Specialized Epic Rebuild! Mountain Bike Service Restoration!

In todays episode we service this Specialized mountain bike! We fully rebuild it, bleed the front brake, adjust the rear derailleur cable, fix a puncture and much more...
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[@darrengarvie8832]

The joy of seeing a bike getting serviced is strangely satisfying 😁

[@Bikespeeds]

It’s definitely satisfying lol😂⚙️

[@fpeter01]

Until you see the $$$. Such cleaning costs at least 250.

[@darrengarvie8832]

@@fpeter01 it depends I got a service in my local bike shop and it was 80 quid that included a Sora cassette and chain and all the cables changed but that was a few years ago so it probably is a little more now and my new bike is 105 so I would expect it to cost even more. But my bike shop doesn't clean the bike down from what I can tell.

[@stuarthawkins4482]

Strangely obsessed with these videos. Keep them coming guys. 👍

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha enjoy them! That’s why we make them🧡

[@alfredlazarol3894]

Back to life 👍

[@bilhog6878]

Looks brand new. Unreal.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!🧡⚙️

[@simozonelayer]

Inspirational. Helps motivate me to keep my bikes in order.

[@Gregory_tottie]

These videos don’t get old. So good

[@Bikespeeds]

We appreciate all the support across the videos Gregory and glad you still enjoy them! Thanks for commenting again🧡⚙️

[@kevgreathead1886]

Love watching your services, it's good to see the bikes getting so much maintenance, crackin job 👍🏻

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Kev. We appreciate you going through the channel🧡⚙️

[@mortlow6688]

premium service...

[@zdravo4]

Oh man how satisfying is to watch this. Thank you for such videos 👍👏💪

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching!🧡⚙️

[@vestermunnecom]

Great service and a great bike. The bike deserves a tubeless tire upgrade.

[@shirtlessGraveler305]

Excellent job thank you for sharing !!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching David!🧡⚙️

[@wazzup105]

Talk about giving a bike some love!

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha⚙️

[@bielbills]

Excellent!!

[@vitoonto]

Sweet, a MTB service for my weekly Bikespeed fix!!

[@Bikespeeds]

We get mountain bike videos in wherever we can, we just live in a road bike dominant area ⚙️

[@johnmcquillen9104]

Impressive as ever.

[@tinniswood2577]

Looks better than new. 😁😁

[@oliverleibbrandt8067]

Always look forward to see a notification from bike speed !

[@Bikespeeds]

Awesome! Thanks for watching Oliver!🧡⚙️

[@christopherryan4176]

Always happy to see a new video. Thanks for uploading.

[@Bikespeeds]

Always happy to see a positive comment! Thank you!🧡⚙️

[@nyemartin5737]

Simon's cinematography is top notch Lee as is your narration and knowledge, keep 'em coming.

[@Bikespeeds]

Cheers Nye! The continued support is massively appreciated 🧡⚙️

[@frango163]

Great job! Good mechanics are always awesome to watch!

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha thanks Leonardo🧡⚙️

[@Countrystock]

Recently picked up a bike that needed a bit of TLC, your channel really helped me bringing it back to it's glory. Thank you

[@Bikespeeds]

What’d you get? Enjoy it⚙️

[@praveenkonda419]

Good job!

[@malditomalo619]

Enjoyed watching this video since I ride the 2020 S0ecialized Epic HT. Learned alot from this video.

[@Bikespeeds]

Enjoy your bike! Thanks for watching🧡

[@rainerunsinn4808]

Another great job. Lokking forward to the next one.

[@oreocarlton3343]

Cool

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!

[@BulletGaming012]

Lovely bike. Happily pedal one of those around!

[@Bikespeeds]

Agreed!

[@DeanPattrick]

Stunning.! Huge difference between before and after. Was out today for a 60Km gravel ride in the pouring rain, and once I got home I washed, cleaned and lubed the bike. Was thinking about your videos and always checking the bike to try to spot potential problems. 🇫🇮😎

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha that’s the only problem with keeping bikes mint, you run out of problems to solve

[@dianemulholland]

That's exactly why I started borrowing my friends' bikes to work on 😁

[@mozworthy]

Great work. I love your attention to detail! I'm sure the owner would have been pleasantly surprised!

[@ken1727]

Great video. Very satisfying

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Kenneth!🧡⚙️

[@leftymadrid]

Now this is a true great bike mechanic!!!

