I'm sick of Dream MTB Builds. Heres my Junkie park bike.

[@thethingwithit]

i was literally the exact person you were talking about at the beginning of the video: i was working at a bike resort over the summer, and i exclusively took shifts which allowed me to ride my bike every morning. at the beginning of the summer, i bought a 2022 norco shore a2 off of my friend for $1200. the entire drivetrain was destroyed and i ended up blowing up the rear wheel within a week of getting it, so i bought a new wheelset off some dude for $100. i rode the bike chainless for the whole summer because i didnt want to spend the $150 CAD required to get reverse's single speed cog for the xd driver. i ended the summer with the most laps in the park out of anyone, totaling to 406 laps, which was more than double second place.

[@edwardw2652]

We missed you! Good to see you back doing your thing 😊

[@Spindatt]

Enjoyed the time away, happy to hit upload again

[@vitoonto]

Bro, you've been missed!! Glad to see you upload!!

[@Pallixander]

So glad to see you are back in action. I was afraid that something horrible had happened to you like an accident, decease or - dare I write this - golfing. 😊 gooooo wrench 'n ride!

[@GrigoryRechistov]

[Shudders] golfing! How much land is wasted as golf fields while it was perfectly good to build new trails.

[@samwarren7377]

Good to see you back! Hope the channel keeps being a fun thing for you and not a burden.

[@mxfreek09]

How ironic that my next suggested video is a dream build video. 😂 Love it though, Go out and ride the bike you have, something that has been lost somewhere along the way over the past few years. Thanks for always keeping it real.

[@Spindatt]

Haha the second you put it in the title, the algorithm gives you more haha

[@AlFrEDo-EllIs]

The production value of your last couple of videos--with the channel sponsors on the screen--is really a treat. Top notch!!

[@kenh6096]

Just stumbled on this video and was so happy to find someone actually talking sense. After working in the industry for many many decades, I see high end bike after high end bike and have zero interest. It's all about bleeding peoples pockets dry rather than riding. Keck most of the expensive stuff is actually not even that great. But I see a build like yours and it make me smile and want to go ride =D

[@davegillett4036]

He’s back! So glad you’re back, I was genuinely worried for you. I’ve been watching you for years and i missed not seeing you videos.

[@Capriboy1972]

A spindatt upload!😁😁😁 Pure made my day🤓🤓 nice to see you back.

[@davedelarosa319]

So good to see you back.

[@sepherus]

I've been toying with the idea of moving over to BMX cranks also. There's always the option of getting a spider and chainring. Alternately, you could probably run a 1/8" chain just fine. It's not like you need to run a derailleur capable chain on it, and it should feed through the tensioner just fine. If you're feeling extra frisky, go with a Shadow Race chain, and get the half link benefits too.

[@mitmon_8538]

Tinker Tuesday and Gear Gab all at once?!?! Too much!! XD

[@Spindatt]

I forgot to conclude gear gab it’s been so long!

[@BradWadeNL]

Heyyy! You're back. Nice having you around. Missed ya bud!

[@EriebyCycle]

Yay! Glad to see you alive and well. When a professional yootoob creator just goes awol it’s a bit concerning. I was worried you may have had a severe crash. Glad you are well.

[@maritimezombie7684]

He's AlIvE!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy to have your content back. Hope you had a great summer....put drop bars on a MTB

[@connorc.8114]

Happy to have you back! Hope you had a great time off!

[@SteezeShop]

YES! YES! YES! I've been wanting to say this, shout it from mountain tops. FUCK the concept of the dream bike. All hail the beater bike. We owe it all to our beaters. You've been saying it forever, ride reasonably priced bikes.

[@davidlightrevit]

Glade to have you back, I was starting to have melt down that I was not getting my weekly Eric content! Hope all is well.

[@BenHubbird]

Man I grinned so wide seeing this in my feed. Welcome back!

[@Souzaphotos]

Missed your videos!! Congrats on your 1year anniversary, hope our buddy Norton is doing good!

[@cotecj77]

So happy that you're back! I can't wait to hear more about the Status, too!

[@MrXrocker01]

Glad to see you back man! ❤

[@vassiehollamon9559]

Welcome back! I missed having your content in my life.

[@senditwithsquatch6777]

My dream build bike is something practical. My XC bike is a Chinese Ican, with used fox factory, whatever I had in the parts bin and some turbine wheels. My enduro bike is a all stock alpine trail XR with we are one wheels, practical bike with bombproof wheels

[@Dimass]

Dude, great to have you back! Looking forward for more of your content!

[@shenobi007]

Great to have you back! Hope you’ve been well legend!

[@josetoha6504]

So glad you're back!! It's been too long, but worth the wait because I love this bike.

