10 Bike Tips & Hacks for MTB, Road, and Beyond
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This may only be a problem here in Australia but if you tie zip ties to your helmet and have the extra bit sticking up it is a good deterent and the birds won't swoop
I don’t have that issue, but wish I did just to film it!
Joshua Winterton wait, what?
Joshua Winterton magpies suck so bad aye
Bloody magpies
Can u explain why the birds are scared by the zip tie sticking out?
I used the my hand sprayer with round up in it to wash my bike.
Now everywhere I lay it down, it kills the vegetation.
Lol. Make your mark
I'm just not going to question
You can also use the garden sprayer to water jumps.
Wet trails can be bad, but dry jumps are even worse!
do they grow, if you water them frequently?
It stops them from shrinking
wooosh?
What do you prefeer. Smelly (and wet) or filthy (and covered in mud) trail dogs. The garden sprayer can help there too.
"Filthy smelly trail dogs belong on a back seat"
Ah, now I see why my parents wouldn't let me sit in the front.
Underrated comment, I was screaming of laughter
why is this deppresing and funny at the same time
RIP😂😂🤣
Are You Eyeballing Me? Good one
You need Jesus
7:11 I have a metal one of these for my drunk friends
Nice one
are you a policeman
You a cop?
I still watch these videos even though I won’t ever have to use these tips😂💯❤️
Lol same
Prod By VD I still watch these videos even though I don’t ride mountain bikes
😂 same
Same🤣🤣🤣
I have a great hack to loose friends: put a ball from a ball bairing in there bars and watch em struggle to figure out what the noise is
Ha! I'll be trying this
Mountain bike Ben or a metal bb
*their (I'm bored)
I’m doing this
Lose bearing their your welcome
$5000 bike $10 washing equipment
TONY GAMING YT more than that my guy
Budget
Didn't he get the bike for free
@@gntcboss0744 yeh hes sponsored by diamondbacm
@@gntcboss0744 yeah
TIP / HACK IDEA - If you want to use a fuel station / garage tyre inflator to seat your tubeless tyres but you don't have a Schrader to presta converter? You can take the dust cap off your presta valve cut the top 5mm off the dust cap then thread it onto the valve upside down using the newly made hole and it converts your valve from presta to schrader. Its a really handy tip if you don't have your own air compressor
Dude, great hack
thats sick!
Hey man your videos/tutorials are great! Very informative, nice background music without being obnoxious, and a voice that's very easy to listen to, yet not condescending. I'm super impressed with your teaching skills! Keep it up, man! I subscribed and liked.
Kinda cool to see you used my friction paste hack. That stuff is great for a lot of things! Just not on tacos. 🌮
...A umm... Friend... found that out. 😶
How closely related would that "friend" be huh? :D
Awesome timing...was just wondering how to stop mount slipping...I have carbon paste, but never thought to use that...thanks both
used to sand mine before I got carbon paste
I was today's years old when I learned what the hooks on tire levers are for.
Same
Me
Edit ur message now pls for it to say "i was 2 years younger whem i learned ..."
Literally everyone
It was today for me
Since youre hurt again heres an idea. Do a budget build useing used parts, new parts, or stuff from online. Preferably not from sponsors unless it fits into the theoretical budget (so no 5c frame or mission pro). It can be a hartail or a full sus. Both could be really cool. The idea is to bring back that botched together kinda feel that your old bikes had. I think it could be an amazing project and you have all the time in th e world now due to the injury, so i hope you give this some thought. Thanks for reading
I picked up an XCT Concept full sus 21 speed on a Facebook listing and rode out to get it from 20 miles down the road. Nice day, so I rode out on my workhorse Trek 3700 which has a custom chainstay trailer hitch on it with the intention of taking them both back on the train. When I got there, the owner was waiting for me with a two litre pitcher of lemonade - made from fresh lemons! She must've been pressing them all morning! So she left me to figure out how to get both bikes the two miles to the train station while she finished packing her house into a u-haul. I was still trying to figure it out after she left, then it hit me...
Thirty feet of paracord later, I'd tied the front wheel of the XCT to the chainstay, resting it on the hitch bar, and to the seat post, and the headtube to the pannier. The rear wheel of the XCT would be rolling on the road. I rode it back like that, a super bendy tandem. When I got back I wanted to do another forty miles!
...All the XCT needed was air in the tyres and the brakes and gears tweaking!
then he can do another bike giveaway
THAT WOULD BE AWSOME
The one from the laces underneath themselves (even when NOT on the bike) is pure...MAGIC for me!! THANKS!
