10 MTB MAINTENANCE HACKS AND MODS TO DO AT HOME

10 MTB Maintenance hacks and mods to do at home! I show you some useful and ridiculous maintenance mods and skills that you can use for almost every mountain bike, which one is your favourite?
Me and Lewi Pilgrim show you 10 different hacks and maintenance skills that you to can do at home and it's certainly a perfect time to stay home right now with the crazy Coronavirus floating around. These tips can be used on almost any MTB and can add a lot of fun and ease to your bike building life. My favourite hack is the freak coaster which allows you to roll backwards without pedalling and is super fun to use. In this video I use a lot of different bikes from my electric bike to my normal enduro bike. Me and Lewi take it in turns to show you our favourite different skills. Basic tools are needed and a bike stand can help to make your life a lot easier but it isn't 100% needed to complete these. So I hope you enjoy these HOW TO's and enjoy staying in!
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Welcome to my channel, I'm a professional Freeride Mountain biker and former FMB world champion(2013).
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[@matiasm.3124]

Nobody.. Sam:"we need a spoke" **cuts a perfect spoke from a perfect wheel**

[@ziza1492]

And he have like 20 Walmart bikes

[@thesupernad]

I've always just used a metal coat hanger, but if he wants to ruin a wheel ok.

[@mikee8244]

Makes for better viewing than "here's one i found earlier " and fuck it anyway. Sams got spare wheels aplenty.

[@connorguitar]

žiža walmart bikes? You mean halfords bikes.

[@samuelsousa6296]

in seth bike hacks e just uses his shoe lace

[@markfournier9161]

When Sam looks at the screw and says “how?!?!” 😂😂😂 😂😂😂 so good

[@j5k395tks]

mark f conti tire failed again 🤣

[@olivergermain8802]

*hello*

[@Bordpie]

The lead also has the added benefit of acting as a radiation shield, someone call Nukeproof!

[@justsomedude2882]

Yeah especially thats how it is with ever normal tire witj just air inside because the screw seals it so his hack only ads weight 😂

[@seanmcadams1216]

"ten bike maintenance tips" *So first you need a curb*

[@theogubb5737]

Sean McAdams how do u make the text bold

[@seanmcadams1216]

@@theogubb5737 you put asterisks around the text you want to bold

[@theogubb5737]

@@seanmcadams1216 Which one is an Astrix sorry

[@santimeek5063]

@@seanmcadams1216 what the fuck are asterisks

[@seanmcadams1216]

This is an asterisk * *Make it bold by putting them around the text you want bolded*

[@darcyphillips70]

“added a little bit of weight to the tyre” “it actually works, that is the best thing EVER” 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@rileysmibert6139]

You don’t know why

[@rileysmibert6139]

You

[@rileysmibert6139]

Hi

[@rileysmibert6139]

Hi 👋 I am out for the day

[@rileysmibert6139]

You don’t want

[@benh3683]

number 2 ‘if you get mugged they wont steal ur cash’ , if ur being mugged they would take the bike 😂

[@SamPilgrim]

Ben h yeah we thought about that after hahah

[@ol4er]

I thought he means you can hide your weed

[@sebastiendoucet2058]

Sam Pilgrim one day your parents should be on the channel are they as hyped as you? Stay EPIC 😎😄😃👍

[@smokedsalmon3907]

Why not just ride away if they're trying to mug you lol? Unless they're on a bike too.

[@sebastiendoucet2058]

Smoked Salmon Good point! If you’re on a nice bike, cut them with your disc brake 😂

[@jabiru1232]

2:16 if anyone mugs you they are definitely taking your £1500+ bike too

[@BuffTip]

jabiru 123 🤣

[@alterinq2383]

Ye but you just fucking boonk its not rocket science innit?

[@drew8899]

Or the money falls through into the frame lol

[@mpk33]

And a knife in the guts too

[@The_Dude_420]

Finally, Sam the grandmaster of bike tech released a tech vid again!

[@wik667]

your mom gay lmao leon

[@KDub3911]

Was there another video he did like this? Link please!

