Real ways to make your bike faster for $0

[@jarrahsends]

If you have an ebike, removing the battery will make your bike significantly lighter

[@flynnstone3580]

I have an ebike, and sometimes I'll take the battery out and put it on the luggage rack behind the seat to save weight going uphill.

[@yorkleroy5605]

@@flynnstone3580 megabrain over here, I aspire to your level of ultimate genius!

[@rayd.]

"And it will cost, zero dollars!"

[@flynnstone3580]

@@yorkleroy5605 okay then, no more sarcasm for you.

[@Patrick-vu1pn]

Brakes don't make you faster they only slow you down

[@alexthemorgan]

I like how you lost your water bottle on the B-roll, but it was such a good descent through the roots that it was worth keeping.

[@WalkingDevon]

Losing the bottle made the bike lighter and faster, zero dollars!

[@FreeTimeFeats]

I noticed that too and thought it was a hint to how to increase speed hah

[@Tr_Fast]

Pro move to reduce arm pump because the kinetic energy leaves the bike and not into your arms

[@jamesallenmainieri]

Timestamp plz?

[@CountChristoff]

@@jamesallenmainieri 20 seconds

[@gavinsmith5368]

I cant wait to cut my dropper seat post down to save weight

[@FerdinandFake]

Hacksaw will make anything faster for 0

[@Boost_Bro123]

Ya but I just took my seat out and sold it for $20 and now my bikes faster

[@drezz8783]

I just cut down 20 grams that's plenty enough to be faster

[@Ferrari255GTO]

​@@Boost_Bro123i just sold the bike and got on a cab in the highway, never went faster

[@MexHof]

Lmao

[@Pouroneoutfor50Cent]

Damn Seth you might want to consider a channel for these great tips. Hacks you could call them, bike hacks.

[@crisdiaz32107]

Better yet Seth’s bike hacks

[@laurentp89]

An intriguing idea for sure

[@blondiejoe]

The internet might not be ready for these new ideas

[@lyricbread]

This comment thread: ❤

[@paullegere5665]

@@crisdiaz32107 😅

[@Mortemeternum]

This video is great but I'm gonna have to give it a 5/10, because I followed all of the advice and I only saved zero dollars. XD

[@alexflosho]

Personally, i think the best option is to drill holes in the frames. They design them to be very sturdy, so if you drill holes in it, it will lose a little bit of rigidity and a lot of weight! (notice: my legal advisor has advised me to add a note to mention this is sarcastic and you should not follow this advice)

[@YogiTheBearMan]

Maybe it’ll be more aerodynamic like a golf ball

[@christiansmyth1466]

Yes; strategic addition of "drillium" to a bike is a time-tested tradition.

[@crodles]

can you make a random edit so it seems like you did that in hindsight? (im gonna del my comment when uve done it)

[@andoletube]

If $0 can do all that, imagine how much faster you could go with $5.

[@christhefish11]

Better yet imagine how fast you could go with -$5 😳

[@robbinbregman3974]

If you have a bike with good brakes, remove them to go faster too. Helped me to go faster to the hospital. Definitely recommend👍

[@sdpy15]

Instructions unclear, I started with weight savings and now I have a unicycle

[@darius2640]

pump up your tires to maximum allowed pressure and then some is my favorite hack. you do couple pedal strokes and it rolls for miles, so easy

[@ms.karihart2983]

Seth once again you’ve stepped up your games love the content

[@mattsheets]

Water bottle goes flying out at 0:19

[@BermPeakExpress]

Good eye! I realized when I wanted to have a drink. We went back and found it, luckily not that far from where I realized.

[@Ferrari255GTO]

Hey, the drink wanted a go to the trail too!

[@compunomad1399]

@@BermPeakExpress But losing the water bottle reduced weight and made you faster!

[@Jump-n-smash]

This is funny because earlier today I watched the water bottle smasher video…

[@mattsheets]

@@compunomad1399 for zero dollars!

[@alexgcasals]

Great tips! I just would be careful with all the adjustments regarding feet/pedals and saddle. At least in my case, just a cm off causes me knee pain after a few minutes of riding. It is worth testing before commiting to a long ride.

