Jimmy's antics are funny. His grinny head whilst spraying on the brakes.....😂😂😂😂😂🇮🇪

great tips. thank you for pointing out to check for what made the flat. Tip: when you have the wheel off, as you pull the tube out, leave it draped exactly as it came out of the tire. Inflate it until you can find the puncture. This will give you a starting point for checking the rim, rim tape as well as the tire for the offending object as well as any additional damage it may have caused. Yours from Portland, Or.

Bikes require very low skills to work on, it's super easy to learn for almost anyone. So it's sad that many bike owners can't even do basic maintenance.

I feel like ‘not believing what your mates say’ could be an entire video by itself! Also, can I just say that Jimmi is doing an awesome job as Debbie McGee on this one! 😂 Great video, guys. 👌🏻

Good list, another thing I'd add. Check and see if there is a torque spec first before taking it to your bike. It is very easy to assume that the stem bolts are the only thing that has a torque spec that you might encounter. But in reality there is tons of things that have a torque spec from water bottle bolts to shoe cover bolts to handlebar bags.

Good tips here. Other tips (and opinions): 1. Irritating bike noises are rarely your bottom bracket, despite what people may say. Seatposts, pedals, chainring bolts and spokes are all particularly common culprits. 2. Check your bolts on occasion with a torque wrench to make sure nothing is loosening up. 3. Learn what stack and reach frame measurements you need, then picking new bikes/frame sizes becomes fairly easy. 4. Learn how to swap a tube or plug a tubeless tire. 5. Use light-strength thread locker on computer mounts and use tethers. A surprising number of rides are ruined by a lost or damaged computer, thread locker and tethers prevent that. 6. Be self-sufficient. Don't be the person on the ride who forgot food/a tube/tools/water/etc. 7. Controversially, I've found that occasionally spraying WD40 on your chain to clean it / prevent rust and THEN lubing it with a quality lube actually works really well and only takes a few minutes. 8. Dry lubes essentially do nothing, use wet lubes and use them sparingly.

These format of videos with Nic are the best honestly...

Highlight of this video: “thank god I’m Welsh”

Drilling out a rounded off bolt is not always needed. I usually just hammer in a torx bit. Simple fix, works 9 out of 10 times!

"That explains how I got 8 punctures in one ride". That line had me laughing out loud and fuming at the same time, since something similar happened to me this week. I got a flat, changed the inner tube, checked to see what punctured my tube, didn't find anything, got another flat about 7 miles later, didn't have another tube on hand, had to call for a pickup, when I got the tire off at home, I found the cause of the puncture. Don't do that folks, take the time and check the tire before setting off again.

Good to see Adam Sandler is having fun with bikes now

All great tips, especially the one about not believing your friends. Most of my cycling friends don't know anything about bike maintenance, which I find disturbing. But really the most important tip he gave was about punctures. I've seen it happen time and time again. Someone gets a flat, they stop, replace the tube, and head off only to get another flat a mile down the road. Why? Because the thorn/nail/shard of glass/tack whatever is still in the tire. ALWAYS run your fingers around the inside of the tire before replacing the tube. Be thorough! The minute it takes to be thorough could be the difference between getting home or being stuck.

Ill add another good advice. Don`t park you bike with the rear derailleur in the biggest chainring. Spring is tense which is bad for mechanism. Try to put you bike at the smallest wheel of cassete

excellent video 3:42 made me spit out my coffee with laughter, nice one 'not beliving what your mate's say is golden'

Love this! Please speak about maintaining and cleaning a bike with disc brakes and a waxed chain.

Good video. So many bikes I service/restore are covered in grease, WD40 etc. Spend most of my time degreasing. I always say ... ‘if you can see the oil and grease its not doing anything’. It’s internal where it’s needed.

I have a torque wrench that's nearly 40 years old and it passes calibration every year. Been reshimmed for adjustment twice in all that time. If you buy a really good one and can get it calibrated then it will last.

Lol took my bike to a local shop for bleeding brakes (and inner tube was punctured too), asked them to fix the inner tube as well. They didn't check for the little prickly in the tire, and sure enough it was flat again in the morning... I expect better from the shops! Glad they did the brakes well though, that's more important.

The amount of people that don't pump their tires up before every ride blows my mind. Hate when people blame it on the tire brand haha. Kudos for the video!