[@The_Dude_420]

@@KDub3911 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGnToXaAjNWBr9k

[@LPx007]

"I've got a screw and an 'little' hammer here..." I freaking lost it... 🤣😂 Awesome video Sam...gonna get me some lead right away! 😂 (btw, the one with the tyre-fitting was really good 👏🏻). Thanks a lot for the awesome entertainment you keep providing! 🤘🏻

[@alfredotartarini200]

Nobody: Sam literally in every video: ToDaY iS gOnNa Be ePiC

[@camerondallas4438]

Alfredo Tartarini but for him today IS always epic

[@salmanmukti2421]

Slap him

[@smoke4131]

Well it's tonight for me as it's 11:21 pm here

[@faruque9983]

hes never wrong tho

[@User-re9so]

dude, every time I watch a video from him I say: hello everyone today is gonna be epic with him at the same :)

[@mikee8244]

Thx Sam. Currently teaching my cat to bark so i can take him walkies without drawing too much attention. gets me a bit more exercise eh.

[@ridewest57]

I’ve used that tube hack and it works like the a dream. I’m glad you did a tube hack because not every single person in the whole world runs tubeless.

[@ridewest57]

RoyalMiguel1738 ! No

[@stephenkillin9730]

As coronavirus quarantine continues I've been been starting maintenance on my bikes... Thanks for the ten useful tips! I'll definitely be trying these...

[@Thonogan]

Im not an Extreme mountainbiker,but this guy just makes me smile 🤗🤗🤗🤗🌞👍🏻 and what a talent 😀

[@rogerh.1500]

The curb file "...so free, and brings you out into the nature and stuff" :D

[@russc5269]

Thanks Sam and Louis. Life's crazy and your vids always cheer me up 😁. Thanks again.

[@Van_Nop]

Man Sam.. your vids keeps gettin even better and better for each upload, i thought it was the most entertaining MTB chanel 2 years ago.. The dreams man.. stay safe.. cant wait for your ONE MIL subs..

[@hyqaliqmal4108]

Wonder how to use the " OH NO I'VE LOST MY FILE " when you cut your fork like Max fredriksson did 😂😂

[@leonardhaworth5632]

You hang it out your car as you drive lmao

[@KDub3911]

It amazes me they let these riders do their own maintenance/builds. They're athletes not mechanics! Somebody get these guys a factory mechanic!

[@grantdavid9466]

@@KDub3911 I mean, you only need a small amount of mechanical knowledge to do this stuff. Just my opinion though.

[@orsonincharge4879]

when all you have is a hammer , everything looks like a nail .

[@Ekschberga]

You almost killed me with your picture 😂🤣

[@sickcunt9386]

5:15 Look at the state of that curb 😂😂

[@SamPilgrim]

Sam ON TWO WHEELS 😂👍

[@sickcunt9386]

Sam Pilgrim Please do more videos like this! 😂 absolutely class 🤘🏻

[@mikee8244]

@@SamPilgrim that kirb has helped Sam become the man he is today. Bravo kirb, bravo

[@phillip1706]

I was thinking somebody going to complain about the curbs state 😂

[@waynebinuk]

Proper kurb rashed 🤣🤣

[@planeandsimple431]

Carbon frame. Lead tires. Heavenly match.

[@maxno2390]

Me : gets all the right tools to do stuff Sam: I’m gonna use a curb

[@SuperJerot]

It's so free..

[@maxno2390]

SuperJeRoT lol

[@Pienimusta]

Martyn Ashton: "Hacks and bodges, hacks and bodges, hacks and bodges..."

[@danip113]

Man, thanks a million for the tires tip, as I am always killing myself in changing tires with the little levers... Thanks Same matey... Big hug!! Dan

[@fundabidozi4016]

That was a sick video, Sam! I'm trying THE SLICK 100% !

[@chippypea]

It's videos like this we need when we are confined to our own homes thank you👍👍 might need a tool set unless you have any alternatives😂

[@benblaser7932]

Dudeeeee sick! I’m totally using all of these!

[@westenmyers7359]

Ay love this style of vid Sam! Big hey from us shredders in the states🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@rogerc4467]

The sound you make at the end saying to the sky always cheers me up.

[@AliClark]

Had to double check it wasn’t still April the first 😂

[@axiomic]

I think it's within the 'April the 1st Week' ...

[@paulEG6]

A painful Percival happens when you miss your pedals as you land 😂

[@rorymccabe7497]

when you use your pipe cutter you should always spin towards the cutting wheel/open end...makes for a easier and more precise cut! DREAMS!!!

[@7alexcool7]

It's always so funny to hear the "Today is gonna be epic" Sam, really nice!

[@-unactive-7240]

11:00 The moment Sam realises he’s done an oopsie 😂

[@lagalini]

This is the best 10 bike chacks i've ever seen

[@davidkeane2399]

Pilgs Protection is the ONLY, EVER, TOTAL DREAM!! N°10 is the bombshell of all bombshells mate. Farkin' brilliant!

