Tired Trek Full Suspension gets absolutely overhauled!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ส.ค. 2023
- In this market, it's really hard to make a profit on used bikes. But we can try our hardest to put good ones back on the trail! When a family friend told me they were looking for a mountain bike for their daughter, I found them a tired old Trek for $750, and gave it a major overhaul. But did I overpay?
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Keep the Flip Bike Series coming. Great content for all bike enthusiasts.
yes!
I enjoy it 🚲
yes please!!
I love this series. Makes me much more willing to buy used and upgrade.
My buddy bought a used Marlin 5. We upgraded it by putting a new crankset, bottom bracket, rear wheel, cassette, shifter, derailleur, and wheels. The bike was $280. After upgrades it could be sold for $700+ for when he decides to get full sus.
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Agree, but keep in mind that Seth has well over $1000 worth of tools at his disposal.
@@stradric Agreed 👍 I do basic maitnence myself, but big overhauls/upgrades definitely go to the shop. What he does is open my eyes to the possibilities.
@@ashleylaughlin1425 just keep in mind Seth has years of experience to be able to eyeball a bike and have a good idea what he’s getting into. If you don’t know what you don’t know, you can very quickly end up with a money pit.
Love watching these videos! I can slowly learn how to service my own bike by watching you flip bikes, thank you
I stumbled across this series and channel while trying to modernize and fix my neglected 2008 Trek 6000. Thanks to advice and insights from this series it’s now converted to a 1x9, hydraulic disks, new bars, stem, grips, seat, bearings repacked and running great. All for around $250 as well! The added bonus is the quality content on this channel I now know about!
Yeah I could have gotten a new, modern bike, but I love to fix things and make them better. I feel more proud to ride my upgraded bike than I would to have bought one new.
What do you watch Flip Bike for? Is it the fixing up of bikes, the proof of value, the education, or something else? In this market where even bike companies are struggling to make a profit, we can still put bikes on the trail and have fun with it. If the "flip" is just a bonus feature for you, I'll get to work on finding some more clunkers!
Just a fun process to watch truthfully
I watch it just dreaming of one day also owning a nice bike
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In a way it feels like some justification of the Buy, Upgrade, Sell cycle that has taken me from Walmart bike to a Specialized Status in a few years with way less out of pocket at a time than most of the people I ride with.
i watch it to learn how to work on a bike and becuse is fun.
These flip bike videos are probably my favorite series of yours. Keep this up.
Seth I have learned so much from your videos. I love the flip bike series and hope to see more bikes overhauled by you regardless of price because with you it is the personal touch and explanation of what is going on with the choices you make for the bikes. I like the built not bought attitude that you have with flip bike.
It's so nice that you did this for the daughter of your family friend, Everyone trying to get into mountain biking should have someone who know their way around a bike and can help make sure a bike is in good shape for riding. Props
This video is pure perfection, except for seths fly being down at 8:00
Wachu mean fly? 😂
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I love the flipbike series. They are fun to watch and I especially like watching how you overcome issues you find on older bikes, like that frozen pivot bolt. Please keep them coming.
It’s amazing to see this series back, thanks to this I learned so much on bike mechanics and restoration work. Thank you Seth for bringing it back! Greetings from the Netherlands!
Finally! Best series on the channel! Flip bike and trail building are the best! ❤
Incredible! I only recently restored the same bike, only in Medium - and I was inspired by the Flip Bike series!
I had a fuel EX8 of the same age as this. The geometry was all kinds of wrong, but the suspension and components were bulletproof
I love this series. not only are you doing something SUPER rad by putting your time and money to get good bikes in the hands of people who want them, but im also learning WAY more watching these than i ever do on "how-to" videos. im actually considering doing some of my own maintenance and restoration on my bikes.
So a little over a year ago, I went down with rotator cuff surgery and during recovery, I found your channel. Fast forward to today and I’m riding an old Trek 3500 in the same color scheme as this one and trying to get healthier and more active. Your videos have been informative as well as inspirational to for getting back pedaling after a many- years hiatus! Thanks for the great vids, entertainment and info! Hope to meet you some day and thank you personally!
