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Bruce Chastain
United States
Приєднався 18 гру 2015
I enjoy all types of cycling as well as fixing up old things and making them better.
Bryton Garmin mount mod
In this video I share how I was able to get my Bryron rider 750 to mount better into my Garmin type mounts.
For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
For IG, Strava, etc, just search.
Amazon affiliate links for tools and parts I use:
WTB Gravelier Saddle: amzn.to/3xKWB28
100 Pcs M5 x 8/10/12/16/20 Stainless Steel 304 Hex Socket Cap Screws Kit: amzn.to/4bs0tTj
Bottom Bracket Install and Removal Tool: amzn.to/45UIIuW
Park Tool Bicycle Spoke Wrench: amzn.to/3zomUeK
For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
For IG, Strava, etc, just search.
Amazon affiliate links for tools and parts I use:
WTB Gravelier Saddle: amzn.to/3xKWB28
100 Pcs M5 x 8/10/12/16/20 Stainless Steel 304 Hex Socket Cap Screws Kit: amzn.to/4bs0tTj
Bottom Bracket Install and Removal Tool: amzn.to/45UIIuW
Park Tool Bicycle Spoke Wrench: amzn.to/3zomUeK
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Відео
Fix up boys Huffy bike - HOT garage series
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For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com For IG, Strava, etc, just search. Amazon affiliate links for tools and parts I use: WTB Gravelier Saddle: amzn.to/3xKWB28 100 Pcs M5 x 8/10/12/16/20 Stainless Steel 304 Hex Socket Cap Screws Kit: amzn.to/4bs0tTj Bottom Bracket Install and Removal Tool: amzn.to/45UIIuW Park Tool Bicycle Spoke Wrench: amzn.to/3zomUeK
Horrible Walmart bike fix up in hot garage
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In this long form video we try to get this old walmart bike back on the road. For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
WTB Gravelier Saddle review
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Amazon link to product: amzn.to/3VuRU45 For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
We don't need 13 speeds
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In this video I sort of respond to and generally ramble about my thoughts on bicycling innovation. Here is the video that got me thinking about this topic: @PathLessPedaledTV ua-cam.com/video/NCh31fDxtQw/v-deo.htmlsi=wLdxk91JmuZS7_WU For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
RockBros frame bag review
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In this video I review the RockBros frame bag. amzn.to/4aMilI4 For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
3D Printed quick link storage
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In this video I show the simple and quick to 3D print quick link storage. The 3D model: www.thingiverse.com/thing:3730048 For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
Internal geared hub - 8 speed conversion
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In this video I detail how I converted my daughters Early Rider Belter 20 from using an internal 3 speed hub to an external 8 speed drive train. Affiliate links: RAM MRX Comp 8-Speed Shifter: amzn.to/3wVwtky SENQI Steel Spokes: amzn.to/3VlPmGU SHIMANO Deore FH-M525A Hub: amzn.to/4bZC0Wk Park Tool Bicycle Spoke Wrench: amzn.to/3yCmQYx Park Tool ND-1 Nipple Driver: amzn.to/4bBsh8Q Park Tool TS, T...
Eight reasons NOT to get the Ozark Trail gravel bike
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In this video I share my reasons why you should not by the Ozark Trail 700C G.1 Explorer Gravel Bike. For business or other inquiries: Bruce.Chastain.yt@gmail.com
Unlimited free shop rags
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In this video I detail how I never pay for rags. My links www.BruceChastain.com bruce_chastain www.strava.com/athletes/10076302
The reality of buying a used mountain bike
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In this video I detail what I encountered after buying my used mountain bike. My links www.BruceChastain.com bruce_chastain www.strava.com/athletes/10076302
MTB is not for poor people [my response]
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My links www.BruceChastain.com bruce_chastain www.strava.com/athletes/10076302
1986 - 2007 Park Tools bike work stand - review
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1986 - 2007 Park Tools bike work stand - review
My favorite bike bell (Spurcycle clone)
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My favorite bike bell (Spurcycle clone)
2001 Bianchi Brava teardown and frame inside protection
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2001 Bianchi Brava teardown and frame inside protection
Trash pile bicycle find - Schwinn Standpoint
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Trash pile bicycle find - Schwinn Standpoint
Biking Titusville to New Smyrna Beach (and back)
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Biking Titusville to New Smyrna Beach (and back)
Is 36t chainring big enough for gravel?
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Is 36t chainring big enough for gravel?
