I live where its way too hilly, single speed just won't cut it unless you only ride around the flats near the beach. I live a mile or so up a 8-10% grade, so any gear I could pedal up that would be WAY too low for cruising the flats.
As a fellow bike mechanic, I love your channel, and your philosophy - "Good enough for who its' for". I Love that you dared to express your viewpoint, it does make you more real and believable. Your attitude is an important part of the appeal of your channel. I've learned a few things from you. Keep up the great work! Don't change a thing, enjoy a taco or two - Steve in Denver
I appreciate it that you had the courage to express your viewpoint, and it just makes you more real and believable. You attitude is an important part of the appeal of your channel. I've learned so much from you. Don't change a thing. Hal
Man, in other video you said that you are still waiting for a random kid to show up to your shop to learn the trade; but look at you: you are literally teaching the trade to thousands of people over here! Well done!
I am a guy from germany, randomly fixing bikes, interested in these kinda vids. So I stumbled across your channel. So far I can say like it very much. Your vid about making the right decision in the booth was comfort food for me. Cuz everyday, here in the old world, I hear news from abroad that makes me worry. I ask myself, what the heck is goin' on there? How can people be so set in concrete with their political beliefs, that they take the risk of voting for a man who does not have a spark of decency and integrity and who is obviously going to sacrifice democracy for his own benefit? I have spread your vid to my friends, cuz I wanted them to see, that there are still nice, grounded, self-thinking peeps out there in the US. Very heartwarming, uhhh keep up the positive vibes!
It was really great to hear your stance on the upcoming election. I don’t mind a difference of opinion (you and I don’t have a difference of opinion on that lol) People should be able to have discussions/debates without putting too much emotion into it. Really appreciate your honesty and the content you put out. I will be a sustaining member of your channel for a long time to come.
I have a single speed bike, and i love it. Will I ever buy another one? Absolutely not. It's way too impractical for a middle age, out of shape guy. But it rejuvenated my love for cycling.
Touching base on your election 2024 video where comments were disabled.. I can appreciate your views on things while also disagreeing on many aspects as well. The great thing is that you owe nobody anything for how you think neither do I expect you to think as I. Thanks for being open to sharing your perspective even though I don’t agree. The easy ticket is denigrating and delegitimizing folks who disagree with their views, but I concur. Rock on man, be you. We’ll all come together as one when it matters.
Thanks! As a fellow mid 40s Midwestern (Twin Cities) bike guy who wrenches regularly, I really appreciate your vids. I found you from Path Less Pedaled. If you don't mind, where's your taco joint?
It took guts to stick your neck out in the last video! And I love the hide strategy. I firmly believe in the "don't engage, hide them" approach. I do the same everywhere. It helps keep your sanity in check and blood pressure lower. 😂
May have slight differences of opinion politically but I love bikes and really enjoy watching your videos. Not too mention that we should be able to have civil discussions about politics and not automatically discount those who disagree with us - keep up the good work!
As a beginner bike flipper, I really enjoy your channel. I've learned a lot, thank you. From your sense of humor to your selection of background music, I find myself calmed in this toxic environment. Politics, I have picked up that you have different viewpoints than I do, but that's ok. We are all adults. The video explains your beliefs. You did a great job of making it make sense. If we are so thin skined that an opposing viewpoint will send us over the edge, it's time to start living under a rock. So congratulations for having the courage to step up and lay it on the line. I would imagine that you will gain from this move. Much respect from me!
This video was therapeutic, thanks. Vaguely related: when I first started working in a bike shop, I showed up for my first day on a single speed commuter that had been ridden everywhere for a decade. As a "welcome to the shop" gift, the mechanics in the back patiently guided me through every step of this same repair.
I picked up a Surly Streamroller frankenbike several years back that took a similar treatment. Now it's my daily rider and commuter and ended up replacing my geared bike. I love it to death. And similarly, XL frame with supertall seatpost and risers ;-) Also cheers for your last video. So much appreciation for your putting your neck out there. Loads of us who already agree and supporting you, and there's plenty of reasonable folks who might not agree but can appreciate and benefit from you sharing.
Thanks! I appreciated your previous video on the election. I’ve been wrenching my my own bikes for years, but have learned some cool tricks from you. Please keep ranting and wrenching. Mike F Michigan
I got emotional , I admit it. Who cleans and polishes spokes on a bike?! I believe it is the person who does those things that no one will ever notice just because it is the right thing to do. Yea, I got a little misty hearing that description of the repair process. Brilliant work!
