Bike Set-Up Tips To Get Your Ride DIALED For You! FULL VIDEO!

Apologies for our video screw up earlier this week!
One of our goals when starting this channel was to try to have more accessible information for beginner/intermediate riders available from pros. Bike set up is very complicated and can be overwhelming but the goal of this video is to simplify it and give new riders tools and information to learn.
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[@BasicBodThor]

Pro tip for sag on a coil….Use the bump stop as the “o-ring” like you would on a fork

[@collinalbert]

These bike setup tips really get your brain working. I’ve always been keen on sag and rebound but I’ve never really put much thought into the shock and fork working together, since they are in fact separate entities. Thanks guys and girl!

[@MGMAlternative]

Glad to help!

[@walterbrown6388]

looks like you're having fun with these videos. Keep it up!

[@MGMAlternative]

We try to! If we're not having fun then you're not having fun.

[@apsiilencht74]

Rad content as always. Can you guys create a playlist with all your uploads, I put it on for my hound when I leave the house so she gets better at sending.

[@whatthehellareyoustarinat8569]

I'm heading to Vallnord tomorrow. I wish you guys were there

[@mathiagerner1002]

that garage is gotta be real cold. haha.

[@MGMAlternative]

We wish it was for summer!

[@sanabibimtb]

Great video! Very informative thank you from me and my Channel!❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@coryd7762]

Good stuff. I had always just calculated sag as a percent of missing stroke length so I need to check that.

[@MGMAlternative]

Isn't that what it is?

[@coryd7762]

@@MGMAlternative they way you did the shock sag was including total shock length, not just stroke length. I assume it may make a small difference

[@jack91522]

Great videos! A good video would be on handlebar roll.

[@pedarree5186]

Sick video! how are you guys wearing puffy jackets??

[@MGMAlternative]

It was winter!

[@mattydarbs8720]

Maybe 🤔 you could talk us through the fundamentals of cable tying up the front brake hose with zip ties 😂😂

[@jasonnowwhat5041]

Wouldn’t 22% sag upfront be softer?

[@patryka11]

Hi there, I am 188 cm tall which is between L and XL (Kona) and I have extra long legs and short torso. Always not match with avarage bike size and having problem with this. Recently I got advice that with my long legs (inner leg length 92 cm) I should take longer XL bike maybe put shorter stem but they recommend the best to have higher stack with high rise bars. What do you think? (impossible to test before buy that why it is so important).

[@mudspencer7411]

Hey there. Great video. I just bought a longer and heavier 29er bike (its a trek rail ebike) and i have problems doing manuals, which i usually can do on my enduro bike (27.5 wheels). The rail comes with a 50mm stem. Do you think a shorter stem would make manuals easier?

[@saki04]

Not a pro reply but when I switched from the dj (very easy to get up) to a slash (16-17 kgs) I tought it was unmanuable, but it was poor technique. But trying out I found that if your technique is already correct dropping your heels while manualling puts a lot of weight on the back, making it easier to mantain it.

[@TheDavidjakeson]

I've been experimenting with stem length recently. I've been riding a 40 mm stem on my Santa Cruz Megatower since I got the bike in 2019. I dropped to a 35 mm stem and really liked that. Now I'm trying a 32 mm stem. My first ride on it I washed my front wheel on the very first switchback I went around. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Going to try it for a while longer. Also, is it always winter in your garage???

[@MGMAlternative]

Jesse struggled a lot with pushing the front wheel with a 32mm, we would say 35-40mm helps bring you a little more over the front wheel.

[@MGMAlternative]

It is always winter when filming in the Garage yes, it's a winter thing.

[@TheDavidjakeson]

@@MGMAlternative Interesting. That's good to know. I'm going to give it a few more rides, but I think 35 mm might be the sweet spot.

[@DavidLaburglier]

I know this hardly makes sense, but when I went from 40mm to 32mm, it felt weird and similarly hard to get weight over the front right, but then I lowered the stem 5mm and it felt amazing! Who knows, maybe was just a matter of getting used to it, but I feel super comfortable with it now.

[@PL-fh8cz]

You guys must work in the coldest garage anywhere... What's with the puffy jackets & toques?

[@MGMAlternative]

This was filmed during the winter!

[@chimps4gimps]

I assume you should measure sag in at least your minimum riding gear then probably kitted up for a full day epic?

[@jeremiemcclean1635]

All these fundamentals add up to a bike that makes it feel like you’re riding your rig, not the rig riding you:) Salt and Pepper Kettle chips happening later:(

[@MGMAlternative]

That's exactly it!

[@MGMAlternative]

And the chips are a major key.

[@tomasstraka5244]

you shouldnt hold your brakes while measuring sag, also compression all the way open, also you should measure your sag with all your riding gear on..... And also you forgot to mention you can change your sag a little bit with preload on the spring.... so you technically could get the 31-30% with the same spring weight from 33% Quite a lot of information missing in this guide sadly :(

[@therealridedmc]

20% sag is soft? That seems stiff, no? I thought 30% was considered “typical”?

[@Monster-hx8qx]

I also dont understand this. 30 should be soft and 20 stiff right?

[@solcoburn8418]

its more 15-20%, 30% on the fork is v soft

[@Monster-hx8qx]

@@solcoburn8418 30 is perfect for enduro

[@solcoburn8418]

@@Monster-hx8qx it really isn’t, why do you think even Jesse said that 22 was soft? It’s because most people at his level are around 15-20%

[@Monster-hx8qx]

@@solcoburn8418 dudes (many enduro riders) running 70 psi and 1 or 2 tokens while being 80kg-ish never ever have 15-20% sag 😆