3:42 - easily the best thing ever said on any KZfaq channel, in the history of KZfaq. Might even be the best thing said anywhere and anytime

About trusting shimano and not your mates, shimano is a bit conservative about what is compatible, like how large cassette you can run with short cage derailleur etc. Might save you a few bucks if you know where the rules can be stretched a bit.

Rounding off bolts from furniture purchase 😂 spot on, you must have spied on me 👌, I learned that the hard way on a set of cranks

Shimano is pretty conservative with their gear ratio limits. Currently running a 11-32 cassette on an Ultegra with short cage rated 30t max. Works perfectly with the b screw all the way in!

Funny old world ain't it! I've been watching KZfaq cycling videos from all over the world for years and only 2 weeks ago discovered a local lad doing videos 30 mile away 🤣 Keep up the good work! Belta content 👍

I absolutely love the way he describes things...it is honest, direct, and humorous all at the same time! Thank you! :)

Excellent acting in the b-roll shots, 10/10

It was really enjoyable to listen to nick, really good vibes coming from him. Cheers

I’ve been riding and racing since 1988, and I can not tell you how many of these things I still do… even tho I know better. Especially checking air pressure just before I ride, or fishing out of the sheet what caused the puncture.

3:48 Little knowledge is known as the Dunning-Krueger effect/curve

I love NICs tips most stuff is too expensive he mentioned but I'm die hard Fenicks and Fidlock forever now, he can keep his aeroplane bearings 🤣

After a good wash, I use a hairdryer on the drive chain and then lube the chain.

One of the best things about tubeless is you very quickly get into the habit of checking pressures before each ride, especially if the temperature has gone up/down markedly. One of the downsides to be aware of is if you get a slash/hole that the plug/anchovies won't fix and have to resort to your spare inner tube (you DO have one surely?) and a boot is to be careful as "F" and check the ENTIRE tyre over and over for any and all sharps inside that your wonderful sealant has taken care of until now...more of an issue for those of you in thorny areas who have probably punctured dozens of times but never known... (unless you use muc-off, doesn't seal sh*t...)...otherwise your precious, lifesaving tube may be ruined the minute you inflate it!

Thru axle definitey an important point. People underestimate what 12-15 Nm actually are!

Excellent. More please.

Love all the videos with Nic, he’s great!

The bent rear derailleur hanger is just a nightmare, it can make you index gears for ages with tge indexing just not coming through...

Love the mechanic's jersey , if you know you know , any old school dudes here that love COLUMBUS ?

He is so so so good amazing communicator and experience

On one of my older bikes I owned, the derailleur hanger was fairly soft and was bent very easily. I bent it so many times and got it fixed so many times that the hanger material begun to probably crack and break down, and then one day in the middle of a ride my derailleur got ripped clean off going about 50kmh. I can tell you now, the aftermath of the derailleur being ripped off was not pretty and I never so that derailleur ever again, makes me wonder where it is now.

I need to send this to myself 10 years ago 😂

When checking the tire after a puncture it often helps to inflate the inner tube to find out where on the tire it happened. If the debris is very small, a tiny piece of metal wire for example, it's very likely the only way to find it.

I have definitely had a quick release wheel nearly come off due to vibrations shaking it loose over time 😬

Always cover your discs when lubing the chain with a clean rag. Muc-off even has special "flight covers" for this. This will prevent small droplets of lube getting onto the discs which will get into your pads causing horrible noises.

Can attest to the headset part: after building my first road bike, I had TERRIFYING speed wobbles on DH sections >65km/h. Turns out the headset had just a tiny bit of play but it took me a while to root cause it.

If QR not tight then the rear wheel can be pulled into the frame and hence you damage your carbon frame

Great tips! Jimmy's NPC actions were a hoot.

Well good im an auto tech by trade and can fix any bike. Swapped out my bontrager brakes on my madone 5.2 to ultregra brakes :).

Hi! Long time subscriber and mechanic, THANK You!!! The Torque wrench 🤘🍻🙏🍻

07:50 yep listen to that man. Had once that the axle came loose through riding. It is NOT like your Pedals or other stuff that tightens through pedaling and riding. The vibrations and rotation unspins it and there goes your wheel. Luckily I noticed early and the axle also sits on a flange so als long as i didnt lift the bike there was not much to feel but on the corners I noticed. Still sometimes happening to me that my axle is too loose, because i take the wheels off for washing or maintenance. Before every ride I try to incorporate a basic SAFETY CHECK which is mainly visual, but the only mechanical thing I try remember checking every time is the thru axle. I also want to try and stick stickers on my bike saying what needs to be done before safe to ride. So if I put on the crank just so that it isnt lying on the floor but it isnt tightened, I put a sticker saying tighten crankset.

