I ride a steel framed , rim brake and cable operated shifting. Since this bike was built it’s needed nothing ( oh! one set of tires) . Great video Reginald. All the best! I watch channels for retro builds and repairs.
Born and bred in Nottingham and never moved away 😊. Weather your end looks much better than here I can tell you 😊. Totally agree. I've started to take everything with a pinch of salt now on TH-cam. Certainly getting fed up with the shameful promotion of fully integrated cabling, which the reviewer knows has little to no value, but comes with a multitude of problems for the end user.
Grew up in Bilbrough, but now live in the Arnold / Gedling area. It's been very wet in the UK since mid summer, particularly in Nottinghamshire. Lots of flooding. I guess it's Climate Change that's responsible.
@@Quizmate1in 2022 there was a massive, and I do mean absolutely unimaginably huge underwater volcanic eruption under the ocean which blew an incredible amount of water vapor into the atmosphere. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas. The experts claim it will affect weather patterns in a big way for about 5-6 years after the eruption.
Exactly he's got trace velo in the thumbnail for the LTWOO electronic shifters the boy can't be more honest and he buys everything with his own cash! He was showing how the signal from the rear derailleur wasn't sending to the front just the other day on them and bought a second to try replicate the issue incase was just a defective product but yeah I understand whare he's coming from I remember I was asked to do a magazine review for airfix models and because I was truthful they wouldn't print the artical!
A big issue with TH-cam reviews, even if they are trustworthy is also the "selection bias". I.e. you won't know about all the potentially great products and brands that didn't get reviewed. A good example right now is how chinese brands like L-twoo and Sensah got a *lot* of coverage, while few people mention all the quality cheap products from established brands in Taiwan like Microshift, Sunrace. Part of that is also a bias towards reviewing new products which makes any new product immediately appear much better than existing products from other brands.
I'more inclined to trust a reviewer with real engineering knowledge. Who thoroughly tests every aspect of the component build quality and materials. And, as you say tests the products for several months. Such as peak torque. He uses the same methodology and stringent tests whenever reviewing wheelsets for instance. He's also not shy about calling the product out if it has flaws. Then you can look at customer long term reviews.
We all must come to that point in our lives when we stop choosing to suffer through the learning curves of others. We have our own learning curve to suffer through individually and not to inflict it anyone else.
I couldn't agree more. Then again perhaps you are stating the obvious but then ...... There's so many reasons for a review to be biased. There are many cases where "it doesn't look cool" is more important than "it does the job at a reasonable price", particularly as regards does it make you look like a pro or not. Too often there is an assumption that you want, and can afford, the ultimate. Too often there is an assumption that we mortals are as strong as ex-pros so, obviously, we don't want a tripple for instance, or we don't want provision to carry all the food etc for a full day out without a team car in support or ..... Everything you say is true and indeed "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". I think the only thing you can do if you want to gain anything out of youtube reviews is watch lots of reviews by lots of people. Learn their individual bias (and allow for it) and see different reviewers for the same product What's different in them? Then accept that there is risk involved in taking anyones word for things. Yes I like Luke at Trace velo too because he at least says when its broke. I don't like Peak torque because he seems too opinionated, everyone else is wrong. I also like the velomobile channel but then I like a recumbent too.
Agree 100%! And nice looking River, I'm a hard-core sport fisherman in the States, Southeastern Pennsylvania. Enjoyed your video! It's been cold biking here the past week with air temps far below freezing.
True since TH-camrs are people too and can be influenced by many factors. But to be honest most independent youtubers are both entertaining and very informative. Especially the OG channels like RJ the bike guy, OZ cycles and Bikeman4u
Hey hope your ok looking great on your bike. I totally agree with what you say if a channel gave a negative review of a product then the company's will not send you anything ever again By the way I'm living in ipoh Malaysia I married a Malaysian lady been living here for 2 months now I love it.
@@reginaldscot165I'm from Birmingham Solihull I moved here 2 years ago I'm originally from Bradford. I'm in Malaysia going back next week but I will be back in Malaysia in 2 months and I'm staying for 6 months
GCN & GMBN don't review things, they have stated that before, as they are have partnerships, several have asked for reviews., but they won't do it due to the sponsorships.
