I am so guilty of this! I bought my bike in 2012 and only rode it a handful of times until 2019. I've been riding it hard ever since. Gotta make up for lost time.
@@KonnyP I get so much sad if i don't ride my bike at least every couple of days, i hate not being able to have some good mtb action for long times so i feel you man
It gets worse. By leaving the bike you trash it. Oil sits and gets sticky, cables stretch slightly, brakes start to leak from damaged seals and everything starts to seize into place. Getting the bike working nicely then costs far more and requires a day of servicing.
7 Ways You're Destroying Your Bike: 1.) Dirty cassette syndrome. 2.) Smashing pedals and cranks 3.) Improperly washing your bike 4.) Not doing regular inspections of your bike 5.) Doing regular greasing and lubing of bearings 6.) Not setting up the suspension properly 7.) Breaking the rear mech 8.) Letting any staff member from GMBN touch your bike
LOL..........HAPPEN TO ME.....I WAS TRYING TO REBUILT THE WHOLE BIKE WITH CABLES AND SO ON.....................AND IT WAS A PURE MESS....HOLY SHIT...............................HAVE TO GO WITH THE BIKE SHOP...........................
Not sure I really agree with 5 (greasing your bearings), as far as Blake's sealed headset bearing goes, or any sealed bearings. It's hard to get at the actual balls without destroying the seals, and if it's notchy that's a sign of brinelling due to dirt ingress or improper tightening so it's already buggered. The video shows him greasing the outside of the cartridge which is pretty much pointless and probably just encourages more dirt to stick inside your headset. Same goes for pivot bearings, just replace them when they're toast. Best thing you can do to keep them running longer is not jetwash or high-pressure hose your bike. If you have loose ball bearings, yeah, check and grease those regularly though.
When it comes to cleaning the drivetrain I found that using an air compressor to blow out the extra water from those little cracks and crevices before you lube really helps
Doubt the sign of a well loved bike is that in 2-3 years you'll look at it and have a long list of parts you've completely destroyed along the way and it's ok you'll replace them and fix it untill the repair bill is more than the bike
Full squish is so sick. After you've been riding a hardtail for a while, suddenly you can lean over 2x as far in berms and just sail over rocks and obstacles. Legit twice as fast, still love the hardtail though.
@@timmyfranks4087 there's literally nothing like the upgrade to a full suspension bike. I had a cheap hardtail and upgraded piece by piece. Just opens up a whole new world. Suddenly you've destroyed all your old PR's on the first ride. Makes mtb so much more fun haha.
I had a customer with a rear coil shock that had too soft spring for his weight. Needless to say, he was bottoming out quite often. His entire linkage system was completely screwed up because of it. So having your suspension too soft is definitely gonna take its toll.
Ok, so Jack makes all of the riders look amazing, but gets berated for killing a few mechs. I say give the guy a raise and show him some things about bikes. Jack, stay awesome!
As a mechanic I was told that leaving a dropper post down when you’re not riding can cause it to get sponge-e and have a slower reaction and eventually needing a good tune or even a new dropper.
Huh I've done that to a few of my bikes in the past but I haven't noticed any degradation of the performance I'll start leaving the post up when I'm not riding it just to be safe though
The worst recently thing I’ve done...or let’s say, I was there and said nothing, is when me and a friend installed the DUB crankset a year ago. He used one spacer that wasn’t needed at the bottom bracket and that put too much force on the bearings and destroyed them over time... I wasn’t aware and didn’t notice the „harder to push“ drivetrain.😅 End of story, I destroyed the bearings...completely. The spacer was melted, the bearing balls broken. I destroyed the axle of the crankset, aluminum peeled off (wasn’t even sure if I destroyed the BSA thread in the frame) It was completely horrible...
I think some of the cleaners out there are too harsh, stripping bearing of lubricants. I always wash and lube my bike after every ride, and my bb went after 6 months and the sealed bearings on the jockey wheels were solid . I just rinse my bike now then lube.
Just rounded out my thru axle, so now can't ride till I can get hold of a new one, and because I went with manitou, it seems that's gonna be a really long time, also somehow messed up my lockout, which now won't actually lockout at all
Things I see a lot of on kids, teens bikes: letting everything get loose, or be over tightened, very common sight on kids bikes in my local area. like brakes and shifters over torqued. riding with saddle loose, so it bends the rails, so loose bolt threads get stripped. very common. as mentioned in this video check the bike often, inspect frame for potential cracks, check play, tighten bolts if need to, I recommend to use Loctite 243 on all threads. but on seat post bolts that does not seem to help, at least I've not had one where it helped they always seem to get loose in rapid temp changes. riding with loose headset. Not a issue I have, I have Chris King headset and use a Renthal stem, so far that combo worked well, yes Loctite there too, but this stem is secure holds on for months after months. but I noticed some other stems can get loose along with stem cap, so then stem slides up and headset is loose. riding with too little air in the tyres. riding with wheels out of true. that will result in a lot of work with truing it after. better do it regularly so you do a little bit and it's true. crashing a moped in the skatepark into a rear wheel of a bicycle, I had to do the stomping on wheel to get it possible for the guy to ride home. never washing the bike, riding it in the winter with road salt, let it stand outside. not changing the pivot bearings so they are completely destroyed, I saw a dude drop 1 M with that, and crank was loose, and secured with a big bolt, and was touching the chainstay. no clue what happen to that bike, but it was a mongoose Black diamond quite rare sight, diamond back are no longer sold in Norway, but was a department store brand. I would not ride a bike in such bad shape, and fix is so simple.
