I had an all steel version of that bike when I was a teenager, and I rode the hell out of it for years until I got too tall for it. Learned how to maintain it and adjust the derailleurs, and I absolutely loved it. You're absolutely right, this is a case of neglect, pure and simple.
I have also a steel version of that too that was originally owned by my dad. Me and my younger brother broke it and it's frame is sitting in the storage for around 20 years. We revived it with new parts, welded disk brake caliper mounts and coverted it from thread type hub into a cassette type and now it was an awesome commuter bike where our streets are quite a bit rough and unpaved.
I’m annoyed he tossed all the plastic parts. I could use an extra sprocket wheel. Mine is a bit…used - supposed to be red, worn and somehow dyed black from dirty oil, can’t seem to be cleaned. I think he kept the bike seat though. Maybe the pedals? I can’t tell. Hopefully he kept the useful bits.
@@blaxpy True, the ones in perfectly good riding shape, yes, are just fine for transportation, but in this condition many poor people can't afford to fix them / buy a new wheel or other part. I have tried to sell bikes like this, and I can get them for free all the time, most needing work of some sort, which often far exceeds resale value if it does need parts, even just a set of tires / tubes. I sell bikes like this for $2 "complete" when I pickup scrap metal / bikes, and they get shipped to another country where bikes are harder to come by and they don't mind doing a little work on them. This at least saves them from the scrapyard, but otherwise not much interest, especially if they even remotely need some work, and most need something; if those people don't buy them from me, they go to the scrapyard (although I do not bother breaking them down, not worth all the time). I get what you're saying, and has potential to be basic transportation, even if the wheel is bent back straight / somewhat rideable, but still many people are not going to pay $10-$20 for a Walgoose or similar, or spend any money to fix them up. I've sold low end Trek's, Diamondback's & Schwinns for $10-$20, but not any Walgoose or similar super cheap bikes.
@@621ELECTRONICS i understand it, but seth didn't get any money on that bike considering the fuel cost, so it would make more sense on this case to give it to a random homeless and he would be pleased, a bike like that is better than nothing, here in argentina you can see a lot of poor people and some of them ride bikes on woorse condition than that one
Donat Kurshumlija I hear you guys loud and clear about Berm Creek (and the wallride) every week. Next month late I’m doing a Berm Creek video which will explain 100% why you haven’t seen much of it. Sad news, but it’ll end up being a good thing.
i was mtb'ing with a friend once. my friend broke his collar bone and in the process his front rim looked very similar to this bike's rim. so i said i would roll his bike out on the back wheel while he rolled mine out on two wheels since that would be the easiest. that worked. but had my friend been alone and broke his collar bone i don't think getting the bike out would have been a priority for him in his state. add the fact that the bike in this video is a Walmart bike. i see why the bike was left on the trail.
I doubt your friend with broken collar bone would heave his bike above shoulder into a nature reserve? What with the pain and all? Such gesture actually suggests to me that the guy was showing off to his mates that were laughing their heads off.
Colin Deal I don’t think you read the other guys comment correctly actually. He’s saying that if the guy were injured, as OP mentioned, he probably wouldn’t have heaved into the forest, as he would have been unfit to do so
I am a furniture repair Technician. I have a scrap pile of bent recliner mechanisms and seat springs. Almost anything that is scrap metal goes in the pile. I even have a bucket that I through the staples I remove to replace upholstery parts or snapped wood screws stripped bolts and small things. My advice would be to keep save up until you have a nice pile and cash in your scrap. I make about $300 a year on scrap metal.
I used to ride when I was younger in like 2nd - 6th grade (I’m 16 now), I was pretty good, my dad helped my build my own jumps, they were only like 3 feet high but that was pretty big for my age. We had a 2 Foot table top jump and one day when I was messing around, I hit my back wheel on the tabletop and went OTB flat faced onto concrete, wasn’t tolled I had a concussion but looking back now I probably did, the crash was so bad, the entire right side of my body has tiny scars and I couldn’t write in school for a month. This crash scared the shit out of me so I haven’t rode since. I recently turned 16 though and I now have a car so If i wanted to go riding i could, instead of awkwardly getting dropped off in my parents car. I’m thinking about riding again, I live about 1 hour from mega cavern now and your videos have really sparked my interest in mountain biking again ( more like dirt jumping but same difference), so thanks for giving me the courage to get back on my mountain bike again can’t wait for my first ride back.
Wear a helmet, and good enough kit to take a hit, get a bike good enough to trust to take a hit, and ride in the country away from concrete and tarmac. Now stop worrying and get out there.
When I was a kid I rode to an abandoned factory and was climbing around in there with my helmet still on. I fell about 5m (16ft) from the roof and landed on a coolroom door (by sheer luck). The helmet cracked in half, I had a bit of a sore back and I reckon I wouldn't be alive today if I wasn't still wearing my bike helmet. Still it looks weird to have it on when you're not on your bike 🤣
and then goes and trashes the whole bike. Yeah yeah, sent some parts to a recycler but the energy, transport, hours put into that bike, it was still a waste. Far worse for the environment than spraying a bit of WD40 (hydro carbons and mineral oil) in a forest
The lengths these kids go to virtue signal. The rest of the story...seth took up fishing and discovered that a nice spritz of WD40 makes lures irresistible to monster bass.