[@tomatostakefabrik9429]

Glad to see you back Eric

[@byrondixon4648]

Echoing many other commitments - Great to see you back on the tube 😊

[@georgemorton7141]

Good to have you back Eric.

[@kipcc3918]

TINKER TUESDAY IS BACKKKK 🥹🥹 Welcome Back Eric, And Happy Ramenniversary 🥰

[@EnemyBikeCo]

1:50 Mid school flatland guy here. If you are serious about a gyro with disc brakes, you need to have bolted on cable tabs, a stiff top plate, and linear housing cables. Also, gyros aren't made for that amount of cable throw; so you may need to rig a v-brake booster pulley into the mix.

[@hope_soup]

i was just thinking about what's up with you and when you'll be coming back. welcome back. great video and dope bike!

[@icecreamo]

Sweet X-up! Welcome back!

[@LindaCarter-uh7bd]

Here I thought “He’s gone and got a 9-5 job”, lol, happy to see you’re back to tinkering with bikes again, 😁

[@beerenmusli8220]

You did it. You made the first Slopeduro bike that I don't find excessive and out of touch. I think Mr. Relatable is a great name.

[@andreassellin]

Love seeing a Spindatt video again!

[@paullydca]

Good to see you back!!! Junkie parts bikes are the best! Do I spy a 2nd Life Bikes sticker on that fine ride?! One of fav stickers he makes!

[@michaeloverfield7198]

Great to have you back, man. Another great vid as always

[@600wheel]

Cheers bro!! My favourite bike that I ride all the time is a 2008 Rocky Mountain etsX-70 carbon tail with 09 lyrik 2-step air and a monarch R and xt 4 pistons. I’ve got much better bikes but none of them are as comfortable and go anywhere as my old C-70 if I got a choice that’s what I always hop on. I am very down with old aluminum. By the way my best bike is a RMB 2012 Flatline World Cup in perfect condition cause I rebuilt it but never ride it

[@aw71290]

I was just thinking about you, did a 22 mile bike ride today. It made me think of all the training vlogs you did. Glad to see an upload!

[@Claymore2007]

So glad to see you back! I was genuinely worried you got hit by a car or something.

[@Basement_CNC]

Glad to see someone who feels like me about bikes ......and great to see ya back

[@mikestivers8302]

i have a Bomber CR on my megatrail. was like $250 and im running a sprindex coil. NO fancy bits, just LS rebound. works great.

[@jinxyf1]

Happy that you’re back 🎉

[@tipperryan]

Glad to see you back brother 🙏

[@ScottBreck]

Great to see you back!

[@DontWorryImAPilot]

King Spindatt returns to the throne! Glad to see you back, man!

[@DontWorryImAPilot]

Name for Mr Relatable? Mr. ReParkable? Mister Lifter? Clyde Liftride? Spasass (Single Pivot and Steel and Single Speed) ...I think that's all for right now!

[@KOutOfMyYard]

Missed you hella!!! I flew by you on oh baby I think last week!! Love the video, music and everything.. thanks and glad to have you back

[@javduranm]

great video, I'm in the process of building a bike from scratch (Commencal SX frame) not all components I'm buying are top notch, but they are pretty good for me. I'm curious what size of handerbars are you running?, I got one with 31.8mm of clamp diameter; but not sure if I should've got the 35mm. I like jumps and technical riding.

[@rohangayle9130]

Yes Kev,glad to see you, been a while 😊

[@AaronDC8402]

So glad to see more content from you!

[@mtbsieppo]

Marino has actually 4 bearings in that pivot ;) Nice bike!

[@Wannaridebikes]

I ride old mtb. I own an intense M1 form of 3ish. Then an intense M6 from 2014. And a ventanna that is from 1998ish. To a bike name ironhorse where I paid 40 bucks for it the main reason it had Marzocchi Bomner forks on it I thought I’d strip it for parts. But yet I rode it and liked it. My old 1998 Trek Y bike needs a bad over haul. And yes parts on on my bikes because it works. From xtr to. Hayes to hope old hubs.

[@petedog9581]

I have a fancy new bike and the ride is better than ever. Looks like you are having a blast on YOUR bike. That is all that matters.

[@pepestudiovideo]

Why not put hydraulic pump on the stem and have your lever wire connect to the hydraulic pump via your custom top bit of the headset? Put two hydraulic reservoirs by bolting on the stem, have wires connect to the front pump and rear pump (make sure pump’s upside down) to pull in. I know it’s complicated. Just wondering. I love your park rig, make total sense and it’s sweet.

[@brianjoyce2731]

Good to see you back, was getting worried.

[@peterbaskind9872]

You come back with Tinker Tuesday? Very cool. Bike tinkering videos. More, please.