More honest reviews are needed. I've not seen much proper reviews of many products I'm interested in, a lot good and bad to say about some products yet nobody mention them, don't test long enough. But if I review something I try to mention it all, so I take good time before I post a review, and I update reviews too.
Get your point and it’s hard to disagree with some of it, but if you actually want to see ANYTHING how on earth is that going to happen if I will have to wait for a truly independent reviewer to get around to paying for the product him/herself (a product which might be quite expensive) and then review after 6 months every time? How exciting is that for me as a viewer? What about those who only get the product for limited period of time and then have to return it after reviewing it (or at least that is what they say), is that ok in your opinion? How can anyone actually be regarded as being 100% independent really? You run your own business and sell bikes (I think?), parts, lube and whatnot, and you “sell” your own reputation as a trustworthy bike mechanic and people pay for your services. Not saying you scam people or get filthy rich, but it puts food on your table to (almost) use your own words. Trust is something you earn, and I do believe many of us are able to see a TH-cam review with a certain healthy skepticism. Wether or not the reviewer says the product is great or bad might not be the most important thing either. Maybe I just want to know a specific thing which I’m not able to google myself, or maybe I’m just too lazy. I might wonder about the weight of a bike, the tire clearance, price, available colors or whatever. It might just be enough information for me to disregard a product entirely or make me interested enough to investigate it further. In my experience (and I might just have been very lucky every time) if several reviewers say the same/similar thing and they mention pros and cons I can consider myself, then I’m happy to take my chances and trust them. It’s often not possible to find a shop which has that specific product I would prefer to examine in real life, and ordering every thing I might find interesting online and have it delivered just to review it myself and then return it is definitely not an option. I don’t trust everyone and I don’t necessarily trust one person’s opinion, but I choose to trust someone’s opinion. Criticizing Tracevelo for actually being honest and saying he might have been wrong about a product he first said was great is kind of strange to me. Haven’t we all some time or another been quite impressed or even blown away by the first impression of something and later been disappointed? He could have chosen to keep quiet about it, but he didn’t. In fact I find most of his reviews to be quite honest (and of course I might be wrong) and mostly he mentions both pros and cons, good and bad. And he is not the only one. Surely people are biased, just like you with your 23 mm tires, titanium, mechanical group sets, rim brakes and whatnot. Not saying you necessarily are wrong, but I might not agree with you, and the best choice/product for you might not be the best for me. You love your rim brakes and think they suck. I think you’re a dinosaur and you think I’m a moron who just believes anything GCN tells me. Well, some of us actually made our choice ourselves before we even knew GCN existed, and some of us actually have a different opinion than you. We might both be right to some extent, we might both have valid arguments. Blindly trusting ANYONE on TH-cam is just stupid in my opinion, but I appreciate the information I am given, information I might be able to use to make my own decisions, or I can choose to ignore it. I don’t trust every TH-camr’s reviews but I do appreciate that they actually do them. I find it very interesting to just see what’s out there, even if I mostly will never even consider buying the product they’re reviewing myself. I also truly believe TH-cam would be quite boring and much less interesting without them.
Some really good points here and I’m not critical of trace velo in the way you describe, I’m just pointing out that if you rush out to buy something before the reviewer has had enough time to really test it you run the risk of buying future unforeseen problems! 😱
I don't think any of the bike parts that I'm using is getting any TH-cam reviews 🙈. I do wish people would review affordable parts (from reputable brands), and do a truthful comparison. For example, I have never seen any actual review of any Sunrace component, or for example any of the cheap Shimano groupsets. I think the only way to tell if something expensive is actually good is to compare it to cheaper parts. It's very easy for reviewers to rave about expensive bikes or expensive groupsets, because there will usually be lots of nice things to say. But they never tell you if a far cheaper alternative might be (almost) just as good. For example, almost all of the advantage of expensive groupsets is just in weight, but by not reviewing the cheap ones they keep up the illusion that you need the expensive groupset without saying anything about that.
The electronic groupset was a prototype, so should not really be on sale. Prototypes are not for sale, unless it's a frame, that is solid, and could be ridden. I saw someone had a prototype Geometron frame.
TRACE VELO the electronic shifter the LTWOO one he strips down after the rear derailleur stopped sending the signal to the front and boght a second to double check it was a defective product or all done this! Hes one the best he normally reviews things for upto 6 month to a year plus hes one i do trust!