It's all bullshit another eco vandal running around the forest destroying the roots of trees that cross the trail that could leave the trees vulnerable to fungus
31 views, I kinda waited for this moment. I can admit that om NOT into mountainbiking and I have zero experience in it but you make such good content that I watched your videos all the time in the latest week. Good job Seth, you deserve all your views and subs.
I started to watch his videos when I was researching to fix my bike and even if I don't ride it as hard nor as often as he does, I love all of his videos.
Hey man! You should join the squad. Mountain Biking is an awesome sport and a great way to get exercise. Also, the people in mountain biking super friendly (except the “idiot”in this video) and nice. There are many trails everywhere you go and you don’t even have to ride at a trail, you can just ride at the streets or somewhere else. Therefore, Mountain biking is a an amazing sport everyone could do.
The owner was gone for asking for help .. and these two guys went away with his bicycle . 😂😂😂 Owner of bicycle :- huh i think my bicycle want to play hide and seek with me . 😉
@@matth6284 No it doesn't, to the price of scrap metal you add the cost of remelting it, the profit of the scrapyard, the cost of making a sheet then a tube with it, and one or two resellers before the plant building the bike. Plus recycled steel usually cost less than "new" one (rust faster from what I understand) If the frame isn't make of regular round tube but some other shape, it's even more expensive to make. Anyway the tubes alone are probably worth around 20 bucks.
@@travisstorms9951 Well its not a surprise considering the Chinese factories hired to manufacture that bike are paid to make them out of what I call rubberized plastic metal. hell that might even be stronger then what those rims are made of, sheesh most of its strength is derived from the tighten spokes LOL...
@@learningthehardway6186 if seth came with a friend or had another person willing to help. He could show the friends/voulenters bike to a bunch of people or atleast let them get a look of it. If the bikes are reletavily the same coulours toss the trash bike into the bed infront of ppl that saw the other bike . They gonns be like THIS MANZ JUST DID THAT?
Yeah...but Seth is an inconsiderate arrogant showboater. Too selfish and too concerned on video clicks to give a flying fukc about anyone. I fix bikes. I have given bikes to those who needed one. A Ride Bikes. I would not throw a bike around while I make biking videos. To me Seth is a DISHONOURABLE Hypocrite. He does not deserve to ride.
This was fun to watch. I'm currently in the middle of restoring an abandoned Specialized HRXC that had a bent rim, though I just ended up buying new wheels. And a new groupset, tires, shifters, grips, pedals, brakes, deraulleur hanger... and a new Rockshox haha. 🤦 Call it a learning experience!
Even with a low payout, I'm happy to see the bike get melted down for use again. I volunteer at a bike charity and we get a lot of bikes like that in, stuff that's not rideable and people get warm fuzzies by donating it to homeless people rather than throw the bike away. Unfortunately, a Walmart bike that's been left outside isn't really salvageable and it just clutters our warehouse. Weathered (zing) walmart bikes aren't really ride-able, and become an eyesore quickly. I think a lot of areas could really benefit from a rusted bike cleanup effort.
@@iunnox666 A guy on my cross country team tore his ACL. During rehab he racked up 2,800 miles on a Genesis Wal Mart full suspension bike. I offered to let him use a spare police model Fuji I had setup for light trail riding but he declined. The fork seized up first, then the rear shock, then things got weird. The bike just started getting loose. Like I'd tighten things but the low quality hardware would just shred when I went to tighten things the third or fourth time. Tires were scavenged from long abandon bikes on campus. It was impressive.
I had really bad slam and broke my collar bone last week. My bike was smashed up with my front wheel totally taco'ed to the max. I hid my bike in the bushes, so I could go back and collect it at a later date, while I walked home in agony holding my arm. I had an operation the other day to pin my clavicle together and I'm now wearing an arm brace for 12 weeks. I plan on going back up the trail this weekend with my buddy to retrieve my Mongoose and take it home. Wait a second.......!?!?! SEEEEEEETH!!!
Seth knows its not so safe to ride that bike with those wheels. so i think this is why he didnt sell it as it is. For somebody with little bicycle knowledge it could be dangerous
Yeah, but that wheels are dirt cheap, buy used ones, or you maybe have spares. He already invested time, part and money in fixing it to rideable condition, why not finish it and give it to some neighbor kid who would love to ride it. No one normal would drive that on that dirt tracks, but some kid on suburban street would sure want to. I know this is made for fun but it didn't have to end this way 😀🚴
I will suggest you next time you should throw away the old wheel and buy a new one and just give it to someone who need it for little price or gift to poor person. I'm sure you feel more happy to do so.
Selena Bose While I considered this, the cost of the new wheel, two new tires, new cables all around, and new brake pads would have been close to the brand new cost of this bike, and certainly more than the used value. To call it “safe”, this is what it would take. The original owner left the bike in the woods because it would have cost them more to drag it out, so my goal was to remove trash from the forest.
