Thank you really helpful, solved the brake problem on my 1990s Ridgeback.

Very nice bike. Take it any day.

Fact 9r or Fact 10r?

In gonna get an XXS rockhopper

Is it okay if the thread of the thru axle doesn't really reach the outside ?

Hi ya'll, does anyone know how to adjust the contrast on the display. Mine is very light, I cant read it at all. I was hoping it just needed a new battery, but thatbwas a no go..thanks!

This bike is only fixable if you do it as a hobby. You need to have other donnor bikes.

Over the years, when a friend took her mid-90's Trek MultiTrack to two different shops for a tuneup, they told her about some problem with the Shimano center-pulls where there was no longer a replacement part available, but they said it wasn't urgent, so she never had the brakes replaced. When I looked at them just now, the plastic sleeves seemed fine, and the brakes seemed to work fine. Were the shops just trying to be proactive, or is there something I should still do with the brakes? The bike has not been ridden much over the years.

I am very impressed with your unseen ability to get the wheel true, and I am not being sarcastic.

I did try the Dry lube on payvement i took 75 mil to realize the accumulation of grids like black tarred. Never Again! Don't believe those retoric speeches .Try your self!

Oh no it has reflectors and pedals that make it uncool… haha stop listening to these idiots who tell you to make your bike more dangerous to ride at night

What a great video mate. Clear, comprehensive and very, very useful. Thanks

Thanks! Just changed my controller in a gen 2 Aventon Pace 500. Almost identical; I think mine had two more connections for the rear brake lights.

Just bought Cannondale bike from China, and in packaging photo there weren’t brake disk on the front wheel, is it stored in other little boxes? 3:40

Thanks for making this tutorial video.

Thanks for this! I was able to fish out the end of my broken cable after learning about taking the cover off the bottom of the shifter.

En que ciudad esta tu tienda?.

I have a Specialized Turbo Tero 4.0. Great bike for typical Americans. Frame size L means the cyclist's height is up to 185 cm. My height is 184 cm, the height of the seatpost, set to the maximum position, is 4-5 cm short. And this harms my knees. The frame size is XL, which increases the height of the frame of an already unusually tall bike by another 3-4 cm. The design of the bike is beautiful and does not look too annoying. But, nevertheless, replacing the pedals, as on all new bicycles, is mandatory. In my case, this means replacing the handlebars, saddle, and seatpost with a longer one (this is the most difficult thing, due to the frame design). In a word, do the bike yourself. Just like any new bike.

Very good and direct video. Thank you.

I've got the DSX 2, and have clocked just under 4,000km (~2485 miles). It is a great solid bike. I am a bigger rider being 195cm and ~115kg (6'4", 254lb) and put a lot of torque through the rear wheel. I live in Melbourne, Australia and do a decent mix of road riding, gravel riding - and even some MTB on this bike. I will ride from my Bayside house up to the hills and ride the Commonwealth Games MTB track and then ride home - a ~75km ride with ~600m of elevation (46miles ride, 1969ft elevation) I have had to rebuild the rear wheel as the standard Marin rims had micro cracks forming at each of the spoke holes - Bikes Online ended up covering part of the cost of this. The bottom bracket needed facing and squaring off, but this is common for pretty much all mass produced bikes. Only in the last few hundred km has the bottom bracket started making noise - which is pretty incredible considering what the bike has been through. The WTB Riddler tires are fine, but with my riding (road during the week, dirt on the weekends), the tread only lasts a couple of weeks. I have moved to Pirelli Cinturato tires, and although expensive have lasted significantly longer than the WTB. I am still on the original chain and cassette, and only been through 2 sets of brake pads. I will hopefully be moving to a new bike soon, but if I wasn't I would probably swap out the brakes for something a bit stronger, just because I like doing stoppies at red lights to show off :D

That is a Allan nut not a bolt because a bolt needs a spanner or socket

Fair play, when you follow less than 1% of the instructions on the reverse of the packaging, of course it’ll look like a bad product 😂

I have a Level 2. I wonder how well the little wires and connectors will hold up over time.

Yes, the most important tool for a guy setting up bikes, a good sidecutter for clipping the zip ties.

Useful. Informative!! The aesthetic cover is pretty unaesthetic, vulnerable. Depressed area on the frame attracts dirt sinks it. Pain to increase / customize stack. Same with all bikes with such proprietary built in features and closed ecosystem for interop. How can you replace the rubber hose should it get damaged/worn out?

I bought a Trek road bike in about 1975. Back then if I’d had more money, I could have upgraded to better components. But the only thing that would have made me faster would have been better wheels and tires. Better brakes and derailleurs would have been sweet but would not have been faster.

Yes degreaser is the better way to go. You asked. Your method is simple, straightforward and makes sense. I like the idea of getting great results without using degreaser. Thanks for this.

650b 30-32 tires, longer Brake calipers, and funny pedal strikes

Best video ever on how chain is made up and all the chain checkers!

I have used electrical tape countless times with no problems

It's a great old school Cannondale. While the idea of the Headshok was innovative, I wouldn't want to own one now in 2024. Your bike looks pristine. It would be sweet if it had a rigid fork.

Solid info, @ChrisEnockson. Thanks! At 6:17, the reason you've cut your hands before is because you are sliding the tire lever when the bead still has tension. Aside from the TL-10 style, tire levers work by levering the tire free in several succeeding points (the reason they come in sets of 2+), then after the tire is loose, sliding a lever along the bead to finish removing the tire from the rim.

Pipe clamps maybe a solution

What is the weight of DsX?

If you want to upgrade you have to consider the weight, puting carbon pretty much everywhere even on the wheels, a better transmission groupset

John's collection is amazing. Cool guy, I watch his channel often. He is kinda like the Peter Griffin of vintage bicycles to me.

A perfect example of "Assume NUTHIN'"! 😜 👍

Sziasztok~

I have a question? I got the same axle as the one on the video but i have a small black spacer with the other 2. I didn't see a black spacer on the video. Is the black spacer important?

Can i just upgrade derailleur to Shimano Sora ?? (From claris with same shifters)

Dsx 3?

Incredibly helpful video, thank you!

really helpful vid! subbed

How do I know which bracket cover to use on my Shimano Ultegra

Very helpful. Thank you.

got same bike u got a video on how to replace power plug on frame i make mistake of forgeting pin to wire location on connecter on bike theres 3 wires the 2 small wires i dont know what plug thay go to help whould be amazing

This is a great overview. I have a 2009 Giant TCR I’d like to convert from road to gravel. Rear is fine, but front fork is too narrow to accommodate a 35+mm tire. How would I go about ordering a new Giant compatible fork to fit a legit gravel tire?

That's not a fix, it's a replacement. Why not upgrade to V brakes?

You should either do one of three things here; 1) Remove this video because it is misinformation, as you were not using the tool correctly, 2) Add a disclaimer up front that you misused the tool, or 3) Simply retitle your video "Examples of How Not to Use the Schwalbe Tire Lever".

Are all the rims tubeless capable?