John, I used to sell equipment to the tire industry and was in different tire plants nationwide. the bad smell you are experiencing is called "outgassing". Outgassing is part of the curing process, and depending on where you got your tires from (other than the US) some different chemical compounds could be used, making the curing process different or longer to outgas the chemicals used. So, there is a process called "Sunning" which basically means leaving your tires out in the sun for several days to speed up the outgassing process, (which can make you sick). Once done... After “sunning” the rubber (which the odor should be dramatically less or almost non-existent), use a neutral pH cleaner to spray, let soak, then wipe the rubber surface. Types of neutral pH cleaners: dish soap, odor ban, Zep, etc., and if you want, some fruity scents, use orange glow. hope this helps with the smell.
😊 I'm liking the evolution of your riding, also digging the fat tires. Maybe those big chunky dirt tires on the new e mountain bike pro, an all around beefy fast ride. I think that would be the master bomber. You might lose some agility, but would be an overall comfortable Urban shredder.
As beautiful as the beach videos are, this area is just so much more interesting! Where else do you get to see Grandma's burnouts? This heat wave is brutal. Not ready for my ID in the phone yet myself. Thanks for the video!
Hi, I’ve been following you since 2015, and you’ve given me a lot of motivation not to give up cycling. I’ve been into extreme sports since I was 16 as well. I really love your videos; you must be a truly good person based on what you’ve shown of yourself so far. Thank you for doing what you do and for motivating people! Peace!
John it’s been a while since I seen one of your vids, but it just popped up on my feed and haven’t watched in a while. This is what I needed to see, this was like a therapy session for me. Much needed vid, glad it came on my feed.😎🍿🥤😌
Bro...EVERYWHERE in LA, or hell California in general is a "Gang zone"...I love the content just riding around and seeing what it's really like there but, the zone thing is kinda played out...Like, you step outside, its a gang zone...we already know.
Hi John great video as always. Yes it is statistically. Proven that the warmer weather does cause a mood change. I looked it up because I’ve noticed that happening as well. Be safe out there bro. See you soon hopefully.
Who the F#*k dont like wheelies! Takes a special person to watch a bike video and complain about a wheelie. HAHA! Love all your content brother...keep em coming. #wheeliehaterssuck
19:05 Hicks I'm going to have to stop this video. I have a zero four hundred wake-up for tomorrow morning. So hopefully you'll either get twice the good marks or at least still the good mark I gave you.
Your suspension looks much softer. The camera is moving up and down more (not jerky though). I'm guessing either the sidewalls are more flexible and absorb more, and/or the extra unsprung-weight is making the springs move a little further up and down. EDIT: that would explain your bottoming out. Need to increase the spring-preload setting a little to compensate for the added unsprung mass.
Hey hey I'm actually checking out one of the videos you posted yesterday and I'm a huge fan of yours hey I wanted to ask you have you ever tried checking out the video preview of Dead Island 2 do you realize when you went towards the beach it actually looks like part of the you know game I just want to let you know all right I'll check out more of the videos when you post them all right catch you later bye😊
Were heavily restricted in this country bro too 500 watt was 250 😮 But my ebike is Up graded too 1000 watt but still looks Stock Not fast, But fast enough for me, Plus I live in the Mountains Gets up all the Hills Can cruise everywhere Love it 😊
I live in southbay, in the hermosa / redondo beach area, no e bike ban, was just there. no problems. rode the e-ride to Venice beach on Sunday and rode by multiple sherifs and beach police. if you being cool and ride with respect to others you will be under the radar.
@@Spax58 hey Spax, I have to say that I was hoping that you would have had to do alot more than thirteen push-ups!!! I'm 68yrs old I do push-ups everyday so I know offering to do something like this could be a big challenge!! Be Safe my friend, from Sacramento, CA. Peace ✌ out
@@Spax58 Spax, hey buddy I just add a hicks account to my phone, I gave you another thumbs up, 😂 lol,hahaha, we'll get you in a world record book yet!!!
