Four BIG Upgrades to Owen's Bike!

Upgrading Owen's Dirt Jump Bike! Last year we turned my son Owen's 24" MTB into a full on dirt jumper, he's been loving it, but some of the parts were holding back, so we fixed them!
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[@PorterMTB]

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[@lwills4661]

I bet Seth was shaking his head at the twin screwdriver action! Always love the content and wow how much has Owen grown!!

[@PorterMTB]

Oh yeah, we're together in Southern Utah right now, he was laughing!

[@jamesheaton4190]

Is it just me, or does this guy look like the dad in Outdoor Boys.

[@-MAGNUS..]

He is quite similar to him as a person to I think Mabey there siblings haha

[@GEORGEMTB_]

OMG I KNOW NGL

[@PorterMTB]

Haha yeah I could see that! I've never met him but he seems rad!

[@Lautere]

​@@PorterMTByou should do a bikepacking trip with him because you are the mtb guy and he's the camping guy

[@GEORGEMTB_]

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[@isaacwinton]

"I like working on bikes with you Owen". Dude, when you said that then looked down at Owen - I could feel that love through my tv screen! I have 2 buys (3 and 5) and we watch and love your channel! So much proud dad inspo. Your boys are lucky to have a dad who loves spending time with them! Good job brother.

[@PorterMTB]

That's awesome, it's the best feeling sharing moments like this with my kids. You've got a lot of good times coming your way with your boys! I miss when my kids were 3 and 5, so cute and funny at that age, not always easy though haha. Have a great day and tell the kids I said hi!

[@MikeLeFish]

Always good to see groms with good taste in music! One of my Cubs is a big Green Day/Fall Out Boy fan, which is pretty cool in a young'in, but I reckon O's got him beat if he's up there with Maiden! I love Owen's attitude and chatter in these videos, he has a natural on-camera presence. His face when he got his hands on that sawzall though... 😂 Your piece at the end about pacing progression is absolutely spot-on, I've frequently shown clips from some of your videos to the kids I ride with when they're either trying to go too big too soon or getting frustrated because it's "taking too long" to progress. You guys explain and demonstrate so well the value of taking the time to learn and get comfortable before going bigger or faster, and they listen to you better than they do me! 😂🙄

[@durden.tyler537]

Proud to say I still have an Iron Horse Porter in the garage!

[@PorterMTB]

That's awesome!! I'll have to build one up again someday to see how it rides compared to my current dirt jumper!

[@captcollin6438]

finally posted again 😊

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah! More coming soon too!

[@AndyFitzgerrell]

Cutting the bars with the sawzall reminds me of that day when you were cutting screws out of the ramp using the chainsaw… 😂 sports beers!

[@PorterMTB]

Haha yeah, it's not about using the right tool for the job, it's about using the most fun tool for the job!

[@garyharmon5386]

Awesome video. It’s great that you are teaching your son to work on his bike

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks!! I love teaching him, it's fun working on stuff together too!

[@doctajuice]

Love the ode to death on that porter mtb shirt

[@PorterMTB]

SLAYER!!! 🤘

[@sketchypanzer8274]

Love that Less than jake shirt so cool to see other people loving itt

[@JBONACANYON]

I know you probably won't see this but i wanted to let you know how awesome you channel is and how you have inspired me throughout my MTB journey. Thank you!!!

[@PorterMTB]

That's incredible, I'm so happy our videos got you out riding more and having fun! Hope we see you out on the trail someday!

[@zleclerc]

Transfering to the big landing was sick. You should send the big lip into the small landing for some step down action.

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah they figured that transfer out! It is fun from big lip to small landing, we'll have to make a video on all the transfers in the yard!

[@danielvelasquez7708]

Nice to see another video in a while, Samox is something I have not heard since owning my Marin San Quentin bike, and it's sweet to the DJ given some major changes.

[@PorterMTB]

They are really cool, I think we're gonna try some of them on our other bikes too, shorter cranks seem to work really well for a lot of situations!

