11 Ways You're Wrecking Your Bike | Don't Let Your MTB Cost You Money
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- Mountain Bikes are expensive things! Yes, they're a tool to be used and abused in the woods in the name of fun and we're not suggesting that you wrap it up in cotton wool, never to be ridden in anger! But there are several ways that you can give your bike that little bit of extra care and attention in order to save money on maintenance or resale value in the long run! Neil and Anna are here to explain.
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
0:00 - Not Washing Your Bike
0:49 - Over Washing Your Bike!
1:24 - Too Much Lube
2:18 - Snapping your Chain
3:23 - Not Looking After Your Threads
5:23 - Never Bolt Checking
6:47 - Not Padding For Transport
8:21 - The Wrong Parts For The Wrong Bike
9:20 - The Wrong Compound Tyres
9:44 - Using Protection Spray Wrong
10:27 - Leaning Your Bike Wrong
10:49 - Putting The Bike Upside Down
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What's your trick to looking after your bike that you don't think most people will know?
Hi
Love the videos
A dedicated bike blanket like the moving blankets you had are great to put the bike upside down on. Grass also works well and is free.
The air pressure in your suspension (same for tires) is very dependent on ambient air temperatures. I normally run more air in the cold winter times, as air is denser when it gets colder (the more dense the air, the more psi you need) - therefore one needs more PSI to maintain the same sag as when one rides in the warmer seasons.....there is no year round PSI setting. Always adjust per the season.
@@jokermtb 👍I keep this (and altitude) in mind when tuning tire pressure but never even considered suspension until you mentioned it
Depends completely on what kind of bar you have when it comes to flipping it upside down. Mine rests on the grips and edge of the seat since the oneUp bar has a rise to it. Both of those are replaceable high wear items so resting the bike on them really doesn't matter at all and makes accessing parts of the bike easy when you don't have a lift
yeah. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would SLIDE the bike upside down on the ground to the point that it'd slash the seat?
tbh that was the dumbest part of the video imo, together with the leaning part.
like yeah leaning with the tire is safer, but will also get the walls scratched pretty freaking quick.
Trying to keep your bike in pristine condition is futile because, given the nature of mountain biking, if you ride your bike anywhere off road, it's going to get banged up, guaranteed. There's no avoiding it, and, frankly, there's no reason to. It's just part of the hobby. Also, I flip my bike upside down all the time to work on it, and I've never damaged the saddle, so there's that.
I also flipped it lately while working on it, I just placed something under the handle bars that it doesn't get scratched.
Trying to service your bike because your bored or its raining then heading to the bike shop a week later to pay someone to fix it ...
Lol 😂 yeah being bored sux
Been there!!
@@williamdistasio9358 oops silly auto correct
I feel attacked
Or paying a bike shop to fix your bike and having to redo the work a week later yourself because they hire incompetent mechanics…
Great video. I’m just starting my big wheel biking career. I’m a long time BMXer. I have a lot to learn about the big bikes. Thanks for the tips👍👍
I actually don’t lean bikes drive side out as often anymore. If it’s drive side out and some knocks it over, then it’s falling onto the drivetrain
thats a good point, exception if your laying it on the ground tho.
My favorite thing to do is to never check my thru axels which eventually come loose. Then my wheel gets a little wobbly and I start popping spokes.
Good times!
Me too 😂
Look over your tires after each ride. You may find all kinds of sharp objects embedded, thorns, thistle, goat heads… Same with weeds caught in the drivetrain.
Crank/pedal cross threading....guilty as charged! The cross threading/hack from installing backwards like shown on the vid really works!
Cool, I was actually wondering if anyone had any success with that hack. 👍
Thank you for some good advice. Especially the pedals.
Any time! Re-threading from the opposite side is a life-saver.
Thanks heaps for the great Info on keeping my Beast in good shape Legendary effort Guys n Gals
Our pleasure!