[@RichardOfYork1967]

Brilliant, Sam's face when that screw sank itself upto its shoulder in the tyre :D , and that spoke hack is genius

[@DenZEL_Vertigo]

I miss "California-Dude"))) Anyway, vid is EPIC!!!

[@silas8656]

This thumbnail is pure greatness.

[@SamPilgrim]

Silas Downhill 😁😁

[@MaxPowersHedgehog]

Thank you Sam for the "Spokey Chain Helper" trick, very good.

[@alexmccann502]

This made my day. Thanks Sam. Keep it up

[@momchilbalev7752]

I heard that wrapping also your suspension in led makes it run perfect, and it doesn't need maintenance, specially your stentions. Steele is also fine👍

[@mistylands1534]

I wished i could ride with you Sam, Tom and Lube. I literally have no friends so i just ride on my own all the time. Love your videos. Waiting for the dry weather before i take my new bike out i got last year. It's just been sitting in the spare bedroom since.

[@chilli-iceolive-abode2447]

We're more lonely nowadays than previous generations sadly. I think they say 18 - 35 year olds are the loneliest age group, only top trumped by the elderly.

[@mistylands1534]

@@chilli-iceolive-abode2447 I totally agree with that. I'm just 31 and i dont get out to see anyone as theres no one for me to see. But at least i have my health, and a bike to ride through the countryside.

[@chilli-iceolive-abode2447]

@@mistylands1534 I'm 30 and in a pretty similar situation 😔 I go out for work and that's it. I used to look forward to the weekends, but now they just seem so long.

[@X06Shadow]

seeing the vids you do sam made me get back into downhill/urban freeride and not 2 hours ago i just order a new DH bike the almighty kona Supreme Operator hope to see you on the trails one day!

[@jpollock1548]

That look you have when airing out your tire on the Double P hack was classic!! Awesome videos as always man! 🔥👊🏼 does that hoodie deliver to the US!??? So rad!

[@Kot1026]

Sam: "how we will fix this bike?" Also Sam: "we will destroy another bike for that!"

[@franksdad9899]

Lead in your tyres 😂😂😂 I bet that’s hilarious to ride 😂

[@morgannicolon]

My favourite is obviously the excellent and efficient Pilgrim Protection!! 🤣🤣 To the skyyyyyy!

[@joelellis579]

Love the video! I always struggle with doing my bike tyre.

[@sgtmcgman_2402]

Sam: little hammer 🔨 Me: big hammer 🔨

[@coreywilson6693]

"Now I'm switching my bike back in to freak mode."- Nate Dogg

[@dreadbulletz]

love your chanell man ! because of you im back in my bike

[@christianbarck9997]

It’s actually the best video ever 👍😂😄. Love it !

[@phal44]

Key word I heard at the beginning - Bodges! I know it would be intertaining lol

[@SamPilgrim]

phal44 🤙🏻

[@tomo7374]

Sam said a few vids ago, “some off you have been complaining about the grips that’s besc you haven’t used the right tool on them” also Sam

[@rosie_______]

Couldn't live without your videos sam. your the best

[@waynebinuk]

My jaw is actually hurting from laughing, awesome vid Sam, we need more bike maintenance tips and hacks to take into out brsins and use.. DREAMS 👍👌🚴‍♂️🛠️

[@harryleach8443]

"So we need a spoke " goes and cuts a spoke of a perfectly good bike and wheel

[@CyclingAroundToronto]

I think he meant to say... when your friend isn't looking go cut one of their spokes... :)

[@smoke4131]

2:05 the vibrations will get it out

[@connorleverett6085]

The spoke in the chain will be so usefull for me. Thanks 🤟👍

[@spencercorder9295]

Sick vid cheers for the tips u legend 🤘🏻👍🏻

[@mcdiggleteets8314]

It caused me excruciating physical pain to watch someone cut a spoke out of a $1,000 wheel

[@borlampic6152]

But but...... Sam you just cut the Spoke 0:51 😟

[@rehankhuram7490]

A halo wheel too😥

[@DHFlip18]

Love the tips Sam, maybe we should all use lead for added stability too lol. That was quite impressive though. Also, for the first tip, I use zip ties to hold the chain together, then cut it off. Love zip ties Almost as much as I love you videos 😃

[@kayilledosrs1091]

literally wearing down the curb from all the sanding from so many forks xD legend!