[@CinimodMG]

My kids and I were so excited when we saw this video! Loved it!!!

[@PorterMTB]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@matswilloch474]

I love your videos Eric ! keep up the good work, excited for what's to come !

[@PorterMTB]

Thank you, love to hear that! Working on the next one now, it's a fun one!

[@conorlockwood]

Wicked good stuff! You’re doing an excellent job teaching. Definitely gets me more stoked to wrench and ride with my boy this season. I’m Still grateful for the lessons and time riding with you, Aaron, Kyle, and the rest of the crew when I was a grom. Keep it real and hope to run into you and your fam if you’re up north.

[@PorterMTB]

Thank you!! You're gonna have a blast wrenching with him, just takes a bit of patience haha. Hope to see you again this year too!

[@fitwise-health]

Owen changed so much!

[@PorterMTB]

I know, he's been growing, wait till you see Milo too, he's gotten huge!

[@JustinMayfield]

Another Porter video, time to feel really bad about my forearms for a while.

[@PorterMTB]

Haha sorry about that 😂 💪

[@michaelfleming4015]

On wrenching the bike pedals, I always look at it with the wrench at 1200 and say “Back Off!”. It makes it easy to remember. I got confused listening to your description, so others might also. 😂

[@PorterMTB]

That's a great way to think about it, thanks!!

[@terrydavis7389]

him being an Iron Maiden fan, just made him my new favorite little dude...

[@PorterMTB]

That's awesome!! I took him to see Maiden last summer, he was blown away. He can play a few of their songs on guitar too, it's so rad to see!

[@terrydavis7389]

@@PorterMTB i have been a fan since the mid 80s, but its been close to 30 years since i have seen them in concert.

[@f1nnja]

you made a great choice with those magura brakes, i have the same ones and there like heaven

[@PorterMTB]

I love their brakes!

[@bikdav]

Nice video. Welcome back. I'm not good with a saws-all. So, I use a plumbers cutter instead for my handlebars and seatposts.

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks!! Very happy to be back, we will be posting more regular now! This is actually the first time I've used a sawzall for bars, it was fun haha. Usually I use a hacksaw with the cutting guide, but I've also used a plumbers cutter, they all work!

[@Getting_Better_Daily]

Pretty cool of you to dial his bike in

[@PorterMTB]

Made him so happy, and it was fun!

[@TheManyMillers]

Owen has grown so much

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah it's crazy how fast both boys are growing!

[@TopNotchmtb]

Lov your vid’s, keep up the good work

[@liam-zs6bf]

love your videos keep up the work.

[@Carse34]

Keep posting more love this channel

[@PorterMTB]

We are, lots more coming, lemme know what you wanna see!

[@Martin-yo2lm]

Finally another great video yessss 🎉👍👍

[@PorterMTB]

Glad you liked it!!

[@jessedevries7625]

Yooooooo I love this and I am actually going to be racing in red bull hard line this year I am stoked

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah!! That's awesome! 👊

[@txj69]

I love your merch, I gotta get some!!

[@PorterMTB]

Thank you, love to hear that! Let me know if there's anything you wanna see us make!

[@davideferlin8053]

Such a BermPeak style thumbnail, i fell for that

[@PorterMTB]

Haha thanks, he does have incredible thumbnails!

[@user-xn4hc8bb8m]

Thanks!

[@PorterMTB]

That's awesome, thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! Have a great day!

[@Nicutus]

Owens got steez!

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah he's figuring it out, so cool to see!

[@LewyC422-gf9vt]

Love the content man

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks, really appreciate that!!👊

[@FinestSmoe]

We still need to see a bike review!!

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah we'll have to do that!

[@user-shaftsberry]

Great video. Up the irons

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks!!🤘🤘🤘

[@PetrSiska-cn6mk]

Gusset sleeper grips!!!!

[@leelikesgrass66]

you guys should come and shred in Australia

[@PorterMTB]

We are trying to make it happen, I'll let you know if we figure it out!