I always enjoy seeing people riding with their heels on the pedals, toes facing out at 45°, saddle right down and helmet on back to front, oh, the moron masses
In my first 3 years of riding I destroyed a lot. Frames, drivetrain, wheels. As time went on I learned what works for me. Now I can easily ride a bike for year / 10,000km with normal maintenance. Hardtail, 1x11 or 1x10, good wheelset, weekly lube and clean - simple stuff goes a long way.
Riding bike while overweight. I destroyed the rim, cut several spokes, riding made me feel seasick. Cure: lost a lot of weight. Because this is GMBN I tell that after losing 100 pounds my bike feels totally different and behaves differently. I have to relearn mountain biking. Spokes are easier to fix.
I’ve destroyed 3 rear derailleurs and 1 crank arm (pedal strikes😖) in 5 months of riding 3-4 days a week. Yes Lake Tahoe is rugged terrain but geeeez! I’m getting more dialed in lately and I’m getting some coaching as well. Ride hard
Blake's words remind me that regular consumers are stranded in a consumerism driven business model of the bike industry and end up paying a huge premium. The drive train is effectively pretty cheap in the supply chain. My new Canyon lost a pivot crew after a couple hundred miles or so. Ordering a one from Germany was going to cost me like $120-ish, which was just silly. So, I did some measurement and searched online for metric standard parts and was able to get some non original parts to get the job done (really they are just lock bolts). I got steel ones to replace the alloy one I lost, adding maybe 10 grams? And it cost me around $8 (I bought multiple pairs just to be safe. Each bolt/nut was like $0.2 a piece). And I filled my frige with rib eye steaks with the remaining $112.
YES I am buying a full suspension bike and don’t know how often I should get all bearings out and grease them again. Besides that I have no idea how you put in more rebound stuff in the suspension many something for the GMBN tech guys.
@@tryhardretvrnstryhard2696how often to change or regrease the frame bearings comes down to how often you are riding and the conditions you’re riding in. I would recommend cleaning your bike every few rides at least (after every ride in mud). That way less dirt gets in there and its also a great way to check your bike for any kind of damage. Again for the bearings I check them at the beginning and the ending of the season and sometimes in between when I feel like the bike doesn’t feel that smooth anymore.
look in your warranty card/instruction manual. Some bike manufacturers have realy helpful service guide tables where you have maintenance intervals of most components. Cube does it great.
Another good thing to keep in mind is to not put a lot of pressure on the drivetrain whilst shifting gears, causes excessive wear and breaks teeth off of your cassette... I broke my chain today by starting a climb mid shift
I was actually quite chuffed when a stick attacked my rear derailleur last weekend on Maria Island. Many years of religiously carrying a spare hanger in my pack finally paid off ;-)
Id say headset are my least worries on customer bikes, if its a cartridge bearing you can ride it knackered for a bit (as long as its still fitted correctly not the bearings actually loose such as headset) the main things are moderately clean and lubricated drivetrain, protective grease on creep in areas (headset/fork join, crank/BB, hub seals, freehub). Most people with bikes dont understand how almost anything on their bike works let alone how much care some things should have
I have broken two rear suspension linkage bolts in 8 months...possibly due to not checking the torque settings after a few hundred kilometers. I do try to keep it on the ground as much as possible, but I am aggressive when I need to be. Cheers guys!
Almost blew up a rear mech on my new Capra last season. Didn’t do a proper bolt check before I hit the bike park and when I got home I realized that my derailleur hanger bolt was barely hanging on. Got real lucky with that one. And will from now on do a bolt check before bike park days 😂
My rear wheel fell off the other day on a ride. Thankfully it was on a real slow corner just before the fast section of trail so no damage was done to my knowledge.
Dinted my rim about 2 hours ago, 2nd time this month, it should bend back but, it's because I'm trying to get away with low tyre pressures to cope with mud/ice/snow. Had no choice but to try and jump a stream in a trail I'd never ridden before, wasn't going fast enough but there was no chance I was stopping in time, cased it, seemed fine, 2 hours later my tyre was fully flat as I was riding. Definitely the tyres fault for not going flat straight away
You can swipe a cage from the back of Halfords. They chuck damaged stock in a skip and if you ask nicely they'll probably let you take a few bits off the damaged bikes.