I could not care less if the flip makes a profit. I enjoy watching the process of you evaluating the bike and picking where to maintain/upgrade.
Would love to see a full linkage/suspension overhaul video. There's a lot of specialty tools that a lot of home mechanics don't have. Would be great to see you "get by" and tips for improvising with more common tools. Great video as always!
@@enriqueamaya3883 can jesus teach me to service my suspension with limited resources? If he can, I’ll consider believing in him (but almost definitely not).
Got my first bike in 2019... I enjoy your rebuilds... you got me into MTB biking and buying my first bike and upgrading... 4 bikes later and I still get a kick at your rebuild episodes.... solid 👊🏼
I love flip bike for the fixes. My favorite bike is an old 94 Kona Kula. I've learned some cool tricks, great tips and cheap fixes from this segment. And it helped me appreciate my old girl more then I did.
Nice job on the rebuild. I really enjoy watching your videos
Hello Seth I have been watching your videos for about a year and I absolutely love them keep up the good work!
I love watching Flip Bike! In part for the technical know how and also because old bikes are pretty cool. Glad to see you giving them new life on the trails!
Love this series! I’m pretty new to mountain biking and have been slowly fixing my trek superfly FS, this series has given me tons of tips and helped me figure out a game plan!
This is such a crazy coincidence I just got a 2011 hifi pro with pretty much the same neglect not as cutting edge as that fuel 9 but when you’re trying to get a full suspension that’s good you can’t quite beat 400. Hoping to breathe new life into my tired trek just like you are doing here!
Brilliant video as always Seth. Inspired me to change the bearings on my linkage myself as opposed to getting my shop to do it!
Keep them coming Seth. This is a good series. Helps people to look into this option and semi upgrade parts for a better bike. Also helps you look out for things that are wrong with a 2nd hand bike
Love seeing you refresh bikes!
This series has inspired me to work on my bike and fix up some old family bikes in the shed.
Great Videos, keep it up.
I really like those types of Video, but showing the repair a bit more detailed would make it even better
I love watching overhaul and restoration videos of almost any kind and with bikes it's no different! Great work getting these back on the trail.
Seth, keep the breadth of videos coming. The Flip Bike series is fun as you seem to enjoy taking what you see in a bike and tweaking it to get to its full potential ... all the while explaining what you're doing and keeping it real.
My experience with buying used bikes to build up my stable is it can be hit and miss. I overpaid for the first bike as all the running gear eventually had to be replaced and as you noted in the video I could have spent the same money on a new bike with an upgraded front shock. Sometimes its the journey and not the destination and Seth's can-do attitude is infectious.
Its fine, even trek owners overpay for trek bikes :)
Just not as much as Specialized owners overpay by 😂
As a trek owner I buy used bikes for a reason…
@@TheAegisClaw*cries in specialized*
As a Trek owner myself, unfortunately I agree
You inspired me to build a bike from old bikes at the bike shop. They let me build it, it was insane. Thank you for being my Mentor
I gotta say, this channel is amazing. Super informative and funny at the same time. My son and I just recently caught the bike fever and watched like a gazillion videos on the topic. This channel got my sub.....we love the whole package. Keep them videos coming ❤
I watch these videos because I appreciate keeping perfectly good bikes on the trails and you present them very well. It is informative and hopefully will inspire more people to do the same. Please keep them coming.
I like watching the upgrade and fix videos and they're some of my favorites. Breathing new life into things that have been used and neglected is lovely as it is, but it's also a great way to figure out upgrade paths and what servicing needs to be done.
I've started riding again after I bought a cheap and misused MTB from a flea market and it's been a fun repair and upgrade path to get it to where it is now. The only thing that's left of the original purchase is the frame, but the bike is mine. Everything on it fits me and it's the most comfortable and maneuverable bike that I've tried. Getting random compliments on the street about the bike is such an unexpected and satisfying thing, knowing the sorry state it was in when I got it.