@@SethsBikeHacks Part of the problem is the need to make everything 'safe' and everybody obsessing over having their bikes to the same standard as professional racers. That bike was probably good enough to ride a mile or 2 across town to somebody, even better because you don't worry about it getting stolen
I've seen almost all of Seth's videos but somehow have only now watched this one. For reasons I cannot explain I think this one is my favorite. Maybe because it's the first time I've seen Seth chuck a bike like that :D
Hey Seth, thanks for picking the bike from the forest. I don't understand why some people gave 👎 to this video. I think you did something good for the Environment and I know Mother Nature also appreciate it. Keep the good work! 🤘😎
Except for the fact that he scrapped the bike instead of fixing it up for someone to use (you know, for someone to get healthy/exercise)... and also the gas he used driving to/from the scarper to get rid of the scrap metal, which will likely be put into an aluminium or steel smelter (which are not environmentally friendly to say the least). Google "smelter environmental pollutants". Here, I did it for you. "Some facilities that carry out metal and smelting processes are known to emit high quantities of air pollutants such as hydrogen fluoride, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, offensive and noxious smoke fumes, vapors, gases, and other toxins." Yep, he really respects the environment.
@@CoroaEntertainment Lol imagine getting upset because someone drove to a scrapper and recycled a shitty bike. I bet he's done more for the environment by opening that bike park then you've ever done.
I commend anyone that removed someone else’s trash from the woods! Good Job Seth! That said, most things abandon in the woods is trash and will be thrown away. As Seth’s adventure shows, this bike was not worth the tear down effort. Maybe a beginner bike for someone you are willing to help to rebuild a bike with-new wheels, tires, and the list goes on and on…. Perhaps it is someone that would cover parts cost and you can assist in learning how to maintain a bike.
Hell, I taco'd my front wheel just like that bike halfway back from an 8 hour trail ride, and I still hiked that all steel frame monstrosity out with me. Some people just have no respect for nature.
@@vulnerablerummy yes really. Glad to know there are still some people out there that stil feel the fraternity of cyclists. Empathy on this channel is practically nonexistant. Trashing a bike gets hundreds of likes but suggesting giving it away to make a kid happy gets two or three likes only. What a sad reflection of today's cyclists...
Captain Freddy you do realize like the same day you made this comment he put about 1500 worth of parts on his neighbors sons bike right? Not to mention hes given away like 3 new diamondbacks
That was absolutely hilarious when he got to the bottom and just threw that piece of trash into the truck bed lmao. Still, Seth you're a legend for this. Such a fun idea.
It was (I think) some TH-camrs doing research of "walmarts bikes", and when they done the video they trow it down. Thanks for cleaning the nature and the park too ❤
Seth: removes reflectors because * they don't really do anything *
Also Seth: finds a bike because of the reflectors
😂
Op you have 213 likes
The dude who owns the bike is still waiting for help in the bush....
ELKATRON he’s just paralysed
Hahahaha
He’s made a hole civilisation in the forest by now!!
MTB Express whole*
Woggle Woggle that was the joke
I had an all steel version of that bike when I was a teenager, and I rode the hell out of it for years until I got too tall for it. Learned how to maintain it and adjust the derailleurs, and I absolutely loved it. You're absolutely right, this is a case of neglect, pure and simple.
I have also a steel version of that too that was originally owned by my dad. Me and my younger brother broke it and it's frame is sitting in the storage for around 20 years. We revived it with new parts, welded disk brake caliper mounts and coverted it from thread type hub into a cassette type and now it was an awesome commuter bike where our streets are quite a bit rough and unpaved.
Who is looking for that comment saying that’s my bike
I am waiting to heard that was a setup episode! Honest opinion... seems like that way to me
Me
not really but now i am 😏
@@edersonperin1813 yeah the explanation seemed kinda clunky
Me LOL
This man just found a bike in a trail. He picked it up, he sold it for 3.06 dollars and he bought tacos with it. *STONKS* 📈
Thanks for spoiling the whole video
Lul
Hahahahahahahaaaa
Where can you get tacos that cheap?
Don’t forget about the 3 million Views on this video he made a lot more money
I don’t always throw bikes, but when I do, I prefer to apologize to the bike and ride it again.
My bike is always In my room lol. But Seth what are your thoughts about kona bikes? Are they worth it
I always throw my BMX but then I also apologize to it
Lol, If i threw mine My Daddy would have a big rage xD
If it sparks joy in you, then go ahead and throw it.
@@TomSmart that's true! Lol
Guy crashes bike with plan to retrieve it later. Another guy comes along, finds the bike, and turns it into a taco fart.
if that's true seth is a criminal he stoled it
@@ocerider5607 stole it*
@@leomurray7765 hello minty
@@minty2875 hello Minty
i hope the owner sees sjw dismantling his bike on this video and demands he reimburse him for his loss
Now THAT was an unexpected ending! I was hoping for a great rebuild. Instead you ate a bike 😂
Me too. He could’ve got more for resale and bought him a Burrito and still have money leftover.
It's a Walmart tier bike.
The parts needed to get it back in working order, not even full rebuild, would be more than buying it new.
I’m annoyed he tossed all the plastic parts. I could use an extra sprocket wheel. Mine is a bit…used - supposed to be red, worn and somehow dyed black from dirty oil, can’t seem to be cleaned.
I think he kept the bike seat though. Maybe the pedals? I can’t tell. Hopefully he kept the useful bits.
