welcome back to Berm Peak I'm Seth and today we're going to be doing something a little bit different
actually are we it's going to be kind of the same we're doing a bike build
it's new bike day I have a new full suspension trail bike from diamondback
and we're going to be building it today so here's the thing I'm a brand ambassador for diamondback
but every year they come to me like okay Seth so you want a new bike and I'm always like
no I'm good my bike is great it runs great it's set up the way I want but
I'm supposed to be like showing off their new colorways and always riding a fresh bike and so
it makes sense to have a new bike of a different color and set it up fresh for the new year
so this is my car and bike or now old bike and it's a diamondback 5c let's discuss what's on here
I have Marzocchi suspension in the front and rear now Marzocchi is made by fox and it's actually
just a more affordable version of fox this fork is very similar to a fox 36 except it has a much
simpler damper and it's a fair bit heavier but it also costs like a third which you have to pay for
a loaded up fox 36 also specifically I have a coil shock in the rear this feels incredible when
you were going downhill on a trail when you were hitting jumps it is just so quiet and so smooth
so I really couldn't recommend this stuff anymore it feels amazing works amazing it's easy to work
on and it's really not that expensive but it is heavier it's not as good as the fox stuff
so I'm gonna once again go back to an air shock and get used to that again and once I'm done with
this experience I'm gonna know for sure which one I like better or whether I just like them
for different things so let's stop babbling about this bike get it off the stand and start
putting together the new one okay I haven't seen this colorway in person it's gonna be a pretty
big change for what we're normally doing here I got a lot of packaging to get off of this thing
so what are we going to change out on this thing I think i've got a couple ideas
that the pillaging of the old bike begin so one of the first things I'm gonna do is take the
wireless AXS dropper post off of my old bike and put it on here
I'm gonna run my favorite 1up handlebars carbon lighter nice rise and sweep
see nice and neat and we don't have many cables because
we've got our wireless dropper posts I'm definitely going to get
a wireless shifting conversion kit for that so we're probably going to do a fair
amount of tinkering with this bike because I'm procrastinating see the last time I rode my bike
whole side of my leg is bruised I don't know from what my knee hurts like crazy it hurts all the way
up my thigh and uh this would be the first time i've ridden since then and uh the only thing we
have to ride are big scary jumps yeah so first things first the dork disc on eagle it's like a
donut I'm gonna cut it off right now and show you they did whatever they had to do to comply with
the law because they just know everybody's gonna take this off it's the most half-hearted dork disc
i've ever seen oh wow it already comes with an mrp bash guard that's exactly what I would have put on
it yeah I think we can get to customizing this is it's gonna be a pretty simple build or is it
I feel like I'm doing a flip bike episode right now ah this is what happens in the winter heat gun
the damage is done
looking good what next uh what are we gonna do for an accent color so we could do
the rotor bolts in this I probably wouldn't recommend you use this I don't judge
looks good these are all torqued down oh I gotta adjust this
i think this needs adjustment too hold on
yeah I suppose we need to make these tires tubeless come on now
okay we got gotta find the hole gets easier with experience
once you feel the bead pop on that's it so I got a letter and this little display
my name is Joe and I run a machine shop my employees Zach and I are big fans of Berm Peak
and Berm Peak express here at cobra frame building we make tools for artisan bicycle builders more
recently we started making headset top caps it's been a lot of fun I can't believe how nice this is
they even made a nice little display for the stem caps that's so cool so they have this bronze one
in the middle I think that'll go really good with the frame so we're gonna install this on there
nice that is a sweet little touch there
okay are we forgetting anything see it cheapos huh looks like a bike I forgot stickers
alright let's get the suspension set up and then we'll stare at it
it's almost like they knew how much I weighed let's see how the rear is doing
I'm not gonna touch the air pressure but the rebound is definitely too slow for my liking okay
yeah yeah time to stare at it
alright let's make this happen
I was going way too slow something went wrong there and I
can't really feel out what let's see if we can make this happen alright
okay that felt a lot better oh my brake levers in a completely different spot
getting on a new bike is always interesting
okay the brake levers being way out is really messing me up but hey
okay that was a sketchy run I know what adjustments I gotta make okay so first
things first these levers are I can barely reach them I gotta like go like that to get to them so
we're gonna have to move these levers in okay now that's a little better so uh
let's take her back up and give it another run alright wish me luck
oh yeah
a little smoother now
oh yeah
pretty nice
not too bad how's that for a shakedown ride so not quite my bike yet I need my Oneup
EDC cockpit needs a little bit of adjustments I don't know what yet these brakes are going to
take some getting used to I usually run TRP brakes and these feel way different but I got the levers
in the right position suspension gonna take a full day out on the trail to really dial in but
hey I love this geometry made it through the course I'm happy and I think I could get used to
going a little bit brighter on the color so hope you enjoyed coming along with me today putting
together a new bike and shaking it down I hope you learned something and if you didn't I hope you
were at least entertained what we will do with my old bike I don't know yet but we'll figure it out
in any case I'm very happy and very fortunate to have a new one and I can't wait to dial it
in and get it feeling the way I like thanks for riding with me today and I'll see you next time