[@noaheardley2011]

Sam: don’t ask for your parents permission when going on the roof for led Me:😈😈

[@markhirst1296]

Sam, can you wheelie with lead in your front wheel? Just imagine the outrage you’d cause to the weight weenie roadie brigade 🤣

[@kudosbudo]

Weight weenie roadie brigade?! Throw in most of teh BMX bandits into that category, they moan about weight too.

[@phillip1706]

The lead makes it ultra lightweight 😂 🤣😂🤣😂

[@markhirst1296]

Benjamin Whitehead. I was said roadie 2 years ago, boring as fuck though and twice as deadly down to idiot drivers. MTB only rider now 👍🏻

[@Anatole76be]

Thank you for entertaining us, it was epic!

[@iancasil8215]

Nice vid Fan here from Philippines love you and all you're bikes

[@jackkelly324]

"painful percival"

[@justindeloia6633]

When it says 23 seconds ago

[@justindeloia6633]

When there no other way to start a sentence

[@djc3325]

Thanks Sam these really worked

[@jamesplantain-ox3ks]

You guys remind me of when I was a kid love it.

[@kyburgess7703]

1st

[@barrysniff]

No

[@kyburgess7703]

Harry Smith yeah I did

[@TomJeffery1]

i’m not 100% sure we should be taking maintenance advice from someone that uses the pavement as a file...

[@ericshepherd5788]

Always great content keep shredding bro

[@mountainbiker9330]

😂 very enjoyed it. That was literally fun😂😂 PP- Painful Persevere😂

[@jakekibble484]

You’re still mental man 😂 ordered my first e mtb today thanks for the inspo 👍🏻

[@SamPilgrim]

Ohh nice one dude!

[@scottsmith5623]

Reminds me of Gilbert Ratchet!! Yes some of us in Murica occasionally get our grubby hands on a copy of Viz!! EPIC!!

[@earlwhiff2012]

Thanks Sam . made my day epic again .

[@tylergreen9888]

Thanks, Sam! I’ve been wondering how to add weight to my bike.... the leaded tires will really help with that! Hahahahahaha!! You’re the best

[@phoebyrose8427]

Mate I could listen to u all day so funny and that screw at the end had me baffled and creasing cheers mackintosh slosh dosh doshy mcgruuu

[@danielcondon1607]

Sp is right! I put lead in all my tires! truck, cars, bikes, motorcycles, mower. Absolutely brilliant! Wish i would if thought of this before 😁

[@thekindersuprise]

I love how you said, *first you need led* 😅😅😅how good man

[@addictchelo3540]

Muy buenos videos, espero tener unas bicis asi algun dia!!

[@mihaistoescu1039]

LOVE your ghetto bike hacks! They are awesome! Except cutting a perfect spoke and not using some random wire from your garage.

[@cannedgorilla1062]

Sick vid Sam and Lewi!

[@lifetimemtb1671]

Your Vids really help us in the Corona Lockdown

[@dudeduderson4427]

What is this sorcery! Just had to swap out a tube and the valve/tyre trick worked! For years everytime I put my tyre back I had to prepare for an argument ... last time I had 3 tyre levers and still nearly threw the wheel across the garden, thanks Pilg

[@d4rkside_europe564]

We did that tire-flip thing bout 15 years ago with some Michelin 26" Wildgrippers for a mates street bike. It was the dream :D

[@big1damo]

Quality vid as always mate, if you need a home for the old bikes then feel free to send them on! 😂👍🤘

[@thim0]

Sam, you make me grin so hard. love your vibe, bro!

[@williamholden2631]

You really cheer me up . THANKS

[@SamPilgrim]

Happy to hear that!

[@ericwhitchurch9779]

Never fails to make me laugh but so good tips 👌🏻🤘🏻👍🏻😂

[@smithy5664]

The best bike maintenance video I've ever seen.

[@lesjr3732]

U guys are awesome...PP an the screw I'm rolling

[@nathanielramos8713]

A good laugh at the end though😂😂 but helps me a lot.

[@joshfletcher9185]

Seriously cool and chill dude.

[@ashpunting]

😆🤣I've actually use some of those tips thanks too Lewi and Sams pipe cutter and road file 😆🤣👍🏾

[@Ferrettherrett]

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST TIPS EVER. THE BEST PILLNIQUE GEEZER EVER 😎

[@joemusicman64]

The California dude did not appear. Bummer. ;) Love your vids man. Been binging on them for weeks.