CST tyres are nylon, plastic. More durable and less prone to flats. I prefer them, for road riding. Expensive tyres lose tread more faster. I got a supplier that sells me a set for 68, well worth it
That's incorrect. They didn't ban ebikes altogether. They banned surrons talarias, basically the illegal off road bikes, however, I have a stealth bomber which has petals and I basically told the cops what's up. I got stopped 3 times in 3 blocks. Each one of them got sent home packing..
So, I'm watching the movie, "Wrath of God", with Jason Staitham, and it's filmed in LA, of course on the (old) 6th Street bridge, and surrounds. I don't know where they found such clean parts of LA, because there's no homeless in tents, no shopping carts, no trash, no burned out cars, no derelict buildings, etc. etc.
Great video again John, despite crime being rampant and out of control the police here in the UK will still find time to hassle anyone on a surron/talaria/SS Pro etc because a tiny minority use them for nefarious purposes, i can only see this getting worse, here they will seize your bike or even electric scooter and crush them. Keep the videos coming, love seeing the contrasts of LA.
Here in Florida I don’t think they’re getting banned yet, I feel like they don’t even care about dirt bikes on the road anymore so e-bikes pretty stable at the moment 💯
Hello John... Were can I take my Eride pro and have them swap my tires, What kind of shop would do the labor, Bike or Motorcycle shop, Also how much they charge
Love ur video and definitely going to try and win the bike… But if I don’t how do I find where to purchase this bike… Appreciate any help keep the videos coming
i also grew up in north long beach - last lived off of 68th and atlantic. north town fahever. my first job was in LA - across from Pershing square in the former Douglas oil building. i entered your bike giveaway as my grandson would love this should i win. i am old and breakable and love my granny ebike…p.s.don’t kill jeremy. or yourself.
Some ebikers are spoiling it for the rest of us. Everything is catching up with you now, and you will be left with your super powerful bikes. You will never be able to ride. I don't mind paying tax and insurance yearly if it means I can keep riding
Forgive me if I missed it; You mentioned the tires several times but I can't find where you said which tires specifically they were? Shinko 244? It's hard to tell. My E-ride Pro SS has stock tires and I'm trying to decide if i want to buy 244 or 241, but I ride mostly in the city and your review of your tires would help... If I could tell which tires they were! :D
Love your videos brother over here in the uk the police stop the kids and take them off them but the people who drive mobility scooters on the highway they don’t do anything about those
I'm in Glendale and I've never had a cop here or in the rest of LA give me a second look on my moped ebike. Worst I've gotten is Karens on the river path
if everybody rides the way you ride, then for sure they would ban ebikes. in my city they banned scooters from the sidewalks because people were going too crazy with them.
Chinese rubber that's why the smell. You slippin wearing those orange gloves, lol. Those big tires do look good. Hell to no to digital paying, you saw what happened to us Canadians having our bank accounts frozen right.
No bans here in NY. Not surprised a loser on a stark varg f*d it up for the rest of those in that area. Always that 1 person. NY is chill so far rode with my cuz a lot and he has a surron, we have passed cops wit no issues. But we also dont ride like idiots. my eride is coming in, in like 2 days 👍 can't wait.
That would be missed up to win a then not be able to ship it,right!!! Offer to pay shipping, good luck, from Sacramento, California USA 🇺🇸, peace ✌ out my friend
I work at a bike store for 9 years now. I even have a surron but band them or else kids will keep dying..Kid died in the Bay Area 2 weeks ago cause he hit a car..he hit the car -.-...Lady who is in charge of vista parks in Cali cant even ride a bike such a fail.
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@ JohnHicksFilm hey fam … is this America only or international too?
Why does the title of your picture of your video also say you must be lost not once every someone tell you that in your video
John, I used to sell equipment to the tire industry and was in different tire plants nationwide. the bad smell you are experiencing is called "outgassing". Outgassing is part of the curing process, and depending on where you got your tires from (other than the US) some different chemical compounds could be used, making the curing process different or longer to outgas the chemicals used. So, there is a process called "Sunning" which basically means leaving your tires out in the sun for several days to speed up the outgassing process, (which can make you sick). Once done... After “sunning” the rubber (which the odor should be dramatically less or almost non-existent), use a neutral pH cleaner to spray, let soak, then wipe the rubber surface. Types of neutral pH cleaners: dish soap, odor ban, Zep, etc., and if you want, some fruity scents, use orange glow. hope this helps with the smell.