I was shocked the shoelace hack didn’t involve duct tape! Lol solid hacks
I was expecting a strap of hook and loop
all joking aside I wish more flat pedal shoes would come with boa/ratchet closures (I hate shoelaces)
Yep, that one was lit.
@@boomerangfreak i got pearl izumi shoes that are for both flat and clipless. Just take the cleats out and out the flat pad thing back on. I rarely use them without the cleats though.
@@sonorangaming449 my northwave shoes also have those but I just can't see them being any good on flat pedals.
Tire bead seating and inflating tip: For stubborn tires, wrap a cargo ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire and snug it down. It forces the bead toward the rim wall, making inflation and seating easier (maybe even possible without a compressor or hack soda bottle inflater).
I’ve never clicked on a video so fast !!!
Me too
Plumdog TRI Fitness same
Saaameee:)))
same
Same
You're almost at 1 Million subscribers! The quality and entertainment factor of your videos is definitely paying off. Congratulations!
Yaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!!! Seth bike hacks
Finally 1.000.000 Congratulations!!!!I respect you at all!!!!You inspired me in every witch way!!!!❤️Congratulations!!!
Here's a hack I used for a long time: if you only have clipless shoes you can cut a piece of old tire to fit in where a cleat normally goes and bolt it on then use them as flat pedal shoes
I really enjoyed your videos. I've watched almost every of your video and I realize it helps to reduce my anxiety. Keep doing the good Job. Love from Indonesia dude.
+1: use an old pair of gloves when working with tires.....
Maybe I am just weak and puny... but I always mess my hands up when working on tires.....
If you don't have a tailgate cover, u could use your back seat floor mats in a pinch
It may seem off topic, but I think many of us would really like to see a little bit of your video workflow process. You don't need to do a deep dive into your editing process, but just a good overall summary from shooting, organizing all the footage, overall edit process, and then particularly of interest to me, storage. You must have thousands of hours of raw and B footage from your videos. How do you store so much data? Cloud? RAID? Multiple hard drives? How are they organized so you can find that clip from a few years ago that you want to reference on a current video like you did here with the SoFla footage you put up? Again, not a deep dive. No need to give away trade secrets, but I do a lot of filming myself just for fun and for my own consumption and I'm starting to struggle with storing and organizing it all. I'm a big fan! I even ordered some SBH and Drama decals for my bike rack! :)
Seth, I wanted to share a tip I would love to see you share.
When cutting the tag end of a zip-tie/ty-rap, instead of using side cutters that leave a sharp edge, use fingernail clippers to cut it flush. Give it a try! I learned this a few years back and it works great!
I've been doing that too , your right it works great
Seth I saw you used the rylo, I have been looking into them and haven’t yet seen a good review on it from a MTB. Could you please do a review of the rylo?
Finn Grant I would check out Trail Peek’s video, which is really good and comprehensive. I will be reviewing it though!
I end up using your shoelace hack everyday, even out of my bike. You can say it is a life hack as I never have my shoelaces loose again :P
I was surprised to hear that people use levers to take off tyres
I use a single screwdriver
"facepalm"
I just break a few spokes off my wheel and use them. Those sharp pointy ends really get into the bead!
Bike tool companies hate him! Learn how screwdrivers and vice grips can save you thousands $$$!!
I use my iron hands ONLY :D
I use my teeth
Congrats on one million Seth! You earned it!
Leave the new tire in the sun for an hour & it'll be soft & pliable & much easier to mount or take off.
Add some rubbing alcohol to the soapy water to evaporate the water with the soap.
What if you live in England...
@@antvra1
Patience and the ball & chains hair dryer :)
Anywhere in North Queensland Australia. Except the tyre will just be the same as our melted roads
Not in England mate
I like your idea, the way seth does in removing tires can damage or bent the rims but what i usually do is the fire trick.
I don't know if you still take suggestions, but I learned this one from Calvin on park tool: if you don't have a hose/garden sprayer thing to wash your bike, just use a bike water bottle and spray with that.
Great video keep up the great hacks 👍🏽👍🏽
Congrats on 1 Million Subscribers, you really deserve it!!!
Hey seth did u know u can make a dropper post by putting a spring inside your seatpost !!!
Adam Dead i think im gonna try this. I have this old pen with a spring in it that i think will do just fine. Thanks for the idea!
