TOP 3 Tips For Working On a BMX Bike

Things you definitely should do, and things you definitely should not do when working on your bmx bike.
There are a lot of different ways to work on bike and a lot of different tools you can use. We all have our own way of doing things, but there are definitely a few things we all can agree we should or should not do when working on our bikes.
This video is my take of these things.
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[@jamiebales8394]

Solid advice. I have one to add for the kids. WD-40 is NOT chain lube and will lead to your chain's untimely death!! Lol

[@Brant_Moore]

Hahaha I actually thought about this but didn’t know enough about it to be informative

[@steveackerman2063]

I always keep my axle nuts loose along with me pedals. I can do tricks better

[@Brant_Moore]

Absolute genius

[@DouglasThompson]

Jamie Bales hey! Youre on vital i think

[@jamiebales8394]

Douglas Thompson. Nope, Bulletpup. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Allen keys can wear out, a good point to mention. I've messed up bolts with worn allen keys.

[@Brant_Moore]

Oh yes that is a good point!

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Here's an idea for a maintenance vid...homemade bearing press. I finally replaced my driver bearings, and wow, it sure was easy with a press. You should have seen me cavemanning it the first time, what a shit show, lol. 5 bucks in parts at Home Depot. And lots of grease on that bolt.

[@Brant_Moore]

Absolutely that’s a great idea. I made one with stuff laying around and can’t seem to find it. Definitely need to make a video on how to make one! Thanks! The most time/energy saving bike tool there is in my opinion

[@sole__doubt]

One day the manufacturers will use torx instead of hex head bolts

[@cuppatea3318]

Same

[@willburr1786]

I have 15 staples in my head at the moment, and spent about 8 nights in the ICU with two brain Surgeries. DON’t ride your bike without a helmet, DONT MEGLECT HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO THROW FRONT SUSPENSION ON A BMX, DONT 100% figure out how to ride pegs on a front suspension fork on a BMX and Not tell me what your Move is to not blow out the fork and finally... DONT ride street and hit gaps fast without brakes unless you know how to bail or kick out the bike. Oh yea, DONT drop gaps without proper speed and DONT go big unless your committed. Hopefully the two appointments I have tomorrow afternoon get these staples out my dome, but still can’t be shreddin’ for a while. Have fun people and helmets are more of a blessing then you may ever know. Wheelchairs are not why we shred our bikes. Good luck to other hurt up folks... stay up.

[@abdul-barryrabiu2794]

why can i not stop staring at this guys handlebars I've never seen that shape before

[@markcurry3083]

They’re ugly as hell if you ask me.

[@cuppatea3318]

@@markcurry3083lol

[@cuppatea3318]

They look like flatland

[@pimcz78]

Check out the Schwinn supermatic 2001

[@mexicool187]

Been without my bike for 2 and a half week felt like longer . Can't wait to ride it again. Awesome tips.

[@Brant_Moore]

I hope you get to soon!!

[@matthewabt9348]

old trick for getting off pegs with stripped nuts inside: get a large pipe wrench and twist the hole thing loose it will usualy get it off.

[@Brant_Moore]

Ohhhh that’s a good idea if there’s no anti rotation pin in the peg. If the pin is in there you’re pretty much boned. Haha Thanks for the tip man and thanks for watching/being here! Hope to see you in the comments again soon!

[@matthewabt9348]

no problem as long as you dont have anti roll pins it works every time , only problem is sometimes it fuses the axel nut to the inside of the peg and its kinda hard to get out. but as a last resort its not a bad idea

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

depending how bad its stripped sometimes you can hammer on another sized ratchet bit and get them off. destroys the bit in most cases but you can get them cheap. however nice idea.

[@garethwatson7999]

This is a great video and all these are things that got instilled in me at a very young age when I started riding BMX, the big Ines were using the right tool for the job and making sure to use grease, another one is to keep your bike and parts clean too! Thanks, top video

[@Brant_Moore]

Thank you! Didn’t even think about keeping things clean. That’s a good one

[@tiggs03]

10:30 Yeah I’ve learned this the hard way lol, was too excited to get riding on a nice day recently and ended up popping two tubes in a day. Definitely going to use actual tire levers from now on.