[@YogiTheBearMan]

I had the same thought especially after my trainer told me I need to put my seat further back to avoid knee issues.

[@Weeklyfingerboards]

Hey Seth. I’ve watched every flip bike episode 3 times. Can we get anew episode?. Thanks

[@waity5856]

I live in the UK, could you also provide the monetary values in pounds? (or at least euros)

[@DocHolliday3841]

Zero pounds, zero quid, zero euros.😂

[@andrewince8824]

@@DocHolliday3841 unfortunately, due to the rising cost of living, $0US is now equivalent to £0.35. We can establish this because a Freddo used to be 5p and now they're over 50p. It's a bloody disgrace!

[@MountainDooo01]

Seth, we want more and more vids with your new hardtail!!!! looks super good

[@thelonewolf3515]

This is like the best commercial to tinker with your bike and your setup on the bike! Love it ❤

[@tiagobelo4965]

Little note on the sealant thing: it might only be half a pound, but it's half a pound of rotational unsprung mass, this means that it (in theory) has a much greater effect than if you just added or removed that same mass from the frame, even moreso from the rotational part, as this is mass way on the outside of a rather large wheel, though it will only have a real effect when accelerating or decelerating.

[@mikeytek]

According to some data that is untrue. I personally disagree as I'm from the car world and I view it as a lightweight crank pulley or flywheel but the scientist said otherwise on a bike

[@dauf69]

@@mikeytekUnsprung mass only matters with suspension kinematics. Rotational mass only matters with smoothing out harmonics of an engine, e.g the flywheel and counterweights. Even on cars, an extra 5kg on each 4 wheels would do the same thing to acceleration and deceleration as an extra 20 kg on the trunk. I regularly see people mixing it up, and it's very easy to do so. The mass in the formulas of both linear momentum and angular momentum are of the same power.

[@adrewnebeil1151]

@@dauf69 Of course in both equations the masses contribute with the same power. But thats the thing: If you have rotational mass, you need BOTH equations! If you have rotational mass, it also needs to be accelerated linearly, thereby contributing twice. Thats why rotational mass has more effect than non-rotational mass. For bike wheels, the outside of the tire moves rotationally at the same speed as the whole bike moves over ground. Thereby, weight at the outside of your wheels just counts exactly twice.

[@nelsonglover3963]

​@@dauf69not quite sure this is true, if you look at the individual wheel, you have to account for 5kg of rotational inertia, but if you look at the car as a whole you still have to account for the 20kg of linear intertia

[@piworower]

0:04 welcome to berlin.

[@BenKickert]

This is great! You should make a channel dedicated to bike hacks!

[@ThisGuyRides]

and call it Berm Peak Bike Hacks!

[@alestairrenzoybanez5604]

Man that Budget Hard tail so good

[@ethanjolleyy]

BUDGET!?

[@DarthBane555]

​@@ethanjolleyybig budget!

[@antonioZaRasFiNaLbOsS]

I think he refers to the Kent trouvale

[@manicmods]

That thumbnail is amazing. And as always, great tips and well done!

[@anaboveaveragedog]

It’s not a new bike, but can we just appreciate how amazing Seth’s bike looks

[@guggino88]

Was just thinking maybe I could steal Seth's bike for zero dollars. It looks amazing. (This post in no way encourages actual bike theft people)

[@Later_Nerd]

That thing is basically like a rideable trophy that shows off the level of success he has been able to have with this KZbin thing. He absolutely deserves it.

[@asdfate1]

its pretty new.

[@ChewieBabyTW]

I wish you had a national Sales like a store in every state. I only would buy a bike from this point on from this guy. He is the greatest in the sport. He tells you like it is. That is rare and appreciated.

[@Drink_WD40]

I've watched every flip bike episode so many times, can we get some more of them?

[@matttttttttttttttttttttttttttt]

I started watching the worldcup XC races this year and most riders will stop in the pits for a bottle of water and just dump it on themselves to cool down, but then i noticed Nino Schurter actually takes the extra time to kinda hose off his legs and feet and was wondering if he was getting more aero/weight advantages over the other guys. After this video I'm convinced he is.