Probably the most common thing I've broken is 3 sets of cranks. Pretty scary to consider the possibility of a spiky half crank tearing into your calf muscle just after it snaps. To be fair it was a year 1997 Claude Butler £359 no suspension bike though I added Rockshox Judy XC forks that survived everything I threw at them, and two sets of replacement cranks from the local bike shop (I had mentioned wanting stronger cranks due to jumps). Eventually they sold me a set of Truvativ DH cranks and promised those would not snap on me.... they were right, but I bent those Really badly and could not bend them back lol
Been lucky most things covered with experience and knowing my bike. The one thing...... PEDALS. Had to change countless pins as this is my one bug bear keep clipping ing the trail. Bit knarly rocky and rooty where I ride a lot. But hey I'm out shredding and pins ain't expensive... Keep safe all.
Ah, just noticed that. He shot the left and right side of the video separately then joined them together. Either that or he has an identical twin, and his hand disappeared into another dimension at 2:20.
Ripped rear wheel off my bike when i was 12 going down a waaay to steep grassy hill with rim brakes, there was a stump hidden by the grass and i hit it square on and it launched me verticle and wheel i land my rear wheel was held by just the chain
Hitting big jumps on a cross-country hard-tail will apparently destroy the suspension. $500 lesson learned... Also my rear derailleur was rubbing against the spokes because of a bad derailleur hanger but I didn't realize and hit a jump hard enough to send it straight into the wheel which promptly destroyed it
yep, too many people out there thinking headsets need greasing like the old open caged / loose bearing systems, if a sealed bearing feels gritty / crunchy / horrible, its time for a new bearing, not chuck some grease at it
@@thesmf1210 my sealed headset is in pretty bad shape and I cannot currently find replacement bearings. Would you recommend pulling the seal out and possibly marring it up in order to get some grease in the bearings? It wouldn't be a good long term solution but it's better than leaving it alone right?
I'm forced to at this time. The shed died and no amount of diplomacy can get it in the house. I like getting a good shag so sadly the bike has to live under a tarp, chained to the washing line.
'they are pretty scratched up" oh god, my pedals look way worse, I do have the fact that I live in an only rock environment and go to french alps bike parks in the summer as an excuse, but I'm literally missing parts of my pedals. I have even cracked a clipless mechanism almost in 2 pieces once, which was great considering I was in the middle of my mega avalanche qualifier when it happened. if it was not for a kind stranger with some spare SPD's I would have had to race with a one-sided clipless pedal.
I also ride motorcycles in the bush. Years ago I stopped using lube on the chains and sprockets. This seems to prolong the life of the chains and sprockets because the oil getting dirt in it just turns into grinding paste. All I use is a little WD40 after a wash to prevent rust.
Good idea Jonah, for now though if you head to the youtube search bar and search for the topic followed by 'gmbn' you'll find our videos on the subjects 🤘
If your bearings feel “notchy” you should replace them. Once wear is noticeable they will wear out very quickly, lubed or not. Bearings tend to have a hardened surface layer, and once that’s gone it’s all over but the crying 😢
i never bother with sealed bearings until they're feeling dry... then pop em out, seals off... clean with WD40/GT85, use very fine wire wool if there's any rust, dry, re-grease, pop the seals back on, good as new ;P even works to give some old shitty bearings a few months extra life ;P
Chain did some weird stuff on front chainrings, next thing you know, massive scratch between swing arm and chainring, to the point where it could be dug into the metal, still in denial tho so I should be fine
It used to be rear mech and hangers. Usually a lose stick would flick through and whack there it all went. Ended up making my own carbon hangers. Would lose the hanger but mech would be fine
If you lube your chain correctly you won't have to clean your drivetrain. Use a good chain lube and wipe wipe wipe. Avoid washing your bike. Service the suspension every so often. Keep things adjusted properly including proper spoke tention. Check bolt tightness and do not overtighten. Overhaul style greasing bearing points like Blake showed is good but doing it properly and more thoroughly than he demonstrated is even better. But again it will be necessary to do far less often if you don't wash your bike. Replace the chain before it's stretched. Replace brake pads properly by cleaning the pistons instead of pushing dirty pistons back into the calipers. Replacement of bearings, bushings, seals will be necessary at some point so doing that. It's just regular and proper maintenance. And then there is riding. Don't hardshift. Ride smooth. Don't ride your rear brake the whole way down. Don't be overweight. Ride your bike and treat it like you love it.