[@skylarsoper241]

I learned my over tightening, back in the day I did my old haro double bolt seat post clamp and both bolts snapped, nice and easy from that moment forward lol

[@ryegee9464]

Thank u man I appreciate you’re vids I’m new to bmx world n this really helps me to be on point

[@Brant_Moore]

Heck yea always happy to help!!

[@Bigrig_trmc]

🤣🤣🤣 I jus died on "a flathead screwdriver is not a tire lever!" 🤣🤘🤘

[@FAHRENHEIT451JL]

Punctured my tyre the other day with one. A really small flat head as well. May as well have picked up a knife. Dont smoke weed and build a bike

[@elishahmartinez1452]

If you have the end of the bolt stuck in your stem. Get a bolt extractor set. You'll drill a hole into the bolt and use the supplied bit to reverse the bolt out of the hole.

[@Brant_Moore]

Yes absolutely if you can afford it. Definitely a worth while tool to have

[@steveackerman2063]

I tighten my jam nut as tight as it will go. I do this for two reasons. 1. It seats itself and keeps it from loosening up. The tension only last through the break in period per manufacture specifications. 2. Helps build calf muscles

[@Brant_Moore]

You’re totally right, Idk why I didn’t cover this! Hahaha

[@stephenguzman4924]

Just hilarious way of putting things and clearly explained knowledge. Brilliantly!

[@Brant_Moore]

Thank you! Hope it helped enough to earn your subscription!

[@stephenguzman4924]

@Brant_Moore you got it man, with alerts too! Lol

[@Brant_Moore]

Heck yea man thank you!!! So much appreciated!

[@johncarlson2258]

All, very good advice. All, pretty much common sense. And ALL, very commonly overlooked or forgotten. Thanks for the often-needed reminders. I'm very guilty of all charges and I've been riding for over 30 years. 👹🙈🙉🙊🤡💩 Just found your channel and enjoying it a lot.

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

ha got you, i had 6mm broached bolts for my S&M stem. :P bolt mods for the win. also pretty sure some of the american made stems now ship with 6mm broached bolts. correction grease in a cassette hub is fine. however profile doesnt recommend it and some other companies dont due to weaker springs that leads to skipping hubs. numerous hubs come with grease loaded into them outa the box. OG we the people supreme cassette hub for example comes out of the box silent. remove the grease or let it break in and it gets loud as shit. you can also double spring mod or bend the springs in a profile to get them to work with grease. or use primo springs. medium weight grease is all you need but ive used thick stuff to make a hub silent. triflow is the best along with a dab of grease on the spindle where the driver sits and on the ratchet ring. any time you take the rear wheel off just pop the jam nut a couple threads pull the driver out enough to get a bit of triflow in and done. also probably the only thing you should do with stock profile hubs. profile actually recommends triflow for their hubs. i have this in writing from someone who works for them. also you dont want your cassette hub completely dry this is bad for them. small amounts of grease. also loads of cassettes come with grease in them. for coasters you want a shitload of grease. medium to thick grease. except in a few spots. for sprocket bolts and a few other bolts i recommend locktite instead of standard grease. does all the same good stuff but keeps them from loosening. also for wheels use grease on the nipples, especially aluminium ones. prevents them from getting hard to turn which can also assist in them stripping out or even breaking. prevents the creaking when tensioning them as well. if you build your own wheels or have someone that does and knows how to pre stretch spokes and pre seat the heads into the hub(basically build the wheel up once its all tight brace the axle against something and push on the rim from various points on both sides, do a few times as well as massage the spokes and youll feel them come a little looser, repeat till they dont loosen anymore) then you can either do that then remove all the nipples one at a time and locktite them or do it right off the get go. or wait till the spokes to stretch then remove the nipples and lock tite the ends of the spokes. also for bolts breaking you can sometimes replace bolts with hollow bolts this can let you hammer in something to turn it out if the head ever breaks off or gets stripped. for certain bolts(brake lever and seat clamp) i swap to aluminium bolts. shorten the bolt length when i can, then notch the bolt right under the head. if you have rolled threads on the bolt this makes the weak point right under the head and causes it to break with exposed threads. that way you can take pliers and remove the stump. also lighter and cheaper then titanium and good quality alloy bolts on levers last a real long time. seatclamp makes no deal unless you do alot of sitting on it with the post really high(like on a flatland bike or mountain bikes) and on some clamps it means you can save the clamp if the bolt brakes. on others it just looks nice with the anodized bolts. but yeah cassette hubs do need some lubrication, even profiles. pretty sure they also recommend a dry teflon based lube. thatd be best, prevents dirt attraction but still provides a little lubrication.