There's an aluminum adapter piece that you can get on eBay for about $10 that has a derailleur hanger and fits perfectly into horizontal dropouts! I have a singlespeed frame that I used to use a lot for work. After using a retro MTB for a while, I went back to the singlespeed and wanted options for gears, but I didn't want to buy a whole new bike and have to try to sell the singlespeed. So I looked around online and found an adapter. I spaced my steel frame from 120mm to 130mm, put the adapter in there with a road wheel, and it works beautifully! I used it to go bikepacking on singletrack, gravel roads, fire roads, etc. (it was along the VTXL). It's never given me an issue! There have been 2 times that the adapter piece got knocked a bit and bent and the shifting got wonky, but I just as easily bent it back with the derailleur for leverage. Not saying I think you should do that with this LeMond ss, but just thought I'd make you aware of the option! In the first 30sec of the video you mentioned that there's no room for a derailleur, so I thought you'd be pleased to know that it is a possibility and it functions perfectly well!
Thank you so much for the hint! I don't want to convert my SS but I would like to add a chain tensioner. And I have never seen one that doesn't need the derailleur hanger. So that could be a solution.
Thanks for the single speed love. My daily driver is a 2014 Schwinn Racer with a coaster brake. It is bomb proof as long as I keep everything tight. Interesting how there can be so much variance in 32cm tires. For clearance purposes in this bike, I’d probably go with 30s as you probably wouldn’t notice too much of a difference anyway. Keep making these great videos!
BikeFarmer, I love watching your bike repair videos. It's almost old man winter here in MN but I will continue to learn how to fix my bike at home over the dead part of the year.
As a friend one state west of you, I appreciate your videos, your character, your skills and your time making these videos. I used to sell bikes and have extremely limited mechanical skills, so I put my trust in my local shop. I hope they put as much care into their work as you. Now that we will have a President who only looks out for himself, we need to look out for each other, even if we disagree with our neighbor(s). Keep up the good work and best of luck. I suspect you’ll have 100k subscribers soon.
@@bkefrmrThe dedication to making that tire fit was impressive. I am a long time road biker who suffered through 23mm tires at 120psi for most of my life. I’m now using only steel bikes with 700x43, 650Bx48 and 26x2.5 and much happier with my back and wrists. The saddle in that position makes me nervous about his fit and breaking the rails, but that’s a story for another time.
Came for the Rant Stand Rant and was chagrinned by your skipping over the second rim rant. (j/k) Love that you actually HAVE opinions, and are willing to voice them.
I got a bicycle for Christmas when I was 9 years old and it was way too big for me at the time. It was a Montgomery Wards Hawthorne single speed. I rode that bike for 5 years with no maintenance. It had coaster brakes(you reversed the pedals to brake. The pedals started slipping and I took the rear hub apart, there were flat springs and they were rounded off. I reversed them and rode the bike for another 2 years.(Until I got my drivers license). I didn’t think anything about riding to my friends house that was 5 miles away.
Great work! I'm new to your channel, been catching up on past episodes. Loved your take on culture/ the election. Great observations. And your bike mechanic banter certainly brought back a lot of memories for me.
You did block my buddy’s account because he asked you to explain your pricing and you got mad at him. He is still pissed about it. I told him to get over it and to just enjoy the videos. Keep up the great content!
My single speed has seen me through some years of commuting. Now retired, I can't bear to part with it. Love your videos, love your politics. Keep on keeping on!!
Some things we could agree to differ on. But if I were in your neck of the woods, I definitely would be bringing donuts for a cuppa coffee with you. Your channel, your workshop, your views. Completely agree no time for trolls.👍🏻
If we no longer can choose a president we are no longer in a free country I believe we have the right to choose. My neighbor flew different signs than me last election. I asked if it starts a war if my mower touches his side he said no that’s petty. So I am going with let’s just get along. He doesn’t have any election signs up this time so none are going up in my yard this round either.
These long headtube bikes with the curved fork are a real joy to ride -especially for taller > 6' people. Your Giant tires are a perfect match for the bike. Should be good for another 5-10yrs now on a late 70's-early 80's frame. Your build fixing the issues was excellent and I am shure the owner will really enjoy his bike now. -for many years.
Honestly, I have never done a Super Thanks for anybody because I am cheap and I rarely comment, but I know this will help a bit. I respect your honesty and enjoy your videos. Thank you!
Love what you do and grateful for your thoughts on the election, Andy. We need more people like you who form their own opinions rather than siding with whichever party represents their identity talking about politics! And this coming from a San Francisco liberal 😆
As soon as this dicey election is over (praying for survival of Democracy 💙) and I get paid next month, I'm becoming a sustaining member. This content is just so good, entertaining, clean, (hot 🔥 lol) fun. And I gotta support a dude who speaks out. 🚲
You’re awesome!! Watching and listening to you work on Ike’s is educational and therapeutic. Bring your thoughts and opinions! Whether I agree or not, I agree with you being you! The whiners just need to get out in a bike more!!😁🙌🙌
Can't speak for this bike, but something that happened a lot during the first fixie wave around 2005-2010 is that these cheap vintage bikes (a lot of Peugeots and Motobecanes in my neck of the woods) were stripped of their shifting stuff and received really bottom-of-the-barrel replacement parts. The other, often worn parts weren't treated at all. Most of them didn't last long.
if you're worried about the camera angles on the wheel truing stand, consider a GoPro 8 or newer. They're super tiny, you can clamp them in all sorts of areas, like at the top of the tool wall looking down on the truing stand from the opposite side. With an 8 or newer you can connect it to your phone so you can control the start / stop functions, zoom, and set up your frame.