No way, $30 tops, half that if used. Americans are so wasteful
Guy: *Hospitalized*
His nice family searching for it: *Where the heck did it go*
Nutca5e stop stealing comments
Yes she is stealing
I don't think he rode into the bush like me
Imagine just going on a search engine and seeing what happened to your bike and then seeing that. Ahaha.
Previous Owner watches,
“Can I get my bike back please?”
Yeah when he poops the taco 😂
It was the comment underneath you that had the bike
I doubt the guy who owned the bike is watching a MTB enthusiast youtube lol
@@BerserkCD fax
" no "
What did we learn? That monetary compensation for doing what is right is not always equal to the effort put in. But the tacos are totally worth it.
What if he sold the bike whole to some kid for $20? 😂
@@migram4190 I bet he wasn't willing to risk some poor kid's teeth or even life for 20 bucks
@@migram4190 It's simple math. Adventure + Taco > $20
@@idi3oticus Didn't you mean "life or even teeth"?
@@idi3oticus P.S. "...even teeth..." Good one! :D
You definitely could have gotten $25-$50 on let go. Or you could have used it as bait for bike thieves.
I would be happy to just get $15 for it so I could get me a good medium rare steak.
Yep. He couldve sold this on FB marketplace or ebay for like $30-35 lol
@@painexotic3757 ugh I wouldn't trust buying stuff from Facebook.
@@painexotic3757 but eBay should be good
@@TheNamesArif That's you. I've bought and sold plenty of stuff on there with no probs.
Could have sold the whole bike for $10 or $20 dollars on eBay or Craigslist
You'd have a hell of a time getting $10, let alone $20, for an old Walgoose. At least where I live there is no interest in these cheap bikes.
@@621ELECTRONICS not for mtb, but someone poor would need it
@@blaxpy True, the ones in perfectly good riding shape, yes, are just fine for transportation, but in this condition many poor people can't afford to fix them / buy a new wheel or other part. I have tried to sell bikes like this, and I can get them for free all the time, most needing work of some sort, which often far exceeds resale value if it does need parts, even just a set of tires / tubes. I sell bikes like this for $2 "complete" when I pickup scrap metal / bikes, and they get shipped to another country where bikes are harder to come by and they don't mind doing a little work on them. This at least saves them from the scrapyard, but otherwise not much interest, especially if they even remotely need some work, and most need something; if those people don't buy them from me, they go to the scrapyard (although I do not bother breaking them down, not worth all the time). I get what you're saying, and has potential to be basic transportation, even if the wheel is bent back straight / somewhat rideable, but still many people are not going to pay $10-$20 for a Walgoose or similar, or spend any money to fix them up. I've sold low end Trek's, Diamondback's & Schwinns for $10-$20, but not any Walgoose or similar super cheap bikes.
@@621ELECTRONICS i understand it, but seth didn't get any money on that bike considering the fuel cost, so it would make more sense on this case to give it to a random homeless and he would be pleased, a bike like that is better than nothing, here in argentina you can see a lot of poor people and some of them ride bikes on woorse condition than that one
it isn't safe, selling it knowing that is sure to bring some bad karma
Imagine if that guys was a subscriber of seth 🤣
Brawl with Dom it guy just fixing spelling.
Krystal Weaver what?
not for long
Hopefully he learned a valuable lesson about littering
Brawl with Dom he probably is
spend some time on Berm Creek please! Ad a wall ride, some lights for night and it will be perfect
Ya. Some flood lights
Donat Kurshumlija I hear you guys loud and clear about Berm Creek (and the wallride) every week. Next month late I’m doing a Berm Creek video which will explain 100% why you haven’t seen much of it. Sad news, but it’ll end up being a good thing.
City must of shut it down
@@SethsBikeHacks you moved huh? Good for you man, hey, ever coming back up to stillwell?
@@SethsBikeHacks can you show mare bike hacks please I really enjoy them
Seth why didn’t you keep the seat
He has sooo many parts so idk why he would such a shit seat
@@yaboi3702 I mean he did say it was comfy
@@yaboi3702 many department store bikes, especially mongoose, have really comfortable seats
@@3asianassassin The seat comfort and the color are the primary selling factor of Walmart bikes
The owner farted too much on it
Damn, that was such a fun story! Loved it.
Me too
BKXC hey nice chanel
@@joaquin6421 koo
@Levi Stark a
i was mtb'ing with a friend once. my friend broke his collar bone and in the process his front rim looked very similar to this bike's rim. so i said i would roll his bike out on the back wheel while he rolled mine out on two wheels since that would be the easiest. that worked. but had my friend been alone and broke his collar bone i don't think getting the bike out would have been a priority for him in his state. add the fact that the bike in this video is a Walmart bike. i see why the bike was left on the trail.
I doubt your friend with broken collar bone would heave his bike above shoulder into a nature reserve? What with the pain and all? Such gesture actually suggests to me that the guy was showing off to his mates that were laughing their heads off.
@@SenselessUsername dude. That is not what he said at all
Colin Deal I don’t think you read the other guys comment correctly actually. He’s saying that if the guy were injured, as OP mentioned, he probably wouldn’t have heaved into the forest, as he would have been unfit to do so
Scott Hunter guy gets hurt and leaves his bike on the trail someone else sees that someone left their bike on the trail and “gets it out of the way”
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plot twist: seth beat up a kid, broke his bike and threw it in the forest
Then sold it for scrap to satisfy a taco habit.
xxx which Seth tho?