😊 I'm liking the evolution of your riding, also digging the fat tires. Maybe those big chunky dirt tires on the new e mountain bike pro, an all around beefy fast ride. I think that would be the master bomber. You might lose some agility, but would be an overall comfortable Urban shredder.
As beautiful as the beach videos are, this area is just so much more interesting! Where else do you get to see Grandma's burnouts? This heat wave is brutal. Not ready for my ID in the phone yet myself. Thanks for the video!
The heat brings out the wild.
It's know.
Hi, I’ve been following you since 2015, and you’ve given me a lot of motivation not to give up cycling. I’ve been into extreme sports since I was 16 as well. I really love your videos; you must be a truly good person based on what you’ve shown of yourself so far. Thank you for doing what you do and for motivating people! Peace!
John it’s been a while since I seen one of your vids, but it just popped up on my feed and haven’t watched in a while. This is what I needed to see, this was like a therapy session for me. Much needed vid, glad it came on my feed.😎🍿🥤😌
Love the videos . 24:40 I thought he was gonna say put the sandwich down , pick up the spoon and cook it up 😂
Bro...EVERYWHERE in LA, or hell California in general is a "Gang zone"...I love the content just riding around and seeing what it's really like there but, the zone thing is kinda played out...Like, you step outside, its a gang zone...we already know.
Sick af seeing you hit my neighborhood after years of not watching you , glad you doing good 👌🏽
I love seeing you enjoy yourself and that includes staying on the monetized side so I'm cool with just a couple wheelies. Lol
Hi John great video as always. Yes it is statistically. Proven that the warmer weather does cause a mood change. I looked it up because I’ve noticed that happening as well. Be safe out there bro. See you soon hopefully.
Who the F#*k dont like wheelies! Takes a special person to watch a bike video and complain about a wheelie. HAHA! Love all your content brother...keep em coming. #wheeliehaterssuck
Right, 😂 lol
We've had ID on our phones in Sweden for a good while now :) and it's actually very convenient :D
I ate a paper plate today
How was it?
I ate a shoe
@@Time_In1u mad stupid😅
Like a bit of fibre in your diet?
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Wtf is the reason for ppl not wanting you to wheelie? It’s your life do what makes you happy brotha
Thanks for sharing your quality content.
The prince of psi must be lost...thanks for the vid.
Much love.
19:05 Hicks I'm going to have to stop this video. I have a zero four hundred wake-up for tomorrow morning. So hopefully you'll either get twice the good marks or at least still the good mark I gave you.
Your suspension looks much softer. The camera is moving up and down more (not jerky though). I'm guessing either the sidewalls are more flexible and absorb more, and/or the extra unsprung-weight is making the springs move a little further up and down.
EDIT: that would explain your bottoming out. Need to increase the spring-preload setting a little to compensate for the added unsprung mass.
In my area you are required to have side mirrors if you ride ebike on the roads.
those tires are CHONKY. the bike looks so good!
34:12 yooo what’s the secret and what’s burning 😳 😂
Hey hey I'm actually checking out one of the videos you posted yesterday and I'm a huge fan of yours hey I wanted to ask you have you ever tried checking out the video preview of Dead Island 2 do you realize when you went towards the beach it actually looks like part of the you know game I just want to let you know all right I'll check out more of the videos when you post them all right catch you later bye😊
Hey John, I just like watching a TH-cam videos I like when you ride in downtown LA even I like when you ride in Santa Monica
Were heavily restricted in this country bro too 500 watt was 250 😮
But my ebike is Up graded too 1000 watt but still looks Stock
Not fast, But fast enough for me, Plus I live in the Mountains
Gets up all the Hills
Can cruise everywhere
Love it 😊
Классное видео, броу;)
Bouncy castle right next to the crazy tagged up traphouse
I live in southbay, in the hermosa / redondo beach area, no e bike ban, was just there. no problems. rode the e-ride to Venice beach on Sunday and rode by multiple sherifs and beach police. if you being cool and ride with respect to others you will be under the radar.
