don't sell bikes. Bikes are ment to restore and preserve! ?
Sure. Drive on down. I don't stock much, but everything I own is for sale. Bring cash!
Note to myself: never consider to buy a disc brake bike with QR wheels.
why didn't you remove that horrible piece of plastic behind the gear box?
Bikefarmer likes the so called Dork Disc and of course thinks they are useful.
That is why he dosen't call it Dork Disc.
If its got 26" wheels, it is long dead on marketplace. Even full XTR bikes with 26" wheels are dead.
Not theres anything wrong with them, but nobody wants them.
A friend has over 150 semi vintage bikes in his backyard, a hoarder. People call him and just want them hauled away, no charge. There they sit. Local craigsist there are guys with 60 bicycles for sale....150.00 each and they sit for ever and ever.
Lucky for me, this particular mom asked specifically for a 26” bike. There’s so much wrong with what you’re saying here, but I understand your point of view - that of a cyclist
Cold dead hands, I say!
The video was great up until you trued the rotor using your hands, WITH your oily gloves! That oil will most certainly contaminate the rotor and pads, disrupting the transfer layer of pad material, causing everything to squeak and, worst of all, NOT stop the rider. Use the park tool truing fork (DT-2) for a professional job, or you can use a screwdriver/allen to wedge in between the rotor's gaps.
lol ok buddy 🤣😂
@@bkefrmr I'm not sure what there is to laugh about. That's a problem - a safety problem. There is a reason you DONT touch the contact surface with your hands (natural oils), and an even larger reason you don't touch it with a lubricant on your gloves? That is dangerous, especially when you're marketing to the "normal people" as you so call them, who have little knowledge of how disc brakes work, so they bring their squeaky brakes in and the only fix is to order a new rotor and new pads. That's more money that they have to shell out to fix a bike that you already "tuned up"
@@bkefrmr 15:34 for referencec
It doesn’t sound like there’s much profit on bikes. $150 profit doesn’t pay the bills. I don’t know how you do it in today’s economy.
Hmm well this is a Trek and the frame looks pretty clean and unharmed. IN fact this green model, is a pretty popular one, and has been popular as well. It should be a complete touch up, delivering you a bike worth of about 300 Euro, which is about 300 bucks. The higher you buy it, the less you can do with it to retouch it. So selling it for more, might do with a XT system added to it, which the bike is worth. Secondhand good operating would be fine.
Than selling it for 325. All together I wouldn't have started it, when I would have needed to buy it for more than a hundred. Last not least it is a kid's bike size, and that market,...with 350 on the sale board, people will simply get a new one in the lower price range these days. And if people look for quality, sure, they will want this one,...when it is basically upgraded to the second hand parts they want new on their new bike. Well XT is this category's max or an old SLX system.
Yet up one or so from Deore would do. When it would be all new Deore this bike would need to cost about 425 to 450. Comparing it second hand in the new market, a MTB with a Deore system comes from 750 Euro or 750 bucks and upward. SO that will stand it's desired setup and has to sell. So...one notch up and sell it. Than again...who would buy their kid an XT system on a second hand bike, can also think of a new lower quality system bike...So no... I wouldn't have touched this touch up.
Unless I would have a drawer of good and clean looking parts to add to it...and upgrade it. But well, that is only my opinion. I would have needed to buy it for about 90 Max., there will be more love going in to this build, than money getting out of this build. The customers for it will be price minded, so using it to obtain a new steady customer is a lost cause. I am sorry, it is a great frame, as a future old school bike, it will look great, so...buy it as cheap as can, and put it on the attic.
It will take space, time, and eventually you notice, where to get complete sets to upgrade it. So than again you need donor bikes and what not. Good luck with it :) I hope I am wrong. But buying it for 120, adding the lowest priced parts to touch it up, for maybe 80 all in, 200 + cost of time, say 250 invested, and selling it for 300 - 350. so 100 profit. hmmm...that could work...yet it will never be a better bike than it was I guess. One more round and it will be recyclable.
So in 7 to 9 years this bike is wasted. That is,...sad, but not too sad, there was a high sale on this specific model, so I am sure there is people out there, keeping it in the right price range it used to sit. For a bike shop this is a possible tough up, not sure if one could easily progress this way, privately though. That would come down, to keeping all parts you got in a drawer, and sure I do, but even those sold out. :D So good thing you tried. But this as a nice private project, neah...I wouldn't :D
Working on this for 100 Bucks...is a nice project though. For you it is :) In between selling other bikes, I could get that economic count as well. Selling it again to a single mom, with a kid...why not. So great work! Yet I am telling once that furniture spray works down, this bike will have a sad life. New parts on it...hmmm...they would give it love knowing it are great parts, now it is,...sitting there, making the rain flush your furniture spray man. I don't think...it is that right. At all. But that is my opinion.
This clean second hand deserved a one notch up upgrade, it worked for it, before delivering it as professionally reviewed and touched up second hand. Price 375,- and bye bye furniture spray. i rather would have taken it delivering it upgraded, with a margin of max 25-50 bucks. But seeding for new customers, delivering a bike with furniture spray depending pleasure ability,...lol. Not so sure if that works for a long run. Sorry for my critical note. But this is what I think of it. The kid riding this one, will need to do with 50% love? And metal dust all over his rear derailleur. Wow. Alright.