@@zvir7493 They were both in it together. BikeHacks Seth had a taco addiction and Ranndomer Seth liked beating kids.
xxx yup
I'm not gonna like this because it's at 666 XD
I am a furniture repair Technician. I have a scrap pile of bent recliner mechanisms and seat springs. Almost anything that is scrap metal goes in the pile. I even have a bucket that I through the staples I remove to replace upholstery parts or snapped wood screws stripped bolts and small things. My advice would be to keep save up until you have a nice pile and cash in your scrap. I make about $300 a year on scrap metal.
I wish I had some of the parts that seth has "laying around"
Tristan Downs yeah lol especially on the 500 dollar downhill bike video😂 uses a shimano saint as a tensioner
Well start a youtube channel and entertain us and you just might
@@chadb2077 it wasn't his saint derailleur
Poor guy-doesn't even own a vice grip.
I wish I had some of his mountain bikes lying around
I hope the original bike owner is watching! Lol
And is alive...
Hahaha
It’s me
@@dyfanmorris3449 not you buddy
@@dyfanmorris3449 Nice try, how'd you prove it?
Bike: $100
Also Bike: $3.08
Correction: $3.06
Basically Gamestop
**HAPPY VIKE NOISES**
Dan Guy Random correction 3.10
Bad return on his investment, and on top of that he risked his life riding that shit for under 4 $
The part where he just throws it into the back of the truck had me LOL
The reward...removing trail garbage and recycling it...good job Seth
Rupert Wenn if only everyone did their part
I See what you did There
he should have kept it around for a rainy day to melt it down
could get more out of aluminum bars
@J K Was it safe even for those purposes, though?
And tacos....
I used to ride when I was younger in like 2nd - 6th grade (I’m 16 now), I was pretty good, my dad helped my build my own jumps, they were only like 3 feet high but that was pretty big for my age. We had a 2 Foot table top jump and one day when I was messing around, I hit my back wheel on the tabletop and went OTB flat faced onto concrete, wasn’t tolled I had a concussion but looking back now I probably did, the crash was so bad, the entire right side of my body has tiny scars and I couldn’t write in school for a month. This crash scared the shit out of me so I haven’t rode since. I recently turned 16 though and I now have a car so If i wanted to go riding i could, instead of awkwardly getting dropped off in my parents car. I’m thinking about riding again, I live about 1 hour from mega cavern now and your videos have really sparked my interest in mountain biking again ( more like dirt jumping but same difference), so thanks for giving me the courage to get back on my mountain bike again can’t wait for my first ride back.
Nice essay lol
Wear a helmet, and good enough kit to take a hit, get a bike good enough to trust to take a hit, and ride in the country away from concrete and tarmac. Now stop worrying and get out there.
Holy paragraph
@@rerem6311 yep, 1 paragraph = essay.
Who noticed him driving home with his helmet on😂
Safety first guys
When I was a kid I rode to an abandoned factory and was climbing around in there with my helmet still on. I fell about 5m (16ft) from the roof and landed on a coolroom door (by sheer luck). The helmet cracked in half, I had a bit of a sore back and I reckon I wouldn't be alive today if I wasn't still wearing my bike helmet. Still it looks weird to have it on when you're not on your bike 🤣
@@MossyTomblmao send your story to that helmet compony and say thank you for you being alive lmao.
@@enzoocampoiii2881 Rosebank Stackhat
Yep, about as stupid as people wearing (covid) masks in a car when they're alone.
One of my favorite videos on TH-cam now. Thank you.
That’s some SERIOUS dedication to not want to us WD-40 in the woods.
and then goes and trashes the whole bike. Yeah yeah, sent some parts to a recycler but the energy, transport, hours put into that bike, it was still a waste. Far worse for the environment than spraying a bit of WD40 (hydro carbons and mineral oil) in a forest
Just for show, just for show..
The lengths these kids go to virtue signal. The rest of the story...seth took up fishing and discovered that a nice spritz of WD40 makes lures irresistible to monster bass.
It's all bullshit another eco vandal running around the forest destroying the roots of trees that cross the trail that could leave the trees vulnerable to fungus
@@surfaceten510n oh boohoo mr sensitive
31 views, I kinda waited for this moment. I can admit that om NOT into mountainbiking and I have zero experience in it but you make such good content that I watched your videos all the time in the latest week. Good job Seth, you deserve all your views and subs.
This is the most wholesome comment I have ever seen
Me either! But Seth puts so much useful information in his videos, I'm a better rider for watching them.
I started to watch his videos when I was researching to fix my bike and even if I don't ride it as hard nor as often as he does, I love all of his videos.
same here!
Hey man! You should join the squad. Mountain Biking is an awesome sport and a great way to get exercise. Also, the people in mountain biking super friendly (except the “idiot”in this video) and nice. There are many trails everywhere you go and you don’t even have to ride at a trail, you can just ride at the streets or somewhere else. Therefore, Mountain biking is a an amazing sport everyone could do.
*Hey Seth, could you ride with telemetry data so we can see how fast you fly down the mountain?*
NightHawk1789 that’s actually a super cool idea
I would love to see the data from this descent...
Speed and heart rate during ride.
All of his telemetry data will be over 9000
It would be cool to see how many G forces in a berm.