That's what I like about Trace velo he makes sure he gets the bad parts in with these cheaper Chinese products from LTwoo etc even a great review on the praised tpu tubes them pink RIDE NOW he let's You know you will come across a defective valve and always carry a couple but no one seems to listen to this advice and still gove them good reviews on their channels these rund now tubes are terrible I've tried them and he's spot on they go down over night and out on the road one mine was defective!
Yes but it reminds me of old times. 😁 Maybe in the future, I’m setting up an online payment system with a local bank so maybe one day I can do online sales. 🤷🏻♂️🙂
True, but some people aren’t as smart as you and need to be told so they can catch up. Even I have fallen victim to trusting TH-cam reviews unfortunately. 😅
@@reginaldscot165 Mate I just got back into cycling after 25 years, no TH-cam back then yet still I was better informed thru word of mouth lol. The amount of deliberate misinformation here is staggering, look at chain lubes for example holy sh!t they lie about them shamelessly 😂
I review stuff I use, but I pay for everything, I try stuff, if it sucks I say so, I try to tell all the pros and cons. But I've not made tons of reviews, But I'm limited with stuff I need. I will likely have more shoe reviews as I need to figure out shoes that fit me, and work for what I do, currently I'm looking into winter shoes, water and wind proof shoes. As there's no store near me that has all mountain biking shoes on the market I cna't easily try them for size.
Some channels have sponsors not related to cycling. But I hate when ads interrupts videos. most common ad spamming is Squarespace, but at least the Raid ShadowLegends thing faded. Howe to do ads in videos: have ad at the end of the video, if interested you watch the ad look into it, if not ignore it, hate when people force you to skip trough the video. I see shaving kit sponsorships, intime care products, supplement products. But hate when people do split screen with half being an ad. Some creators have same ad over and over or mention same product over and over, so annoying. Review or not I hate the ad spamming.
@@reginaldscot165 I understand but I think the way soem do it is horrible, no need to spam it like they do nor destroy parts of the content for ads. Some don't do that some do it well. At the end then it's not annoying but still an ad still get paid, but I guess some have bad deals. I saw a vid son the Raid shadows legends game deal, it required horrible amounts of work by creator to create a story and make it into each video, so crazy bad deal it's absurd, nobody would want to do it even if they got paid, yet some do. But I guess when you are desperate aftw money. But to put yourself trough that I rather save money. I quests some get similarly weird stickt and over controlling contracts.
I trust Trace Velo, because I think he is honest and he brings the truth. When he just bought something, he says so. If you want a long term opinion from him you obviously have to wait that term out yourself. I think Hambini and Peak Torque are honest too. I have seen Peak Torque's review from Hambini's bottom bracket, and he clearly questions the usefulness of a very precise manufactured bottom bracket in case you have a flawed frame. About the hammering out of bearings I think you are right, and Hambini has problems admitting that. What you have said is correct, one needs to use ones own brain to make the right decision. There are other channels that bring laughable content. One should be suspicious about channels that have nothing critical to mention about anything.
Luke (Trace Velo) is always open about how and when he buys the products he reviews, and he'll always come back with a long term review if there are problems. From what I've seen on his videos, he always says how many miles he's tested/ridden the product for... And - I've never seen him yet bad mouth any other reviewers. I like Luke!
Well.. You can't blame those TH-cam reviews/reviewer.. They need to earn a Living to continue their jobs. Its upon your presbribe decision if your purchasing one or Not. I consider those reviewers as entertainment. That's it no more no less That's how society works since the conception of Marketing. These reviewer serve a real purpose.. 90% of time youll buy it b:cos of urge. 🤭
6:08 Some brands still do ads even with famous people, or riders, YT bikes did an add for YT Jeffsy with Christopher Walken, where he tells a story about a friend, and the friend is the enduro bike Jeffsy. Specialized did an add where a pro rider was dressed up as an old man. But all of this won't make me buy a bike. Nor Danny Macaskill riding crazy stuff, doing stunts, ort riding trough a head deep puddle, they made just for the video.
@@larrymcgoldrick3471 He is riding in incoming traffic. I understand that some people think they can avoid cars riding this way but it is dangerous. What state is Brunei? Is that close to the Canadian border?