I hope you've stocked up on gopros. You know how much they hate that sun 🌞
u gotta get shinko 241s or 244s, perfect trials tire
Hollywood had a ride out the other day it was wild!!! Also check out zoo path it’s such a cool ride 👀
Take the bike to Glen Helen with those tires 😂.
Babe, wake up, John Hicks just dropped an absolute banger!!!
It was so hot this past weekend, it was 91 degrees last Saturday in Pennsylvania
You could probably make some cash selling huffs of your tires in South Central 😵💫😵💫😵💫😝
I wish you did more downtown Long Beach
He wanted it right there 🤣
I will do one push-up per like this comment gets
Right on, my friend, good luck hope you get a bunch, peace ✌ out from Sacramento, CA.
@@williamsnyder1205 thanks brother
@@Spax58 hey Spax, I have to say that I was hoping that you would have had to do alot more than thirteen push-ups!!! I'm 68yrs old I do push-ups everyday so I know offering to do something like this could be a big challenge!! Be Safe my friend, from Sacramento, CA. Peace ✌ out
@@Spax58 Spax, hey buddy I just add a hicks account to my phone, I gave you another thumbs up, 😂 lol,hahaha, we'll get you in a world record book yet!!!
@@williamsnyder1205 haha thanks so much man
Born and raised in the South Bay those kids are nuisance. They need to be going after the parents for buying these $5000 motorcycles for their kids.
I left the City of Industry area for Big Bear. I'd love / hate to see it now.
CST tyres are nylon, plastic. More durable and less prone to flats. I prefer them, for road riding. Expensive tyres lose tread more faster. I got a supplier that sells me a set for 68, well worth it
That's incorrect. They didn't ban ebikes altogether. They banned surrons talarias, basically the illegal off road bikes, however, I have a stealth bomber which has petals and I basically told the cops what's up. I got stopped 3 times in 3 blocks. Each one of them got sent home packing..
So, I'm watching the movie, "Wrath of God", with Jason Staitham, and it's filmed in LA, of course on the (old) 6th Street bridge, and surrounds.
I don't know where they found such clean parts of LA, because there's no homeless in tents, no shopping carts, no trash, no burned out cars, no derelict buildings, etc. etc.
Great video again John, despite crime being rampant and out of control the police here in the UK will still find time to hassle anyone on a surron/talaria/SS Pro etc because a tiny minority use them for nefarious purposes, i can only see this getting worse, here they will seize your bike or even electric scooter and crush them.
Keep the videos coming, love seeing the contrasts of LA.
Here in Florida I don’t think they’re getting banned yet, I feel like they don’t even care about dirt bikes on the road anymore so e-bikes pretty stable at the moment 💯
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Wassuppp Australia here too but not in new Zealand
@@ChrisM-dv3es Wassup bruz 🤙🏽
Sacramento, California USA 🇺🇸, peace ✌ out my friend's
Billy idol said it’s hot in the city tonight
Can you do a San Diego ride. The hoods and the beaches?
Have you looked into getting the Insta360 X4 camera? It might be better for you to use instead of the GoPro.
LA will call it the "John Hicks BAN". Worked so hard to get it done.
Hello John... Were can I take my Eride pro and have them swap my tires, What kind of shop would do the labor, Bike or Motorcycle shop, Also how much they charge
Yeah I would do the ID on phone and all I do is Apple Pay too.😎
Love ur video and definitely going to try and win the bike… But if I don’t how do I find where to purchase this bike… Appreciate any help keep the videos coming
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What struck me when I went to LA was how flat it is.
i also grew up in north long beach - last lived off of 68th and atlantic. north town fahever. my first job was in LA - across from Pershing square in the former Douglas oil building. i entered your bike giveaway as my grandson would love this should i win. i am old and breakable and love my granny ebike…p.s.don’t kill jeremy. or yourself.