[@kshysztof9649]

Nino Schurter is an absolute master !!!

[@TheTyisawesome]

Cause he chilling

[@janeblogs324]

Not aero, weight. Try riding in heavy work boots

[@leifbrandsness]

no nino is just faster lmao

[@rider65]

🙄

[@ZombieRofl]

This realy adds up at the end!

[@junka1975]

That was extremely entertaining. Sound advice Seth but I definitely won't be deliberately going brakeless. I did once, needless to say the speed wobbles, the crash and the bandaids definitely saw to me loving good brakes. 😎👍

[@christianjensen7699]

If you had clipped pedals on a fixie, you could arguably get away with it for light road riding.

[@YogiTheBearMan]

As long as someone else bought the bandaids at least you still spent zero dollars

[@JasonCarli-xu2pm]

All of this free advice for 0 dollars 😅

[@michaelpfister2226]

"don't get cute with me" -- too dang funny, Seth!🤣

[@oliverleibbrandt8067]

with the cleat hack you actually get more leverage from a further back position on the cleat but bike fit is going to give you better leverage than just slamming the cleat all the way back

[@ethanrevitch]

Seth that rear shock isn’t locked out. You have to turn it so it’s pointing up to make the climb switch work.

[@DecadesofDecayON]

🤣😂🤣😂 funniest video you have ever made dude! 🤘

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Now to find an internet provider that will allow me to watch Seth's videos............. for zero dollars.

[@hankhill5409]

Dude, I bought my first mountain bike after watching one of your videos like a week ago. I've been binge watching all of your content since and I haven't spent any time on my bike lol. I love your channel, but I think I'm addicted to it. Everything you do is entertaining. You make everything super easy to understand, and it's all really fun to watch.

[@paullmight42]

that bike is so sick, you really did a great job designing it...

[@ryan56976]

I liked this segment, was entertaining and had a few good tips.

[@MtbwithFourie]

Bring back trail building and testing pleasee🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TypeIIAdventures]

I’ve often said in my shop, “Brakes will only slow you down.”

[@The_Sampler]

Like these upgrades, this video and the laughs it provided cost me $0

[@TheUniverse915]

New drinking game, everytime Seth says 0 Dollars take a drink, make sure you got atleast a 6 pack

[@boi829]

i am by no means experienced but a lot of these weight reduction points are i think overstated as each one isnt a lot of weight. The caveat is that the tire sealant thing is probably understated becauase that's weight removed from the outside of the wheels, which dramatically reduces their moment of inertia and makes it way easier to accelerate them

[@pesmerg4230]

So I was keen to try some of these, but realized I didn't have the necessary tools... $6 for a pipe cutter so I could cut down the seat post, but it turns out there's a minimum length? So I guess I need a new one? That's like $35. Then I decided to try increasing my fork travel... I ripped a few of the o-rings. The bike shop down the street says they can fix it, but it'll be like $80. I plan to buy a shock pump for $40 while I'm there so I can try fiddling with the air pressure stuff. I also gave my bike a wash for the first time, but now that's it's dry the chain and a bunch of other parts turned brown/orange and the chain sounds really like not good. Before washing the bike I tried clipping some of the knobs off my tires, but now they're hissing like crazy and blew bubbles while I was washing it! So all this "free speed" has cost me at least $161 and that's if I don't need new tires!

[@Ron.Bergunnndy]

/s I hope....?

[@TheJdubbs74]

Haha! Love this Seth..thanks for all the tips.

[@Twochance]

I literally typed how to make mtb bike faster minutes ago first time ever and I have seth have my back 😂

[@kun6fupanda]

When you say “$0 dollars” I imagine Dr. Evil from Austin Powers doing that pinky thing 😂

[@squidelleotious6362]

well one problem, for me it doesn't matter what poss the seat is, my bike tops out at 34 miles an hour, and unfortunately that's thats my gears max, my legs cant spin any faster to get a high RPM, but i do feel a need for an additional gear to get a higher RPM, my goal has been to reach 35 MPH but just when I feel like I can do it, my bike quits increasing at 34 MPH, by then I am pedaling very fast and at the highest gear, and pretty much feeling nothing in my pedals which is why I feel like I need an additional gear to be able to feel more usable thrust is my pedals.

