All 3 sons broke their bikes in the same week! 🤦🏻‍♂️ Wheel Truing, Hanger Straightened, Disc Brakes!

[@tonyjennison3199]

Just to remark on the fact that one of the strongest things about your posts to the public of the world is your honesty. I'm from the UK. If you have suffered, or have felt under pressure, or possibly been threatened for discussing political issues in your nation, I understand your caution. However I would hope that anyone who watches your channel will continue to support you because of the decent human being you have continually demonstrated yourself to be.

[@picasticks]

To be fair "smug turd" is pretty good, and he *did* admit to being briefly entranced by Ralph Nader. With that said, I totally agree. And for the kind of people (garbage people) who are practicing intimidation, their end goal is your silence. I think it's great that Papa Andy spoke up when he did, but I respect his decision to pull back now, after all we are all complex humans but what he wants out of this channel is to be the Bike Farmer. I hope we will get his opinions from the rant stand again when the time is right! And I love the timing of him dropping the Bikes for Kids video (even if it was just a happy coincidence because Working Bikes had a container to load), it shows the difference between someone doing something good for real in the world vs. antisocial haters typing away on a keyboard.

[@jefffixesit60]

“…I’ve already spent 3 to 4 times longer than I thought I would have on this bike…” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said the exact same thing ! 😎😁🤣❤️

[@lastfm4477]

Weekly.

[@GrigoryRechistov]

Ah yes, the infamous Dork Disc Incident of 2024. Cheers to Gregor the cat!

[@karl7feet]

Thanks for providing some sanity in a country that’s apparently going crazy!

[@bkefrmr]

Thank you. It's nice to hear it. I'm really still struggling with it. So much gaslighting. Ugh...

[@macd727]

Two comments I hope you take to heart. 1. Please more disc brake content. I’m an old mechanic who struggles with newer tech. 2. Keep up your rants, political and otherwise…. They are great content if for no other reason that they are genuine! Love what you do!

[@bkefrmr]

I just don't see very many disc brake bikes in my shop. Most of the "bread and butter" bikes I deal with just got disc brakes within' the last 5 years or so. It's gonna be a bit before they circle around to the surplus markets. Being too honest during the election was detrimental to the health of the channel and got way more personal than anyone ever needs it to get. Authenticity is a paramount value for me, and this channel, but I also need it to grow and don't want it becoming my identity...it's a weird balancing act! Definitely doing some soul searching. I'm interested to see where I land with it!

[@FISHALLDAY-d9d]

I completely agree!

[@laurawalters7973]

Watching you work isn't boring. It's soothing.

[@Triplecenturies]

Reminds me of my childhood when I didn't care for anything and would get a new bike every few years whether for birthdays or Christmas. They were K-mart / Toy Store bikes, so you know they weren't going to last. At age 14 in 1979 / 80 bicycling became more than kids stuff when I started riding just to see what was out there due to moving into a new state only a few months into my freshman HS year. New to an area and really not making friends, I would just start riding further and further to pass the time. But my bikes were not lasting that long. Later at age 15, the combination of buying my first bike shop bike (better quality) - a Schwinn Traveler and paying with MY OWN MONEY that I had earned cutting grass and a weekend job, the bike lasted longer than my previous five bikes combined! That was a $200 bike when a typical big box store / Kiddie City / Toys R Us bike was only a third that. My parents thought I was insane to spend that kind of money on a bicycle. They said it was more than their first car. Ha, my most recent bike is 3X what my first car was.

[@gonzo3716]

Thumbs up for Gregor

[@SirBoden]

It’s cool to show emotion without caring what others think.

[@justincapek1132]

I've seen almost all of your videos. This one is in my top 5. Almost rivaling the winter/snow bike quasi-psychotic breakdown build video. The cat dumping the dork discs alone pumped it up, but lots of education here too. Keep em coming smug turd!

