Reaching Bike OCD Nirvana
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- Have you ever been on a ride with a handlebar that's not 100% straight? A saddle that you swear is pointing off to one side? Or miss-matching brake lever position? No? Only me then...
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Chapter:
0:00 Introduction
1:47 Laser level
4:53 Shifter position adjustment / jig
9:43 Bonus clip 
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every time i watch one of your videos i feel less alone in this world
✊
me, three!
Your videos always make me feel better about my own bike obsessions. I seem healthy in comparison 😝
I couldn't have put it better myself! 😉
I love the acting side of this video :D really, tho, i'm a bit obsessed with chain cleaning and bearings. I have to admit :D
Hey! Hi from Kyiv, Ukraine. That last shot from the video made me to leave a comment 😀
Thanks for the video, the aesthetic of your work is awesome!
Your humor, zen, tech info, vid technique are so good. Enjoying anything you post. Cheers from Mid-USA.
Cheers mate, appreciate it 🙏
yes
I align my levers and then realise I have one arm longer than the other, but I hear Park tools are coming out with a clavicle adjuster! 😂
Footage at the end is amazing.
love the intro to the film, as I sit looking at my handlebars & brake levers trying to convince myself they are level and equal ....
You've been making me smile and passioned with the cycling life and keeping me "grounded" now, while war in my country. Boundlessly thankful for your job 🙏
Stay safe my friend!
I’m definitely convinced on the tools you featured, every time i’m riding, it’s such a weird feeling that your handlebar feels off.
That's great ! I never considered a laser and always thought someone should invent a simple tool to set the saddle, as often I've had it off-center just a bit.
Don’t think anyone with a “crash twisted” aluminum bar would EVER be joining us here in OCD church. Thanks for this amazing video. ha
Watching your videos makes me miss my time in Japan. I also used to bike around Fuji City in Shizuoka. It was a time when youtube is not yet around and we are still developing the 1st digital camera with Casio.
I want you to know that a RoJ upload notification is always a great joy to me. And - as always - the intro justified the anticipation.
This is awesome. Thanks for finding that amazing tool
Ευχαριστούμε!
Excellent. Everything about this was excellent.
This is so cool to watch, always catch myself smiling throughout your videos. Nice line choice in the descent btw.
Your bonus clips are the best part of your videos 👍
Please never stop doing these, always such a joy to watch these videos and see that somebody is living the dream
love your contents to be honest I look forward for more. Keep it up mate! two thumbs up!
You make me feel normal. I love these videos.
OMG THESE VIDEOS ARE SOOO amazing!
This is by far the video of yours I love most. Hilarious. And great to not be alone in my bike-madness.
Oh my God, love it. Laughing so hard. I was looking for a tool like this for a long time.
Dude, I've been with you since the early days, one of your OG followers. Such great content my man, don't change a thing. Thanks for the tip on the laser "lever". 🤣 Looking forward to the next one!
Wow! that descent was thrilling!
You are absolutely crazy, and I love it.
dude, you make the best cycling vids on youtube and japan, i mean, those descents, killer!
This Video speacks to my heart in so many ways
YAY always excited to see a new video from you. Always make me laugh man
Almost became a van hood ornament! Love your humor...keep ‘em coming!
My hands got super sweaty watching you ride down. With on coming traffic!!!!
OCD is a close friend of mine as well. I try not to fight it, and just go with the flow.
Excellent video my friend!
Stay safe.
Oh man, this is such a great video! Thanks for entertaining and inspiring bike nerds around the world ;-)
god what a beautiful day. can't wait to get myself back up a big hill!
God bless you my brother in spirit. This is pretty much how I feel about my bike setting. Thank you for putting my feeling Into words so clearly. I hope they cure my OCD as well 👍🙏
Love your vids! Keep it up, Sir.......!
OCD nightmare : change bike tires with white line
they never aline with the rims
We have to pick our battles wisely ;)
Oh, the burden of being a perfectionist. You are not alone.
You are right, I need this. Ordered both.
The bonus clip is just... Magical!
Wonderful twisties!
That's Brilliant !!
I love your videos RoJ, I always look forward to that notification and admiring your rides, bike builds and Japan, but as a contamination OCD sufferer, I don't agree with the casual use of the term in place of perfectionism. But I do admire your attention to detail and high quality of workmanship.
Peace ✌️
Thanks for pulling me down the rabbit hole. Now looking for lasers online
You’re welcome 👍🤪
I have watched your video with my wife and I said that I need this tool for the shifters setup. She rolled with her eyes. I think this is her way of saying “yes” 😬
Why would you watch it with you wife? she don’t have to know! 🥴
She likes your videos too and as long as I am below your level everything is fine 🤪
Awesome......Forever my sen-se~~^^!!
I'm always rooting for you~~
From Korea.....
Marvellous decents, but please don’t die! You have so many more videos to produce… ❤️
Still amazes me that even in traffic you sometimes take a corner on tube wrong side of the road. Fearless! Great videos 👌🏻
This. Thank you. I feel a brotherhood.
You fabulous weirdo….
