The RIGHT Way to Upgrade Your Bike

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Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz:

A lot of people ask me which bike parts they should upgrade and what components they should upgrade to. The answer is always, "it depends." Here's the right way to upgrade your bike, so you can spend less time shopping for bike parts and more time actually riding a bike you'll love.

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[daniellemeyer]

"If you're thinking about upgrading and you simply don't know what you want, You don't need to upgrade yet." yes this!

[sixgunsal]

I love it when I watch Zach's videos knowing that I have already ridden today. Reasonably dangerous baby!

[cccycling]

I’ve been simply replacing parts on my Fuji Track as they break or make the ride painful. My first upgrade was a Specialized seat to replace the terrible stock one. Then cogs and pedals. Recently I blew through the Lasco crank arms and ate it so I swapped out the cranks and BB with SRAM Omniums. If I ever break the wheels they’ll get a DT Swiss track upgrade, but at the moment the bike is great. Commuting every day certainly takes its toll on weak bike parts.

[matthewdezii]

Excellent video. This is not just a bike video. This is a life video, using bicycles as a framework. I really like this essay style.

[Don-mwrb]

Who else would like to see Zach convert a old steel bike to a fixed gear from Craigslist? Great video btw 👍

[prodifycycling]

I glad you made this video. Just what I've been thinking for the past few months. But then again, thinking about getting a more high-end fixed gear bike.

[SubStaple]

Just got back from a long ride! Oceanside to Mexico border. I thought i saw you truckin up a hill in SD haha love your videos man. They always get me pumped to hop on the saddle!

[dennyreardon]

I've spent years looking for the exact stem you're looking for and finally settled on a dimension stem. It isn't fancy but it meets the criteria for $32 bucks.

[jawbonephd]

That was a clean ass merch plug dude. Respect. 😆

[nathanbaribeau]

Great vid!! You are correct about the paradox of choice, try "Queuing Theory" and the problem of lane jockeying! basically you are always in the wrong lane either on the public roads, or the grocery store.

[Siberius-]

With my research, in my area of my country, there was only ONE bicycle available, as far as the specifications I was looking for. But I also mean that literally, there was only 1 make and model and it was also actually the last one at the only store in my whole area of the country (that I could drive to). It had been sitting there for the past 9 months, and it was exactly in my rather common 6 foot size. Wild stuff. It's the Fuji Feather if anyone was curious.

[kokongjava]

I ran out of ideas what to upgrade on my fixed gear. So I bought a different bike! back to Zero. Cyclo is <3

[rickjames]

you should make a fixie point vid on your wabi, see how bias you really are

[franciss]

My top tip is to own a frameset which is not worthy of parts you can't afford. I feel less inclined to upgrade my groupset or wheels on my road bike as they will be out of place on a basic frame. I have to admit, though, that a frameset can make or break a bike and custom paint jobs are very cool, so if you have the money to invest down the line then pay for a solid frame first.

[RukaSubCh]

Cool a new video!

Thanks for the good advice as I'm building a restomod of an old bike.

[teokumi]

day 22 of asking zach to drop a reasonably dangerous hoodie

[Not_Sure_]

The next one is the UNO 7. I have a 17° stem that's 130mm and it weighs in at 125Grams with all 6 screws. Price is reasonable. Again if you want you can polish off the graphics with a magic eraser, or some compound.

[cocotaco_]

Tips on fixed gear project bike builds please?

[marcodeoliveira]

Hi Gallardo Hope you are What if I have Been Offered A Low Quality frame how do i upgrade To best use it.

[RuezgaDaniel]

Why not get the stem with the 31.8 clamp since you're planning to get drop bars anyway? Just get 31.8 drop bars after you buy the stem.