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha many thanks!🧡⚙️

[@csttd1126]

Finally I will have plenty time to see all your videos! Still here and still a big fan of yours,btw,I love your omega watch too..looks like an old seamaster! This time I say hello from Canada!

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha we like to keep the watches a little Easter egg to those who notice🧡⚙️⌚️

[@CoachLo3]

Love when you guys do mountain bikes! Looks awesome! I would almost feel bad going out to the trail and getting it dirty after this 😁

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha once they’re dirty there’s just the satisfaction of cleaning them again lol

[@daem3n]

Superb work!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!

[@sunnyyshc]

Always look forward to your videos every week, thanks!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you! Goes both ways, we massively appreciate the support🧡

[@WrenB111]

Would love to see some more vintage restorations! Great to see these bikes come back to life

[@Bikespeeds]

We do them whenever we get the chance and actually have one coming in a month or so from now so stay tuned!🧡

[@mourice6804]

Another wensday Another bikespeeds great work as always fantastic job👍

[@Bikespeeds]

Cheers Mourice! 🍻🧡

[@alfiec9623]

Good to see a mountain bike on the channel great video as always 🚵‍♂️🚵‍♂️

[@Bikespeeds]

Cheers Alfie!⚙️🧡

[@kendric_BUF]

Your repair/restoration mentality really inspires to want to become a bike mechanic. How do you get started? Apply to a shop?

[@yonaz8526]

I like this content better than the dream bike build since i dont fall asleep while watching. Hehe.

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha thanks YonAz, enjoy the services!😂🧡

[@lubo9094]

Great video and tutorial. Well done Sir

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Lu Bo!🧡⚙️

[@fisharefriends598]

That reminds me to give over my own tyres …. And to torque up the cassette and rotors

[@Bikespeeds]

Going over the tyres is worth doing before rides, it’s saved me countless times from punctures⚙️

[@russellml1086]

Nice haircut!

[@davidlutan7727]

Outstanding video again, love it, thanks heaps

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching!🧡⚙️

[@hobbs2005]

Great work!

[@mtb717]

Thank you man! I very like videos with bike service, rebuild or restoration. It very satisfying. And Specialized Epic HT it’s my dream bike) There is one in my small town. Hello from Ukraine🇺🇦

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Kosinskiy!🧡⚙️

[@nathanw2775]

I just rebuilt my 2014 Epic FSR. Thanks for posting the videos. They really help a hobbyist mechanic.

[@Bikespeeds]

Awesome! Enjoy your bike Nathan🧡⚙️

[@stuartjenkins3506]

Many thanks for my weekly dose of bike perfection. I really appreciate the time and hard work that goes into your videos ☺️

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks again Stuart!🧡⚙️

[@jaimekata]

Nice job mate

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Jaime!🧡⚙️

[@oneshotGamingMY]

satisfaction indeed! 100% keep posting new video mate

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks as always OneShot! See you again next week, we appreciate all the support 🧡⚙️

[@meduchiha8606]

nice video 🥰

[@john_john_john]

Just found your chanel, and I'm absolutely loving it. Personally I like to take care of my bike, not only because I trust it with my life down the trails but because it's nice to take care of things and keep them in good working order. That being said, these videos give me an urge to completely strip apart my bike and clean it lol.

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha enjoy the process if you do, thanks for watching!🧡

[@zarniwoj]

I’d love to see how you service Rockshox fork. Service interval is tight, might be worth to look inside?

[@Bikespeeds]

We did one on a Giant ATX I believe recently that’s on the channel🧡⚙️

[@redzed40]

Great service

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!

[@dianemulholland]

I wish I could change a puncture that fast 😂

[@Bikespeeds]

Haha it helps when it gets sped up😂

[@fabian-barrington-hirst1974]

Bloody hell,I have the same bike in the same colours but run desire drivetrain.should bring my bike to you,wow.love it,now subscribed.cheers

[@w.j.g.vanklaveren2346]

Keep it up, really like the show :D!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the support! We’ll see you again soon!🧡⚙️

[@ludicrousspeed82]

It's good to see some people still take pride in their work these days. Thank you for the video. I'm just about to make some repairs to my Epic and this has inspired me to take it apart and check everything since I bought it used.

[@Bikespeeds]

Enjoy your work!🧡⚙️

[@nicksjamesnj]

Great work again, looks like new.