It's silly, but I want to see more older bikes being rejuvenated and out into the world, getting complemented.
It’s the education and restoration for me that I love to see! Your Flip bike videos are my favorite! I think your best video ever was the vintage white Diamondback restoration 🔥 keep up the good work!
I was gifted a bike just like this recently from a group of friends I ride with at this bike park I go too since I was riding a huffy using it as a dirt jumper, and it's really nice to see my favorite mtb'er TH-camr flip one. My love for riding mtbs all started with watching sethsbikehacks since 2017 and it's just been a blessing how far ive came and how far this channel came to be what it is now. Thanks to you Seth, your channel has welcomed me to this sport going out riding bikes, and also learning how to work on them💪
I have a 2012 Trek Remedy 8, just upgraded it to higher specs thanks for your Flip Bike videos. Now I'm watching a similar Trek going on almost the same thing as my bike. Thank you for the awesome videos Seth!
This series is awesome. I have watched your Flip Bike videos over and over again. It helps give me ideas of what and how to upgrade my bike to fit my needs :)
Love seeing you flipping older bikes! I have a 2013 trek rumblefish that has the had the same drive train and suspension. Was very difficult for me to find the seal kit for the rear shock. Those drcv was a short lived series
So glad to see Flip Bike come back. Watching your series gave me the background I needed to convert my son’s 3X to a 1X drivetrain for less than $100 and extend the life of the bike by another year with a “mega-range” cassette. As you said, it’s not always about the money. I kept a decent bike on the trails, and I’ll be able to pass it on to someone else in another year with much better functionality.
Gosh your videos are fun to watch. Thanks Seth!
Seth, I always pick up maintenance tips and how tackle problems (stuck bolts and measurement issues) when I watch this series. Thank you!
Great choice in picking purple. Not something I'd normally choose, but seeing it now... man... that looks so good with the greens.
I just binged the whole series. Insane amount of value. Keep them going!
I love flip bike for a few reasons, one to see you rescue old bikes for someone else's future enjoyment, to get ideas that I may use on my old Haro in future (I have already bought CST's for it and a Hussefelt stem to get rid of the terrible steering feel and to bring the bars closer to my hands) and to learn how to rebuild bikes so one day I can pull my 7Point apart and do a complete rebuild. So thanks for doing these Seth and bring on more Flip Bikes!
Please continue this series! I love watching the successes and failures and whole process overall. It has inspired me to try my hand at flipping bikes. Though, not the most profitable side hobby, it is fun and challenging. Just bought a whole set of tools to work on the bikes I have recently aquired and will be having fun with them for months to come as I strip down, clean, polish and spec them out.
Awesome video as always, you brought this bike back to life! keep on doing that!
Looks amazing, your friends daughter will be stoked. Well done. I just renovated a 90s hybrid Giant verge find into a gravel bike. It is now my favourite bike. So satisfying.
I like to see the upgrades and decisions you make in these videos. Very helpful even if there’s little profit in it.
I love flip bike you need to do them all the time. Fun and educational to see you working on everything, and good bikes are so expensive there are a lot of us fixing up old stuff. I have a great one in pieces I need to get going and I find these videos fun and helpful!
I love these videos. I love all the berm peak videos, but flip bikes are inspirational for those of us building our old bikes into something special on a budget. Really looking forwards to more, even if they are passion projects rather than profit projects.
Keep ‘em coming. Great series!
I’ve watched a lot of the Flip Bike series, and I learned a lot from Seth! I recently stumbled apon a 2016 Commencal Meta, Purchased it, Flip biked it, and Im enjoying it for myself!! This bike is up to date and still feels amazing for few year old bike. I loved saving this bike and it’ll forever be ridden..
I don't even ride and I thoroughly look forward to this series. I look forward to learning about parts, how to fix them, affordable solutions to keep a bike up. It definitely gets the juices flowing and has me wanting to dive in to the hobby and have some confidence in doing so
Hope this gets the views, cause it's so enjoyable to watch the process and repair choices made along the way.