[@bkefrmr]

That’s great to hear because ever since the political meltdown, video performance has SUCKED! 😬

[@justincapek1132]

@@bkefrmr Just keep plugging along. Maybe one day our country will get back to listening, and possibly contemplating others opinions instead of waiting for their turn to talk.

[@Clive-z3u]

​@@bkefrmrCNN are having similar problems, 😢

[@TannerValentine]

@@bkefrmr if it makes you feel better it earned you my subscription!

[@bkefrmr]

@ it helps! Part of me just wants to lean into it, but it was very stressful. I want bikes, and this channel, to be a calm, safe space, free from abusive trolls.

[@christopherhenry1767]

Mech Tektro trick - Loosen caliper mounting bolts a little, squeeze your brake handle, reach down while holding the brake and retighten the caliper. this will automictically center the caliper to the rotor.

[@IcecalGamer]

Not only Tektro. It's even easier on 2piston hydra brakes because you don't need to first Click in (advance) the worn pads.

[@cheezst8ke]

Yep. I did that with the calipers on my bike. I have Promax 310 mechanical disc brakes on my mountain bike and they needed to be adjusted. It's my first mountain bike with disc brakes so it was a little new to me coming from rim brakes on all my previous bikes.

[@billincolumbia]

Yup yup. Tighten the inner pad in, and then loosen the caliper bolts to allow it it move, hold the lever to center the caliper, and then tighten the caliper bolts.

[@mattgies]

Works every time, half of the time.

[@IcecalGamer]

@@mattgies yep 👍 You have to remember to do the back brakes also, for the other half.

[@chriscahill3667]

A good tip for a really bent wheel, open a drawer, jam the bent portion in the drawer and push down on it to straighten it before truing it properly, works better than the mallet.😊

[@bkefrmr]

Great tip!

[@ryang5441]

The basic shimano MT200 hydraulic brakes are awesome. I work at a shop, and have seen a higher failure rate among avid BB5s. Actually, if I recall correctly I have never seen a failed MT200 setup. With practice I can adjust them faster than mechanical disc brakes as well. They are very messy to bleed though, and the big issue with them on bikes that don’t get maintained is that since they are “self tension adjusting” (in very loose quotes) people can tend to wear them down to, into, and through the backing plate of the pads, chewing up rotors pretty good.

[@ericsande5345]

Ope! Dropped a Super Thanks.

[@bkefrmr]

Ope! U da best!

[@ilpolehtinen1718]

This made disc-brakes and their mechanism a lot more clear to me 😄

[@hjaltiagustsson7905]

There's just something about watching an experienced mechanic work that you just don't get from the how to videos. They are useful but this sorta just brings it all together in a practical setting

[@vilkinesuo]

I love your videos! I'm a hack hobbyist who TRIES to wrench on her own bikes, and your relaxed, down to earth explanations really work for me! I learn so much from you. Thanks, Andy! Just became a member.

[@bkefrmr]

Thanks hey!!

[@dewittlunsford2527]

You’re just getting better at this, so much to relate to, particularly in this one, for me, when you were talking about the small town high school football. So similar to what life is like here in the Northern California foothills. Thanks Andy.

[@DipDipBaskins]

I love all your references. I'd also love to see more disc brake content if possible since I have both types. Buy your cat a blanket or share some tacos ! Your videos help me keeping moving in this crazy world we find ourself in thank you bro.🌮

[@markrathkamp7681]

Ultimate respect to you. Good guys are hard to find, and you are one.

[@chrissy24-7]

I love organizing stuff into little bins and drawers 💗🥰

[@richbowie76]

LOL I do too ! But then looking through each and every drawer...not so much.

[@ButterflyMatt]

Thanks!

[@bkefrmr]

Thank you!!

[@robertheim352]

My newest bike is for dirt trail riding and has Hydraulic disc Shimano (low end BR-MT200). I also have fallen in love with this design for ease of tire wheel removal, brake performance and longevity. You will too....

[@Kittykat_Gamez]

Really enjoyed the extended discussion on the truing stand. Thank you for going into more detail.