Check tyres after every rest or coffey shop stop , for glass etc about to cause a punture

I want to add to this: Never assume that because you can change an inner tube, you can mix and match components willy-nilly and build cyclocross chimeras.

Great advice learnt tons

Never ride without knowing whether you have the right amount of pressure in your tires. Let all the air out and be sure you don't.

6:35 a Snakebite is Basie where you ring the inner tube jumped off a certain height object or doing a trick India and London completely off track

Spray ur drive train after cleaning it with gt85 if ur in a hurry... Then later... Don't use gt85 to lube chain.... That gonna be confusing for many. Gt85 spray is only to inhibit rust post wash if in a hurry, on cassette, chain etc, not to lube. U still need to lube chain AS WELL even if in hurry (or 24hrs before next ride so it has time to really get into the rollers in the chain links

This lunatic's videos are amazing!

Nick is so kind

Should more nuance been given to the advice about tightening QR levers? I think it's especially important on disc brake bikes with QR levers, because the front disc brake produces a force that tries to extract the wheel from its mount, in some cases with a force stronger than Qr was designed to handle. This is the reason why QR is going away and being replaced with thru-axle.

I would add to every few months reinstall the seatpost and front blades, especially if riding in all kinds of weather. Once they get stuck you'll seriously regret not having done that before. I'm one of those who didn't follow shimano instructions by installing a 32 cassette with a short cage derailleur meant for max 28T, but never made the mistake of going big front and big back in the gears, so it "worked". After having the derailleur broke in an road accident, replaced it with a long cage one of course.

5:22 now with rubber in a cold area it shrinks x up the actual contents of the air no not water vapour inside the contents now when it is heated up stance evaporating what conditions this is where you need to put bike in a safe environment which is suitable for the environment for you to keep your information on your tires correctly will use pressure on a regular basis through heat pressure through cold substance

"Oh, thank god I'm welsh!" 😂😂

Sometimes I use new wet lube over old rag cleaned dry weather lube. But the only reason for this is because rain is expected last minute before a ride or race. Better some wet lube over dry lube than washed off lube during a rain shower I guess? Gotta clean it anyway after a wet ride.

8:03 for me it sounds like "if you have quick relise, you will die"

Wait so you're expected to clean your drivetrain after every ride but you're also expected to have to lube it after every time you clean it?

I use Squirt and don't clean my drivetrain at all. I only degrease the chain when it is brand new and I am putting it on. I am on my 9th chain so far...no changes to my cassette or chainring. Don't believe it when people give you a set ratio of X number of chains and you have to replace the rest. Running Ultegra Di2. My LBS said my bike was meant to ride a long time between overhauls. Absolutely right!

Last tip is super important. I left loose axle on DB800 Fulcrum and my freehub just went off after 50km

Great advice

Currently adding lube to my chain without cleaning it 😂 To be fair though, id just full clean my chain a week ago and I use a wax lube.

The amount of times I've had customers coming back with bent hangers saying, you didn't do my gears properly... ...I haven't dedicated most of my adult life being a bike nerd and not know my shit! Lol😂

3:00 that's why you need an allen key which is known as chromo Steel

4:40 ok the brakes right before oiling before commencing the soil extraction make sure you take off your cassette or your block or if you have a rim brake or a disc brake remove them immediately do not apply on your wheel at all to try and remove the block all the cassette and then use the certain substance for it then you can wipe off the accessory which leaves small oil accessory on what is left on the cassette or the Block cassette But if you cannot be asked that how to remove the disk and use normal newspaper some sort of material Just to cover up your rims if you using Rim brakes

Always get quality tire levers if you can't brute force the tire bead on with your hands. Just had my first flat today after over 1k km on my innertubes. Sneaky glas shard. My Gravelkings were a tough fit, and I nearly broke my cheap tirelevers.

Of course, if you want to support your LBS, do all these things... :) Good summary.

3:39 but sometimes England do you know have the extraction and circular before they changed the sink so unable to attach hoses to the sink we don't have a hose attachment outside so pretty much when you're living in a council property you don't have any of those qualities

Great video lads!

