When is the point of life when you have too many bikes ? "Trek 6500? I think I have one in the pile." 😀

Great vid. I've got a 2004 Trek 6500 and another from 2009. Mid-range HTs in their day. What I like most is their high quality and very lightweight frames, they're very quick esp with a few modern upgrades to critical areas 👌

That's a pretty cool handlebar on that ride, almost BMXish 😂

I still have my 7000 that I bought back in 1999 when I was 18 years old first new bike I ever bought when I started working in a shop. Still has tons of. Upgrades and I’ve tried to keep it original as I had it back at that time. Kind of a cool time capsule. Those asymmetrical wheels that you used were always kind of a pain.

omg I commented on this a year ago without mentioning that v-brake sound..it's almost therapy to me after dealing with them for the first time and I love em. I think I have the 6500 SLR version with disc brakes. I spent way too much on this bike without touching the fork or shifters cuz everything but that and the headset has been replaced and I learnt so much from it. As for the brake setup: I say it's whatever the user likes (to a degree) I like em at 95% (if that even remotely says something) so I have enough buffer to have a feel before it rly bites, but I should not be able to hit myself while braking HARD eg OTB power and same goes for the back brake. Bonus points for achieving 1 finger wheeliestopping brakes (when front wheel is straight up) but most vbrakes never did that for me.

Wow you gave that bike a whole new life

Excellent job...nice bike...watching from queensland Australia..i have a trek series 4 great bikes

Got a diamondback response XE in the pile you can do next? I have an old one in a lovely gray blue color with the strong box frame. Friggin love that thing.

I have a trek 8000 2003 i think, glad I found this channel. Love that bike and want to learn to do more of this myself.

Pure therapy, bro

Thanks for talking us through your process!

Nice Napoleon Dynamite reference there. Lucky

Your workbench is cleaner than mine!

I have a 18.5 6500zx same color as this bike, I wore out the chain rings pretty quickly, and then replaced them with 7075 chain rings. I've upgraded the front fork to a Black Box Carbon World Cup SID with 100mm travel, the carbon fork makes the bike ride a bit smoother that the standard Judy RS shock. Bike has served me well over the years, though I did have to rebuild the rear hub as the hub, and freewheel were out of adjustment, and a issue with the rear cassette freewheel.

Red trek video was a good learning experience for me, I'm retired and still learning how to work on 3,5,10,15,18,21SPEED bike's. Thanks 😊 for explaining what you're doing .

I have very similar Trek 6500 in black with red trim. The ZX frame is a good quality aluminum frame. I had converted it to a single speed, but thinking of going back to original drivetrain. Thanks for the video!

Nice Napoleon Dynamite reference there. "Lucky"

6500 was a cracking good bike. I genuinely regret selling mine.

YOUR MY IDOL

Great work & video, thanks. Ride Safe everybody !

I have a 1994 black and blue Giant Yukon that is in very good shape but the front Shimano MC10 Alivio shiftet was dead . It has SF -EF 59 ones on it now .

Great video! May buy one of these 6500zx for my son. Thanks

It's almost like watching Bob Ross paint. I think I might have the same kind of trek 6500 frame but all the components are different. It's an ex rental with a paint job.

Hi its Ralph from south Wales uk, i have found the bottom of a T-shirt, the rib, if you tear it off its a good cleaner for the cassette, let me know what you think ?

I've got the same bike going through some updates. Paid $55 for it recently

Heyyyyy you’ve got a charlie the bikemonger sticker! But now i’m off topic, really nice video!

good lord polish polish polish, where is the bike mechanic lol

It's no sledgehammer, but it could handle some sweet jumps.

Q: You know how to tell the difference between a freehub and a freewheel? A: A freewheel is the one that kids likes to take it off some sweet jump(s)! (It usually breaks).

We know he's a professional, because we can't tell a difference between his "clean" rags from his "dirty" rags.

I honestly did not know seat posts needs grease

Im so wasteful! You found a 3rd and 'dirtier rag' you were using and I already had thot you'd throw out the 2nd dirtier rag. Lol. You can get some miles out of a rag! Good work.

I really enjoy your content, but as native German speaker: never heard gutandtight.

What it’s the air chuck adapter that you use in this video? I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot.

I love that 4130 welded brace Bontrager Crowbar. can you tell me how wide it is perhaps please ? i ask as i have two from the 90's from the last run of Privateer/Racelights .

Are these handlebars stock?

Short instruction how to fck up your bike with blowtorch quickly!

Bad work

At 1:02:00 of your video. Try a heat gun to get those decals off.