[@MNpicker]

This is awesome!!! I could watch this all day!! Thanks Andy 👍🏻

[@bkefrmr]

put it on repeat! Take a nap! Mow the lawn. Let it play!

[@DavidMRoustabouts]

Thank you for showing us some of the fun with adjusting mechanical disc brakes.

[@Wheel_Horse]

That screeching on the truing stand is giving me the 'willys' !

[@bkefrmr]

Yeah…thank God they aren’t all like that!

[@rob.mcccarrick]

I love hearing about your small town. My two favorite kinds of towns are Midwest college towns and small Midwest towns. I was lucky enough to land in a place that's both. Knowing everyone in town and seeing all the kids grow up is so great.

[@ReportReport-fz2pn]

One tip on adjusting rear derailleurs: with the bike in the stand, if the rear derailleur has an adjusting barrel, make as much of the initial adjustment as possible there first, then if cables stretch and housings bed, the user can fine tune from the shifter. Brilliant content as always. Keep up the great work on the bikes, and the self.

[@dalton-at-work]

i dont think that bike had one

[@ReportReport-fz2pn]

@@dalton-at-work Yeah I could quite tell either, which is why I mentioned it as an if-then. 👍🏻

[@matthewbourne659]

I love that drawer

[@ColbyRidesBikes]

You need to sell stickers with "way more better hey", "Good enough for who it's for", and "Ope!". I'd buy them

[@123moof]

Youth sports: Usually the parents are the worst part. The vitriol comes from the benches first, and the kids learn from there. In adulthood I came to finally enjoy sports, but it was pickup games where the goal was fun, not domination. It always warms my heart when a stronger player would pause things to switch to the weaker side to keep things balanced, and people cheer for great plays regardless of which team did it.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

I used to work sports retail. The skyrocketing costs, in both time _and_ money, really severely warps both the parent and child's relationship with the sport. So many youth sports programs have degenerated into feeder programs with parents trying to prep their kids for the draft, with no such organization/support for the ones who just want to play with their friends/for the love of the game.

[@thomasullmann7447]

When it comes to straightening the RD hanger I use the valve for alignment, the reduction in error is really useful for 11 speed when it matters more, I wouldn't care so much if it was 9 speed or less because accuracy matters less. Just because you get some error from the tool justn't mean you want to add to it.

[@keithschrack]

I HAVE encountered a bent BB spindle before, so it does happen...rarely.

[@TheFloridaBikeVlogger]

love that small town stuff. I miss living in a small town, I hated it at the time but since moving to the city, I miss it. I really do. I miss that bit where everyone knows ur name. excellent video

[@edithmaverickfolger4014]

Your talking about the bits n bobs cabinet reminded me of our "Garland drawer." Garland had been a coworker of a coworker who was infamous for having lots of stuff left over after he repaired a computer. Rather than sorting the components, he would dump the "extras" into the bottom drawer of the component cabinet. So when anyone was short a screw, a jumper, or whatnot, they would raid the "Garland drawer."

[@HenryKissingersGhost]

As someone who lives in San Diego, finding better Mexican food outside of Mexico is a sentiment I support. Sometimes a hole in the wall is just a hole in the wall.

[@marta150]

Love the bits bin. Grew up in a small town. If you don't fit in the tribe, move out as fast as you can. Now big cities are for me. Too bad I am not down the street, I have a bunch of triple cranks with 170 arms. The thing that holds the noodle in place is simply called a cradle.

[@driver8sk]

Having flashbacks to taking care of my son's bike. One thing I always did was throw nickels/washers into into closed end grips. And for the open ends, I'd use the metal bmx bar caps. I went to school with a kid who got core-sampled in elementary and it always stuck with me.

[@impaledface7694]

Appreciate the cable disk brake tips as I am only informed on hydros. Whenever my brakes squeak I tell myself I just need to ride em out.....and so far it's worked.