@@Sam-tf3br yeah thats how i did it on my bike
Hey Seth, one idea I saw from a buddy is to use a worn down low tread tire, cut it, and temporarily zip-tie it to a saddle. It keeps your bum from sliding around on the seat. After a big snow or rain the trails are muddy and this will give you more confidence. I'm a downhiller at heart and don't usually use my seat but I'm sure many people would find this useful. Come ride Trestle Bike Park in Colorado!
You should do a top 10 worst hacks you've seen/come up with.
That’s not very nice ☹️
@@iphonetextsforyou5881 It is, then you learn what is a good hack and what is not
Oh okay...
Learn what doesn't work is as helpful as learning what does work.
Hey Seth, for the slack in the hitch receiver, if you have an old axle U-bolt with the bracket laying around, you can tighten one of the u bolts around the hitch, then tighten the second one around the receiver. Both u bolts snug to the ubolt bracket, it can secure the bike holder eliminating that movement as well.
I always carry tape. That 1" gorilla tape is good (good for rim tape if an issue).
Awesome idea for the garden sprayer!!!
Any idea how many YEARS I never knew what those hooks were for?!? Finally leaned to use those last year lol!
I use an old movers blanket for a tail gate cover. Got it for free and can be folded over. I'll check out this foam, though. That movers blanket is a mess when it gets wet and is bulky.
Great suggest on camera mounts! I have broken those plastic mounts by over tightening.
I keep a dollar bill in my bike bag. Fold up and tape over a torn tire. Wont get you real far, but may keep your tube in (you do carry a tube, right?) To get back to the truck.
Had a buddy slice a sidewall and had to make the walk of shame.
For people who like music you can put a Bluetooth speaker in a water bottle holder for more security Velcro, cable ties or lockable straps hold it in place.
Seth keep up the amazing work
Keep it up and thanks these where very helpfull for me and i use those hools to hang them on the wheel to grap them when i need it i also have a rim hanging with those tire levers thats a bike hack for a wrecked rim
love from Denmark, please make more of these bike hacks, it brings back memory from the old Seth's bike hack videos
Finally I know what the hook is for on tire levers. I've been hooking it on the rim which isn't as useful.
One inch Gorilla tape is the by far the best rim tape for going tubeless: It really sticks to the rim, plugging all the spoke holes airtight; it's thicker than all the expensive dedicated rim tapes out there (and I've tried a few and they all leave air bubbles), and the hole you make for the valve will not enlarge under the pressure.
Two big tips: Buy a bottle of Schwalbe Easy Fit Tire Mounting Fluid, and use it not just on the tire bead (apply with a brush) but also under the rubber base of the valve to create a good seal between the rim tape and the valve. A real godsend!
Lastly, inject the sealant only through the valve and only after you're certain that you have an almost airtight tubeless setup. Your tire may become soft VERY slowly, overnight or over several hours, and the leaks (wherever they are) are so small that you can't hear air escaping from anywhere on the wheel. Only then should you fill the tire with the appropriate amount of sealant. Pump up the tire and ride around the block a few times. You'll then have a tire that will not lose air for weeks!
"I HAVE A WALMART BIKE"
- some dead guy
Spambi The Neko what?
Finn Seeger it’s a joke
TheBloodMango no I just don’t understand it.
Finn Seeger it’s because Walmart bikes are unsafe and break very easily.
@@zacjohnson452 i have a walmart bike, been using it for 3 years now. Blame the riders not the bikes.
No pad in thr back for your doggo??? Bad boy!!! Awesome video thpugh thanls for the hacks
Seth (and every person ever that uses zip ties), there's an electrician's tool that are fondly referred to as "flushies" - meaning flush side cutters. There are a few brands but the brand I've been using for years is Hakko: Hakko Micro Wire Cutters. These eliminate the need for Xacto knives or box cutter blades to get your zip tie cuts nice and flush and not have those awful, pointy ends that just destroy your hands and legs. 5 bucks. And they come in multi packs. They're small enough to fit in a hip pouch or one of those"water bottle" tool kits if you ride with that. Just thought I would point you towards them because I know I hate getting cut by those zip tie ends. Happy riding and thanks for all of the years of great content!
grapes
You'd think at my age, I'd know all this but clearly not. I learnt so much today. Cheers mate.
Tire tip: if you're installing a new tube, coat it in powder so it doesn't stick to the tire and it will reduce your pinch flats a ton
What powder to use?
wong kw talc.