Not crashing your bike is the best option.😂
And the winner is... 😆
Great advice. Now you need a video on how not to ruin things with your bike. I leaned my bike on my car and the hand grip caps did nice little circular art work on the door as it slid down. 🤭
Oh no! An easy one to do if you're in a hurry though. Hopefully they buffed out ok?
One guy finished his ride, was gassed out and leaned his bike against his truck while he's catching his breath stiil had his gear on. Another guy shows up and parks next to him (mind you, there was plenty of other spaces to park that were open) then the bike falls against the guys car who just showed up and he screams you've got to be F-ing kidding me! Well of course the winded rider found enough air to yell "Well who told you to park right the eff next to me!" Just saying common sense and courtesy goes a long way to avoiding damage, conflict etc.
Two things come to mind on turning the bike upside down.
First is advice I've seen for those who don't ride very regularly. Turn the bike upside down overnight before a ride. This brings the oil in the fork shocks in contact with the seals and makes sure they are lubricated and working well the next day. I don't know if this is worth doing or not.
Second thing is that leaving it upside down too long can allow air to pass the diaphragm on top of the brake reservoirs and result in bubbles in the fluid, reducing braking effect. It sounds a bit of a long shot, but possible.
You’re spot on about the brakes. I learned that the hard way.
Love the video keep up the great work
Thanks! Will do!
That Nuke is clean af, tuff looking rig
Rethreading from the back of a crank, that’s an old engineering trick. My dad taught me that when I was an apprentice. Just been through my hardtail with a fine tooth comb too, my derailleur hanger was loose… good job I checked…
What about over-tightening or over-torqueing bolts whilst making sure everything is tight and rattle-free?
It's agood way to ruin your bike parts fast!
That white Canyon looks sick.
Scratching any bike is SO annoying when it’s scratched for a stupid reason, I can accept scratches easier when i’ve scratched my bike on the trails.
Flipping your bike is the only way to make some diagnostix (drivetrains for example), without having repair stand, why not to do it in your storage with a clear floor and some soft mat
The Swat tool in the headset of my Specialized is a bit of a problem. There’s no star-nut, so you have to tighten the bearing bolt from the bottom of the steerer and it wants to loosen up sometimes.
Hi guys, great advice. Just found a really good chain lubricant, DuPont Chain-Saver Wax-based Lubricant it repels grit and grime. It has 88 five star reviews. Don't know if you can get it where you are.
About frame protection, this satin matte finish paint job that a lot of bikes have is nice but it wears down to a glossy texture at the base of the top tube from my knees. There’s no protection down that far.
Thanks for a nice video as always. May i ask about details of the small torque wrench. I would like to find and buy one. Best regards Fredrik from sweden
It's a Topeak Ratchet Rocket with a TorqueBox X piece attached to it.
Not sure if this is specific to Reverb dropper posts, but I've heard that you shouldn't hang (and probably pick them up) by the saddle when the post is down as this could cause air to get into the system and make it not work properly.
Tru dat.
true, it was the first thing i was told by my bike mechanic in local shop. never lift your bike by the seat anymore. he saw just too many people bringing back their bikes with wrecked droppers and was tired of it.
@@84viper The reverb is pneumatic, with hydraulic activation. Why and how do so many clueless people don't know this?
If that’s true, the post is a piece of junk
@@bchearne good job i only paid £80 for it brand new from a shop. Saying that though. Its worked flawlessly for me since 2018 as i make sure i dont now lift the bike by the saddle.
I find that every time I've inverted my bike for maintenance I have to bleed my hydraulic breaks again afterwards. I now have a chain hanging from the ceiling in my garage with a large metal ring on the end of it. I can then just hook the front of the seat in the ring to hold the rear wheel off the ground for servicing the drive train. The chain hangs on a hook at the top so I can shorten it as required.
I’ve got one of them in my basement 😅😊
I've got the same tyre combo!