[@jefftoonstra5087]

Years ago when fat bikes first became a trend, everyone had BB5 or BB7, which was part of the ride and identified where others were on the trail due to the generally unstoppable noise they make lol

[@brothermaynard3759]

A video I know I'll come back to more than once for reference and guidance. 😊

[@TheFloridaBikeVlogger]

I will never forget when you taught us to use that dawn power wash.

[@1973Wheels]

No joke! That stuff is just short of miraculous

[@kylenorris5391]

Hey Andy thanks for another great video!

[@grounded-b937]

Looks like the rider of the Fuji, took the headbadge decal too seriously. "Throw 'Er Down" !!

[@1973Wheels]

I shudder to think what that kid will do when he starts driving a car -- if past behavior is an indicator of future behavior. , , , ,

[@markm6488]

"The one day in my life when I was organized" haha, I can relate to that.🤣

[@artistlovepeace]

Always like watching your labs and lectures. Thank you for all your hard work. I only have one bike to replace the inner tubes and tires but your lessons have given me an excuse to not do it and wait until spring. But I am getting more "bike influenced". (that is a little joke)

[@elishmittywerminghanjensen1264]

So glad to see Mr. Gregor doing well

[@TannerValentine]

Oh my goodness Gregor is so adorable

[@Manchildtoychest]

Between "Unidahmer" and "noodlesleeve", you've expanded the English lexicon in meaningful and valuable ways.

[@assisaxis]

man, i love your vids! i wish there was someone like you in my country, all the bike shops around here just either say no to repairs/maintenance like these 3 or they overcharge and usually the bikes come out worst then before going in... sad! but thanks again for the amazing video and tips and tricks :)

[@bkefrmr]

Thanks for watching!

[@Saguache]

Dude I'd happily watch you true bike wheels until the cows come home. I'm entering an inflection point in my life and I'm really hoping to get back into something that doesn't involve IT and computers. I've got some ideas that I'd like to translate into a cottage industry which I would find infinitely more satisfying. For now, the wheel truing videos while I work will have to serve.

[@Saguache]

The waviness on the bottom bracket only seems to be evident on the big ring. I'd guess the kid wanged it pretty hard and thus the broken chain guard. I'd wager that if you looked at where the plastic chain guard was broken it would match up with the concave side of wavy big sprocket. It's also possible that one of this kid's friend's or brother's bikes has a deformed front rim that more or less matches the impact pattern of the broken chain guard.

[@Clive-z3u]

​@@Saguachebike forensic analysis ❤ good shout 🎉

[@Clive-z3u]

UniDorker ❤

[@samblenkharn8099]

Good effort. A few tricky problems to work through there.

[@loriscott3290]

@BikeFarmer So, not pertinent to this video, but from watching a previous vid, I was introduced to the magnificent Rivendell bikes. No one has those where I live that I know of (Little Rock, AR) and those works of art are new to me. So, I perused their website and made a small order letting them know I found them thru your KZbin channel. I got a handwritten thank you note 😍 It was awesome and I thought you’d like to know :)

[@bkefrmr]

Very cool! They’re great over there!

[@alanprice7584]

I'm with you regarding sports in general, my one exception is The Tour De France.

[@aq7705]

WTh! i just got myself a used Fuji for daily rides. Amazingly comfortable, feels like I'm floating. Start a GolFarmer channel next year after the snow melts...if it melts after the nuclear winter.

[@gnufoo8478]

Thanks for the content. Was fun to watch-as always-and especially thanks for talking about tacos, espcially the steak and chorizo sounded great. Now I have a graving for it.🤤

[@1972hermanoben]

Think about offering some stickers… ‘Good enough for who it’s for’, ‘ope’, ‘way more better hey’ and ‘slicker than snot on a doorknob’, for starters 😂

[@ColbyRidesBikes]

I commented the same thing before I saw your comment. These would make great stickers!