Thanks yet again Seth. These Flip Bike episodes always make me want to go out and clean, service, or rebuild one of my many bikes. Profit aside, keep em coming! An unused bike returning to the trail is totally in the spirit of Flip Bike!
I am soo happy to see Flipbike back on the channel.❤
Love this series, very nice to watch plus we always learn something new!
Man, this was so satisfying to watch! Thanks for the wonderful content Seth! 😄👍
Super enriched on that man. Thanks for this video it was fun to watch.
Trying to get into mountain biking again for the first time since I was a child and this series is great for helping me shop used bikes online
I love the flip bike stuff. I love the old to new sequences and the finished article always looks ace. Keep doing these vids.
This series is the best imo, educative and great to watch. hope to see more!
Flip Bike vidz are excellent for all the reasons not associated with profit and loss. Thanks for sharing, Seth!
I really love these flip bike videos Seth! Keep it up!!!
The flip bike series is one I've watched more than once. I love these episodes so a big yes, please. Keep doing what you love and we'll love to keep watching.
I watch for the education and appreciation of bikes. Giving an old bike a new chance at life is satisfying
Love how you compared the work you did too buying a new bike that is very helpful as I am always trying to upgrade my kids bikes or contemplate buying them a new bike.
I love this series Seth! Amazing videos!
Please don't stop bringing the series! Thx to you I overhauled a 2005 Kona which now rides like it was new!
I absolutely love this series! I especially like when you print your own replacement decals. ❤
I love this stuff! Keep up the flips!
Love the series. Keep up the good work.
Today I mentioned Seth as the guy who got me into MTB. Thank you Seth! You rock!
Love it Seth, please keep doing Flip Bike!
I love these videos! We need these more often!!!
Thanks for this video Seth! Today is my birthday. And on this day you post a video in my favorite series!! Thanks man!!
I love these flip bike videos. Keep them coming!
Keep flip bike coming! Just the encouragement to fix up my old bike is well worth it.
Hell yeah please do more of these flip bike series. Fun to watch and even better this bike is going to a family friend.
Great content as always, fun to watch.
Love the flip bike series! Keep them coming.
Because of this series i got myself a used mtb and now im fixin it up.Thanks Seth❤
Absolutely love this series it's great that it's back nice work as always
Nice it’s always entertaining to watch these bike transformations & what parts you’ll use very interesting 👍
Love the vids man keep them going!
It's so cool seeing blips of where I live. And to see another 26 still getting it.
Finally some flip bike again! Had to rewatch the old vids because I enjoy this series so much
Love the Flip Bike series, entertaining yet educational
Incredible confidence tackling all bearings and linkages
been wanting a new flip bike episode forever, so glad to see it back!
Why do I love flip bike so much? It’s such a real series. Sure watching the most expensive newest lightest bikes is cool to watch but it’s not personal since most people will probably never spend that money on something like that. Flip bike is something just about anyone could do themselves. Love to see you find a deal, put in the work, and the flip is fun just to show trying to make a little money even if you don’t. I currently found my bike for a deal and have been slowly upgrading it and may one day try to sell to upgrade my bike for a better one. Would love to see you take the money from the last build if you sell it for $500 buy a new flip bike for $500 and spend ~20% of the value of the bike on upgrades to try to get to the next level of flip bike. Have the goal be to afford a new full suspension Mtb. That’s what I wanna see!
i used to work at a resort in lake tahoe as their summer bike mechanic maintaining their rental fleet back in 2014 thru 2017 and we had a whole fleet of trek remedies with this same configuration and look and feel. this video just sent me back, lol.
I looove this series, its good to be back in this channel
It's so funny, just yesterday I was wondering when the flip bike series would be back, and here we are! Awesome
I really love this series, Seth. I love tinkering and working on bikes and wish I could do the same in my area.
I love all the content you make it’s entertaining and informative. Keep it coming