With the tyre and brake bridge being so close, i've had trouble with little bits of sticky tar coated gravel getting picked up by the tyre in the summer then getting wedged in the gap. All of a sudden it's like someone pulled on the brake and you hear a zzzzzzzz noise as the gravel scores the tyre all the way round.
For fledgling mechanics learning from TBF, here are some possibly/potentially/arguably better work practices: i) While pounding the new crown race onto the fork, avoid having the fork tips bear the brunt of those hammer blows. It is possible to damage the fork tips. One can hold the fork in mid air while hammering. Or, if bracing against the floor is necessary, or put a wheel in the dropouts, or put a sacrificial hub in the dropouts. Bear in mind that it's still possible to bend a rim wall or even a hub flange. ii) Before removing the stem and bars from the bike, do the brake cable removal and grip removal. One won't have to work so hard to stabilize the pieces in mid air. iii) Rather than tapping the crank out of the BB cups, it might have been easier to remove the non-drive side cup first. iv) Wear ear protection while pounding out the headset cups. v) Avoid ingesting Tri Flow. I try hard to avoid breathing Tri Flow or letting it contact my skin. After handling Tri Flow for 40 years, I suspect that I have a golf ball sized amount of it throughout my body. This tip is entirely unscientific. Happy wrenching everyone!
The rear axle on my Singlespeed kept creeping forward along the horizontal dropouts. One fine day, during a standing sprint towards a traffic light turning red the chain came off, my groin slammed into the toptube and my shoes skidded along the road. Miraculously I remained upright, got off the road, resettled the chain and rode home ever so slowly. Got a set of chain tensioners that hold the axle on either side and lead screws towards the back for a pair of metal caps to anker them to the butts of the dropouts. The metal caps bent, the axle started creeping forward again and the chain dropped again - fortunately under less dire circumstances. I could tighten those axle nuts until my palms bled and they would still works themselves loose sooner or later.
Deine Namen nach denke ich mal du sprichst Deutsch. Versuche es mal damit allen Lack von den Ausfallenden zu entfernen. Dann unter die Achsmutter Schnorrscheiben setzen. Funktioniert bei mir ohne Probleme. Ansonsten gibt es ziemlich massive Kettenspanner aus dem BMX Bereich. Die funktionieren super.
For the people that left and attack you, well, i won't be impolite but good riddance, i watched the video, i don't agree completely with you but that doesn't change what i think of you, you make good content, i learn a thing or two every video and you are a very resonable man, so i keep watching
I think the BB on the drive side is reversed in order to prevent overtightening when the BB gets blocked during the ride. I mean think about it, the BB gets blocked then it automatically releases itself instead of overtightening because of the friction and the way you spin the crank on load. I think previous BB models were harder to open and that's why they designed it this way. In case bad things happen, you don't damage the bike or bike frame. So, it makes sense if you find them loose as it avoids overtightened BB because BB is a strong corrosion point. It also makes sense that they get loosened as torque applied to the BB under pedaling can be way more than the recommended 40 Nm. The same thing applies to pedals, so you don't get them stuck. If the bearings on the pedals are not good, they will just come loose. I think BB is also a different topic than the freewheel, but if you think about it, when you pedal forward, you tighten the freewheel (not the cassette), while the BB actually gets loosened, as the only way to tighten the BB would be to pedal backwards, and this is on both sides. Automatically releases itself instead of overtightening because of the friction and the way you spin the crank on load. I think previous BB models were harder to open and that's why they designed it this way. In case bad things happen, you don't damage the bike or bike frame.
Nice video. Was expecting more problems the way you started off. I would like to see a IGH video (3 , 5, 7 or 8 speed). Be interesting to hear you talk about those.
I bought a tube of grease from park tool the other day. The blue stuff. High performance somethinrather. I didn’t know there were other kinds for bikes. I will be overhauling an old Kabuki from like the 70s, hubs, head, bb, etc. Should I go get the green stuff that you used on this, which I think is the polylube maybe, or will the blue stuff work the same? Cool video by the way. More work involved than a regular tune up but now its a brand new bike but better because it won’t get stolen so quickly.
Love your content. No worries about sharing your opinions, I don’t get offended. I’m here for entertainment, and I don’t take advice from entertainers. I’m also here for education, but you are a bike mechanic, so I’ll leave the education to bike topics. I love cartridge bearing wheels, just pop out the bearings and press in new ones. You just need to watch the preload, check every few months. Do you ever wax chains/drive train? I started five years ago and I’m never going back.
Keep the Rant Stand stuff coming. It’s arguably the best thing about the channel. I actually find myself hoping that the wheel is massively out of true just so we will get a proper rant. Anyway great video as always.