The owner was gone for asking for help .. and these two guys went away with his bicycle . 😂😂😂
Owner of bicycle :- huh i think my bicycle want to play hide and seek with me . 😉
"What did we learn today?" My $100 bike cost nearly 4 whole dollars in materials to make. WOW 😑
Costs quite a bit to shape it the way it needs to be.
Plus, the labor of the workers.
Plus, taxes. Gotta pay them taxes.
@@orppranator5230 hmm, good thought. But still... Lol
But second hand and give their work a little more life.
@@matth6284 No it doesn't, to the price of scrap metal you add the cost of remelting it, the profit of the scrapyard, the cost of making a sheet then a tube with it, and one or two resellers before the plant building the bike.
Plus recycled steel usually cost less than "new" one (rust faster from what I understand)
If the frame isn't make of regular round tube but some other shape, it's even more expensive to make.
Anyway the tubes alone are probably worth around 20 bucks.
@@C4H10N4O2 Then why did seth get a measily 3 bucks
Amazing to see how easily that rim snapped back into shape!
Likewise, it probably didn't take much to get out of shape. As Seth mention, the spokes were super loose.
@@travisstorms9951 Well its not a surprise considering the Chinese factories hired to manufacture that bike are paid to make them out of what I call rubberized plastic metal. hell that might even be stronger then what those rims are made of, sheesh most of its strength is derived from the tighten spokes LOL...
Nice!
Atta-boy for cleaning up the forest and recycling what you could.
My hat is off to you!
This content is exactly what TH-cam was made for. Great video.
The real question is where can you get a taco for 3.21
I know right
every town in this country has a taco option for at least $3.00 even if it is only on tuesday
There was one free on the mountain!
@@Brownshabsfan like laying in the trail?
Johnny Utah's Outdoors no he’s talking about the wheel bud. It was a joke.
LMAO 😂 dude just threw that sh*t in back his truck smh
Jacob Sebastien I read this as I watched him throw it 😂😂😂
I wish he got some shots of reactions from people in the parking lot. I bet their faces were priceless.
@@learningthehardway6186 if seth came with a friend or had another person willing to help. He could show the friends/voulenters bike to a bunch of people or atleast let them get a look of it. If the bikes are reletavily the same coulours toss the trash bike into the bed infront of ppl that saw the other bike . They gonns be like THIS MANZ JUST DID THAT?
Like yeet
Do all Mountian Bikers wear their helmets in their trucks? 7:05
It’s only cause he was shooting the scene of throwing the bike out of the truck
@@danp2509 shhhhh lol
Yes, all of us do
It's to prevent the passengers from flying out the window
I actually sleep in my helmet
Probably my all time favorite Seth video. AWESOME!!
"His taco'ed bike has been officially converted into actual tacos." XD
8:32 is is just me or was that kinda satisfying?
Just you
I'll be so honest. I'm a roadie and typically don't keep up with any mountain bike channels but yours I'm hooked on.
Where I live there’s a non profit bike shop that takes donated bikes in all conditions, fixes them and then gives them to the less fortunate.
Yeah...but Seth is an inconsiderate arrogant showboater. Too selfish and too concerned on video clicks to give a flying fukc about anyone. I fix bikes. I have given bikes to those who needed one. A Ride Bikes. I would not throw a bike around while I make biking videos. To me Seth is a DISHONOURABLE Hypocrite. He does not deserve to ride.
It would be funny if it was like a $8,000 bike
Ummm...mongoose.
It’s mongoose it’s probably like £20 not like 5000🤣
Millionaires taco their wheels too. Might happen one day!
@@haydenjones405 I have a good mongoose blue in color had it five years only had one flat
@@haydenjones405 PROOF NEEDED TO VALIDATE THIS CLAIM.
I would have fixed it up a bit, then donated to some kid or homeless person.
Well that bike is dangerous they should not be allowed to sell “mountain bikes” like that
@@remotecontrolcentral4928 that bike would of been fine for riding to and from the store
DEREK GILENO it was actually fine for basic travel. I fix a lot of bikes and can tell it works enough to ride around to shops.
A co-op would be able to make it safe with a set of used wheels and cables from another bike with a broken frame.
@Brisdad53 Seth rode it down a mountain, I'm sure with tuning up it would be fine for mild use on the streets.
Your definition of self control now is way better than it was before lol
This was fun to watch. I'm currently in the middle of restoring an abandoned Specialized HRXC that had a bent rim, though I just ended up buying new wheels. And a new groupset, tires, shifters, grips, pedals, brakes, deraulleur hanger... and a new Rockshox haha. 🤦 Call it a learning experience!
7:05 did he wear his helmet the entire ride home? 😂
You don’t?
safety first
Even with a low payout, I'm happy to see the bike get melted down for use again. I volunteer at a bike charity and we get a lot of bikes like that in, stuff that's not rideable and people get warm fuzzies by donating it to homeless people rather than throw the bike away. Unfortunately, a Walmart bike that's been left outside isn't really salvageable and it just clutters our warehouse. Weathered (zing) walmart bikes aren't really ride-able, and become an eyesore quickly. I think a lot of areas could really benefit from a rusted bike cleanup effort.
Bikes like that aren't ridable off road, but they'll probably do fine for putting around at 10km/h like most people do.