I use a big freezer bag (Ziploc). Throw in the tube, squirt a bit of talc in, seal it up, shake it up, and voila! Talc'd up tube, and near zero mess!!
Nice
@@coolhead123 You can pay a lot extra to buy Rema Tire Talc online, but regular unscented baby powder is cheap & available practically everywhere. I do the same as Eric B suggests, I put a tube in a bag & add the powder, then seal the bag & shake it. Actually, I keep the same bag handy with a bunch of powder inside, & use it multiple times. I also pour powder into the tire & spread it all around by rotating the tire while tapping on it to knock the powder around, this should be done outdoors to avoid a mess. If the other guys in the shop ever gave me any flak, I'd point out that my tires never go flat from folds in the tubes or misaligned valve stems. But really, I do use quite a lot, and you probably don't need to use as much as you'd think.
Hey Seth! I've got a hack for you, with a little modification you can use the garden pressure sprayer as a quick blast of air to seat tubeless tyres!!
0:36 I'm gonna use Flex Tape.
Like a lot of people . I rode a bike as a kid but eventually quit as I got to the age where motorized transportation became available to me. I bought a new bike just after my 40th birthday and soon found myself buying all the pieces of kit that comes with bicycle ownership . I assembled a tire patch kit with a frame mount pump . This kit contained 2 sets of tire levers . I had never seen or used them before but figured out immediately what the hooks were there for . Of course my mechanical aptitude is higher than the national average , by quite a bit I suspect. I was riding a rail trail on my first cruiser as an adult . Vandals had littered the trail with tacks to pop tires and it worked . My bike got a flat on the front and my friend popped both of his. We pushed the bikes to a nearby bench Ian I proceeded to patch the tires . While I was working on the tires other riders came by also pushing their own bikes . And many of them said something along the lines of "you can fix a tire, which bike shop do you work at?" I've gone into bike shops and seen big box brands of bikes waiting in the repair que for nothing more than a flat tire . When I was 9 years old I was riding back home from a nearby swimming hole and had a flat tire . I made it to the corner gas station . I peeked the tire off by hand and patched the tube with a foil sticker from a vending machine by the door and reinflated the tire . It held up to get me home and even a couple days longer. This was in 1979 when gas stations had air for free. The sticker was of Gene Simmons face . I've also heard of duct tape being used for this , but never actually seen it myself.
Any one else notice Seth has “Hacks” in his channel name, but hasn’t posted a hack video in 6 months. This was just a quick Seth Fact😂
Think he's hemmed up injured, but I could be wrong.
If your seat clamp or handlebar stem is slipping out of place and you have no assembly compound, you *do* have assembly compound. Rub a teensy amount of plain toothpaste onto the inside of the clamp surface and torque it down. Wipe off any squeeze-out, and you're done. It won't hurt carbon or aluminum. And your bike will be minty fresh!
Also if u have a garden sprayer make sure to let all the pressure out before storing
So thats what the hook on the tyre lever does
awesome Seth you have to do more of these
hey seth, love your hack videos(: you can store an extra master chainlink in the bottem side of the pedros tire levers and secure them with a single layer of ducttape. it doesn't add any weight and the link is prodected from the elements. works for other small parts as well. i discovered that little hack when is was putting my "no-backpack-setup" togehter (:
I use high density foam for alot of projects however it is not abrasion resistant. It gets shreded easily. Duct tape however is fairly abrasion resistant so I tend to cover the foam in duct tape. For heavy protection I cover it in chunks of old mtb tires. I made a set of emergency knee pads this way. They lasted really well for several hours of heavy riding and took several fairly hard falls.
A CO2 inflator works great at setting a tire as well
No good on certain sealant though, so use to seat the bead then put in the fluid.
+100 points for the laces trick if only I thought of that then i wouldn't of fallen my bike whilest being litterally tied in. A nice young lady had to untangled me. I'm glad I didn't land on any predestians. Since then I ALWAYS tuck my laces in.
tubeless tires are a bigger enemy than my wife when she's hunting for something that i said i couldn't find
I really don't like having to add new sealant every few months.
Tubes, even expensive ones are cheaper and for me at least more reliable.
Tubeless works especially bad if your rim is dented
Its crazy to see seth go from 100k to nearly 1 million!
you deserved it sooner
Here in Alberta we already got a foot of snow 😂
Freaking Iqaluit got snow after us...
Great vid and fantastic bike hacks, Thanks for sharing !