[@leelikesgrass66]

@@PorterMTB cool dude 👌

[@Angus.mtb.rides.]

lets go another video

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah!! Back on it! We're in Southern Utah with Seth shooting another one now at the Matt's Off Road Recovery Games!

[@user-rv1uk7yn2k]

Man I wish I had a full suspension bike

[@PorterMTB]

They are fun, but hardtails are super fun too!

[@user-rv1uk7yn2k]

@@PorterMTB is a gt avalanche 2.0 good because I got one I have never used it yet because I just watch you ride

[@ST.33ZY]

Let’s go uploaded again

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah!! We're back on it, lots more coming!

[@Jed.smith1]

clean! I'm making my DJ at the moment

[@PorterMTB]

That's so awesome, hope it turns out great!

[@Jed.smith1]

@@PorterMTB thanks man🙏

[@Visible7777]

Owen clearly hasn't heard Saliva's Click Click Boom. So sad he didn't have that CCB ready

[@PorterMTB]

Haha he's heard it, that's what he was going for!

[@GOWESMALANG]

Saya suka dengan gaya bersepedanya. Sangat menyenangkan

[@PorterMTB]

Terima kasih, dia suka menunggang basikalnya!

[@brycerink]

That bike is looking sick! Can you tell me some rough dimensions of the kid sized jumps? Take off radius, height and length between the take off and landing ?

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks! He loves it, has so much fun on it. The jumps are 4.5' tall lips and 5' tall landings, with an 8' gap. The radius is 9'. They work really well!

[@pahadiridermj1056]

Congratulations🎉🎉 new 🚴🚴🚴bike

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks!! He's stoked!

[@pahadiridermj1056]

@@PorterMTB 👌🥰🥰

[@michaelfleming4015]

I loved this video. Your showing Owen that he can work on his bike himself. Please be sure to use eye protection when sawing. His bike skills are amazing but they would permanently be trashed by having only one functional eye and no depth perception. This exact thing happened to a friend. I know you include safety in your lessons, so it made me cringe and I was surprised. You guys are awesome.

[@PorterMTB]

I totally agree, and we usually do, for some reason we forgot this time. It only takes once as well, as you know. I also have a friend with eye damage from hammering nails and a little sliver shot up. Thanks for bringing it up, I do take that stuff seriously!!

[@fortnitemaker234]

your the best iwish i had your garden

[@PorterMTB]

Thanks!! It's a dream come true for sure, we're very lucky!

[@ghost18210]

Finally 🎉

[@PorterMTB]

Back on it!!

[@jakethewolfproductions8733]

I gotta know what front fork is on Owen’s bike! It’s so hard finding straight head tube air forks!

[@PorterMTB]

I can't remember the model, not home right now, but it's a Suntour XCR Junior I think. It is very hard to find a straight 1 1/8" steerer tube 24".

[@derprisha2993]

yeah! thx

[@LARANUD]

👍

[@Hishpro]

No hate but I was wondering what made you guys put 4 piston breaks on his dirt jumper build. He is a little shredder tho, better than me!

[@PorterMTB]

Those are two piston brakes actually, the MT8 is the XC one that we used, the MT7 is the 4 piston thats stronger. We have the 2 piston brakes on my dirt jumper and on Owen's! Thanks, yeah, he's ripping, loves it!

[@PunchingCacti]

When he outgrows that bike you need to turn it into a trials bike because its essentially already a street trials bike It would just need a different gear ratio and front brakes and maybe a no sus fork Oh and long stem and tall bars

[@PorterMTB]

That would be really fun! We do have Seth's Inspired trials bike that I traded him my dirt jumper for, I need to work on it to get it running!

[@PunchingCacti]

There is a sick trials spot at sugar house park now where the bike trail goes under highland drive definitely worth checking out I have an inspired street trials bike and have been trying to learn how to do some cool stuff on it

[@andrewsonleitner9882]

Surprised you just didn't go with a total fork upgrade, didn't see a diamond back both at sendoa this year any thoughts?