A cushy pub bike.
Thanks for fighting the good fight man!
@@iunnox666 A guy on my cross country team tore his ACL. During rehab he racked up 2,800 miles on a Genesis Wal Mart full suspension bike. I offered to let him use a spare police model Fuji I had setup for light trail riding but he declined. The fork seized up first, then the rear shock, then things got weird. The bike just started getting loose. Like I'd tighten things but the low quality hardware would just shred when I went to tighten things the third or fourth time. Tires were scavenged from long abandon bikes on campus. It was impressive.
The right way to scrap is by the truck load. And don't bother with the break down. The grinder will do that.
Hey brother at least you broke it down and separated steel from aluminum. A lot of people don't do that
Bro, the loading an unloading of that goose.... well it was ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!
This video is brilliant for several reasons. You have several talents. Bike Repair, Storytelling, Video Production, Comedy.
I had really bad slam and broke my collar bone last week. My bike was smashed up with my front wheel totally taco'ed to the max. I hid my bike in the bushes, so I could go back and collect it at a later date, while I walked home in agony holding my arm. I had an operation the other day to pin my clavicle together and I'm now wearing an arm brace for 12 weeks.
I plan on going back up the trail this weekend with my buddy to retrieve my Mongoose and take it home. Wait a second.......!?!?! SEEEEEEETH!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Are you serious??
Good on you for completing the "circle of bike", Seth! Nice to see you helping out Mother Nature.
I very much like that you are environmentally conscious about our planet.🌎 Thank you for the video.🥰 Love from U.S.A.🇺🇸
He converted a tacoed bike into actual tacos. Great job Seth! Youre inspiring man. Love this channel .
And both went through a process of recyclement
That bike can be easily sold here where I live, for around $70. Easily.
Seriously. I don't know what Seth was thinking. I'm a broke college student and I ride a bike worth $10. I would kill for that bike.
skeptic moderate where you at? If you’re close enough to me I’ll take you something.
Seth knows its not so safe to ride that bike with those wheels. so i think this is why he didnt sell it as it is. For somebody with little bicycle knowledge it could be dangerous
I think he didn't want to be responsible for anyone riding a bike that dangerous.
Yeah, but that wheels are dirt cheap, buy used ones, or you maybe have spares. He already invested time, part and money in fixing it to rideable condition, why not finish it and give it to some neighbor kid who would love to ride it. No one normal would drive that on that dirt tracks, but some kid on suburban street would sure want to. I know this is made for fun but it didn't have to end this way 😀🚴
I will suggest you next time you should throw away the old wheel and buy a new one and just give it to someone who need it for little price or gift to poor person.
I'm sure you feel more happy to do so.
Selena Bose While I considered this, the cost of the new wheel, two new tires, new cables all around, and new brake pads would have been close to the brand new cost of this bike, and certainly more than the used value. To call it “safe”, this is what it would take. The original owner left the bike in the woods because it would have cost them more to drag it out, so my goal was to remove trash from the forest.
Rekt😂 but a nice Canadian rek, like a sorry I kicked your knee in aye?
The poor person could get a Job and not rely on others
@@kanggoo57 also a poor 10 year old?
@@SethsBikeHacks Part of the problem is the need to make everything 'safe' and everybody obsessing over having their bikes to the same standard as professional racers. That bike was probably good enough to ride a mile or 2 across town to somebody, even better because you don't worry about it getting stolen
I've seen almost all of Seth's videos but somehow have only now watched this one. For reasons I cannot explain I think this one is my favorite. Maybe because it's the first time I've seen Seth chuck a bike like that :D
You should 100 percent do this more often when possible
I’m glad I found this channel. It’s so awesome. I had a similar bike back in 2001. It actually got me into the bike scene.
Soo cool and thanks for cleaning! Love your Chanel
Lovely Fieldrepair :D Thanks for that Video greetings from germany - Biking since the 90s :)
Hey Seth, thanks for picking the bike from the forest. I don't understand why some people gave 👎 to this video. I think you did something good for the Environment and I know Mother Nature also appreciate it. Keep the good work! 🤘😎
Until the poor guy heals and returns to look for his bike he hid in the woods...
The Video We’ve All Been Waiting For...!
Thanks For Getting Me Distracted From Doing My Math Class Work!
Dude. Learn how capitalization works. Jesus Christ.
Eric Mueser Ok ? Why ?
@@weevil_man Because that's how the English language works. It's annoying to read and gives off a vibe that you have no idea what you're saying.
I just realised how much seth respects nature👌👌
Except for the fact that he scrapped the bike instead of fixing it up for someone to use (you know, for someone to get healthy/exercise)... and also the gas he used driving to/from the scarper to get rid of the scrap metal, which will likely be put into an aluminium or steel smelter (which are not environmentally friendly to say the least). Google "smelter environmental pollutants". Here, I did it for you.
"Some facilities that carry out metal and smelting processes are known to emit high quantities of air pollutants such as hydrogen fluoride, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, offensive and noxious smoke fumes, vapors, gases, and other toxins."
Yep, he really respects the environment.