I wonder what a DMR Bolt says about a rider 🤔 Probably says they're a twat. Would make sense. 100% of the DMR Bolt riders I know are twats. I'm the only Bolt guy I know.
mine's a full custom 3x7 offroad: twinbox steel dropouts, 950lb spring, PMS fork, alloy frame, DDG bar on a Zoom 90mm stem, promax brakes (rim rear, disc front)/hubs, Continental trail king 2.4s on 26" rims. Cage bearings throughout because I know how to build bearings.
Worse thing I did was before I got my house my wife didn't want the bikes in the apartment and I didn't have a garage for storage so they had to stay outside exposed to the elements locked with like 5 locks for a good year. Now I bought a house and my bikes are warm and dry in the garage
What's the worst thing you've done to your bike without necessarily knowing that it's bad for it? 🤔
1m sideways drop without bending my knees😭
Dirty drivetrain
I crashed last night and I just went out on my bike and I found out I broke the derailleur. 😅 This video couldn't have been timed better 🙄🙄
The worst? Having a decent MTB and never ride it!
Silicon shine in my diskbrakes 😅🤣🤭
The most common thing i break on my bike is myself.
Amen
@@julianw5692 Amen indeed
@@Blackgaming-fj9ph indeed Amen
@@kuku9543 amen indeed.
Yeah...just getting back into it after a few years off, due to injury. I had this thing I'd like to do, which was pitch myself into a random tree...
I’d say leaving your bike without using it is awful it harms you and hurts your bikes feelings!
I am so guilty of this! I bought my bike in 2012 and only rode it a handful of times until 2019. I've been riding it hard ever since. Gotta make up for lost time.
Man I get depressed even when I take my bike for a service
@@KonnyP I get so much sad if i don't ride my bike at least every couple of days, i hate not being able to have some good mtb action for long times so i feel you man
@@R3ddyyg Exactly! MTB is the best thing ever.
It gets worse. By leaving the bike you trash it. Oil sits and gets sticky, cables stretch slightly, brakes start to leak from damaged seals and everything starts to seize into place. Getting the bike working nicely then costs far more and requires a day of servicing.
7 Ways You're Destroying Your Bike:
1.) Dirty cassette syndrome.
2.) Smashing pedals and cranks
3.) Improperly washing your bike
4.) Not doing regular inspections of your bike
5.) Doing regular greasing and lubing of bearings
6.) Not setting up the suspension properly
7.) Breaking the rear mech
8.) Letting any staff member from GMBN touch your bike
...Using your bike to make videos about how you're destroying your bike.
@@Dude-Smellmyhelmet your helmet smells okay
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Do they have a shop? How would someone let these guys touch their bike?
i think Jack's the real deal of GMBN. He deserves a few videos!
Yesssir
The worth way I’ve broken my bike is by trying to fix it myself using RUclips videos... :-(
What did you break?
how?
Ironically, I broke a couple of things in my bike because I didn't watch tutorials.
Don't give up tho haha
LOL..........HAPPEN TO ME.....I WAS TRYING TO REBUILT THE WHOLE BIKE WITH CABLES AND SO ON.....................AND IT WAS A PURE MESS....HOLY SHIT...............................HAVE TO GO WITH THE BIKE SHOP...........................
My notes:
0:28 Dirty Drivetrain
1:22 Pedal Strikes
1:48 Cleaning
2:30 Check it!
3:20 Bearings
4:36 Suspension
5:35 Rear Mechs
Seriously may be my favorite ever.
Thanks for the cliff notes.... always useful. They need to be higher in the comments.
@@mtbcrasher2703 I wish they were just so I could find them easier.
Not sure I really agree with 5 (greasing your bearings), as far as Blake's sealed headset bearing goes, or any sealed bearings. It's hard to get at the actual balls without destroying the seals, and if it's notchy that's a sign of brinelling due to dirt ingress or improper tightening so it's already buggered. The video shows him greasing the outside of the cartridge which is pretty much pointless and probably just encourages more dirt to stick inside your headset. Same goes for pivot bearings, just replace them when they're toast. Best thing you can do to keep them running longer is not jetwash or high-pressure hose your bike. If you have loose ball bearings, yeah, check and grease those regularly though.
When it comes to cleaning the drivetrain I found that using an air compressor to blow out the extra water from those little cracks and crevices before you lube really helps
Perfect timing. I’m getting a new full squish next month. Hopefully I won’t destroy it!!😆😆
Doubt the sign of a well loved bike is that in 2-3 years you'll look at it and have a long list of parts you've completely destroyed along the way and it's ok you'll replace them and fix it untill the repair bill is more than the bike
Full squish is so sick. After you've been riding a hardtail for a while, suddenly you can lean over 2x as far in berms and just sail over rocks and obstacles. Legit twice as fast, still love the hardtail though.