I ride a single speed Wabi in a mountain town and I love not having gears to shift! I have it set up with a 34 tooth chain ring and a 22 cog... perfect for hills.
And here I am, servicing *another* fork on another of my bikes with this video in background. My singelspeed one needs no service at this time, yet. It will be due for an overhaul next spring after full winter of commuting. Man, I hate how it thins out rims with rim brake pads; that might be the main reason I will eventually sell this bike and replace it with a klunker that has discs for the brake friction job.
Regarding the uneven chain tension: I _think_ part of the problem is the uneven wear of the chain ring on heavily used bikes. On my bike I started to re-mount the ring with an offset of 1 or 2 positions on the crank arm during maintenance. The idea is to even out the wear. No idea yet if that really helps or may even have negative side effects.
I find it really interesting about all the stuff that goes into maintaining or building a bike. It makes me respect my bikes so much more. On another note, I sought out and watched your notorious video that you closed the comment section on. I really liked your discussion and viewpoints. All very well considered, reasonable viewpoints. I'm sorry you experienced so much blowback from it. It's a symptom of our current zeitgeist. It isn't just us in the US, it's a global problem.
What a boring world it would be if we all thought and believed the same. Amazing how many grown adults can’t handle someone else having a different opinion than them. I’ve cut loose many “friends” in recent years because of this very thing. Keep doing what you do.
I’ll always morn my first bike. Got it one Christmas when I was about 8 years old. A 26 inch wheel with single speed coaster brakes. Remember those? I stripped it down in the mid Sixties and it was then the very first ever gravel bike, lol. I went away to college and my parents sold it in a garage sale. That hurt. Since the I’ve had many bikes but never one I loved like that one.
I got myself some Michelin proteks on the cheap earlier this summer for my ‘85 miyata 310 and let me tell ya, they are definitely good enough for who they are for.
To anyone reading this, forget the linseed oil stuff - for frame protection, all you need is Fluid Film Liquid A. Lanolin (wool-wax)-based, non-toxic, non-biodegradable oil. Indefinite shelf life. Eats away at existing rust and settles on the base metal. Creates a fluid film barrier that reacts with the moisture in the air to stay liquid, creating a layer between the metal and the air that prevents new rust from forming. Pour some in the frame tubes, slosh it around, let it creep around and you’ll have a steel steed that will outlast your grandchildren. Crazy great stuff. 👍
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The great thing about a single speed bike is you never have to worry about being in the right gear because you're always in the wrong one.
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You're always in the RIGHT one
I live where its way too hilly, single speed just won't cut it unless you only ride around the flats near the beach. I live a mile or so up a 8-10% grade, so any gear I could pedal up that would be WAY too low for cruising the flats.
@ oof. Thats getting into ebike territory.
As a fellow bike mechanic, I love your channel, and your philosophy - "Good enough for who its' for". I Love that you dared to express your viewpoint, it does make you more real and believable. Your attitude is an important part of the appeal of your channel. I've learned a few things from you. Keep up the great work! Don't change a thing, enjoy a taco or two - Steve in Denver
I appreciate it that you had the courage to express your viewpoint, and it just makes you more real and believable. You attitude is an important part of the appeal of your channel. I've learned so much from you. Don't change a thing. Hal
thanks hey!
Thanks for making this often difficult, often dark, world a bit brighter. Hope this helps to offset those who choose to be unkind.
Wowza!! Thanks so much!!
Man, in other video you said that you are still waiting for a random kid to show up to your shop to learn the trade; but look at you: you are literally teaching the trade to thousands of people over here! Well done!
I, too, just like looking at bikes. Hope your channel continues!
Wow!!! Thanks hey!!
Love the rant stand. Keep on doing what you’re doing!
Good message and keep up the good work!
"Wheels of Justice" I will use that line. We won't miss the haters. Carry on!
This old man from Missouri loves your rants. I love golfing and bicycling You keep me very interested. Keep it up.
Ditto to everything you said!
Good wrenching of a single-speed... :)
Thanks!
I am a guy from germany, randomly fixing bikes, interested in these kinda vids. So I stumbled across your channel. So far I can say like it very much. Your vid about making the right decision in the booth was comfort food for me. Cuz everyday, here in the old world, I hear news from abroad that makes me worry. I ask myself, what the heck is goin' on there? How can people be so set in concrete with their political beliefs, that they take the risk of voting for a man who does not have a spark of decency and integrity and who is obviously going to sacrifice democracy for his own benefit? I have spread your vid to my friends, cuz I wanted them to see, that there are still nice, grounded, self-thinking peeps out there in the US. Very heartwarming, uhhh
keep up the positive vibes!
Interesting.. This is from the country that actually did follow hitler
Great content recently! Thanks so much for being excellent!
Thank you!!
We do not have to agree on politics. Your videos are informative and entertaining. Like the Lemond. Learned a lot today.
Video pulled?
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Thank you!!