[@stewartmurray5016]

The bottle went yeet in the first 30 seconds

[@perijensen888]

I love this content! Your style of videos has been evolving through out the years. its amazing to see that youre still working hard on the quality of your videos!

[@fud1376]

You shouldn't move your saddle forward past the markings on the rails ...You'll break it !!!

[@birdpoop8753]

Gonna get really good at wheelies and ditch my front wheel, the fork too perhaps

[@steve.b.23]

We don't use dollars here in the UK. I wonder how the exchange rate is looking...

[@outsidebrendan]

The air for my tires cost 50 cents at the gas station. 😢

[@maplic]

Great video idea.

[@benlow46]

when you have no money in your wallet thats free weight savings baby

[@MY1PATH]

seat position: what happened to centering the tip of your femur over the center of you pedal when your front crank is parallel to the ground?

[@mattmcgee7563]

I want to try all this, but I don't have a bike. Any suggestions?

[@Twochance]

Getting carbon pedals would reduce weight for my bike, I currently have stock metal ones that weigh a tone

[@MasonBillabong]

By Seth's logic... If I steal parts from a store technically they are free... As the shop paid for them. Thanks Seth! 😂

[@iuppiterzeus9663]

can someone please confirm the cost I need to expect for applying these tips ? didn't catch them, not sure you said it in the video

[@viktorb.]

0:19 - right, without bottle you bike will be little bit faster for $0! 😂

[@shaikhassu07]

Did some one notice a flying water bottle 😂

[@TheButlerNZ]

Remove the REAR brakes... No seriously... Removing the rear brakes is going to have a string of effects... You will have to do ALL your braking on the front... You will have to do most of your braking BEFORE a corner You will no longer be able to feather the rear brakes in a corner which will actually help get the frame down (rear brakes sit a bike upright... (This nearly killed me on a motorbike resulting in a hilarious landing on my face from about 8ft straight down). You will have to learn how to actually use the front brakes correctly, feathering, slide recovery, nose standing into corners (ok so that's another motorbike thing... and when I forgot I was on an MTB and did that... my bike became a Metropolis phone box.... nek'minute Superman leaps out... The best era of my riding was when I rode a 1986 Yamaha IT200 that had a drum rear brake that would fail .. fairly as soon as I took it off the trailer... I got to the point where I had to go hard at the corners... Hard on the front (usually lifting the rear off the ground), hard on the throttle to get the rear sliding round, and I was cornering twice as fast as I ever did with rear brakes... Ok no throttle on an MTB (MAN I miss that.. I've jumped over 30ft on that ol IT and possibly double that on the YZ... barely 8ft on a jump park double on the MTB ) When teaching anyone to ride MTB offroad, I get them to ride on a flat gravel road very slowly, and jam on the front brake... then rinse/repeat getting faster and trying to stay on without putting a foot down.. learning how to release the brake and getting the feel for the fromt... I do this BEFORE any other skill... Learn how to STOP before you learn how to go faster !

[@rayd.]

We need new merch with "This is gonna cost you 0 dollars" or something like that LOL

[@SvenDansk7]

I'm a bit confused. Could you please recap the cost for all these upgrades combined?

[@block-du9md]

How’s it going nice video! I’m curious, how do you like those berd rims there are not a lot of review videos on the web regarding the hawk 30 rims i’m interested in purchasing a set, but I wanted to know how they were compared to a set of zip carbon wheels. Keep up the great work!!

[@waltysalamander]

Instructions unclear: I am now 1200 dollars in debt.

[@davidsorianorodriguez8152]

Excuse me, it's not clear for me how much do these mods cost, could you specify it?

[@amazinf4344]

Hey Seth, do you plan on making a review of the new SRAM transmission?