@@dylan-5287 yah I’m so hyped!!! This next few weeks are going to go by slow while I wait for it😂😂😂
@@timmyfranks4087 there's literally nothing like the upgrade to a full suspension bike. I had a cheap hardtail and upgraded piece by piece. Just opens up a whole new world. Suddenly you've destroyed all your old PR's on the first ride. Makes mtb so much more fun haha.
@@dylan-5287 hahaha I can’t wait
You’re making it sound too good😂😂
I had a customer with a rear coil shock that had too soft spring for his weight. Needless to say, he was bottoming out quite often.
His entire linkage system was completely screwed up because of it.
So having your suspension too soft is definitely gonna take its toll.
Ok, so Jack makes all of the riders look amazing, but gets berated for killing a few mechs. I say give the guy a raise and show him some things about bikes. Jack, stay awesome!
As a mechanic I was told that leaving a dropper post down when you’re not riding can cause it to get sponge-e and have a slower reaction and eventually needing a good tune or even a new dropper.
Huh
I've done that to a few of my bikes in the past but I haven't noticed any degradation of the performance
I'll start leaving the post up when I'm not riding it just to be safe though
When was that filmed?! That’s nearly brought me to tears remembering how good hero dirt could be.
Back in Autumn time this one! Dirt was prime!
The worst recently thing I’ve done...or let’s say, I was there and said nothing, is when me and a friend installed the DUB crankset a year ago.
He used one spacer that wasn’t needed at the bottom bracket and that put too much force on the bearings and destroyed them over time...
I wasn’t aware and didn’t notice the „harder to push“ drivetrain.😅
End of story,
I destroyed the bearings...completely.
The spacer was melted, the bearing balls broken.
I destroyed the axle of the crankset, aluminum peeled off (wasn’t even sure if I destroyed the BSA thread in the frame)
It was completely horrible...
how did you not hear that, sounds awful.
I think some of the cleaners out there are too harsh, stripping bearing of lubricants. I always wash and lube my bike after every ride, and my bb went after 6 months and the sealed bearings on the jockey wheels were solid . I just rinse my bike now then lube.
Just rounded out my thru axle, so now can't ride till I can get hold of a new one, and because I went with manitou, it seems that's gonna be a really long time, also somehow messed up my lockout, which now won't actually lockout at all
Robert axle project they have everything
Things I see a lot of on kids, teens bikes:
letting everything get loose, or be over tightened, very common sight on kids bikes in my local area. like brakes and shifters over torqued.
riding with saddle loose, so it bends the rails, so loose bolt threads get stripped. very common. as mentioned in this video check the bike often, inspect frame for potential cracks, check play, tighten bolts if need to, I recommend to use Loctite 243 on all threads. but on seat post bolts that does not seem to help, at least I've not had one where it helped they always seem to get loose in rapid temp changes.
riding with loose headset. Not a issue I have, I have Chris King headset and use a Renthal stem, so far that combo worked well, yes Loctite there too, but this stem is secure holds on for months after months. but I noticed some other stems can get loose along with stem cap, so then stem slides up and headset is loose.
riding with too little air in the tyres.
riding with wheels out of true. that will result in a lot of work with truing it after. better do it regularly so you do a little bit and it's true.
crashing a moped in the skatepark into a rear wheel of a bicycle, I had to do the stomping on wheel to get it possible for the guy to ride home.
never washing the bike, riding it in the winter with road salt, let it stand outside.
not changing the pivot bearings so they are completely destroyed, I saw a dude drop 1 M with that, and crank was loose, and secured with a big bolt, and was touching the chainstay. no clue what happen to that bike, but it was a mongoose Black diamond quite rare sight, diamond back are no longer sold in Norway, but was a department store brand. I would not ride a bike in such bad shape, and fix is so simple.
I always enjoy seeing people riding with their heels on the pedals, toes facing out at 45°, saddle right down and helmet on back to front, oh, the moron masses
calm down i can’t be asked to read all that
you’ve just given me anxiety about my bike
I won't read that
In my first 3 years of riding I destroyed a lot. Frames, drivetrain, wheels. As time went on I learned what works for me. Now I can easily ride a bike for year / 10,000km with normal maintenance. Hardtail, 1x11 or 1x10, good wheelset, weekly lube and clean - simple stuff goes a long way.
It’s that pivotal moment... it’s perpetual bliss..! Nice clean simple vid 🧼 🧽 🚲✨🕺🏻
I weigh 230 lbs (104 kg) and ride a hardtail. The thing I break most are spokes in the rear wheel. Busted 3 in the last year.
Is there a difference in the lube and grease used for the drivetrain, chain, and bearings?
My favorite: Trying to learn a 180. It’s specially great for the rear wheel 👍
Soooo many broken spokes! I got a cheap, heavy but very strong rear rim for my 180s!