[@Bikespeeds]

The before and afters were awesome🧡⚙️

[@nissarhussain7511]

Another great video. Loving the range of bikes being transformed. Keep up the good work!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks! See you again soon!🧡⚙️

[@elbeardo2644]

Fantastic service, probably looks better than when it was in the store as new but it definitely will run better now have worked on it 👌

[@Bikespeeds]

A bike is only as good as the person who put it together, new bikes are often in need of a service!🧡⚙️

[@hairtrigga]

thanks for the video, lovely job as always, i feel a visit with my bike in the future would be an idea, i will ring ahead though!

[@Bikespeeds]

Awesome! See you soon🧡

[@Makke123]

Would love to see a quick tutorial from you on how to bleed your brakes. As a mechanic you may have some tricks of your sleeve.

[@ScruffyKreep]

Another superb job. Love watching bikes come back to life. 🤩

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Shawn! Enjoy the content and thanks for commenting🧡⚙️

[@JoseLcL88]

So clean and well explained! Good work mate

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!

[@ryanmahoney2653]

Nice vid bike speeds

[@Ditypo]

mmm shiny. peace has been restored after watching a Bikespeeds video!

[@Bikespeeds]

And breathe

[@mathias8013]

Great video as always. So impressed by how you find all these little things I think most people wouldn't even notice. You also do a good job explaining how these smal things might end up as big trouble all the same.

[@Bikespeeds]

It’s all the small things that add up to just a bike being completely destroyed, if you can maintain the small problems you never get to a big problem ⚙️

[@gregordick2635]

Just started watching your channel and loving the vids, been riding the past 11+years and doing alot of my own maintenance but still picking up tips and your channel is well worth watching 👍keep rolling the channel out 😁👍👍

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching Gregor! Enjoy your servicing and enjoy the videos🧡⚙️

[@Jacksparrow4986]

You are one of my inspirations for my personal bike maintenance (meaning the bikes of my family and some chosen friends). I particularly liked the narration this time (long time viewer, hi from germany), can't really put my finger on it what's done differently this video, maybe more detailed? Of have you just felt more relaxed when doing the narration? Oh, and the shots (at the beginning/before and after) are too fast for me, I need some time to orient before I can spot the relevant details :-) keep the good stuff coming and enjoy your work!

[@grantnyenes3742]

Amazing transformation!

[@sammaloitunutkivi]

These are always great and enjoyable videos, but this time I was little disturbed because I didn’t see any maintenance for derailleur clutch. I think it’s quite important part of basic service because it can affect Shimano’s derailleur performance.

[@Bami4454]

Love your videos

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Janjanssen!⚙️🧡

[@Mr229357]

Super nice 😊👍🏻👍🏻

[@GNX157]

Okay, you asked for interactions. If I was there doing the service, I’d put the wheel back on first, then check the derailleur hanger alignment, turning the wheel as I went keeping the valve stem as my check point at 12,3,6, and 9 o’clock. Practically every bike even from new the hanger is not right and can be improved upon. Also, every accessory screw, used or unused. Take them out and put some Phil woods hydrophobic grease on them. Same with the stem and steerer tube bolts, especially on each side of the washer, also the seat clamp bolt. Maybe you did this but didn’t show it, but I was surprised the hanger wasn’t checked. Pull the seat post, clean and regrease.

[@murphyco88]

Nice job😎

[@Bikespeeds]

We appreciate it!! 🧡⚙️

[@Tom_J23]

Great channel!!! Keep going!!!

[@Bikespeeds]

We’re going! Keep watching!🧡⚙️

[@FromtheeyesofShaun]

I am so happy this has to be some weird faith sh$t 😂.... I have Shimano bike I ride to the boneeeese and I've been trying to figure out what I need to revamp it! She's my world lol. (such a crazy coincidence)

[@Ivory_Mist]

Yes, more mountain bike content! I love all the content, but I am particular to MTB. Good work guys!

[@Bikespeeds]

We do try get mountain bike videos when we can, we don’t have many trails or mountains near us but when we get the chance to film one we always bring it to the channel🧡⚙️

[@bernd1083]

Excuse me, but: This is the best bike service video that I have ever seen. How much do you take for a service like that? I really love your love for a good bike. Absolutely amazing.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the kind words Bernd!🧡⚙️

[@bernatbatllealoy7742]

Great and very satisfying video! More mtb or even enduro bikes would be veeery nice!!