Mind you I was in Sweden last weekend…..you are not alone 😀
Great to see someone else who is as meticulous and geeky as I am! I used a laser to set up my new bike by making the bike level and putting the cross in the centre of the bottom bracket, and comparing the handlebar reach and stack height with my old bike
Omg that Intro 😂. You and Trace are so funny.
That was a great descent!
Sickness on another level .
for sure! I use my laser level for bike adjustments all the time! great videos, thank
I think that laser level is ingenious, cant wait to try it.
Nothing wrong with striving to reach perfection. Just pre-ordered the lever jig thingo.
That descent video really made me hope they open up the borders soon. Can’t wait to ride on those roads again.
You are my spirit rider. 🚴🏻♂️
(immediately purchased a laser level on amazon 2 minutes into this video)🤣
Have the same OCD affliction….having the shifters only a few mm’s off is akin to a mosquito in the bedroom.
Nice one!
dayum that brake lever alignment tool!
Had a bike fit a few years ago. The bike fitter used a cross laser to measure my position. Afterwards I went to the nearest hardware store ASAP and got myself one and I haven't looked back. Useful for setting up bikes, for hanging them on the wall, for putting all sorts of things up on the wall, etc etc.
Loved the form mount you have for your computer on my old bike. Have mine up for sale but no one wants it. Lol
Omg the beginning part had me dying laughing my ass off!
I agree with having your seat and bars as close to perfectly straight as possible, but I'm glad the positioning of my shifters doesn't keep me up at night 😅
I'm actually surprised that you didn't start out with two of these shifters jigs, and use them at the same time for that extra O C D effect haha ;) - Great content as always, thanks!
You do it accurately to a T. Inspiring. All along I have been doing it wrong.
For at least i know im not alone feeling those saddle is out of line or brifter misalligned even how perfect ive adjusted it. And that laser measure is what i need to find now. Thank you👍🏾👍🏾.
I nearly had a (mental) crash while watching you go down the hill when the white van appeared. I forgot you ride on the left in Japan!
these tools make perfect sense to me ;-) bonus video was great although the traffic was alarming on a few occasions especially with the slight camera distortion
I use a laser for my alignment purposes. Very effective. Also want to comment on your descending ability, very nice! You should get a motorcycle to get that sensation regardless of incline. I think you would be a great rider!
That lazer idea is gold to me because nothing drives me more crazy than alignment of my bars. However, that other measuring tool would actually be worth less cost wise because I have always been able to achieve the correct positioning of the levers with just a simple ruler.
LMFAO! Be it the alignment of my saddle/stem/shifter or the uniformity of my coffee grounds, if it’s off, my body/mind will realize. It’s all about the balance of my universe. Glad to hear someone else has the same, totally healthy, obsession.
Lol. I always enjoy your videos. いつもおもしろいかった 😄
Brilliant 👍😂
90 Euros! Your right I don't need one 🤣. A Lazer level on the other hand ... 🤔. As always love your style, passion, and humour.
“peace” at the end was unexpected to me) greetings from Ukraine:) thank you
Soooooo good 👍
thankyou for being my OCD proxy
masterclass in bike OCD ❤️ excellent editing, even more excellent humor.
I think that near miss with the van just made me a disk brake convert (at least for the next bike!).
Love ur 2 bikes mate. Those paint jobs n finishing kits option, just 👌🏻. Amazing 👏🏻
Very cool.
the laser level is pretty nice and could be useful with other tasks (non-bike related) as well. as for the shift lever calliper, I tend to use a simple old trusty spirit level and a decent quality tape measure. it will do the job decently well on a budget.
When you, “Just got’s to know!” They have a tool for that.
This is me with my scopes. My friends think im crazy...its true but my crosshairs are perfect and that does a thing to my heart.
Always inspiring intros. Calming nice video! Bodies famously not symmetrical though, so this as much for aesthetics than function perhaps?😅
Oh man I would also set everything perfectly if I had the tools on hand but eyeing it is good enough haha
Thanks
I love every video. 🙌👌👍🚲🙏
busted! 😆🙈 so happy it's not only me! 😅
looks like I better start coding my next 3d printed bike tool 🤓
thanks for the Inspiration! your vids are brilliant! greetings from Germany
lol, something I need now but did not knew it existed before.
Although I’ve been using a piece of string on each brake shifter stretched tight and lined up with the bars for decades....the laser is pretty cool. However not impressed by the gauge!...will stick with my bit of string. However is pretty grubby so feel inspired to get a bright new piece of string.
More tools yes. Love that Rides of Japan has even more riding now. Is it still bonus videos of we get one every upload now?
I’m not very OCD when it comes to meaning of words ;)
Love your videos man! I'm also in Japan (Yamaguchi) and I absolutely love riding in the mountains. I've never seen anything better or more pretty. Maybe one day we'll be able to go on a ride together.
A legend has said he got a 5 watts boost from enhanced aerodynamic flow with leveled symmetrical handlebar set up
Those jigs look cool much more accurate than my level technique.
What a stupid idea of that motorcycle driver to basically park in the middle of the road.
Oh great. Now I will think my brake levers aren't aligned next time I ride my bike. Even though it felt perfectly fine so far. Thank you
You’re very welcome 👍🥴
Lasers are great but it sounds like you need another laser (green maybe) to know that your alignment laser is level 😆