Especially on a hardtail
Blake you emptied the bucket of water onto the bike so hard the front wheel split in half ! .. wicked vid, some very handy tips 👌
It's because the second Blake never gets to ride and always has to do the dirty stuff.
Riding bike while overweight. I destroyed the rim, cut several spokes, riding made me feel seasick. Cure: lost a lot of weight. Because this is GMBN I tell that after losing 100 pounds my bike feels totally different and behaves differently. I have to relearn mountain biking. Spokes are easier to fix.
I’ve destroyed 3 rear derailleurs and 1 crank arm (pedal strikes😖) in 5 months of riding 3-4 days a week. Yes Lake Tahoe is rugged terrain but geeeez! I’m getting more dialed in lately and I’m getting some coaching as well. Ride hard
Blake's words remind me that regular consumers are stranded in a consumerism driven business model of the bike industry and end up paying a huge premium. The drive train is effectively pretty cheap in the supply chain.
My new Canyon lost a pivot crew after a couple hundred miles or so. Ordering a one from Germany was going to cost me like $120-ish, which was just silly.
So, I did some measurement and searched online for metric standard parts and was able to get some non original parts to get the job done (really they are just lock bolts). I got steel ones to replace the alloy one I lost, adding maybe 10 grams?
And it cost me around $8 (I bought multiple pairs just to be safe. Each bolt/nut was like $0.2 a piece). And I filled my frige with rib eye steaks with the remaining $112.
these sort of tips are really useful cheers will especially be useful when i get my new bike in a fortnights time
Hi
Can we get a how often to clean this/grease that/replace those video to bolster the already quality content
YES
I am buying a full suspension bike and don’t know how often I should get all bearings out and grease them again. Besides that I have no idea how you put in more rebound stuff in the suspension many something for the GMBN tech guys.
@@tryhardretvrnstryhard2696how often to change or regrease the frame bearings comes down to how often you are riding and the conditions you’re riding in. I would recommend cleaning your bike every few rides at least (after every ride in mud). That way less dirt gets in there and its also a great way to check your bike for any kind of damage. Again for the bearings I check them at the beginning and the ending of the season and sometimes in between when I feel like the bike doesn’t feel that smooth anymore.
look in your warranty card/instruction manual. Some bike manufacturers have realy helpful service guide tables where you have maintenance intervals of most components. Cube does it great.
@@maxkaufel4715 thanks
@@terytkonar7695 thanks
Cleaning the dust seals around your fork, rear shock and dropper after every ride.
Another good thing to keep in mind is to not put a lot of pressure on the drivetrain whilst shifting gears, causes excessive wear and breaks teeth off of your cassette... I broke my chain today by starting a climb mid shift
I have an 8-year old Giant and I look after it, clean it etc regular - however, I have NEVER greased any bearings on it!
I was actually quite chuffed when a stick attacked my rear derailleur last weekend on Maria Island. Many years of religiously carrying a spare hanger in my pack finally paid off ;-)
All the bearings in my track bike I opted for sealed, they’re easier to replace, and cheaper than needing a full hub or something
I’m realizing just how much you need to do to maintain your bike
Id say headset are my least worries on customer bikes, if its a cartridge bearing you can ride it knackered for a bit (as long as its still fitted correctly not the bearings actually loose such as headset) the main things are moderately clean and lubricated drivetrain, protective grease on creep in areas (headset/fork join, crank/BB, hub seals, freehub). Most people with bikes dont understand how almost anything on their bike works let alone how much care some things should have
I always used to get puntees but I got some tubeless tires so I haven’t had any so far
I have broken two rear suspension linkage bolts in 8 months...possibly due to not checking the torque settings after a few hundred kilometers. I do try to keep it on the ground as much as possible, but I am aggressive when I need to be. Cheers guys!
Jack got mentioned in Doddy's bike rack video also 😂
Urh seeing a black drive chain 😲
Great tips Neil and Blake 👍
Almost blew up a rear mech on my new Capra last season. Didn’t do a proper bolt check before I hit the bike park and when I got home I realized that my derailleur hanger bolt was barely hanging on. Got real lucky with that one. And will from now on do a bolt check before bike park days 😂
Quick tip: Before you undo important bolts make sure no dirt is in there as you could strip that bolt
Quick tip: play a really funny prank on your friends by putting red locktite on their rear Axle. 🙂
@@andrewince8824 or by putting Wd-40 on their rotor😳
My rear wheel fell off the other day on a ride. Thankfully it was on a real slow corner just before the fast section of trail so no damage was done to my knowledge.
Dinted my rim about 2 hours ago, 2nd time this month, it should bend back but, it's because I'm trying to get away with low tyre pressures to cope with mud/ice/snow. Had no choice but to try and jump a stream in a trail I'd never ridden before, wasn't going fast enough but there was no chance I was stopping in time, cased it, seemed fine, 2 hours later my tyre was fully flat as I was riding. Definitely the tyres fault for not going flat straight away
get tire inserts?