How to stop pedals cross threading cranks by doing what I've been doing since I were a lad. Hold pedal with one hand, introduce the pedal thread to the crank hole and with your other hand, use your thumb and forefinger to turn the pedal axle until it starts going in. Only then, get your tool out, after the screwing's been started. Even easier if the pedal has spanner flats, more room for fingers. This has the benefit of doing it with your fingers having next to no torque. So you can't strip a thread when tightening a bolt with your fingers.
If there're no spanner flats, or you can't get your sausage fingers anywhere near the threads and your using an allen key on the outside of the pedal, insert the long end and turn it lightly with your fingers, until the pedal starts going in.
I don't think I've ever introduced one thread to another with full tool cranking force in my life. Always start them off with my fingers or with the long end of the allen key/ 'screwdriver technique', every time.
Some people call it mechanical sympathy.
That's how you not strip a bolt. Don't just fire in with high torque bolt turning, right from the start.
You guys shouldve mentioned that its common that by storing upside down, the brakes fill up with air or smth like that and they need to be bled afterwards
What tool do you use in the video for bold checking?
Brand and model please
About shifting under load: back in before 2000 I already had "hyperglide" or however it was called to have supported shifting "points" or better said to better "glide" from one gear to another. Has it now been introduced as a new, pricey feature? 😂
Will the Vitoria Mazza Endure casing he fine for trail riding? I can’t find Mazza trail casings that aren’t gray side wall
Anna's bike looks massive 😮
I just pounded some fence posts into the ground with my GG Pedalhead frame. Is this ok?
i never wash the bike itself because i am fully aware of higher pressured water damaging seals, however the only parts that i do clean are fork/shock/dropper stanchions, and chain. literally nothing else needs cleaning. never had rust and had 1 bike nearly 25 years old now with no rust anywhere. also, i would like an opinion on roof racks, as driving with the bike on a roof rack in the rain would be equal to doing a jet wash at motorway speeds wouldn't it?, also, what about the stones being kicked up by the cars in front? surely there's a possibility of a stone destroying your forks or denting your head tube. I've always put my bike in the back of a car for fear of this happening, but there is a problem for me now as bikes are getting bigger and bigger and i can no longer fit them in the car.
i like the explanantion of lube on the chain, funnily enough, its the same method stated on my bottle of lube, ironic
In addition to the advice, I appreciated Neil's comment that his bike takes some abuse. It is a MTB afterall.
How about using a leaf blower after cleaning to blow the excess water away? Anyone?
I'm super confused by Anna's comments around 8:40 where she says not to spec an XC drivetrain on a Trail or Enduro bike...but is that even a thing? Thinking about Shimano's lineup, starting from the most high end to the low end, it goes XTR, XT (which is what I have on both my hardtail XC race bike and my full sus trail bike), SLX, and Deore.
Was drive train just an example? I get that you wouldn't want to put 2 pot calipers with 160mm rotors on an enduro bike, nor put a 100mm fork on one, but I didn't think Shimano or SRAM had variations for use (other than maybe the SAINT crank/pedal components). I always thought an XT derailleur was an XT derailleur whether it was on a Canyon Sender or a Canyon Lux
SRAM’s latest Eagle Transmission has the XX and the XX SL (presumably for Super Light) at the highest end. You’d probably not want to spec the SL version on an Enduro in the interest of robustness. But yeah most other drivetrains that come to mind don’t really have an “XC” and “Trail/Enduro” variation.
@@kevinxodemonth that makes sense. and you’d probably opt for SAINT over XTR for a downhill race bike.
Leaning could have been expanded on - for example, why do people insist on laying a bike down on the derailleur side? Around here we have a low concrete seawall, and it is astounding how many people leave very expensive bikes leaning with their fork stanchions against the top concrete edge.
Lube question - should you then only use a dry lube and avoid wet lubes?
I'd heard that storing a bike inverted for longer periods of time can also cause problems with the brake fluid getting air into it, settling incorrectly outside the master cylinders, etc.
How is that possible in a closed loop system?
@@spudvader Don't ask me. I said "I'd heard..."
