5 Mistakes To Avoid When Traveling With Your Mountain Bike

Doddy talks you thorough his top five mistakes to avoid when traveling with your mtb. He covers errors around brake pads, axles, pedals, lube and valve cores. Don't makes one of these mistakes!

Doddy shows you to not make mistakes when traveling with your bike. The top five mistakes include:
1. Closed brake pads
2. Sticky axle fiddling
3. Pedal swap confusion
4. Over sprayed lube
5. Damaged valve core

Be sure to watch to make sure you don't fall for any of these mistakes!

Let us know if you've ever made these mistakes 😅 👇

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[cooperallen]

Legend has it that Doddy actually rides his bike.

[pympin]

you can also use a tire lever to separate the brake pads

[jonathanzappala]

I save all my valve cores from inner tubes, so I have a stock when they get bent.

[finnc]

The best thing to use for stuck brake pads is something everyone has. A BUTTER KNIFE. Also works great as a tire lever when thicker plastic ones aren’t working. It can be used to scrape things clean like tires (sealant and dirt) or pry various things apart on the bike. Can be used as a flathead screwdriver as well on bigger screws. I Always have one in the garage/toolbox.

[pandjay]

I usually lose the brake blocks so use a short length of pool noodle under the brake lever instead. I use a cheap shower cap over the rotors to protect them from lube/detergent when cleaning or as just an extra layer of protection when travelling.

[malcolmbarrins]

You guys do a great service to the MTB community with your professional videos!! Thanks!!

[obi-wankenobi]

Parktool makes a dedicated, expensive, unnecessary tool for every bs, dont they?

[GTiR]

5:40 sound advice for keeping your partner

[th_js]

Great video Doddy! Love all GMBN's channels!! 👍🏻😁

[michaelpalm]

Some good advice.
I learned a few things...but I dont have a disc rotor...just old school brakes so half of this video did not apply to my bike.

[nvanpraag]

Doddy is awesome. Crazy knowledgable. Great ride. And excellent presenter. #underrated!

[BMH]

Great video. Really useful for a newby.

[ShutUpandRideMTB]

This is a really helpful video, thanks Doddy.

[bahakeskinsoy]

That moment when your bike is more expensive than your car😂

[carlosadorno]

It’s common to make a mess and mist your disc brake rotors with spray chain lubes... I always prefer to use drip bottle chain lubes to avoid that.

[beforedawn]

I like that you;re using Centerline X centerlocks. That's a nice vote of confidence. I have them on my gravel bike and trying to decide between sticking with or switching to the HS2s for an alpine tour... I got ceramic pads but thicker rotors could help with the heat management too.

[petersauer]

Another brilliant tech video from Doddy, I put a black mark on one of the chain link plates when I oil my chain and apply a drop of oil on each roller until I get back to the black mark, then wipe off the access, been doing this since the 90s, much easier now with single chain rings. 🤘

[carlosadorno]

I’d suggest to stay away from using a flathead screwdriver to separate brake pads as you can damage/mar your pads with it. I always carry the plastic brake pads separator that comes with new brake calipers in my backpack. Plastic tire lever or strong butter knife will do the trick as well.

[maxfathi]

You can just use a knife to separate brake pads? And you can bend back bent valve cores

[Banshee]

The easy way I remember pedal thread direction is the right pedal is right hand thread and the left pedal is left hand thread. Easy.