[@Bikespeeds]

Definitely more coming🧡⚙️

[@Manuumtb]

More videos for this

[@nickwatson2213]

Hi guys, great videos very well made, i know its time consuming and detailed to produce these. Top mechanic skills are great to see, i've been a racing cyclist for years and maintain my own bikes, i have still learnt alot from your videos. I think you could mention the tools you use, like wire cutters, most people use rubbish cutters that make a mess of it, but proper bike ones have the hooked cutter that makes a clean job of inners and outers, an easy thing to underestimate, like so many of the tools, best wishes for 2024, Nick - Bristol,

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for all the support Nick, we consider our video’s entertainment and not a how to channel, it’s just how we enjoy to make them! Good luck with all your work🧡

[@olekmehera7256]

Love the video! Would love to get some merch or something going that would be sick :)

[@Bikespeeds]

Down the line we’d love to do something like that! Thanks for supporting Olek🧡

[@raybradley3908]

Love your videos! Any chance of a full service on an e-bike in the near future? It would be really interesting to see what needs doing!

[@Bikespeeds]

If we get one in worth a video then we will!⚙️

[@Daniel-yg7wh]

Perfect job 🤙🏼

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!

[@iacobp]

Love your channel. Hope you can do suspensjon service at on point?

[@alexanderford8408]

Morning, another therapeutic video, thanks. When you wash a bike indoors, do you lay a towel on the floor to catch drips and run off?

[@Bikespeeds]

We mop up after ourselves, though we don’t use much water at all really🧡

[@sm..2022]

💯👍👌

[@todddudgeon2320]

Another wonderful job. What a transformation to this MTB. Lee, have you ever had a chance to service and detail a fat tire bike? They are really popular in the north-central United States where I live. Best wishes for continued success.

[@Bikespeeds]

They were a trend over here for only a year or so. We don’t have much of the landscape for them, so seeing one is rare though we do get them in from time to time⚙️

[@gmdeneef]

Very nice rebuild, but why do you not use shimano offical mineral oil?

[@nicholkid]

My new trek had the same extra long front brake cable. I think they are even the exact same brake (Shimano mt). Lbs charged me $50 to shorten it! Usually I do everything myself but I didn't have those little brake parts. Needless to say they'll never get my business again...

[@neilk22]

Those tires are 2bliss compatible-might have made sense to upsell the customer given the evidence of thorny terrain riding. Surprised this wasn’t done by the original bike shop as standard

[@Fallington]

It may have been asked already but what do you use to protect the shop floor when you clean the bikes? Assuming it can get quite messy? I do mine on the driveway but put an old sheet down so the grime and any oils don't soak into the ground.

[@Bikespeeds]

We simply mop up after ourselves and are cautious with the water, we try not to use to much🧡

[@mitchellehrenberg]

What do you use to rub down the brake rotors? Great job on all of your bikes.

[@MX5Fanatic]

Great service as usual. About how long would you sat it took you to build up your tactile feel for bikes? Also I'm curious, I have seen some KZbin vlogers who use GT85 on their bikes after a ride. Do you use it?

[@Bikespeeds]

I’ve been round bikes my whole life so it’s something I’ve built up over many years of tinkering lol⚙️

[@r.davies2702]

With Specialised being renowned as a premium brand, it seems somewhat shoddy build quality having that brake line so long from factory. Just my opinion.

[@neilk22]

My thought exactly

[@senorspiegel]

A lot of bikes come from the factory with uncut brake lines, probably set up improperly at a shop

[@batokkelapa5672]

How u clean sprocket or cassete,need something degreaser or something like that?

[@sandiegoson]

Do you inflate the tires to max labeled PSI?

[@tmayberry7559]

Using brake cleaner on the free hub. What other places on the bike can brake cleaner be used

[@Bikespeeds]

Brake levers, brake callipers, chain stay, free hubs. It evaporates quickly so ideal for any oil that can be cleaned off in a quick wipe rather than a build up of oil or grease. ⚙️🧡👍🏻

[@tmayberry7559]

@@Bikespeeds thank you I thought I was the only one using on those things. Plus it even clean rd and fd for re greasing. Am I correct

[@StanislavBozhanov]

Nice videos! I wanna ask a question. One tool I wanted to get for a while is a torque wrench. Can you recommend one that is accurate and good quality maybe like the one you use at the end of the videos for all the bolts?

[@Bikespeeds]

I have 4 torque wrench’s that I use for various things, with the editing I may change torque wrench without you even noticing, for the majority of the servicing I use a 1/4” drive, but they are all much of a muchness any brand will do the job