It was really great to hear your stance on the upcoming election. I don’t mind a difference of opinion (you and I don’t have a difference of opinion on that lol) People should be able to have discussions/debates without putting too much emotion into it. Really appreciate your honesty and the content you put out. I will be a sustaining member of your channel for a long time to come.
I have a single speed bike, and i love it. Will I ever buy another one? Absolutely not. It's way too impractical for a middle age, out of shape guy. But it rejuvenated my love for cycling.
Yeah I think it was just a lot of deferred maintenance. I am sure not everything failed at once. At least it made a good video
Hard on the knees
Touching base on your election 2024 video where comments were disabled.. I can appreciate your views on things while also disagreeing on many aspects as well. The great thing is that you owe nobody anything for how you think neither do I expect you to think as I. Thanks for being open to sharing your perspective even though I don’t agree. The easy ticket is denigrating and delegitimizing folks who disagree with their views, but I concur. Rock on man, be you. We’ll all come together as one when it matters.
Danke! Your channel got me into fixing my bikes. I love it 🎉 Gotta get more tools!
Thank you!
Thanks! As a fellow mid 40s Midwestern (Twin Cities) bike guy who wrenches regularly, I really appreciate your vids. I found you from Path Less Pedaled. If you don't mind, where's your taco joint?
Thanks a bunch!
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It took guts to stick your neck out in the last video! And I love the hide strategy. I firmly believe in the "don't engage, hide them" approach. I do the same everywhere. It helps keep your sanity in check and blood pressure lower. 😂
May have slight differences of opinion politically but I love bikes and really enjoy watching your videos. Not too mention that we should be able to have civil discussions about politics and not automatically discount those who disagree with us - keep up the good work!
As a beginner bike flipper, I really enjoy your channel. I've learned a lot, thank you. From your sense of humor to your selection of background music, I find myself calmed in this toxic environment. Politics, I have picked up that you have different viewpoints than I do, but that's ok. We are all adults. The video explains your beliefs. You did a great job of making it make sense. If we are so thin skined that an opposing viewpoint will send us over the edge, it's time to start living under a rock. So congratulations for having the courage to step up and lay it on the line. I would imagine that you will gain from this move.
Much respect from me!
This video was therapeutic, thanks.
Vaguely related: when I first started working in a bike shop, I showed up for my first day on a single speed commuter that had been ridden everywhere for a decade. As a "welcome to the shop" gift, the mechanics in the back patiently guided me through every step of this same repair.
Your theory on tubes is spot on. The thicker the better, and yes if you put more air in a smaller tube in a wider tire, the tube does become thinner.
I picked up a Surly Streamroller frankenbike several years back that took a similar treatment. Now it's my daily rider and commuter and ended up replacing my geared bike. I love it to death. And similarly, XL frame with supertall seatpost and risers ;-)
Also cheers for your last video. So much appreciation for your putting your neck out there. Loads of us who already agree and supporting you, and there's plenty of reasonable folks who might not agree but can appreciate and benefit from you sharing.
Thanks! I appreciated your previous video on the election. I’ve been wrenching my my own bikes for years, but have learned some cool tricks from you. Please keep ranting and wrenching. Mike F Michigan
Thanks hey!
Just noticed - you don't have an affiliate link for the 1 Step spray can, would you be able to add it?
Love your channel BikeFarmer!! It’s pure comfort food ♥️ Thanks for all the vids!!
The front-brake pad politics for the win!! 🤣
Always sorry to see a bike that is so past due on maintenance, but always happy to see a rig that’s been ridden so much…
I got emotional , I admit it. Who cleans and polishes spokes on a bike?! I believe it is the person who does those things that no one will ever notice just because it is the right thing to do. Yea, I got a little misty hearing that description of the repair process. Brilliant work!
There's an aluminum adapter piece that you can get on eBay for about $10 that has a derailleur hanger and fits perfectly into horizontal dropouts! I have a singlespeed frame that I used to use a lot for work. After using a retro MTB for a while, I went back to the singlespeed and wanted options for gears, but I didn't want to buy a whole new bike and have to try to sell the singlespeed. So I looked around online and found an adapter. I spaced my steel frame from 120mm to 130mm, put the adapter in there with a road wheel, and it works beautifully! I used it to go bikepacking on singletrack, gravel roads, fire roads, etc. (it was along the VTXL). It's never given me an issue! There have been 2 times that the adapter piece got knocked a bit and bent and the shifting got wonky, but I just as easily bent it back with the derailleur for leverage.
Not saying I think you should do that with this LeMond ss, but just thought I'd make you aware of the option! In the first 30sec of the video you mentioned that there's no room for a derailleur, so I thought you'd be pleased to know that it is a possibility and it functions perfectly well!
Thank you so much for the hint! I don't want to convert my SS but I would like to add a chain tensioner. And I have never seen one that doesn't need the derailleur hanger. So that could be a solution.
Thanks for doing what you do and for speaking out!
Thanks hey!
Instant thumbs up for the headline!