Well I used to feel that way, but reminding people actually helps. Sometimes people like the video but don’t “like” it, by asking it reminds them to do so. 😁👍🏻
I don't trust youtubers who are taking videos while riding and hearing wind noise. My god, can't you make a point by just creating your content in a room with no background noise?
I once bought a new road bike on the back of a review by David of Just Ride Bikes, so he’s doing good. But I watch him for the latest bling bikes rather than independent analysis.
I ride a steel framed , rim brake and cable operated shifting.
Since this bike was built it’s needed nothing
( oh! one set of tires) .
Great video Reginald.
All the best!
I watch channels
for retro builds and repairs.
Nice 👌🏻 😁
Born and bred in Nottingham and never moved away 😊. Weather your end looks much better than here I can tell you 😊. Totally agree. I've started to take everything with a pinch of salt now on TH-cam. Certainly getting fed up with the shameful promotion of fully integrated cabling, which the reviewer knows has little to no value, but comes with a multitude of problems for the end user.
So true! Where in Nottingham are you located? 🙂
Grew up in Bilbrough, but now live in the Arnold / Gedling area. It's been very wet in the UK since mid summer, particularly in Nottinghamshire. Lots of flooding. I guess it's Climate Change that's responsible.
@@Quizmate1in 2022 there was a massive, and I do mean absolutely unimaginably huge underwater volcanic eruption under the ocean which blew an incredible amount of water vapor into the atmosphere. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas. The experts claim it will affect weather patterns in a big way for about 5-6 years after the eruption.
But can we trust you!? 😂
No, definitely not! 🙃
@@reginaldscot165I don’t trust you. Im trusting you now.
Exactly he's got trace velo in the thumbnail for the LTWOO electronic shifters the boy can't be more honest and he buys everything with his own cash! He was showing how the signal from the rear derailleur wasn't sending to the front just the other day on them and bought a second to try replicate the issue incase was just a defective product but yeah I understand whare he's coming from I remember I was asked to do a magazine review for airfix models and because I was truthful they wouldn't print the artical!
A big issue with TH-cam reviews, even if they are trustworthy is also the "selection bias". I.e. you won't know about all the potentially great products and brands that didn't get reviewed. A good example right now is how chinese brands like L-twoo and Sensah got a *lot* of coverage, while few people mention all the quality cheap products from established brands in Taiwan like Microshift, Sunrace. Part of that is also a bias towards reviewing new products which makes any new product immediately appear much better than existing products from other brands.
That’s so true and a point I totally missed. Thanks! 🙂👍🏻
@@reginaldscot165Microshift is really heavily underated.
Thanks to CCP(Chabad Community for Progress) propaganda.
I'more inclined to trust a reviewer with real engineering knowledge. Who thoroughly tests every aspect of the component build quality and materials. And, as you say tests the products for several months. Such as peak torque. He uses the same methodology and stringent tests whenever reviewing wheelsets for instance. He's also not shy about calling the product out if it has flaws. Then you can look at customer long term reviews.
I agreed, PT Is definitely someone of engineering knowledge. 👍🏻
We all must come to that point in our lives when we stop choosing to suffer through the learning curves of others. We have our own learning curve to suffer through individually and not to inflict it anyone else.
Interesting comment. 🙂👍🏻
I couldn't agree more. Then again perhaps you are stating the obvious but then ......
There's so many reasons for a review to be biased. There are many cases where "it doesn't look cool" is more important than "it does the job at a reasonable price", particularly as regards does it make you look like a pro or not.
Too often there is an assumption that you want, and can afford, the ultimate.
Too often there is an assumption that we mortals are as strong as ex-pros so, obviously, we don't want a tripple for instance, or we don't want provision to carry all the food etc for a full day out without a team car in support or .....
Everything you say is true and indeed "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".
I think the only thing you can do if you want to gain anything out of youtube reviews is watch lots of reviews by lots of people. Learn their individual bias (and allow for it) and see different reviewers for the same product What's different in them? Then accept that there is risk involved in taking anyones word for things.
Yes I like Luke at Trace velo too because he at least says when its broke.
I don't like Peak torque because he seems too opinionated, everyone else is wrong.
I also like the velomobile channel but then I like a recumbent too.