@@CoroaEntertainment just enjoy the video lol
@@CoroaEntertainment go to bed
@@TestAccount0817 you’re what’s wrong with the world
@@CoroaEntertainment Lol imagine getting upset because someone drove to a scrapper and recycled a shitty bike. I bet he's done more for the environment by opening that bike park then you've ever done.
Thank you for taking out the trash ;-).
This video is genius. Literally converting garbage into solid gold - pure youtube gold. Well done!
Seth:chucks bike
Other mountain biker: ._.
"found". Yeah my carbon bike was found also. Durring night
same bud sorry for the loss
Reinis Miks F
@@T1971-w4c you are welcome - enjoy it 😉
Maybe don’t leave it out
You took a big L
I would love to see more of these videos where you go in the wilderness and repair a hopelessly broken bike good enough to ride it out.
I mean he could’ve gotten seriously injured and rushed to the hospital, leaving him with no time to retrieve or find his bike.
@Brisdad53
Most mountain bikers aren't dicks*
Some 100% are, as is with all things
Humans be dicks yo
Good point bro. If what you said is real then I feel sorry for the dude.. He literally just got called an 'idiot'
But how much did the 860k+ watches of the video pay?
now 1.2 million
Now 1.4 million
Now close to 1.7M
$3.75
1.9 mil
This has to be one of my favorite of all of Seth's yet.
The best “educmacational” part of the vid,was the “gentle” drop in the pickup bed…and Out! 🤣🤣👏👏👏 Keep up the good work👍
7:07 Wears bike helmet while driving 👍
Special
Better safe than sorry
Legend has it:
After the bike was repaired it hunted
Down the person who threw it and
Threw him off the mountain....
6:57 haha just throws bike in truck like its a walmart bike
IT IS HAHA
7:17 Drops with it like a walmart bike.
Ay congrats on 2 mil! Been her since 200k
Love the creativity and execution of this video. “Turned a taco’d bike literally into a taco”...gold!
The best part was how you lovingly placed it in the truck when you were done. I’m still laughing 😂Great job as always Seth
"Look, in the forest! Contents! :D"
I commend anyone that removed someone else’s trash from the woods!
Good Job Seth!
That said, most things abandon in the woods is trash and will be thrown away. As Seth’s adventure shows, this bike was not worth the tear down effort. Maybe a beginner bike for someone you are willing to help to rebuild a bike with-new wheels, tires, and the list goes on and on…. Perhaps it is someone that would cover parts cost and you can assist in learning how to maintain a bike.
Great video Seth. And the 'MTB Taco' is now an official currency! "Dude, your bike is worth like 🌮🌮🌮's!"
You probably could’ve gotten $5 if you went into a scrapyard that paid better. Also scrap prices are always changing.
Hell, I taco'd my front wheel just like that bike halfway back from an 8 hour trail ride, and I still hiked that all steel frame monstrosity out with me. Some people just have no respect for nature.
Wow! Respect.
Or they just have very little patience... Either way, you did the right thing!
good work seth you are making an envoirmental best work
a used wheel usually goes for $10 fix the brakes and sell it for 30 and is easier than break it apart and get 3 dollars
Or fix it up and give it to a kid.
@@FubarGuy666 gosh, dude, that'd be priceless. he'd make the day, nay the month of that kid. infinitely better compared to selling it for 3 bucks
@@vulnerablerummy yes really. Glad to know there are still some people out there that stil feel the fraternity of cyclists. Empathy on this channel is practically nonexistant.
Trashing a bike gets hundreds of likes but suggesting giving it away to make a kid happy gets two or three likes only.
What a sad reflection of today's cyclists...
Captain Freddy you do realize like the same day you made this comment he put about 1500 worth of parts on his neighbors sons bike right? Not to mention hes given away like 3 new diamondbacks
@@chadb2077 so he could have given four bikes instead of three. Simple math...
I found a huffy carnage recently..
Upgraded it...
And traded it to my friend for a Gary fisher tarpoon...
Daniel Corica where and when
@@fortnitespotless6479 recently & on long Island
I got a gary fisher tiburon for free from my neighbor. I love that bike.
We all know Seth found it fun to “take apart” (destroy) the bike
That was absolutely hilarious when he got to the bottom and just threw that piece of trash into the truck bed lmao. Still, Seth you're a legend for this. Such a fun idea.
Been watching your videos for a while now. All of them are great! Keep up the good work!
Seeing this reminds me that when I was a kid BMX'ing Mongoose was a good respectable brand. Hard to believe nowadays.
No knows Noles Diamondback I think
@No knows Noles Redline, Haro,GT and a few others
They actually still make good higher end bikes, but they mostly make cheap bikes due to being owned by the same company
This Guy has more repairing Equipment in His Backpack than I have at Home😂
This guy has more repairing Equipment that bike repairers in my cite 😂😂😂😂😂 seriously why does nobody wanna do the job
It was (I think) some TH-camrs doing research of "walmarts bikes", and when they done the video they trow it down.
Thanks for cleaning the nature and the park too ❤
In the UK, this would be "theft by finding". How do you know the bike wasn't stolen and dumped?
At some point it has to be considered trash.
U should have brought it to Walmart to return it😂
WAB 138 I've literally returned worse.
😂
Would they take it without a receipt
$3.10 in scrap metal.
$1,000+ in ad revenue.
You can buy a lot more tacos now.
So refreshing hearing someone call dummies for what they really are