Thanks for the single speed love. My daily driver is a 2014 Schwinn Racer with a coaster brake. It is bomb proof as long as I keep everything tight. Interesting how there can be so much variance in 32cm tires. For clearance purposes in this bike, I’d probably go with 30s as you probably wouldn’t notice too much of a difference anyway. Keep making these great videos!
BikeFarmer, I love watching your bike repair videos. It's almost old man winter here in MN but I will continue to learn how to fix my bike at home over the dead part of the year.
As a friend one state west of you, I appreciate your videos, your character, your skills and your time making these videos. I used to sell bikes and have extremely limited mechanical skills, so I put my trust in my local shop. I hope they put as much care into their work as you. Now that we will have a President who only looks out for himself, we need to look out for each other, even if we disagree with our neighbor(s). Keep up the good work and best of luck. I suspect you’ll have 100k subscribers soon.
Thanks hey!
@@bkefrmrThe dedication to making that tire fit was impressive. I am a long time road biker who suffered through 23mm tires at 120psi for most of my life. I’m now using only steel bikes with 700x43, 650Bx48 and 26x2.5 and much happier with my back and wrists. The saddle in that position makes me nervous about his fit and breaking the rails, but that’s a story for another time.
I couldn't pinpoint exactly what I love about my single speed bike but I do. It's one of the simple joys in life.
Came for the Rant Stand Rant and was chagrinned by your skipping over the second rim rant. (j/k) Love that you actually HAVE opinions, and are willing to voice them.
I got a bicycle for Christmas when I was 9 years old and it was way too big for me at the time. It was a Montgomery Wards Hawthorne single speed. I rode that bike for 5 years with no maintenance. It had coaster brakes(you reversed the pedals to brake. The pedals started slipping and I took the rear hub apart, there were flat springs and they were rounded off. I reversed them and rode the bike for another 2 years.(Until I got my drivers license). I didn’t think anything about riding to my friends house that was 5 miles away.
Great work! I'm new to your channel, been catching up on past episodes. Loved your take on culture/ the election. Great observations. And your bike mechanic banter certainly brought back a lot of memories for me.
You did block my buddy’s account because he asked you to explain your pricing and you got mad at him. He is still pissed about it. I told him to get over it and to just enjoy the videos. Keep up the great content!
I can believe you’re still friends with him! 🤣😂
@ hey lol. But really, great content! Have a Merry Christmas!
@ merry Christmas to you and yours, even what’s his face that thinks I owe him a justification for my extremely reasonable prices!
My single speed has seen me through some years of commuting. Now retired, I can't bear to part with it. Love your videos, love your politics. Keep on keeping on!!
Dang! This bike really is a Duke's mixture of parts. It's like some of my bikes!
Point of order: I like hearing the rant at the rack. Keep up the good work!
Some things we could agree to differ on. But if I were in your neck of the woods, I definitely would be bringing donuts for a cuppa coffee with you. Your channel, your workshop, your views. Completely agree no time for trolls.👍🏻
That bike is super rad! Probably my favorite customer bike from your videos.
I'm glad the Taco Fund is swelling after your last video 👍
If we no longer can choose a president we are no longer in a free country I believe we have the right to choose. My neighbor flew different signs than me last election. I asked if it starts a war if my mower touches his side he said no that’s petty. So I am going with let’s just get along. He doesn’t have any election signs up this time so none are going up in my yard this round either.
These long headtube bikes with the curved fork are a real joy to ride -especially for taller > 6' people. Your Giant tires are a perfect match for the bike. Should be good for another 5-10yrs now on a late 70's-early 80's frame.
Your build fixing the issues was excellent and I am shure the owner will really enjoy his bike now. -for many years.
Honestly, I have never done a Super Thanks for anybody because I am cheap and I rarely comment, but I know this will help a bit. I respect your honesty and enjoy your videos. Thank you!
I am working on my LeMond today. I have had it for 22 years.
22:24~ Yeppers!!!! I love a channel with backbone. The opener was a nice surprise too,
Love what you do and grateful for your thoughts on the election, Andy. We need more people like you who form their own opinions rather than siding with whichever party represents their identity talking about politics! And this coming from a San Francisco liberal 😆
As soon as this dicey election is over (praying for survival of Democracy 💙) and I get paid next month, I'm becoming a sustaining member. This content is just so good, entertaining, clean, (hot 🔥 lol) fun. And I gotta support a dude who speaks out. 🚲
Subscribed to offset your losses! Love the vids.
You’re awesome!! Watching and listening to you work on Ike’s is educational and therapeutic. Bring your thoughts and opinions! Whether I agree or not, I agree with you being you! The whiners just need to get out in a bike more!!😁🙌🙌
yep, puting the biggest tyres possible in a road/fixie frame.... such hassle, but so worth it
im a member now. i think you deserve more credit than your given. i also watch another guy called rj the bike guy.