Ha ha yes you are too right about the reason they might like a product, does it look Pro? 😂
Safe riding and yes recumbents are cool! 😎
Agree 100%! And nice looking River, I'm a hard-core sport fisherman in the States, Southeastern Pennsylvania. Enjoyed your video! It's been cold biking here the past week with air temps far below freezing.
Yikes! I don’t miss ice in my water bottle when I arrive home. 😂
Safe riding and fishing!
True since TH-camrs are people too and can be influenced by many factors. But to be honest most independent youtubers are both entertaining and very informative. Especially the OG channels like RJ the bike guy, OZ cycles and Bikeman4u
Oh yeah RJ is a total legend. 😍
Hey hope your ok looking great on your bike. I totally agree with what you say if a channel gave a negative review of a product then the company's will not send you anything ever again By the way I'm living in ipoh Malaysia I married a Malaysian lady been living here for 2 months now I love it.
Thank you! Yes it’s the reality of the situation unfortunately.
Where are you from originally? 😃
Safe riding! 🙂👍🏻
@@reginaldscot165I'm from Birmingham Solihull I moved here 2 years ago I'm originally from Bradford. I'm in Malaysia going back next week but I will be back in Malaysia in 2 months and I'm staying for 6 months
GCN & GMBN don't review things, they have stated that before, as they are have partnerships, several have asked for reviews., but they won't do it due to the sponsorships.
Correct
More honest reviews are needed. I've not seen much proper reviews of many products I'm interested in, a lot good and bad to say about some products yet nobody mention them, don't test long enough.
But if I review something I try to mention it all, so I take good time before I post a review, and I update reviews too.
You are right to do so. 👍🏻🙂
Get your point and it’s hard to disagree with some of it, but if you actually want to see ANYTHING how on earth is that going to happen if I will have to wait for a truly independent reviewer to get around to paying for the product him/herself (a product which might be quite expensive) and then review after 6 months every time? How exciting is that for me as a viewer? What about those who only get the product for limited period of time and then have to return it after reviewing it (or at least that is what they say), is that ok in your opinion? How can anyone actually be regarded as being 100% independent really? You run your own business and sell bikes (I think?), parts, lube and whatnot, and you “sell” your own reputation as a trustworthy bike mechanic and people pay for your services. Not saying you scam people or get filthy rich, but it puts food on your table to (almost) use your own words. Trust is something you earn, and I do believe many of us are able to see a TH-cam review with a certain healthy skepticism. Wether or not the reviewer says the product is great or bad might not be the most important thing either. Maybe I just want to know a specific thing which I’m not able to google myself, or maybe I’m just too lazy. I might wonder about the weight of a bike, the tire clearance, price, available colors or whatever. It might just be enough information for me to disregard a product entirely or make me interested enough to investigate it further. In my experience (and I might just have been very lucky every time) if several reviewers say the same/similar thing and they mention pros and cons I can consider myself, then I’m happy to take my chances and trust them. It’s often not possible to find a shop which has that specific product I would prefer to examine in real life, and ordering every thing I might find interesting online and have it delivered just to review it myself and then return it is definitely not an option. I don’t trust everyone and I don’t necessarily trust one person’s opinion, but I choose to trust someone’s opinion.
Criticizing Tracevelo for actually being honest and saying he might have been wrong about a product he first said was great is kind of strange to me. Haven’t we all some time or another been quite impressed or even blown away by the first impression of something and later been disappointed? He could have chosen to keep quiet about it, but he didn’t. In fact I find most of his reviews to be quite honest (and of course I might be wrong) and mostly he mentions both pros and cons, good and bad. And he is not the only one. Surely people are biased, just like you with your 23 mm tires, titanium, mechanical group sets, rim brakes and whatnot. Not saying you necessarily are wrong, but I might not agree with you, and the best choice/product for you might not be the best for me. You love your rim brakes and think they suck. I think you’re a dinosaur and you think I’m a moron who just believes anything GCN tells me. Well, some of us actually made our choice ourselves before we even knew GCN existed, and some of us actually have a different opinion than you. We might both be right to some extent, we might both have valid arguments. Blindly trusting ANYONE on TH-cam is just stupid in my opinion, but I appreciate the information I am given, information I might be able to use to make my own decisions, or I can choose to ignore it. I don’t trust every TH-camr’s reviews but I do appreciate that they actually do them. I find it very interesting to just see what’s out there, even if I mostly will never even consider buying the product they’re reviewing myself. I also truly believe TH-cam would be quite boring and much less interesting without them.