HOPES!!!!
Some people depend on these ebikes to get to the store for their groceries. Maybe they should ban cars because they get in accidents every year.
Hi john wig racing tires 🤔
Some ebikers are spoiling it for the rest of us. Everything is catching up with you now, and you will be left with your super powerful bikes. You will never be able to ride. I don't mind paying tax and insurance yearly if it means I can keep riding
Forgive me if I missed it;
You mentioned the tires several times but I can't find where you said which tires specifically they were? Shinko 244? It's hard to tell.
My E-ride Pro SS has stock tires and I'm trying to decide if i want to buy 244 or 241, but I ride mostly in the city and your review of your tires would help... If I could tell which tires they were! :D
Get the 241's if you mostly ride in the skreets
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Who’s against wheelies?
Get your bars up!!!! 👊🏾🎤🏁🚲
Love your videos brother over here in the uk the police stop the kids and take them off them but the people who drive mobility scooters on the highway they don’t do anything about those
Are you going to check out the Xgames this year?
Newsom says CA's economy is doing great.... They may come for you saying it's bad.
Not the best choice for tarmac, dirt bike tire`s are likely to drift in corners at speed and have almost no traction when wet, less contact, less grip
At least we know you wouldn’t walk through lol. Nice work 😒
I'm in Glendale and I've never had a cop here or in the rest of LA give me a second look on my moped ebike. Worst I've gotten is Karens on the river path
No, I want to song so bad for Thonas to bake for me
You look like Your on A Grand Theft Auto Map 😂
Need to ride out to Dde hq
Hello John how are your day going
🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 are for the great video 10:10
Where do you get your tires from.
What did you put on the paper plate did you put cardboard 😂
Bro are you on a stock surron??
HOAs are mever worth it. its a 500-800 dollar monthly fee that you will pay for ever.
if everybody rides the way you ride, then for sure they would ban ebikes. in my city they banned scooters from the sidewalks because people were going too crazy with them.
wheelies pls!
Are you ever going to go back to a bmx bike ?!
What kind of tires are they ?
What tires are you running?
Old guy here. What's the problem with wheelies?
Chinese rubber that's why the smell. You slippin wearing those orange gloves, lol. Those big tires do look good. Hell to no to digital paying, you saw what happened to us Canadians having our bank accounts frozen right.
Bro my ID is definitely on my phone lol but I still have to carry card tho not everywhere where I live take Apple Pay
Hey what happened to that black guy you use to ride bmx with? I think he was from Long Beach.
No bans here in NY. Not surprised a loser on a stark varg f*d it up for the rest of those in that area. Always that 1 person. NY is chill so far rode with my cuz a lot and he has a surron, we have passed cops wit no issues. But we also dont ride like idiots. my eride is coming in, in like 2 days 👍 can't wait.
Don't be a menace to South Central while riding your bike in the hood
I'm curious why the campervans and trailers aren't towed away?
Man, I think that all the time, right!!
What next in Cali they ganna ban walking cuz people keep getting hit 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
The truth lies posters
Where can I buy an e-bike like this? I'm from Europe. Greetings
Can I still win even if I live in Norway? Is that a problem with shipping or something?
That would be missed up to win a then not be able to ship it,right!!! Offer to pay shipping, good luck, from Sacramento, California USA 🇺🇸, peace ✌ out my friend
if i spend 1,200$ do i get 1,200 chances?
I work at a bike store for 9 years now. I even have a surron but band them or else kids will keep dying..Kid died in the Bay Area 2 weeks ago cause he hit a car..he hit the car -.-...Lady who is in charge of vista parks in Cali cant even ride a bike such a fail.
What does LA spend the people’s tax on? Homelessness shouldn’t be that of a problem… What a failed goverment.
There's just a bunch of low lives that don't want to conform to a normal life style, it's not just California it's every where
Oh it’s California they just give it away
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I don t have mony😢😢😢😢
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