[@janeblogs324]

$600 derailleur, $400 cassette.... Go away

[@telekbalazskristof]

0:18 water bottle go brrr

[@Milkshakes-Den]

Hi, I found your channel after looking at upgrades for my soon to come MTB and have a wacky idea for you to try in the future. Video idea: Could you test a mountain bike with a 90° head tube angle to see how it feels? I have been really curious about it but know it would take a lot of work. Have fun. 🇸🇨🚵‍♀️

[@superyamagucci]

OK this isn't $0, but I use Mother's CMX ceramic polish on my bike. I've had it 18 months and applied it twice in that time, and all I've had to do is hose it down and dry it off, and it looks good as new every time. If it's raining, it's clean by the time I've ridden home on the road. Spray-on tyre shine has a similar effect on the sidewalls of your tyres (and any other rubber or plastic bits). I ride daily, and this thing is still showroom condition. On some medication this week that makes me a bit OCD, and it's now so clean I didn't ride today for fear of it getting splashed or something ha ha I wish I could post a photo here.

[@Lucason2772]

Seth don’t hose the cassette toward the disc brake could get grease on it

[@lyricbread]

Just drink a big ol’ cup of coffee and take a huge dump before your ride to save a few ounces. Aside from the coffee, the reduction in weight and subsequent increase in speed will cost you… “zero dollars.”

[@dadbod4life]

for zero dollars. Pulls up on a $8,000 hardtail. I love it!!

[@ethanwood3]

If you stop eating and drinking water for 3 years than take your bike down a steep hill without brakes, you will get faster. And it cost 0$, and saves you money

[@ecopennylife]

Thanks Seth, it cost me $0 to watch this also (from a happy subscriber) ☺️

[@petef15]

Forward cleat position is almost never a good idea. Most shoes don't even allow it to go as far back as it should. The calf muscle should not be relied upon as it is a weak point.

[@microMobilidade]

Bike companies to Seth : Seth stop it

[@calypso2niner]

Seth's Zero Dollar Bike Hacks FTW!

[@electro44]

Could you review a fat tire bike please. That's what I have and I don't know what to think about it

[@electro44]

@BermPeakExpress.. is that a yes or no

[@electro44]

@BermPeakExpress.. I would love it if you did

[@koth25]

If you don't have a hacksaw, instead of buying one, just remove the seat post and saddle for zero dollars!

[@madtownangler]

The problem with the big guys like me is if you put your seat too far forward or back it sometimes breaks the bolt or the seat tilts forward or backwards

[@Это_просто_капут]

6:36 if u think that way the bike cost money/house cost money/food costs money/cloth cost money/brush and cleaning stuff cost money

[@jimbo386]

If you reduce your body weight by 1 or 2 pounds, it can also make you faster... for 0 dollars.😜

[@jaminaecklund4961]

hey seth can you build a crit set up mtb?

[@fiveletters]

Automotive wax probably works better than crisco and won't grease your shorts!

[@bguiles1]

Water costs money, but wooder™ is... zero dollars.

[@TeaWtihRum]

So how many is that in €? And how many bar for the tire pressure?

[@nekoashidashi]

How much each of those cost again? I missed that part somehow.

[@SuburbaniteUrbanite]

He did indeed gain some speed early on for free when his bottle got capitulated into the tree.

[@GinMa1977]

Also helps when your bike automatically jettison your water bottle to save weight 😂

[@panoramadan62]

Seth, PanaramaDan here just can't afford any of these free tips. . . do you have any that would actually pay the average guy to make them¿ I really enjoyed the ride today.

[@GregAspenson]

Another tip is not bringing any water to save weight and dehydrating during the ride.

[@jordanheppell3144]

Whole video gives off "It's free real estate" vibes

[@jppf91]

Just need now is a" zero dollars" t-shirt from berm peak

[@Finn_MTB]

Please come to South Africa Seth 🙏🥺

[@KenanTurkiye]

Who doesn't like getting things for free.

[@a_seekerwood5374]

If you just get rid of your bike it will be lighter, and therefore make you faster.

[@bethanyhall1177]

Love your videos, you should do one on BMX and reliving your journey ❤❤❤