You’re really coming into your own as a storyteller. I know there was a comment above about the music being weird, but I felt like the choice of music did a good job of matching the mood and circumstance at each moment in the video. Also, keep up the 80s movie references.

Them white hubs really tie the room together 👌

@senorspiegel

6 ай бұрын

Snow bike eh?

@rollinrat4850

5 ай бұрын

At first I thought he was talking about White Industries hubs! They're the only nice thing on my single speed, that's really not much better than this. I found them rattlecanned on a bike left behind our shop! Cut em out, Cleaned em up and built em into some absurdly baller wheels.

This snow bike build was the best idea (not only for the episode)

21:11 my mantra.

This was an absolute pleasure to watch. Great choice of music and some parts even had an ASMR vibe to it. Keep on going, you‘re channel is really inspiring. I got into mountain biking in 2019, road biking in 2021 and started learning bike maintenance and generally working on bikes this year. In these cold days with lots of salt on the streets and without a bike like you built in this vid, watching your content helps with the withdrawal symptoms :)

Only thing left to do is pair it with the most expensive bike lock known to man.

Awesome video!!! I love frankenbikes!!! I prefer them over anything new. I work at bike shop and ride the oldest bikes 😊. Been at it for over 30 years!!! Can’t believe I got this far fixing bikes:-). It has its ups and downs but i love it. I love that you fix and sell bikes to the everyday people!! I do appreciate high performance bikes but everyone should be able to afford a good bike!!! No matter what kind of riding they do. I have gotten pretty jaded by all the different types of riding disciplines. I like to keep pretty simple and just go and ride!!!

I’ve built sooo many single speed beaters just like this over the years. Always tried to do it as close to free as I could. Some of my favorite whips.

Good build sir! From a MN neighbor and winter bike rider, consider two things. Install your grips using compressed air instead of lube spray (?). Easy and your grips stay put. Try a 29er front wheel with the 26" rear, AKA the Mullet if your brakes can accept the larger wheel, or use a 29er fork. The slightly larger front wheel slackens the geometry slightly and makes the handling in deeper snow very stable. Keep the rubber (and studs) side down!

love the shenanigans videos. some of my favorites.

The worst ideas always make the best content. Also, for a winter test ride, that had a distinct lack of testing how quickly you could brake without eating sh!t.

I about died when you were rubbing in the grease on the rust and Blanche got all hot and bothered. 😂 Awesome!!

you have plenty of snow this weekend

The red paint looks like blood splatter---it is a good look :)

Id ride that bike. Those goofy trash bikes always end up being some of my favorites

Comedic gold thanks Andy 😂

This channel is awesome, keep em coming!

I just finished another vicarious build. Now time to shower - thanks Bike Farmer!

That test ride made the build look well worth it. Big props to you for being in the "haze" and figuring out the camera and edits for this video. Well done sir!

Everything about how you overhauled and swapped the axle on the snow hub was perfection. Reuse everything. Struggle to adjust the worn cones. It's for a winter bike after all

Fever mad BikeFarmer is my favorite type of BikeFarmer!

Back in '08-'09, I commuted 8 miles each way on studded tires (tires made in Finland). Never fell once, despite the heavy effect snow and sub-zero temps up in NE Ohio.

On today's episode of this ol hooptie 😂 keep up the good work.

"It's all ball bearings these days" Sez Fletch

Rust is the continuous weight improvement program that the manufacturer spec'd in after it leaves the factory. As you ride it more it gets lighter. Soon it can beat the Specialized Aethos.

I like the tap the spokes and rim with the steel 15mm wrench to seat the kroil in. Gotta remember that tech tip.

@bkefrmr

5 ай бұрын

Good vibrations

This is what cycling is all about, Blissful 😊ENJOYMENT

Best video of yours I’ve watched yet! 😂

The quick jumpcuts while you are addressing the camera makes me feel like I’m having a seizure or just high on mushrooms.

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@TrekMTBikeRider

6 ай бұрын

@@bkefrmr thanks! It’s a way cheaper high!

I have watched a lot of your videos and I enjoy the sort of Bob Ross theme you go for, this one felt different. I know you said that in the beginning that the editing was funky, but I’m only 8 minutes in and, I’m not trying to be negative but I know you’ve mentioned you like feedback….I’m not really vibing it. It’s fast it’s slow it’s fast it’s slow. Lol. I like the mellow vibe… just my $0.02

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

In a recent poll I took in the community section, only a very small percentage of viewers like the quiet stuff. I also like the quiet stuff. But they all kinda take on a life of their own depending on my energy levels. The second half of this one gets pretty quiet, fwiw

22:16 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

glad i found you on “path less pedaled”…i agree with you about the insanity regarding newer bikes and components…im an avid biker and sailor, and keeping it simple is my motto…of course, things you choose to do must work very well, and most often do a better job than the latest and greatest gizmo… here’s a theory that might interest you…want to know what i believe is driving the e bike market?…people who don’t know to put air in the tires, or oil the chain of their pedal bikes…they get on their $750 hybrid that’s been parked for 6 months, and get winded riding it a half block away…most people really don’t realize that a good bike should be fairly effortless to ride… i found a used discontinued walmart bike that i had been interested in for a long time, because of its large, beefy, aluminum frame with 29” wheels…stripped it of all crappy components , and took it down to bare aluminum, and leave it this way…added nice wheels and 65 psi hookworms…changed bottom bracket and group set…added a 54 tooth chainring…best thing i ever did was buy a brooks B17 leather saddle…many more upgrades…but i ride it like a road bike, and average 20mph on my usual 30 mile route , but also so comfortable for just cruising around the lake …i don’t need or want any other bikes… but unlike you, i don’t lack vision…i just lack good vision…: ) keep ‘em rolling buddy!