And this wasn't coming from a source that I wouldn't trust, it was a bicycle mechanic online, someone who works in the industry.
its not so much air getting into it, its more air already in it getting into parts of the brake system that its difficult to get it out of. Think about it, you pump the fluid in from the calliper, so if the bike is stored upright then the air bubble will be at the lever, so you can just inject a tiny amount of oil and the bubble is gone. however air will be a lot harder to remove if its right at the bottom of the system in the calliper. its common sense, i dont know why people dont have brains nowadays.
@@garethhughes5745 That would mean the the brakes weren't bled properly if there is air in the system, hence my question. So it doesn't answer the question, so it looks like the prick doesn't have a brain
when stacking multiple bikes in the car , or on a rack .. take the pedals off .. all the scratches on my wheels are from my sons bike ...
Underbiking can shorten the life of your bike, but help form you into a better rider.
I guess I don't ride hard enough. I run a Specialized Control casing XC tire in the US coastal Mid-Atlantic region. 3300ish miles with no problems. I'm in the top 25% of Strava segments on single-track and 73 kilos. There's this other small race (Cape Epic 2023) where Specialized claims they had no tire/wheel failures. Aren't you supposed to ride the terrain according to your skill AND equipment level?
Setting your bike upside down on the lawn to clean it - only to have the moisture drain into the downtube cable, etc. holes and then collect at the base of the Dropper Post Mech to $$$$$ rust it out to failure. (Don't ask me how I know!!!)
Where does everyone get their bike frame protection from??
man don't be telling me i can't flip my bike upside down those bike stands be costing more than my bike 💀
Hi which bike is that white one? I want one of those please give me the full spec
Or Shimano XTR? Hyperglide+ is available from Deore 12sp and upwards for a fraction of the price of SRAM Transmission!
Run a fender! It can save your frame and even stanchions from rock chips, not to mention keep dog poo of your face..
I have made a mistake when cleaning a dusty bike with a damp rag. I have a matte colour and now it has plenty tiny scratch marks... sooo not the best idea.
Question to Niels, what's your seat and head angle? I am currently eyeing a bike with 66° head angle with cheap Rockshox Gold fork but, don't know how to make it slacker. I love the bike's frame.
There is 2 brand that sell special head cap set to slacken the fork head angle. I looked this up 2 years ago on Amazon. Its like $40. By 1,2 or 3 degrees.
What about going mullet on a non-mullet and vice versa, does that ruin your bike? Not transporting your bike properly, can ruin your bike. Lending your bike can be ruined, depending on the rider.
Too true! Although we're not sure many bikes have the frame clearance to fit a 29er wheel in the back when there's no intention for one to be there 🧐
@@gmbn I meant the bigger wheel always the front; 29/27.5? Does making a non-mullet mullet (29/27.5) damage the frame? Does making a mullet a non-mullet (27.5/27.5).damage the frame?
@@horusgarcia1it’s hard to say with certainty, because different manufacturers have different specs to their frames. A certain brand/model might hold up very well to being mulleted (even though unintended for such) while another brand might develop cracks or even snap at the head tube. The best is to always do your research by seeing what other riders of the brand/model have gotten away with. Second best is doing your own experiments…
@@horusgarcia1the biggest downside in making a mullet a non-mullet (27.5/27.5) is the bike now rides lower than intended - the components most at risk are your pedals, cranks, chainring and BB.
Run a video about injury and physiotherapy, it’s a sad, but real part of our sport.
The same could be said for any sport.
@@thisishowiedewitt76this is mtb chanel...
My local bike shop recommended that I DON'T hang my new bike vertically in the garage, especially over winter, as it can mess with the hydraulic bits.
Mines been hung for years. Just don’t pull the levers
That broad is legit 👍🏼
I think you guys forgot “Riding way harder trails than your bike is designed for”
Er - Blake Sampson to the comment section 😂
This Is basically Sam Pilgrim
Some good stuff, but honestly, upside down argument is just made up. There is actually benefits in keeping the bikes upside down for *short* periods, as the lube in forks etc. can go up as well.