Some really good points here and I’m not critical of trace velo in the way you describe, I’m just pointing out that if you rush out to buy something before the reviewer has had enough time to really test it you run the risk of buying future unforeseen problems! 😱
I don't think any of the bike parts that I'm using is getting any TH-cam reviews 🙈. I do wish people would review affordable parts (from reputable brands), and do a truthful comparison. For example, I have never seen any actual review of any Sunrace component, or for example any of the cheap Shimano groupsets. I think the only way to tell if something expensive is actually good is to compare it to cheaper parts. It's very easy for reviewers to rave about expensive bikes or expensive groupsets, because there will usually be lots of nice things to say. But they never tell you if a far cheaper alternative might be (almost) just as good.
For example, almost all of the advantage of expensive groupsets is just in weight, but by not reviewing the cheap ones they keep up the illusion that you need the expensive groupset without saying anything about that.
Very true and an excellent point. 🙂👍🏻
The electronic groupset was a prototype, so should not really be on sale. Prototypes are not for sale, unless it's a frame, that is solid, and could be ridden. I saw someone had a prototype Geometron frame.
Good point
TRACE VELO the electronic shifter the LTWOO one he strips down after the rear derailleur stopped sending the signal to the front and boght a second to double check it was a defective product or all done this! Hes one the best he normally reviews things for upto 6 month to a year plus hes one i do trust!
Yes I think he’s a good guy for reviews in general. 👍🏻🙂
That's what I like about Trace velo he makes sure he gets the bad parts in with these cheaper Chinese products from
LTwoo etc even a great review on the praised tpu tubes them pink RIDE NOW he let's
You know you will come across a defective valve and always carry a couple but no one seems to listen to this advice and still gove them good reviews on their channels these rund now tubes are terrible I've tried them and he's spot on they go down over night and out on the road one mine was defective!
I’ve had really good luck with them to be honest. 🙂
Can I buy some yellow bartape off you? :P Nice ride. Roads a bit narrow though.
Yes but it reminds me of old times. 😁
Maybe in the future, I’m setting up an online payment system with a local bank so maybe one day I can do online sales. 🤷🏻♂️🙂
Pretty sure this should be obvious by now, TH-cam reviews are influencer marketing & there's big money in it.
True, but some people aren’t as smart as you and need to be told so they can catch up. Even I have fallen victim to trusting TH-cam reviews unfortunately. 😅
@@reginaldscot165 Mate I just got back into cycling after 25 years, no TH-cam back then yet still I was better informed thru word of mouth lol. The amount of deliberate misinformation here is staggering, look at chain lubes for example holy sh!t they lie about them shamelessly 😂
I review stuff I use, but I pay for everything, I try stuff, if it sucks I say so, I try to tell all the pros and cons. But I've not made tons of reviews, But I'm limited with stuff I need. I will likely have more shoe reviews as I need to figure out shoes that fit me, and work for what I do, currently I'm looking into winter shoes, water and wind proof shoes. As there's no store near me that has all mountain biking shoes on the market I cna't easily try them for size.
Yes shoes are always a problem to find the right one.
Some channels have sponsors not related to cycling. But I hate when ads interrupts videos. most common ad spamming is Squarespace, but at least the Raid ShadowLegends thing faded.
Howe to do ads in videos: have ad at the end of the video, if interested you watch the ad look into it, if not ignore it, hate when people force you to skip trough the video.
I see shaving kit sponsorships, intime care products, supplement products. But hate when people do split screen with half being an ad.
Some creators have same ad over and over or mention same product over and over, so annoying. Review or not I hate the ad spamming.
Yes its annoying, but without it we don’t have TH-cam I guess. 🤷🏻♂️
@@reginaldscot165 I understand but I think the way soem do it is horrible, no need to spam it like they do nor destroy parts of the content for ads. Some don't do that some do it well. At the end then it's not annoying but still an ad still get paid, but I guess some have bad deals. I saw a vid son the Raid shadows legends game deal, it required horrible amounts of work by creator to create a story and make it into each video, so crazy bad deal it's absurd, nobody would want to do it even if they got paid, yet some do. But I guess when you are desperate aftw money. But to put yourself trough that I rather save money. I quests some get similarly weird stickt and over controlling contracts.