Jack needs an oldschool derailleur cage. Breakaway hanger or not Im putting one on. A $20 part once beats a $15 part even twice.
You can swipe a cage from the back of Halfords. They chuck damaged stock in a skip and if you ask nicely they'll probably let you take a few bits off the damaged bikes.
Probably the most common thing I've broken is 3 sets of cranks. Pretty scary to consider the possibility of a spiky half crank tearing into your calf muscle just after it snaps.
To be fair it was a year 1997 Claude Butler £359 no suspension bike though I added Rockshox Judy XC forks that survived everything I threw at them, and two sets of replacement cranks from the local bike shop (I had mentioned wanting stronger cranks due to jumps).
Eventually they sold me a set of Truvativ DH cranks and promised those would not snap on me.... they were right, but I bent those Really badly and could not bend them back lol
Been lucky most things covered with experience and knowing my bike. The one thing...... PEDALS. Had to change countless pins as this is my one bug bear keep clipping ing the trail. Bit knarly rocky and rooty where I ride a lot. But hey I'm out shredding and pins ain't expensive... Keep safe all.
2:02 the front wheel split😂
Woah that is weird
Ah, just noticed that. He shot the left and right side of the video separately then joined them together. Either that or he has an identical twin, and his hand disappeared into another dimension at 2:20.
"7 Ways You're Destroying Your Bike": *Cleaning Correctly.*
Always clean your suspension Stanton’s kids after every ride it will extend the life of your forks!!!! 😎👍
Thanks, great video!
Nice Video guys ... very usefull
I just split my rim so I needed this
My granny got me a brand new bike and put loob on the brakes and straight away I had to get new brake pads😂
Pretty sweet of her that she besides of buying it tried to set it up for ya!
Don't trust her! She wants to kill 'ya XD
@@The_Dude_420 Ya 😂😂
@@andreaszehentbauer9997 😂😂
Sounds like she was trying to cash in on a life insurance policy...
Ripped rear wheel off my bike when i was 12 going down a waaay to steep grassy hill with rim brakes, there was a stump hidden by the grass and i hit it square on and it launched me verticle and wheel i land my rear wheel was held by just the chain
Hitting big jumps on a cross-country hard-tail will apparently destroy the suspension. $500 lesson learned... Also my rear derailleur was rubbing against the spokes because of a bad derailleur hanger but I didn't realize and hit a jump hard enough to send it straight into the wheel which promptly destroyed it
Putting grease on top of a sealed bearing to grease your headset 😂. That will do sweet FA.
I thought the same as well, bit of a oversight....
Yep I stopped watching at that point
yep, too many people out there thinking headsets need greasing like the old open caged / loose bearing systems, if a sealed bearing feels gritty / crunchy / horrible, its time for a new bearing, not chuck some grease at it
@@thesmf1210 my sealed headset is in pretty bad shape and I cannot currently find replacement bearings. Would you recommend pulling the seal out and possibly marring it up in order to get some grease in the bearings? It wouldn't be a good long term solution but it's better than leaving it alone right?
Where is leaving your bike out side the bike gets rusty🤪.great video by the way lads
I know someone who does this, like what? Really? They don't even lube the chain or mechs
I'm forced to at this time. The shed died and no amount of diplomacy can get it in the house. I like getting a good shag so sadly the bike has to live under a tarp, chained to the washing line.
'they are pretty scratched up" oh god, my pedals look way worse, I do have the fact that I live in an only rock environment and go to french alps bike parks in the summer as an excuse, but I'm literally missing parts of my pedals. I have even cracked a clipless mechanism almost in 2 pieces once, which was great considering I was in the middle of my mega avalanche qualifier when it happened. if it was not for a kind stranger with some spare SPD's I would have had to race with a one-sided clipless pedal.
I seem to be blessed with being too light and too slow to do any damage to my bike 😂. I've had the same front tyre for nearly 2 years
I also ride motorcycles in the bush. Years ago I stopped using lube on the chains and sprockets. This seems to prolong the life of the chains and sprockets because the oil getting dirt in it just turns into grinding paste. All I use is a little WD40 after a wash to prevent rust.
Any video recommendations on how to properly clean the bike? Especially the drivetrain
Just one issue Blake my drivetrain is jet black🤯😂
Yeah my new cassette is all black. Ha!
For winter lube of the drive train, use good ole WD40. It is designed to shed water and lube parts. Easy to clean up and keeps away rust build up.
Good info. One thing I'd like would be links to videos on the proper way to do those things.
Good idea Jonah, for now though if you head to the youtube search bar and search for the topic followed by 'gmbn' you'll find our videos on the subjects 🤘
@@gmbn thanks. I'll look them up.