[@SterlingStudios]

Have ran trip front for over 20 years no issue running Florida and mud amd grime

[@MrUnderScore81162]

We need more Gregor!!

[@mikeh6286]

Here's a tip for that wobbly crank problem. If more than one chainring wobbles it's probably a bent spider arm. You can before you replace the crank try to bend it back (remove rings, adjustable wrench on spider). It's inadvisable because aluminum doesn't really bend (it cracks easily) but it might fix it "good enough for who it's for."

[@dquad]

Safer to just put shims behind the chainring mounts

[@mikeh6286]

@dquad The rings mount on opposite sides of the spider. Can't shim both sides.

[@jonmeek3879]

Enjoyed your observations on the disk brakes Hope to see a replacement of pads in the future

[@landeRUCK]

Noodle sleeve got me 😂

[@speedoverall]

It is amazingly refreshing to hear your take on youth sports. I agree completely...even if your politics are not my favorite. Don't worry, it doesn't affect how much I watch you.

[@mtbandy343]

Love your utube channal keep up the good work im all the way from the uk man poor we cat knockung over the dork discs classic lol this channal helps me alot your we rants whaile working on the bikes u do things different with dawn power wash but it works for you plz keep this channal going

[@falsemcnuggethope]

With so many loose spokes, I think it would've made sense to make the wheel round and even out the spoke tension also. I suspect it will get out of whack again on the next impact, hopefully the spokes will not break.

[@misterhaan]

bet those chainrings got bent the same time the chain guard you took off in the beginning got broken. i've seen bent metal chain guards that are really good at grabbing the chain when it falls off the chainring and pinching it in there, sometimes even with the folded over metal of the guard locking the chain down in there

[@balsamfir1688]

Really enjoyed this video- you’re doing God’s work good sir!

[@spinks11BMW]

Love how you left the Dork discs in the shot on the floor where your shop helper knock them over. Greg might be onto something. Go football!!!

[@SpyGeorgilis]

For the taco fund. ...and now I want tacos, too!

[@cajonosaurus]

Good work andy another mission completed, u my friend r a laegend!!!

[@etoyocthebackwardscoyote3572]

Huh.. Well I am sure a lot of people would call me a smug turd as well. I will gladly own that. I want to send thanks for all these videos. Been watching for a long time. But thanks to your videos I have done a lot of overhauls on my own personal bikes. Don't worry, small side of spring in and dork disc on.

[@richardhernandez7741]

You're in the rightn lane friend, keep peddling!

[@bestsony4933]

Can’t believe people talk shit online now a days, keep up your good work I believe in your educational work 👍🏼

[@josephorr5175]

Thanks for the video, BF. Hey I didn't see a Park Tool SPK-1 tool in your setup. For shame. JK. I just love the spork!

[@vanessaperez9184]

Been following for a short wind and really enjoying the content. Just wondering when you're going to create some merch!

[@TheGameBoy56]

MADDISON LOOOOOL 🎉

[@ernestogomez1500]

On the bent chainring, if it were my own bike, could I have used large adjustable wrench it straighten it?

[@HFVidShotz]

"Rubbings racing" Cole Trickle, Days of Thunder movie😂

[@xiaodingjones1554]

The Smug Turds...good band name!

[@duncanpeers2833]

Disc brakes a pain in the butt. Have them on my Bianchi D2 Zurigo. Hayes CX 5 ? Once they are out of line. Just a headache to set up again. In the UK here. Brilliant videos. I learn a lot from your work. Like your rants also. Ha ha

[@bkefrmr]

Thanks hey!

[@mikeh6286]

Mr Ross, channel creator, slight tip. I'd go over the spokes real quick with a tensionometer, but not to equalize the tensions (that would take too long) but just check for loose or extremely tight spokes. By just addressing those 2-3 spokes the wheel can probably stay true. It's kind of a needed step to ensure it doesn't just return back to the way it came in, after just a few minutes of riding. As you said, disc brake wheels need not be that true, but lose/tight spokes are going to be a problem.