Another bike YT channel to be recommended would be Dustin Klein / Everything's Been Done.
91k subscribers and I’m only just hearing about him! Thank you I will check him out. 🙂👍🏻
I trust Trace Velo, because I think he is honest and he brings the truth. When he just bought something, he says so. If you want a long term opinion from him you obviously have to wait that term out yourself.
I think Hambini and Peak Torque are honest too. I have seen Peak Torque's review from Hambini's bottom bracket, and he clearly questions the usefulness of a very precise manufactured bottom bracket in case you have a flawed frame.
About the hammering out of bearings I think you are right, and Hambini has problems admitting that.
What you have said is correct, one needs to use ones own brain to make the right decision. There are other channels that bring laughable content. One should be suspicious about channels that have nothing critical to mention about anything.
Luke (Trace Velo) is always open about how and when he buys the products he reviews, and he'll always come back with a long term review if there are problems. From what I've seen on his videos, he always says how many miles he's tested/ridden the product for... And - I've never seen him yet bad mouth any other reviewers. I like Luke!
Great comment, yes I agree and I also like trace Velo. 🙂👍🏻
Where ar u riding? The roads look very familiar. Its like i have ridden there b4.
Brunei 🇧🇳 in South East Asia. The place is called Kasat. 🙂
@@reginaldscot165 Brunei... no wonder the scene looked very familiar. I am Malaysian.
Well.. You can't blame those TH-cam reviews/reviewer.. They need to earn a Living to continue their jobs. Its upon your presbribe decision if your purchasing one or Not.
I consider those reviewers as entertainment. That's it no more no less
That's how society works since the conception of Marketing.
These reviewer serve a real purpose.. 90% of time youll buy it b:cos of urge. 🤭
Very true. 👍🏻
6:08 Some brands still do ads even with famous people, or riders, YT bikes did an add for YT Jeffsy with Christopher Walken, where he tells a story about a friend, and the friend is the enduro bike Jeffsy.
Specialized did an add where a pro rider was dressed up as an old man. But all of this won't make me buy a bike. Nor Danny Macaskill riding crazy stuff, doing stunts, ort riding trough a head deep puddle, they made just for the video.
True.
Hey stop it!!! You are riding on the wrong side of the road, and that is dangerous!
Your tooo funny... He lives in Brunei. That is the correct side. LOL🤣🤣🤣
@@larrymcgoldrick3471 He is riding in incoming traffic. I understand that some people think they can avoid cars riding this way but it is dangerous. What state is Brunei? Is that close to the Canadian border?
Ha ha 😂
I’m just crazy like that. 🤪
@@reginaldscot165 You have been watching too many mad max films
Reginald stop begging for likes and subscribers...get a grip man. If content is good people will like, if it's bad they won't.
Well I used to feel that way, but reminding people actually helps. Sometimes people like the video but don’t “like” it, by asking it reminds them to do so. 😁👍🏻
Fair enough. You are free to choose. Apologies for the harshness "get a grip" haha. @@reginaldscot165
I like to watch videos from trace velo.
Me too, he seems like a nice guy and I think very honest. 👍🏻
@@reginaldscot165 durianrider...
Why should we trust you? you claimed a bottom bracket that was too small was perfect. It was measured on your Aldi digital calipers.
Don’t trust anyone, especially fake aerospace engineers who lie to their audience. 😉
I like Diabeticcycling, just a guy with an expensive hobby and some movie making skills.
It’s more than hobby, it’s a sickness. 😅
@@reginaldscot165 Both, diabetes and cycling ;-) But actually, he never talks illness and instead buys bikes and reviews them.
I don't trust youtubers who are taking videos while riding and hearing wind noise. My god, can't you make a point by just creating your content in a room with no background noise?
I did try that but this is more fun! ☺️
I once bought a new road bike on the back of a review by David of Just Ride Bikes, so he’s doing good. But I watch him for the latest bling bikes rather than independent analysis.
Cool 😎 👍🏻
Hope it wasn’t a Bowman
Your pawls need some grease :)
Some say they have too much.
@@reginaldscot165 nei nei nei silent hubs are the key to a happy life