6:21 whatever you knows the routine of it 30 must wear secure gloves is Carrie or where a certain material of gloves so you do not catch yourself in enjoy yourself on any particular kind of form or glass the glove material will snag on to it once your finance solution then you can remove it with certain tweezer Pliers or extraction pies or some sort of flies which is very suitable to take out the object from your tire your tyres are starting to wear in town which needs are upgrade immediately meaning Newcastle tyres which is suitable for the high recommended And if you are going to be using a puncture repair kit temporary this puncher until you get yourself a new inner tube the inner tube but it is always best to fix the inner tube first remember once you flight this temporarily

Tyre pressure …just squeeze it and you’ll know

Funny fun fact! Loved it. Do more!

Very usefull tips for a beginner!

More videos with Nick please

Best advice in this video: 'use something that works well'. Yeah, thanks for that.

4:25 ok living it up basically you have to do ghusl after cleaning the process but it's going to take a long time to process the cleaning you need to record the tuning material tools after usage of a bike you don't have to do it constantly what you're doing is wearing the train and using the products mostly all the time till eventually you run out of the product then you need to go out and buy it it's called rational thinking And when even into a place yes it's best to lub up the chain and a dry or cold area but just remember if you leave it in a cold area which has got moisture such as a shed can corrode the chain and causes it to Rust

Maybe some tips on setting up mechanical disc brakes, since I loathe them

my backup bike has a rounded off seat post bolt. I've asked multiple bike shops to fix it when i've brought my bike in for repairs, and they all ignore my request. I guess I know why now

my biggest pet peeve in cycling is when I see someone put their bike drive side down 😅

@7:33 Oh, you mean Dag. 🤘🙃🤘

5:46 I said the WD40 is only meant to be used for a commencing cleaning operation for example the cleaner operation of WD-40 is a cleaning to lube up the big ginormous Grease deteriorated off the finger cleaning materials do not use WD-40 all the time because it can corrode and rubs up your chain and Pyle more dirt on it only use it in a cleaning product when you wipe your the access dirt leave it up to sometime but you have to wash this WD-40 off and then apply your normal by Coil after washing commencing

I’m glad I live in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🤣

5:01 tyre pressure look at the tyre pressure on your bike it will say a certain rating of 35 to 65 65 is the maximum 35 is the minimum strongly suggest going between such as 50 or maybe 45 comfortable ride

Any affiliate links for Fenwicks. The last few videos have persuaded me to make an order 😅

Oh God, I think I've done all 13 of these at some point.

#14 don't make the guy mad who can fix the fix the other 13. LOL I know about that multiple puncture scenario, I had a tire that had a tiny piece of wire come out the bead, I went through four tubes and every time I ran my fingers around the inside never found anything on the tire and I checked to see if a spoke had poked through but I finally found a tiny bit of wire sticking out, it wasn't noticeable with the tire of the wheel but I guess when I put a tube in the tire and put weight on the bike it caused the punctures, it was a Kenda that came with my bike, replaced both tires with Michelin Pro-Tek and two new tubes no problems since. Im not a fast rider or going off road (well not much) so the tires work for me on my heavy Hybird commuter bike, now when I get my proper Road bike then yes Pirelli or other high end tires.

Acetone for disc pad! Get some from ur girls!!

You are mentioning GT85 containing PTFE (=> PFAS) like this is a good thing?!?

3:58 ok the headset basically if you got a wobble or a plane it is I've a in its title time the top bars what time do the two bolts at the side to produce it down or it could be the plate itself where it rolls on the bearings which is on the fork itself or it could be the fact that your parents has gone causing a massive amounts of play and rupture why you're bearings for start shifting out of place

I"m not a bike mechanic but knew everything. Does it mean I spend to much time with my 4 bikes or have too many bikes?

Thanks Francis , Jimmi and Nic...hit what in the road ? These are great tips....and the demonstrations ..? Spot on . I have a few as well , don't be a dick just in general . It should be fun , not about status ! Loosen the balloon knot .

Damm too late!!!. You just earned a life time subscriber.

motorcycle brands usually recommend gear oil and not chain lube.

7:49 from Mac no the wireless one unfortunately what happens if you run out of battery power on a ride and you're forgetting to charge it you wasting my electricity second for it is connected to a wireless network which is it waterproof second of all is it damage proof which is already been generally checked but they problem is the remake itself is to lose power when it's on or off because the mechanism of the charging mechanism pumping the electricity through the outer main