this is to date the nicest bike we have ever bought on flip bike but it needs work and
I might have overpaid for it let's take a look at it
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it was 750 dollars listed at 8.50 mind you it is a size small small men women and kids
are all looking for size small and they are in short supply I think 750 is a good price
for this it's got really good Fox suspension it's got thru axles a Deore XT drivetrain
hydraulic disc brakes internal cable routing it's dropper post ready these would have been
pretty cutting edge features back in 2013 and although this bike has been used really
hard there's not much evidence of major crashes it's just been ridden a lot of miles with
very long service intervals [Music] and there are certain indicators around the bike like
the way this quick release was secured and this inner tube shim on the handlebars that
this bike has never seen a torque wrench probably has the original bearings and the linkage
and we can safely assume the suspension was last serviced a really long time ago
my friends we have a lot of work to do
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[Music] oh my God I am going to snap this
oh got it I know who's getting this bike it's the daughter of a family friend she's only
five feet tall and so a small adult bike with 26 inch wheels is actually a pretty good fit
and there's nothing wrong with this bike that I can't repair the whole bike is apart now
so I have to clean everything the drivetrain Parts the nuts bolts suspension get all the
dirt off of it and then we're gonna get into the hairy stuff servicing the suspension and
putting the linkage back together pressing new bearings in there
so here's an interesting thought we can only assume that occasionally the previous owner
of the bike sees this video and maybe they feel some kind of embarrassment because they
didn't get the suspension service they didn't take care of it the way you're supposed to
the opposite is somebody who just works on their bike all the time and never rides it
and so by the looks of this bike it had a pretty good life with his previous owner saw
a lot of time on the trails and just not a lot of time being wrenched on for a 10 year
old Fork this is in superb condition let's see if the inside is
I think at some point this bike was sitting for a really long time because I'm not finding
anything that's super dirty or worn it's just dry none of my bikes have 32 millimeter stanchions
and so I don't have a seal driver for one I'm 3D printing one foreign
[Music] so most of the hairy stuff is done we've replaced all the linkage bearings we
put all the linkage back together installed the rear shock replace the headset and install
the fork I even installed a new stem and handlebars those old carbon ones I don't know what they've
been through and my main priority is safety but before we go put the rest of the bike
together there are a few little things we need to sort out for example what drivetrain
are we going to put on this I have a whole bunch of SRAM stuff and this rear wheel does
not have a SRAM freehub body aha [Music] I don't know what these are bontragger hubs
or something I actually had a SRAM XD freehub driver that fit this wheel and so now I have
a really good drivetrain option for this bike should be perfect these rotors have plenty
of life left in them I just got to clean them up really good and give them a light sanding
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wheels are actually tubeless ready we could easily go tubeless here but I'm not going
to it's easier to install valves and put in sealant than to clean out a bunch of sealant
and go back to inner tubes and so I'm going to let them make that decision thank you [Music]
maybe I'm nitpicking this Factory brake hose is just a tad too long I can't unsee it and
so let's shorten it
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[Music] I just had a whole wrench thrown into my operation that SRAM freehub body sits too
close to the frame and so we're putting the Shimano one back on and installing this box
one drive train super expensive and super low gear for a 26 inch wheel if she's ever
in the lowest gear on this thing you know it's been a rough day [Music] thank you
so the bike came with these pedals and they are perfectly fine all I have to do is clean
them up but we've already spent a whole bunch on this bike let's just just Overkill
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all right I gotta clean my shop and then we should stare at this thing [Music]
thank you
[Music] so Grace's School actually has a really good mountain bike trail system built by elevated
trail design she's gonna have everything she needs and some really smooth suspension and
we did go way overboard on that bike it did not need a new saddle the derailleur we probably
could have reused and even the stem and bars probably didn't need to be replaced but we
did have fun with it and so if you bought that bike for 750 dollars and only did to
it what was necessary to make it capable what would it cost linkage definitely needed an
overhaul we'll call that 20 bucks for bearings the cassette and chain Rings were worn really
worn we could have converted that into a one by with a narrow wide chain ring and a 42
tooth cassette for about a hundred bucks suspension service front and rear call that seventy dollars
for kits and fluids flush and refill the brakes change the pads called that twenty dollars
the tires were pretty worn decent set will cost you about 100 bucks installing a dropper
post is not essential for everybody but it is for me and so 150 bucks for that and then
new cables Hardware miscellaneous items we'll call that 20 bucks so 480 dollars invested
into a 750 dollar bike that's twelve hundred and thirty dollars doesn't seem that bad but
right now there are crazy deals on new bikes you can get a Marin Rift for twelve hundred
dollars and at that sale price it's honestly a really tough call I'll tell you this though
the rift would be close to 4 pounds heavier it would not have a dropper post and the suspension
wouldn't be nearly as good that 10 year old Fox suspension was really high end and it
works a lot smoother than let's say a RockShox Recon but the rift would be brand new and
so in this market it's getting pretty hard to justify fixing up used bikes but this Market
is not going to last forever and so right now it's pretty good time to buy a new or
used bike pretty terrible time to try and make a profit on one but if you guys are okay
with me fixing up bikes and putting them back on the trail not paying too much attention
to profit we can keep doing this until the market returns to normal if you like this
video we have a whole flip bike playlist you can binge watch I hope you found this content
enriching I hope you learned something and if you didn't hope you at least found it entertaining
thanks for riding with me today and I'll see you next time [Music]
oh got it