If your bearings feel “notchy” you should replace them. Once wear is noticeable they will wear out very quickly, lubed or not. Bearings tend to have a hardened surface layer, and once that’s gone it’s all over but the crying 😢
Why would you grease the top headset bearing and not the bottom one that interacts with the fork crown race? Seems like an oversight.
Over torquing stuff and stripping out threads and bolt heads. Done that more than I care to admit.
I haven't broken a derailleur yet, knock on wood! But I did bust off the tension switch on my deore set, which means it was close, lol...
Mine fell out on the interstate going 80mph I got it and to my surprise only a few scratches on the bars
I bent my crank on a stump a while ago, thats a pretty quick way to destroy a bike.
So greasing your headset only requires lubing up the seals and exterior of the races? How does that help the rest of the bearing?
i never bother with sealed bearings until they're feeling dry... then pop em out, seals off... clean with WD40/GT85, use very fine wire wool if there's any rust, dry, re-grease, pop the seals back on, good as new ;P
even works to give some old shitty bearings a few months extra life ;P
Chain did some weird stuff on front chainrings, next thing you know, massive scratch between swing arm and chainring, to the point where it could be dug into the metal, still in denial tho so I should be fine
This was a good vid boys... Just what I needed.
The chain is the most common thing I mess up. That's the one I will have to look after when I buy my new carrera next month
Worse thing i did was sending a 3 metre drop to flat on my brand new full sus and destroying the rear shock and snapping the rear triangle in half lol
haha you got a video of that? also what bike was it?
We need someone like Jack on the channel, always breaking things and clumsy like the most of us!!
not checking the chain wear!!!.....then having to buy a new chain and rear cassette!!
I broke my grips and saddle surface after a fall on a BMX track. Guess not too bad compared with other more expensive parts.
It used to be rear mech and hangers. Usually a lose stick would flick through and whack there it all went. Ended up making my own carbon hangers. Would lose the hanger but mech would be fine
If you lube your chain correctly you won't have to clean your drivetrain. Use a good chain lube and wipe wipe wipe. Avoid washing your bike. Service the suspension every so often. Keep things adjusted properly including proper spoke tention. Check bolt tightness and do not overtighten. Overhaul style greasing bearing points like Blake showed is good but doing it properly and more thoroughly than he demonstrated is even better. But again it will be necessary to do far less often if you don't wash your bike. Replace the chain before it's stretched. Replace brake pads properly by cleaning the pistons instead of pushing dirty pistons back into the calipers. Replacement of bearings, bushings, seals will be necessary at some point so doing that. It's just regular and proper maintenance.
And then there is riding. Don't hardshift. Ride smooth. Don't ride your rear brake the whole way down. Don't be overweight. Ride your bike and treat it like you love it.
Thax for the content! 😎🚴🏻♂️
I let my suspension corroded
Not washing
Not cleaning the chain
Let it wet and stay it like that
He's upset about little notchy,i let it destroyed etc
My rear wheel came off on a downhill.. luckily the axel stayed on the hanger side saving my mech..
Rear axle, very crazy design. Gone through countless ones.
Bones. . That's all I have been breaking lately. The ol' clavicle lol
What about casing jumps? Or just clapping your suspension in general
yeah 😂
My only advice is to buy a commencal
Mines taken all of the abuse pretty well so far
No need to clean parts which don't move. A brown frame with clean bits around bearings and the suspension works just as well
LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!! 🔥
Can you do a video on
What your Mountian bike says about you
Brand and MTB say about you
I wonder what a DMR Bolt says about a rider 🤔 Probably says they're a twat. Would make sense. 100% of the DMR Bolt riders I know are twats. I'm the only Bolt guy I know.
mine's a full custom 3x7 offroad: twinbox steel dropouts, 950lb spring, PMS fork, alloy frame, DDG bar on a Zoom 90mm stem, promax brakes (rim rear, disc front)/hubs, Continental trail king 2.4s on 26" rims. Cage bearings throughout because I know how to build bearings.
Me who’s bike is practically falling apart every time I even look at it: iNtErEsTiNg
I like the flexible front wheel in dub blake scene :D
My spirit almost always breaks first before my bike 🤣🤣😂😂
I once lost two pins when I smashed a pedal. Since that day I can only do jump when I'm standing on the right side of the pedal.
I would say the thing that breaks/ wear out most often is rear mec and tyres.
Worse thing I did was before I got my house my wife didn't want the bikes in the apartment and I didn't have a garage for storage so they had to stay outside exposed to the elements locked with like 5 locks for a good year. Now I bought a house and my bikes are warm and dry in the garage
Striped a Stout crank and crank puller. At least it was a learning experience :)
Great video!
Nice video!!!!
Stripped the thread on hydraulic brake lever by over tightening after a bleed. RIP!
Smashing your pedals is just part of the game.