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

oh and last two things. heat is needed for two things. bending levers, otherwise they snap, and if you want to pre break in your grips or alter the way they feel. boiling them can make them feel softer, for some grips it makes them feel broken in for others it just makes them soft. like ive done it with a few grips including grips i know really well. boiling a certain pair made them soft, softer then they ever get from breaking in. however a bunch of people i know did it with long necks and it makes them feel like they are a couple months old and nicely broken in. also amount of heat is important. hair drier is fine for removing stickers. heat gun on low should be fine as well. figured id mention it seeing as ive seen alot more people running custom bent levers lately.

[@rlev2002]

Oh, I think my jam nut might be too tight when I my wheel spins forward it rotates the cranks a bit, Thank you. I didn't knew it(I'm pretty new to bmx)

[@Brant_Moore]

That's definitely a sign of the jam nut being too tight. Happy to help! Hope it was enough to earn your subscription!

[@TorryGood]

If your getting frustrated better off sending it to a bike shop then ruin something

[@Brant_Moore]

Absolutely! Cant count the amount of times I've ruined things because of a lack of patience

[@TorryGood]

@Brant_Moore yep, I was having brake issues got so frustrated and took it to the bike shop

[@Brant_Moore]

Great choice!!

[@Brant_Moore]

Hey thanks for watching and being here!

[@TorryGood]

@Brant_Moore no problem, I just got back into bmx bike after 15 years not doing it at age 30

[@pinkmilkbmx6258]

Very informative :)

[@Brant_Moore]

Thank you and thanks for watching!!

[@bunkbmx2059]

I add grease on my casset but not excessively just a dab...and put some where the pawls make contak with s wratchet ring oh the grease i use is hightemp also

[@vardmardrhrolfskogr9009]

Also..... I feel the part about being nice to your bike when your working on it... Buddy had a mint, MINT, like; returned-to-store-because-of-customer-complaint, mint, Specialized P.2 dirtjumper, just finished a nice af custom hot pink paint job(did rest of main components black, with white Rockshox single-crown forks). Just put all the bearings in, put forks/headset setup together, put both Revolution wheels with brand new maxis tires an tubes, I'm working from the back he's working from the front, we have the thing fully put together, and we can't QUITE get the chain to stay as tight as we'd like. Buddy gets mad at cuz we have to remove a link in his chain....... So.... With the large crescent wrench..... Puts a 1/2 inch dent about a third the way down the top tube of the frame🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@kyleranderson5557]

I’m so happy I started riding bmx after 10 years off lol. Learned a bunch since then and I laugh at my 14 year old self working on my bike

[@darius_frs]

This is great advice, but the BEST tip I know of is that if you don’t have tire levers use an old brake lever it actually works 95% as well as actual tire levers and since MOST bmxers don’t run brakes, if you took your brakes off use that old lever

[@TuesdaysTurn]

Don't over-tighten your seat post clamp also. I had one snap and I don't feel I had even tightened down on it too hard.