Can't speak for this bike, but something that happened a lot during the first fixie wave around 2005-2010 is that these cheap vintage bikes (a lot of Peugeots and Motobecanes in my neck of the woods) were stripped of their shifting stuff and received really bottom-of-the-barrel replacement parts. The other, often worn parts weren't treated at all. Most of them didn't last long.
What could be better than watching the bike farmer fix up a bike as I build a new one!
I always like seeing you get a bike back into shape for someone that will get good use out of it😊
if you're worried about the camera angles on the wheel truing stand, consider a GoPro 8 or newer. They're super tiny, you can clamp them in all sorts of areas, like at the top of the tool wall looking down on the truing stand from the opposite side. With an 8 or newer you can connect it to your phone so you can control the start / stop functions, zoom, and set up your frame.
With the tyre and brake bridge being so close, i've had trouble with little bits of sticky tar coated gravel getting picked up by the tyre in the summer then getting wedged in the gap. All of a sudden it's like someone pulled on the brake and you hear a zzzzzzzz noise as the gravel scores the tyre all the way round.
Keep up your good work bro I believe in your work and I learned few tips from you 💯👍🏼
Thank you!
For fledgling mechanics learning from TBF, here are some possibly/potentially/arguably better work practices:
i) While pounding the new crown race onto the fork, avoid having the fork tips bear the brunt of those hammer blows. It is possible to damage the fork tips. One can hold the fork in mid air while hammering. Or, if bracing against the floor is necessary, or put a wheel in the dropouts, or put a sacrificial hub in the dropouts. Bear in mind that it's still possible to bend a rim wall or even a hub flange.
ii) Before removing the stem and bars from the bike, do the brake cable removal and grip removal. One won't have to work so hard to stabilize the pieces in mid air.
iii) Rather than tapping the crank out of the BB cups, it might have been easier to remove the non-drive side cup first.
iv) Wear ear protection while pounding out the headset cups.
v) Avoid ingesting Tri Flow. I try hard to avoid breathing Tri Flow or letting it contact my skin. After handling Tri Flow for 40 years, I suspect that I have a golf ball sized amount of it throughout my body. This tip is entirely unscientific.
Happy wrenching everyone!
That White Industries freewheel is fantastic.
The rear axle on my Singlespeed kept creeping forward along the horizontal dropouts. One fine day, during a standing sprint towards a traffic light turning red the chain came off, my groin slammed into the toptube and my shoes skidded along the road. Miraculously I remained upright, got off the road, resettled the chain and rode home ever so slowly.
Got a set of chain tensioners that hold the axle on either side and lead screws towards the back for a pair of metal caps to anker them to the butts of the dropouts. The metal caps bent, the axle started creeping forward again and the chain dropped again - fortunately under less dire circumstances. I could tighten those axle nuts until my palms bled and they would still works themselves loose sooner or later.
Deine Namen nach denke ich mal du sprichst Deutsch. Versuche es mal damit allen Lack von den Ausfallenden zu entfernen. Dann unter die Achsmutter Schnorrscheiben setzen. Funktioniert bei mir ohne Probleme. Ansonsten gibt es ziemlich massive Kettenspanner aus dem BMX Bereich. Die funktionieren super.
that single speed has seen some miles, commuted year round in Chicago, Madison, Milwaukee, loved the rebuild
Is this you? Your bike’s done! 😂🤣
@@bkefrmr not mine, but, I respect the use that bike has seen
Ope! Dropped a Like 👍🏼. Watching your videos remember me the book "Zinn & The Art of Moutain Bike Maintenance".
25:40 Yep, since I changed from 38 to 32mm tires, with the same tube (a Pirelli one designed for tires from 23 to 45) I got much less punctures.
Great job on the refurb, enjoyed the rant too :-)
Now that was a great way to start. Your a lucky man
For the people that left and attack you, well, i won't be impolite but good riddance, i watched the video, i don't agree completely with you but that doesn't change what i think of you, you make good content, i learn a thing or two every video and you are a very resonable man, so i keep watching
The people that left would have complained about something else anyway. It’s all good. We have hot your back
Wonderful video. Keep on keeping on.
I think the BB on the drive side is reversed in order to prevent overtightening when the BB gets blocked during the ride. I mean think about it, the BB gets blocked then it automatically releases itself instead of overtightening because of the friction and the way you spin the crank on load. I think previous BB models were harder to open and that's why they designed it this way. In case bad things happen, you don't damage the bike or bike frame.
So, it makes sense if you find them loose as it avoids overtightened BB because BB is a strong corrosion point. It also makes sense that they get loosened as torque applied to the BB under pedaling can be way more than the recommended 40 Nm.
The same thing applies to pedals, so you don't get them stuck. If the bearings on the pedals are not good, they will just come loose.
I think BB is also a different topic than the freewheel, but if you think about it, when you pedal forward, you tighten the freewheel (not the cassette), while the BB actually gets loosened, as the only way to tighten the BB would be to pedal backwards, and this is on both sides. Automatically releases itself instead of overtightening because of the friction and the way you spin the crank on load. I think previous BB models were harder to open and that's why they designed it this way. In case bad things happen, you don't damage the bike or bike frame.