[@thierrypohu5431]

Goes on a KZbin hiatus anx doesn't even put drop bars on the Norton. Pfft! All jokes aside, welcome back!!

[@flexxx222]

Hey you're back! Great!

[@amitkumar-wj8gn]

I missed that canadian accent. Welcome back bruv! Been a subscriber for like ages! Love from India!

[@achapla]

Where the heck are you riding at around 2:00? that looks beautiful and like awesome terrain

[@stevegagne6143]

If you take a tube and cut it to the length of your chain stay you can wrap it around length wise and super glue it. Gives a nice clean look without the baseball bat look.

[@Jackofafewtrades]

Back, and with a banger build, no less.

[@TryboBike]

My mountain bike is a 2008 Banshee Rune with an ancient Saint and mechanical brakes. I love junk bikes made of random parts.

[@alexmowrer3340]

Just put my deposit on my custom Marino full suspension for 150mm rear travel and my 180mm Bomber Z1 coil. Im so excitee

[@endangeredgnome5337]

Glad to see you back on the KZbin. I feel as that you have a chip on your shoulder though...is everything ok buddy?

[@stillburningstrong]

I bought myself a kit for making my own brake line. No more waiting and it’s fairly cheap ;)

[@francoisrdt]

Had so much fun watching this. Lol @ the the case for those awful brakes being great for the use case 😂 Keep it up man. Cheers.

[@bchearne]

I’m not a bike park guy (I prefer backcountry trails), but I appreciate the point: riding is FUN, regardless of how expensive the bike is

[@ref498]

He's back!

[@Josukegaming]

Uhhhhh is that a frame crack at 11:41 ? Might want to take a look at that

[@Tony.795]

Nothing looks cleaner than a steel frame on a bike.

[@boatbikemike8571]

Was just wondering where you went. I was putting a new-to-me fork on my fat bike lol

[@roddas26]

Love that build.❤

[@peterlanganke6716]

Welcome back legend 😊

[@AlexLopez-u8k]

Dude, nothing beats a reliable beater. But, I also love a pretty ass high end bike too. Like a garage Ferrari. Then maybe a a couple more beaters. 🤷

[@Some_D0nkus]

That's how it's done!!!! 💪💪💪❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@PatSimon182]

new subscriber here! i hope your channel grows more, you seem to do really good!

[@mushin9473]

He's back!!!

[@Vokunos]

You know whats funny. overhere in germany, especially in the smaller villages rather far away from the big city´s we have some car culture where especially young man love to have sleeper builds with little 90s/early 2000s hatchbacks and i always looked at them and thought, why would you want to have that lol. and now i am at a point in my journey as an biker/cyclist that i´d actually rather ride an budget sleeper bike i threw together than some brand new pinarello dogma or the newest high end santa cruz. and no i am not even broke and simply just cant afford them, i kinda just love the feeling and i cant even explain exactly why.

[@TheMalcolmElliot]

Welcome back, and welcome back to gear gab!

[@TheSpaceBrosShow]

Hecc yeah, my fave MTBs vids are back

[@IamMathenge]

thts a Bike!! i hate how the modern bikes have a fat botton tube, looks bulky and unbalanced. This is amazing. i have a giant gsx series 100, bike 97, soon, i willl do this to the frame

[@Grrg]

Custom steel coil bike is sweet, and while the gyro was cool you wanna be able to do tech trails sometimes

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Rock shock Yari with Moco damper probably won't prevent you to send it but it will be much more a blast on a good fork 😂

[@vuurmambakiibongo5473]

Can't go wrong with nice, thin tubed steel frame

[@jamesheade8429]

What was the music you used in the background for the first 1:40 of your video?

[@BillKnight-tj2rs]

From my experience the dt Swiss 471 / 511 is less prone to denting than the 541, not sure why. I’ve put many 471’s through hell and back with flawless results, but the 541 seemed to dent like every other rim

[@timleborgne]

Welcome back:)!!!

[@timleborgne]

You really made me laugh at the end, dissing your wheels and brakes haha;). Sweet 360 on the ride!

[@dhrida5518]

I always say, can't go wrong with a single pivot bike!

[@livefreeandshred9818]

Asking to have that front brake like ripped right off there bud. Sticking out quite a bit under compression

[@underbikedoverconfident1142]

He's alive!

[@Biking_with_Akiva]

Great vid 🤙🏾

[@22Jeffers]

Where have you been dude!!

[@thetrevs3435]

Been running hunt trailwides on my xc hardtail for months now, they’ve been great. Def not a bike park/enduro wheel lol

[@dennisfloyd8514]

Welcome back 🎉

[@cgfootman]

Yeh! you're back :)

[@SecretSpots]

Sounds like you'd appreciate my frankenstein whips! 🤣🤣🤣