Co-op ARD 1.1 All-road bike review
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Co-op ARD 1.1 All-road bike review
Only clear coat (no paint) - 1 year update
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Only clear coat (no paint) - 1 year update
Fox 32 fork on 1996 Gary Fisher mountain bike
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Fox 32 fork on 1996 Gary Fisher mountain bike
New tires for my 1996 Gary Fisher Paragon
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New tires for my 1996 Gary Fisher Paragon
I get how people say do not buy. Again. It’s a Walmart bike. Has budget parts. The bike snobs. Look down on it. Because it cheap. Nit picking a budget bike I own two of the Ozark gravel bike. Yes it heavy. But it’s a wal mart bike. For 248. It worth it. For someone who wants a gravel bike this can start them into the sport. Do you own one ? If not why quote on it. Ride the thing and see it. I own intense cycle bikes and more high end bikes. I understand the haters but do not knock it til you try it
Resale value?? It's not a $2500 bike, it's a $250 bike. Buy it, try it, save your receipt. If you don't like it, return it and get your full $250 back, no questions asked. That's resale value! I have 140 miles on mine in the past month and couldn't be happier. I don't think I'll be selling back to Walmart
Although I'm a Garmin user so this won't be useful to me. Great tip for those it is useful to!
This or mongoose grit.
These are precisely the reasons I want to get one of these. I can’t make people make stupid videos like this. I mean come on!!! Even if it falls off in a year, it was only $250. It’s a terrific bike for that price.
Coming back to watch the entire video. Open the door to the house next time let the air conditioned air from the house cool the garage down some. Also most cameras have a wind reduction feature that would probably help so you can run a fan. No point in suffering in the heat doing something you enjoy.
that's a good idea!
Very creative. I implore you not to wear gloves while using a drill press tho!!
thank you! I had to re-watch it because the video is over 7 years old.
These would make for good live videos. Viewers can give suggestions and input while you're working.
I'm wanting to do just that, in fact I just learned how to stream my gopro live to youtube, I just need a nice screen like maybe an ipad to read incoming comments. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@BruceChastain will definitely watch it if it's at a time I'm available to do so.
UPDATE: bike has been delivered
Nice to see that there are people out there who would go out of their way go get other people (especially kids) riding. I used to work a bit with a charity that gave free bikes to a refugee families in Ukraine, and I miss it since I moved. On a hydro-mechanical brakes -- I used to have ones made by Giant with master cylinder on the stem and it was much more hassle than it was worth. Looking forward to your review of these -- rocking BB5s still, wouldn't mind an upgrade and whole hydraulic STIs are definitely out of the budget.
thank you!
Haha that bottom bracket was screaming on that short ride. In light of a full service i would have layed the bike sideways and tried my best to get some sort of oil penetrating fluid etc. In the bottom bracket bearings.
You actually do have to be careful which cleaners you use on chains. Its a kids bike so who cares but some cleaners can cause hydrogen embrittlement and a chain could become weakened and snap when we're depending on them most. Chains snapping or otherwise coming off under high power efforts is how many people have their "big one"
yeah I was thinking about that too
Just a heads up. Ive worked on a lot of these sub $100 Walmart BMX bikes , and if anyone is going to pick one up for their kid, skip these Huffy Rockits, and pay a little more for the Kent Ambush. They are a sginificantly better quality bike for not much more with a larger frame that will last longer as your kid grows.
I did a quick google on each bike, and I think you're right, only about $20 more for the Ambush.
Hello!? It's a $248. bike! Keep it real life Resale value is a joke ... not a collector item, why in world would it increase??
Didn't say it should increase, but it's nice getting some money back when you're ready to upgrade right?
How they going?
don't know yet, haven't had a chance to install them.
I got the same bike I found next to a dumpster. It's rideable, but paint looks exactly how yours looked when you first got it.
I'm 5' 7. And I got the medium I do wonder if. The small one would. Have been more. Comfortable@Anonymous-rh2gr
I'm also 5'7", I would think small would fit. But just go to the store and try.
Just did this with my Raleigh
I been riding mine for 8 months now and I luv this bike
I'm probably going to get one too, when I can find a deal.
What size did you get and how tall are you
The REI CTY 2.1 bike of 2024 also weighs 30.4 pounds and it is $799.00. I didnt watch much further into this video because right from the start the man has no argument.
Here's another reason: my old Stumpjumper is scratched, dented & bent (but I still love it). the shock is kaput and the whole bike is not worth the cost of a new shock. So now I have a hardtail.
In 1978 I bought a 29lb Nishiki Olympic 10 brand new for $200. It served me well over the years - more so than a few other bikes I've owned . So that fact that this bike bruised this guy's aura doesn't make a favorable impression regarding his expertise.
Awesome & Thanks :)
Michelin tyres...goood choice!
15mm for pedals and crank puller
Debating on this, or the Dynacraft Sonoma, or both, even though i have a carbon track bike, cause I'm all about single speeds
One of the worst videos I've seen on why to buy a bike or not. And doing a review and not even calling things the right name. And then saying GT isn't much better than a Ozark?! I don't think you have ever owned a 9er if you don't know the difference between a thru axel and QR
Wow. Nice job reviewing something without event seeing it in person. Why would we worry about resale? You do some kind of flip my ride action for income? Guess your useless reviews aren't creating much cash.