[@mattgies]

If you're just looking for the really loose ones, no need for a tensiometer; you can find them just fine with your bare hands. Just squeeze all the spokes in pairs, going all around the wheel. Takes all of ten seconds after you develop the muscle memory.

[@mikeh6286]

@mattgies Sure if you've got the talent. It can probably be practiced. But, often when they're crossed and touch, it isn't so easy to tap/listen or squeeze the spokes. Especially with aluminium rims you really need to get them up to 50+kgf which squeezing isn't necessarily going to get. Maybe with pracrice? Also staying under 120kgf is also tricky with feel alone.

[@naastradamus]

Right off the bat, this video applied directly to my household (3 boys). Boom.

[@CodSlap]

Ooh hey, this may not be that necessary over yonder and admittedly is not an issue for everyone, but just in case you ever encounter that someone that takes offence - an old teacher’s tip: it’s often best to keep things anonymous, especially when talking about parents and kids’ names. General level description’s always fine about a person, but specific names can become problematic fast. Everyone knows everyone in smaller communities, so it’s not _that_ big a deal, but it adds a level of professionalism to what you do. If you don’t mention names, you give the client the ’extra’ service of then being able to later show other people that their bike was featured on your channel (which might drum up some more business), but at the same time you’re not making the decision _for_ them, if that makes sense. 🙂

[@billcaveny9495]

Could the big ring not be straightened ? I’ve used a large adjustable wrench to do that…..👍

[@bkefrmr]

It's all of them

[@rodneyhanson9884]

Id have tried a bit of bending

[@gajc89]

I has the same Problem with a bike I bought. Big chainring was bent and front derailleur was not working right. So I’m changing to a 1x and getting everything else out the bike.

[@ButterflyMatt]

Life is too short to miss out on a Lake Mills Cry Fest.

[@marnig9185]

Yes the BR-MT410 1piston and 420 2piston are good value breaks from shimano,my are 5years now i bleeded them,1time 6 month ago and they doing it,they stop 160kg full packed❤

[@sank2841]

Thx for the video!

[@rogeramu]

I have puzzled over a loosened "brake cable hanger". Easy to fix, but how did it happen? Now I know. Thanks, BikeFarmer! Good fun seeing bikes that have been around the block, again and again and again. The low mechanical aptitude in some people is strange, but I wonder if it is basically a lack of familiarity with tools and principles. Just knowing "Lefty loosy, rigthy tighty" goes a long way.

[@garyfleischman7555]

Except on the drive side bottom bracket

[@mattgies]

@@garyfleischman7555 and NDS pedal

[@APPOINTEDTIMES]

think i mentioned that i did that cable thing. i did that because i hate the older grip shifters so i did that i derusted the cable cleaned it and lubbed it and it worked perfect.

[@ianthompson6268]

In the engineering world, the "these effers" are called standoffs. ;-)

[@mattgies]

We call them "spacers" where I work.

[@chrissy24-7]

Looks like Gregor doesn't appreciate the dork disks, either 😉 😜

[@RadioSaladStudios]

Smug people are cool. Thanks for another entertaining video. Tell the cat I said hi.

[@Clive-z3u]

" I don't know man " was that a move quote second or third Alien movie 🎉

[@aftertheshowmoviepodcast]

Smug Turd is pretty good you should get a hat or T-shirt made for sure.

[@traaaaan]

Oo the cat knocked over stuff you had on a ledge? Cat standard operating procedure

[@johnsheetz6639]

I got to get me one of those bolt drawers.

[@F3udF1st]

13:37 be cautious if you do this, for some internally routed STI levers the end of the shift cable can become weirdly entangled and you have to struggle to guide it back into its happy home. I suggest you pull a little on the cable simultaneously to make sure it comes out.

[@oreocarlton3343]

Excellent point!

[@ryank5115]

Gregor blanket fund

[@bkefrmr]

Thanks hey!

[@Chrisb8s]

Taco fund 🌮