[@samholt4139]

I over tighten my stem but i don't ride a piece of shit stem i ride an S&M enduro v2 i over tighten my cranks to keep them from coming loose but i do ride a crank spacer. I dont over tighten my jam nut my freecoaster is loose it gots a little bit of play

[@TheMd1975]

1- Flat out don't ever use WD-40 unless it is the new Bike specific type. You can use it to clean out bearings and your chain. However, if you do and don't know how to get the WD out... problem. 2- Incorrect about hubs. Some do and some don't need grease. NO hub needs much, but some do. I use to know exactly what hubs needed grease. But, after 35yrs riding, too many around to keep track. Best advice I can give is to open a cassette up. If you see grease, it requires the same amount each time you work on it. I use marine grease made for boat engines. Best stuff that I have ever used. Works better than even gun grease which is very good also. 3- IF you know what you are doing, grease sealed bearings. Why? All come with a proper lube from the factory. However, over time dirt. Grime, water and more get into it. This is what can cause a hub or crank bearing to blow up on you. They will last longer if you take care of them. Not forever, but a hub bearing probably on average is going to last 2-3 years on average. By cleaning and lubing the bearings you can get a year or so more out of them. But, you have to take the rubber seal off to do it. And if you goof, it will screw the bearings up. I use a razor blade, and no issues. Then clean like a chain, put a bit of grease in and rebuild the bearing. It also makes the bearings smoother, think about it the factory pretty much mass produce a bearing. So, some might be great and some others not as great. Fix it, but only if you have done it to an old bearing to practice. Last, buy a torque wrench. Everything is marked be it on the parts or on the company site. Those numbers will save you a few headaches.

[@Brant_Moore]

Thanks for the tips. Hope the video earned your subscription.

[@sole__doubt]

Hubs with UNsealed bearing are the only ones that need grease. Loose bearings require grease from time to time.

[@magnumllama400]

What torque wrench.

[@andrewince8824]

Don't forget to maintain your tools. I've seen plenty of rusted, janky socket sets begging for a bit of love. Seriously, they're so simple to open, clean and grease. Put ferrules or tape on the ends of brake cables, those are sharp and destroy paint. Do run bar ends. I've seen the cookie-cutter effect and it ain't pretty. Tape flappy stuff. Cable noise is annoying and those cables can rub the paint up. Grease moving bits, but don't go wild. A little bit of grease helps to install bearings or cranks but that shit shouldn't be over applied to some bolts. If a bolt has locktite then don't lube it too much, it's not meant to be easy to take it out.

[@Brant_Moore]

All great points!!

[@andrewince8824]

@@Brant_Moore I've been building and maintaining my own bikes for over a decade. I'd like to think I've learned from my mistakes and the mistakes of others. Love building bikes.

[@liveyourdream6876]

You could also cut the peg down around the peg just before the pegs base to get at the stripped nut

[@marlsh3572]

Any tips for starting off on Racing my first time

[@Brant_Moore]

I don't know anything about racing, but I would suggest to visit the local track you plan on racing at to watch and meet people who can help you get started.

[@v4riab1lity77]

11:12 If you want to take a tire off with no tire levers as you’re deflating it push as much excess air out as you can so its close to no pressure and just push the tire up to one side so you can pull the bead over rim its pretty easy

[@v4riab1lity77]

Just got the tire off this rim with my bare hands

[@paddingtonsnare987]

Exactly, I've never used tyre levers to get tyres on or off. It's not a car tyre lol it's pretty easy😄

[@levigrafton6854]

For the over tightening part, the back wheel and front wheel, over tightening those can bend your dropouts and can cause the wheels to be a bitch when trying to tighten them. And as you know, a frame and and forks are expensive.

[@Create_o_raptor]

What bars are those?

[@Brant_Moore]

Nowear BMX Candybars!

[@Create_o_raptor]

@Brant_Moore Thanks. I found out.. watched the bike build video..

[@ericisabadbadman3978]

When I was starting out or at least when I was a teenager when my poverty free coaster didn't work I just kicked it a few times and it would work that was in like 06-07 but I used to throw my bike a bit to not kris bennet bad but

[@danielgalaviz5995]

Can u make a video on how to get a tennis ball on the rim of a bike if you know how

[@Brant_Moore]

What do you mean on the rim?