After about 3 years the last Keurig stopped working th-cam.com/users/postUgkxBrV-RbF5Nk0Rlt9i15aao-YMzqzTG8Vf initially was able to unblock, however eventually we couldn't fix. That one was a replacement unit sent by the manufacturer after we had problems with our very first Keurig. This works fine (lol, at least for now) however I didn't realize the water reservoir was so much smaller than our prior unit. With 2 people having one or two cups of coffee each morning, it seems like I'm refilling it daily. Otherwise just happy to have the convenience of pod coffee vs. making a morning pot.
I put my bike on grass or carpet when its upside down to prevent damage. Id have suggested that rather than say dont do it.
Same, was putting a new tyre on the other week and did exactly that, flip it on the lawn when the grass could do with a cut so as to not damage anything..... That reminds me, I broke the lawnmower shortly after that....needs fixing 😂
Does storing your bike with the dropper down shorten its life?
yes
Even if I had a new super high end derailer, I'd not shift under high pressure.
I ruin my own bike by working on it myself.
That's nothing, people do that with their cars.
@@flynnstone3580 that's nothing, people do that with their houses 🤣
What would you think I put pillows in the trunk of my car to transport my bike?
Another video idea: 10 tips on how to ruin the environnent with your hobby. 1. use toxic chemicals like silicon sprays and PTFE lube so they can pollute the trail. 2. ebikes are way better because they require a bunch of metals and mining and industrial operations. 3. travel by plane as much as you can to ride in sunny and exotic locations, our own trails are sh*t . 4. change your bike every year, its going to be outdated otherwise. 5. you know the rest .... ;-)
Shouldn’t you still always try to shift smoothly and not under load?
That is the way to go to play it safe and get the most reliability out of your drivetrain, but some of the newer groupsets coming out now are better designed to support shifting under load without causing excess wear and tear on components. Changes to tooth profiles, shifting ramps and the design of the chain links all help make it possible!
Contrary to hipster-yuppy myth; a bike is still somewhat rideable with with a speck of dust or a small paint scratch. But just to be safe though, make sure you never take your MTB off the pavement under any circumstances. They just weren't designed for that kind of abuse! 🙄
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I've never put my bike upside down, I swear 🤥
I generally just throw it down a mountain.
That's what the Ebike said about it's crazy rider.
Riding in salty snow ...
The blond woman should adjust her levers.
At Minute 6 they nearly horizontal.
Nobody has the Arms in a horizontal line during biking.
rofl wash your bike, it's trash. Don't wash your bike, it's trash. Make up your minds. I've never washed a bike in all of my 40+ years now and never had a bike ruined by washing or not washing it. :P
Fallen off😂
Not sure blasting a bike with a hose is a good idea,
never jet wash your bike
The worst way to ruin uour bike is mot using it. So I will now go and ride for a while.
This video feels like you guys ran out of topics to make a video on but had to get something out.
Was going to post the same comment- seems like they're out of ideas.
Why not offer some suggestions, then?
Please dont use any cleaners on your lawn or anywhere unless it is bio degradable. Same as car wash videos when they wash their car on the lawn or driveway. It is not ok anywhere.
Sorry, Greta
@@Cous1nJack Your answer just show you have not read the labels on the cleaning chemicals. Many cleaners are dangerous to water living creatures, including humans. It has nothing to do with Greta Tunberg.
@@nissetuta humans don’t live in water
@@Cous1nJack Dont you drink water, or shower, take a bath?
@@nissetuta not from a puddle on the driveway.
Ummm, so only XTR have the nice steppings? Wrong, but a good example of how "influencers" make their money. Based on lies and deceit.
Even the "entry level" Deore casettes already have that. Shame on you Neil, i hope you sleep well at night, on your pillow of filthy money, earned through lying.
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@@kevinxodemonth I’ll stick to handing out thumbs downs, you be a sheep and pay.
I wreck my bike by letting an absolute wanker (me) ride it.