Nice video. Was expecting more problems the way you started off. I would like to see a IGH video (3 , 5, 7 or 8 speed). Be interesting to hear you talk about those.
I bought a tube of grease from park tool the other day. The blue stuff. High performance somethinrather. I didn’t know there were other kinds for bikes. I will be overhauling an old Kabuki from like the 70s, hubs, head, bb, etc. Should I go get the green stuff that you used on this, which I think is the polylube maybe, or will the blue stuff work the same? Cool video by the way. More work involved than a regular tune up but now its a brand new bike but better because it won’t get stolen so quickly.
Love your content. No worries about sharing your opinions, I don’t get offended. I’m here for entertainment, and I don’t take advice from entertainers. I’m also here for education, but you are a bike mechanic, so I’ll leave the education to bike topics. I love cartridge bearing wheels, just pop out the bearings and press in new ones. You just need to watch the preload, check every few months. Do you ever wax chains/drive train? I started five years ago and I’m never going back.
Keep the Rant Stand stuff coming. It’s arguably the best thing about the channel. I actually find myself hoping that the wheel is massively out of true just so we will get a proper rant. Anyway great video as always.
where do you get the behold?
i dont drink but this is generally my dinner show, thanks Andy!
I ride a single speed Wabi in a mountain town and I love not having gears to shift! I have it set up with a 34 tooth chain ring and a 22 cog... perfect for hills.
God I love this guy. This guy is really gonna take off
I have here a barbeque grill cleaning solution.Would it be suitable to clean/ degrease a bike?
Wasn’t there a light on the front?
And here I am, servicing *another* fork on another of my bikes with this video in background.
My singelspeed one needs no service at this time, yet. It will be due for an overhaul next spring after full winter of commuting. Man, I hate how it thins out rims with rim brake pads; that might be the main reason I will eventually sell this bike and replace it with a klunker that has discs for the brake friction job.
Give it the Ol’ Filthy Tact Cloth!!!!! Great work as usual Farmer!
FWIW (about $0.002), my favorite 700c tires are the Vittoria Randonneur series, fattest one that fits the frame..
I agree. Great tires.
Got a Globe Daily 01 single speed and love it!
Regarding the uneven chain tension: I _think_ part of the problem is the uneven wear of the chain ring on heavily used bikes. On my bike I started to re-mount the ring with an offset of 1 or 2 positions on the crank arm during maintenance. The idea is to even out the wear. No idea yet if that really helps or may even have negative side effects.
I find it really interesting about all the stuff that goes into maintaining or building a bike. It makes me respect my bikes so much more.
On another note, I sought out and watched your notorious video that you closed the comment section on. I really liked your discussion and viewpoints. All very well considered, reasonable viewpoints. I'm sorry you experienced so much blowback from it. It's a symptom of our current zeitgeist. It isn't just us in the US, it's a global problem.
What a boring world it would be if we all thought and believed the same. Amazing how many grown adults can’t handle someone else having a different opinion than them. I’ve cut loose many “friends” in recent years because of this very thing. Keep doing what you do.
I love the channel.
What are the black shoes that you are wearing please?
Thank you
I’ll always morn my first bike. Got it one Christmas when I was about 8 years old. A 26 inch wheel with single speed coaster brakes. Remember those? I stripped it down in the mid Sixties and it was then the very first ever gravel bike, lol. I went away to college and my parents sold it in a garage sale. That hurt. Since the I’ve had many bikes but never one I loved like that one.
I got myself some Michelin proteks on the cheap earlier this summer for my ‘85 miyata 310 and let me tell ya, they are definitely good enough for who they are for.
I did not see you remove start post. Did it need lube and was it stuck
Great content.. very real life. Thank you
have you ever though of using like evaporust in steel bike frames?
lineseed oil will do better for protecting the inner tubes from rust. evaporust works good on rusty parts
@jaspervanestelfeen2173 well for older bikes that already have rust in the tubes, it would stop the rusting process then put linseed oil in it.
To anyone reading this, forget the linseed oil stuff - for frame protection, all you need is Fluid Film Liquid A. Lanolin (wool-wax)-based, non-toxic, non-biodegradable oil. Indefinite shelf life. Eats away at existing rust and settles on the base metal. Creates a fluid film barrier that reacts with the moisture in the air to stay liquid, creating a layer between the metal and the air that prevents new rust from forming. Pour some in the frame tubes, slosh it around, let it creep around and you’ll have a steel steed that will outlast your grandchildren. Crazy great stuff. 👍
THANK YOU! MR BIKE FARMER.
ANOTHER BICYCLE SAVED FROM THE SCRAP HEAP .
BICYCLES SHOULD NEVER BE GOING TO SCRAP HEAPS
Ever build a klunker? Saw one and I think I have to haVE ONE...