[@driftkid9800]

Well my jam nut is fully lose and axle won't move

[@Brant_Moore]

I have a video for that! Search BMX axle tips. If you need any help leave a comment and I can try to help you. Thanks for watching, hope to see you in the comments again!

[@Allentox]

Love the v bars thank you redline for bringing those back in the other companies that have followed suit the bars are just the tits!!!!!

[@skylarsoper241]

Oh and wD-40 is not lube , is a cleaner if anything, poly lube grease works the best

[@garrettjames3398]

Use a bike to tighten bolts or remove rust ect

[@DarkFeedFPV]

Yeah hein the best tips to not break your bike is when your at the moment that you really dont know how to fix the thing .. it's to go to the bike shop if your not as good on working on your bike like me. Today i have broke the spring of the brake spring tension because I over tight it the wrong side and at the time everything seem normal to me until I saw the spring that was really bend.

[@DarkFeedFPV]

On my new bike that i get in june 2019

[@jessegrass7961]

11:50 thats not grease.

[@blipblorp6347]

They need to make every bmx part universal, one crank bearing spacer size, tell you what crank arm length for what frame, chain length, sprocket size for frame whatever

[@caliber-do1cp]

you can get a damaged screw extractor and your stem is good as used

[@Brant_Moore]

Haha as good as used..I'm gonna steal that in the future! I definitely could but its never going to be put on a bike again and one day when I build up my first ever complete again, I think it will be cool to have the original stem that I had to cut a bolt on, on it.

[@caliber-do1cp]

@@Brant_Moore glad i canhelp seeing asall your tips on working on your bike saved me countless dollars

[@donovan.d03]

Shoulda watched this a day sooner 🤦‍♂️ 😂

[@emperor5228]

Can I bike BMX for like 12,427 miles?

[@Brant_Moore]

I donno, can you? Why?

[@emperor5228]

@Brant_Moore I am at a good form but I'm just wondering if I can bike BMX for that long...

[@Brant_Moore]

Send it!

[@emperor5228]

@Brant_Moore What do you mean?

[@Brant_Moore]

No way to find out other than to try it.

[@jacobjames1171]

I'm the King of #1.

[@crown6468]

My cranks sometimes skips I need help

[@Brant_Moore]

That's in your rear hub most likely

[@SamanthaTheyThem]

Those bars scream 1988

[@Brant_Moore]

Bars 1988 Clothes/Tricks 2006 KZbin Channel 2019 Haha

[@juliangaribay4711]

Use lucas gun oil in hubs trust me Or thin lube is best

[@chhantyalnabin2527]

What..

[@adamsifford6228]

If you don't know whatr you are doing bmx related ...

[@FAHRENHEIT451JL]

Don't smoke to much ganja while wwprki g on your bike

[@MurphyJill]

Tip number 1: don't buy those bars unless you wanna be a idiot

[@Brant_Moore]

🙋🏼‍♂️ Proud idiot here and proponent of riding whatever the hell you want on your own bike

[@MurphyJill]

@@Brant_Moore ok proud idiot of a dead channel goodbye

[@Brant_Moore]

Hahaha dying channel. Proud idiot of my “dying” channel that’s gained 800+ subscribers and 300,000 views in just the last month

[@MurphyJill]

@@Brant_Moore Ok keep lying to yourself bro I ride sport bike motorcycles like a real man have fun being a kid forever

[@Brant_Moore]

Hahahaha numbers don’t lie bud. Why you watching BMX videos and talking shit on a BMX video anyway if you ride motorcycles? I hope whatever hurt you gets better soon and that you have a great life you manly man you. P.S. I’ll gladly stay young riding BMX as long as possible. If getting old means I’ll act like you I want no part of it 😘😘😘😘

[@cjsgarage3789]

Do- not use grease

[@Brant_Moore]

Why not?

[@aksyxd5583]

Yeah why not

[@eatmysalt291]

Absolutely use grease. Pay this kid no mind y’all.