7 Ways You're Destroying Your Mountain Bike | MTB Maintenance Tips

Chances are you mountain bike is your most prized possession; here are 7 tips that will help you look after it and keep it running sweeter for longer 🔧

Check for loose bearing, keep your stanchions clean, replace the chain and pads when necessary, protect the paint and keep your bike clean, and don't overuse your MTB!

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[michaelm]

I now have severe anxiety about my bike.

[snauspockets]

"You could be wearing out your bike prematurely by riding it all the time."

Dude...

[mike]

I’ll have to show this to my wife that purchasing my second mountain bike was so I don’t “overuse” my main bike!

[robertthenobert]

I always brake with my face. Never have to replace my brake pads:)

[evhguitarstv]

1:50 DO NOT EVER use WD-40 as a lubricant on bearings. if you look closely hes actually using break cleaner to clean them, not standard WD 40 to lubricate them. if you make that mistake you'll ruin your bearings.

[jabehauber]

I dunno about frame 'protection'. I ride the shit out of my bikes, and they get beat up. No amount of tape or rubber is going to help (having tried that). I just accept that my bike is going to get dings and scratches and worn. Those are character marks, in my book.

[camperhonsa]

10:28 “Some people are more precious abou this than others” proceeds to show Sam Pilgrim washing his eeb(e-bike) with a monny(monster energy drink) and a frickin broom.

[michaelstewart]

Checking spoke tension is always a good thing to do regularly

[joshjenner]

Anyone else remember when you bought a bike, rode it all day everyday, once in a blue moon cleaned it and sprayed the chain with WD-40 and it run sweet as a nut ? Now you need to stripe everything and rebuild your forks every 40 miles 😂

[JustAGlitchFL]

"This is an old one, for demonstration." *Proceeds to show a fork from the same year as mine*

[chimtv]

Wow, jackfrags is a man of many trades I see

[jondonnelly]

just ride your bike, the one you love and when shit wears out excuse for upgrade, don't let this dude get you down.

[alexguiver]

Thanks for an excellent vid but I'd like to add something about looking after suspension forks. I used to have a set of those Fox TALAS forks and the owner's manual stated that the foam rings under the seals are there to ensure the small amount of lubricating oil (usually around 10ml per leg as you said) is between the seals and bushings when you ride (you soak them in oil when servicing the fork). To this end they recommend storing your bike upside down when not in use which I always did religiously as well as wiping the stanchions and seals with GT85 on a rag after every ride. When the time came to get my TALAS fork serviced for the 2nd time after 2 years' use, the shop I sent them to (TF Tuned in Westbury) commented most of the TALAS forks they see that age are worn out like the ones in this video; however, later that day they called me to say my stanchions had NO visible wear AT ALL and all they needed was a full service. A lot of modern MTB forks like Rock Shox etc have these foam rings impregnated with lubricating oil because the damper unit is a sealed cartridge; if they use this system, store your bike upside down and the fork will last a lot longer. Also getting a chain cleaner for £5 from LIDL massively increases your drivetrain life and is every bit as good as the £££ "brand name" alternatives

[stephenlord]

Many a headset or BB will be wrecked by over tension of bearings and misuse of preload. You can also debate the value of pulling blind bearings to clean and repack. Very hard to do without damaging the bearings.

[Goodvibes]

My Yeti bike gets more love than my 2010 Honda Civic🤦🏻‍♂️

[eric]

ive learned so much from ur vids just getting back into biking and finding out fast how expensive a hobby it is ...

[pympin]

alot of times i'll clean the stanchions and seals off ... put a drop of two of oil on my fork seals ... cycle it a few times ... then wipe away any dirt it's pulled up from the seals

[chrishenning]

Im always tinkering with my bike in the garage. Riding constantly, and checking the things you mentioned. It becomes like a hobby and you learn a lot.
I feel like people who don't do this, or dont like to need this video. 🤘

[wammo]

Totally agree about having a dunger bike for running around on. It's a great way to use the partly warn or not so cool parts off your main bike and get more use out of them, and then buy new bits (guilt free) for your main bike.

[naverilllang]

This summer has been awful to my bike. Pretty much everything all decided to start failing at once. Shifter: Broken. Rear wheel: hopelessly deformed. Headlamp: stolen. Front tire: nail through it.

All separate incidents occuring within a 2 week span.