Love the pump sprayer trick. I use this when the hose is off for the winter and need to wash my bike.
Also, in Michigan, cutting aluminum cans is blasphemy. That shit is valuable lol.
Oregonean here those aluminum cans are straight Cash
Hey!! That lace hack is my hack!! I discovered it a yr ago while riding with converse shoes.
Guitar Madness it is a good hack still
When I saw this video popup in my feed I loudly yelled: “YES YES YES YES YEEES!!” And evryone in my living room looked at me all weird and now that I’m done watching it’s safe to say that it was worth it
My father had those levers (metal ones) over 40 years ago, they are now in my bike toolbox 😊
For a quick tyre seal, if you have no plugs use a thorn, it will be easy and hold up for a while. Just make sure to replace it when you get home
That garden sprayer is awesome when you get back home in winter and your garden hose is frozen.
This ... Or if you live in an apartment and don't have access to a hose.
To find the appropriate seat height, stand at the side of the bike and let the seat reach the height of your hips. It's a great hack and I use it often
That is because I don't have a dropper post and the numbers are faded off
Puppy jail is the perfect solution for my ratty looking trail mutt!
The amount of times over the years my shoe laces get caught on the pedals thanks for this advice 😊
Hey Seth, love the videos. Miss seeing the orange p7 in videos
Close to 1 million , congrats
A can of starting fluid and a lighter works well for seating the bead!
STOP IT JEFF! LOL
If your on city streets with your bike, I use reflective tape on my back pocket. Pull your back pocket in your shorts in-side-out and put a bit of reflective tape where cars can see it on the exposed pocket. If your hitting up happy hour with friends after work you can just tuck the pocket back in and your good.
Seth!!!! I love your videos especially the hack and tip videos
I've seen some youtube videos of Seth's Bike Hacks by the chance and really enjoyed it
then became a subscriber from South Korea. Much of Knowledge and info.& skills of MTB are very helpful with big fun.
Thanks and Cheers~
FINALLY SETH's BIKE HACKS!
Note : to my last post , u will need a gravel runner rear tire . Winter in the mid-west is long and cold so a good trading with my mtb in front of the tv all winter will keep me/us going all winter. Love to see some good real testing on trainers. Thanks
When I'm on my bike commute and I see someone carrying their bike on their car or truck I think "Et tu, Brute?"
What are you qouting Julius Caesar for lol
@@shortsightedness8371 it means, you too, brutus?
You can also use the garden sprayer for poping the bead in tubles tires
Great video! The bike hacks are what got me on this channel originally. For the hitch rack, a ubolt around the reciever and the hitch mount works better IMO. They also make a variety of products called anti rattle kits or hitch slop reducers. All under $15.
One of the best ways I found with applying a tubless tyer is to pump it up as much as u can with a hand pump then to sit on it yes like a chair and that way it forces the tyer to hit the edges and then u can inflate the rest of your tyer hope I see this in a bike hack and hope it helped 👌🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Hey Seth! Love the vids! You should build a bike from your spare parts bin
I have gotten used to lugging around a heavy pack with all the essentials for a long day ride all the way from extra tubes an multi tool tire levers Cliff bars and sometimes a energy gel the only thing I keep on my bike is my phone when it’s dry and warm out and my multi valve pump.
Who else immediately clicked off another vid?
Easton Otten nearly immediately for me
Yup!
ASAP
Same here lol
As soon as i could
You can also use a hair drier to warm up the rubber to help get the tire on the rim
Keep watching these over and over again. They're just the best mtb content on you tube
Great vid Seth! But I hope that you use the elastic loop placed in the middle of the laces to tuck them into? I have the exact same model, and it works like gold. The hack is useful for shoes without this feature, though!
poor drama we all miss him
I don't even ride bikes and I still watched the whole video 😂
good job
I swear I’ve watched this 80 times by now and still never get bored 😂😂
Trent Blum rip drama
Me too
Why you gotta watch it 80 times tho?
@@JR-wj9bh ive seen it so many times on my home page lol
Emergency trail dog wash station?
Daniel Rogers no need for one he already has a bike wash station which does the same thing 😂
Garden spray idea is genius. Will try
I've never clicked on a ved soooooo fast
I use a cut section of a yoga mat to stand on while changing into ride clothes. It beats standing barefoot on dirt.
I have a hack...
Just watch Seth’s Bike Hacks😀
You should make diy tire inserts with that same high density foam you used for the tailgate cover, something similar to crushcore