It definitely should not be a 1x, 2x makes much more sense for a gravel bike. Who buys a walmart bike thinking about flipping it for its resale value? Any bike even from any LBS has to be gone over thoroughly before riding. An 8 speed cassette will fit on the same freehub as a 7 speed cassette. The odds of someone who buys this bike upgrading it are about zero anyway.
Definitely gonna try it
Pretty cool
I rode Le tours continental varsity and world sports circa 70's 80s . Got watch this ❤😮😊
I have a 29x2.35 tyre on a 700x20c rim
2:58 BOOM
I don't understand bikers concerned about weight of bikes? 30lbs isn't that heavy I lift 35lb dumbbells no problem and I'd imagine tons of you rode really heavy bikes when you were younger without complaints. Like when I was 15 I bought a 1970s bike with a coaster break and that thing weighed a ton and It was my favorite bike only reason I got rid of it was because it used like 26inch fractional tires so getting tires was basically impossible
well preferences like this are going to be subjective, but overall a lighter bike is going to be faster, the most noticeable will be getting started and go up hills. But more then that, for most people, a lighter bike will just feel nicer to ride. I don't like the feeling of having to pull along a heavier bike, it's really just the feeling. But that said, few pounds here and there don't really make a big difference, but a 20 pound to 35 pound bike will feel hugely different.
'There's a saddle for everyone'....Unfortunately, for me, this saddle gives me sit bone pain no matter how I adjust it, nor, however long I try to break it in.....Oh well!?!
yeah saddle's are really of course a personal thing. I was actually riding with this one yesterday with normal street pants and I starting thinking I might not really care for this one that much if I didn't usually wear cycling shorts with it.
Lol there's a lot of things that you said that I have no clue what you mean... With the whole "1by," range, 2x and cassettes and stuff like that ... I'm just getting this for basic cardio exercise. The matte green is very clean tho but I hate the gum wall tires though... However, I'll just take them off and spray paint them black for a quick fix before they wear out and I get a new set of tires that are going to be black of course.
then get it and have fun! Although not sure I'd suggest spray painting the tires, you can probably get new tires for about $40 each, but I'd just live with the gum wall myself.
Fun video as always. Taking the frame insert screws for later use is likely as much as you’ll get for it. I do hope someone who needs it will get some use out of it.
Liability because it doesn't have lights on it. Is my guess.
yeah I thought about that too, but I don't think other companies do that, sort of weird.
@@BruceChastain different attorneys plus maybe past lawsuits they've had.
@@justin4n6 yeah could be
Good video format. If you ever do those restoration projects again, something like this would be great for it. Maybe not the whole project, but some parts at least. Cheers.
thanks! and thanks for the idea!
Great video. And yes, I watched til the end. Better than network TV!
thanks so much Armand!
If the rear mech has that adjusting screw, you can put a little piece of cable in there and make it a “dinglespeed”. It might work for a few gears. You can shift at least a little but it will still be like you did it.Search that term here on youtube😅
lol yeah I've seen that.
@@BruceChastainNew owner wouldnt probably use it, but it is a nice hack.
Cool vid😃
thanks!
Do you put a new chain on it? It was Rusty.
it's been awhile but I believe I managed to restore the chain in this case.
You did an excellent job I thought it was a new chain.
Make an hour long video and Ill watch all of it.
always count on you my man
My mtb weight 18kg and the road bike 15. Both steel and with time you not feel the weight anymore. And they are noname brands but nobody knew because the tags are removed
very true, I guess we really do just get used to it.
Went back in military at age 40 in 2008, been bicycling since age 24. Medic AIT in San Antonio I bought me that bike new at Wal-Mart and rode it for 16 weeks. A few times during the week to the gym and all over San Antonio all day on Sat and Sunday. It was creaking and squeeking by the end, but she did the trick. When I went home after AIT, I parked her for someone else. She was gone when I got back, so hopefully, she went to a good home. Salute $100 Wal-Mart bike.
People who think 12s are useless cuz they don't realize that one extra is helpful for most people like climbing
the thing is it barley has anymore range, like you can get a Shimano 11-51, 11 speed. If you look at amazon you can even get 11-52 on 11 speed if you want to go for a cheaper brand.
Horrible review. This bike looks great and is made for an entry level rider that can make the adjustments to it. Its a Walmart brand bike. Almost everyone in the comments disagrees with your review. Go ride it first then come back
I would agree if it were a review! But it's not a review, just some reasons you may not want to get this bike.
We need to start adding chainrings. Catch me with a 4x12 drive train. So many speeds you need electronic shifting to do the right order.
lol yeah a 4x12
@@BruceChastainshimano and sram both have electronic shifting for 2x setups so you can use every non redundant combo. That is where electronic shifting is good, when it actually simplifies the bike.