[@PorterMTB]

We thought about it but the frame is 1 1/8" head tube so the options are limited so we just fixed this one. I'm not sure what events Diamondback will be at this year, but we all decided to skip Sedona, hopefully we're there next year, we love it there!

[@TheCrappen]

Safety glasses please, metal shavings are no joke in an eye

[@Borv17]

i like your contend and i thin you guys can make more content cuz it is goooooooooood

[@PorterMTB]

Thank you! Really appreciate that! Lots more content coming!

[@Borv17]

nice @@PorterMTB

[@I-wont-a-surron]

Can you make a vid on how to whip on a jump I really want to know how to do it

[@PorterMTB]

I think we'll have to do that this summer!

[@donpalmera]

It's a real shame there aren't many options for even entry level not "garbage level suntour or no-name aliexpress" forks for kids bikes.

[@PorterMTB]

I would love to see more good kids forks as well!

[@RuralFisherman]

666mm 🤣🤘🤘

[@PorterMTB]

It was a happy accident haha! 🤘🤘

[@themiddleagemasher8108]

I’m a relatively new dj person and im struggling with bar width. I’m at 720mm now and actually going shorter!! I’m 5’10. What are you thoughts Eric???

[@loutrete]

on average ppl cut it at 740mm i would say but you don't want to cut it too short because you will probably learn to do barspins without leaning back properly and it's also harder to ride on huge jumps

[@PorterMTB]

That's awesome, welcome to dirt jumping, it's the best! I have my dirt jump bars at 780mm, I'm 6'3 and I don't barspin much, they feel really good to me. I can still x-up and barspin when I want to, works well with tailwhips too, and I have great control. Best advice though really is do what feels good. We used to run 680mm width and I could do everything with those as well, I think I like riding wider bars now since I run 780mm on pretty much all my bikes.

[@timmywjohnson]

go to twisted Oaks bike Park it’s a great bike but it’s in the UK

[@m0s_f3tt]

Yea go bike packing with the dad from outdoor boys

[@PorterMTB]

I would love to do that!

[@toby_vassallo]

cool brooo

[@PorterMTB]

🤙

[@Apokalyto_Kevin]

how long are these break cables

[@dametime9253]

What is the wheel inches?

[@baileylucas-ez9fk]

Hi i am just wondering, what is the name of the fork that you used.

[@Schoech.maximilian]

What Single speed Chain adjuster are you using?

[@PorterMTB]

I can't remember, not home right now, but I think it's a Spot brand maybe?

[@natbond3491]

how do the magura bracket go

[@PorterMTB]

Just a regular adapter, they are all a little different, just have to get the right one for the bike and rotor size you wanna use!

[@lisadebliss7835]

1A contend 👍 Cool bike Owen!

[@PorterMTB]

Thank you!!

[@androwashkar]

Porter if I have a 26 inch mtb what mm is the stem

[@PorterMTB]

Hey! I don't know what stem is on your bike, they are different on every bike, we run 35mm length stems though on our bikes.

[@Dirtdaredevil]

damn owen absolutely burning his dad

[@PorterMTB]

Haha yeah he's getting good at the roasts!

[@Anonymous_TOX]

Hey please tell me where y’all got the bike

[@JohnDeere165HydroOfficial]

kenda

[@PorterMTB]

Yeah!

[@pandinhasantos4489]

👏👏👏👏👏👏💯

[@levimaclane99]

Same voice to

[@user-zi7lq8lx9q]

I wish i had a dad like you. I love Mountain bike but my family don't like it

[@PorterMTB]

That's a bummer they aren't into it, I was the only one in my family that liked mountain biking when I was growing up, just keep riding and you'll be alright! 👊

[@solomonpalmer617]

So you may not know it but I’m actually your lost son so could you take me?

[@LeoCarella-o5z]

Me to lol😂