The white hubs work

That Bridgestone is so much cooler than that poor Specialized. That thing needs a good home.

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

Come and get it

The choice of music was excellent, really loved it, especially that bebop stuff. Who the hell needs critics?

The Bike Farmer built me a snow bike on an old Rockhopper frame. It’s a beast and handles the ice and snow of Minnesota with ease. My only complaint is that it doesn’t have white hubs. 😉

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

Your sister has a white hub

@maxgins

6 ай бұрын

I actually lol’ed when I read this. I don’t even know what it means, but it’s hilarious.

@bkefrmr

5 ай бұрын

I am your sister’s white hub

My perfect sort of bike! I've been building SS&FG beaters from junk piles and free stuff since I was a broke kid in the '70s. It's the RIDER, not the freakin bike! I'm moving from sunny Wackofornia to Colorado soon, where the weather always changes. I'll need some studded tires. You should try a fixed gear in the snow. You're able to sense, feel and control sketchy traction much better. Sheldon Brown was on to something here. Fix gears off-road are more fun than should be legal! Digging your channel, there always needs to be a bit of insanity in the bike shop. I subbed!

My kinda build. BB Ross Mt Washington toast and stuck in. Sliced the shell and pried it out. C clamped the bb shell around the new one and welded the shell back together. Rode that one 2 years including a 400 mile tour. Even the crackheads showed no interest it was so ugly!

Best one yet.

great build, I feel simple is better for inclement weather bicycles.

@rollinrat4850

Ай бұрын

Nothing is better, simpler and more reliable than a fixed gear in winter. You can sense tire traction with your feet. Fixed gear offroad is more fun than should be legal. Read Sheldon Brown!

A good beater bike 👍🏽

It is your “good friend” that lacks vision as he/she can’t see what a valuable guy you are. It was fun watching the rebuild from here in wintery UK. When I see an old bike I want it brought back to life so you do great work in my opinion.

THE ICE MAN

Hey buddy, found the channel and you made me laugh several times! Maybe I can get Steve and Terry to come over for a ride. Congrats on the channel

@bkefrmr

5 ай бұрын

Hey! What’s up?

120, 126, 130, whatever it takes... (Pleageruized from Mr Mom)

Return of the winter beater.

Crazy good.

It has the Milennium Falcon aesthetic ie: "She may not look like much but she's got it where it counts..." 👍 Greetings from the Canadian Rockies 😊

Huzzah! Easily one of your best videos so far. I subscribed somewhat apprehensively but I think now you're in my top 3 bike channels. You rock!

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

That poor bike looks like it came out of a burn pile, somewhere.

I never realized that beausage was such hard work...Another Zen moment....I already miss the Bridgestone.

I love this. I have literally made exactly the same mistake with the axle spacers and dishing when changing axles and it makes me feel so much better that professionals like yourself have the same problem because measuring just seems like to much of a faff.

Wow that was great! The usual masterful mechanics knowledge, getting so creative with the captions, the zany humour (Covid energized you lol!), and capping it off with that test ride montage! Deserves to go viral!

On my old stumpys there was an "S" at the top of the seat stay.

perfect winter bike👍

Greetings from Minnesota, cold is cool!!

That whole section on the wheel is pretty much what happens everything I want to do a 'quick' bit of bike work during the day

I'm in Milwaukee. i built my winter bike about 2 months ago from a Schwinn Curcuit that a friend gave to me. I stripped it down to just the frame and used all my left over budget parts from my daily bike. Slapped a 2.30'' 27.5 studded tire on the rear and 2.9'' 27.5 tire up front (not studded since I didn't feel like putting any money into this bike I already had the 2.30" studded tire, but it does have some VERY serious knobby tread), along with a cheap bucklos lutu air fork and a Box 4 groupset. I haven't actually ridden it yet because we've gotten exactly like a quarter of an inch of snow so far, lol.

Watching all your videos start to finish. You‘re getting more entertaining with each one 😆

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

This one was my best, if I must say so myself. I’ll try to harness this energy in the future!

this is a cool one Bike Farmer, I'm partial to ratty bikes that ride well - with lots of grease

What a beautifully functional rat bike. 10/10

Glad you're feeling better.

Man after my heart! I ride all winter too. it's my mode of transportation. I retire my 700c Vintage American Phoniex Razorback. And pull out the 2005 Trek 3900 with 3x8 and 2.2 Specialized Ground Control tires. Definitely clean up the white and see the red and black paint under it. It's a Stumpjumper Sport for sure...seen enough of them.

Yeah, that looks cool. A bike with studded tractor tires on it. I've got a stumpjumper. Love it. 2019 carbon stumpjumper. A lot has changed on them since then

Great references, you appear well read. I've been collecting a few late 80's, early 90's Stumpjumpers and Rockhoppers. Couple of them so beat the paint is gone but clean off the rust and clear coat is your friend, I like showing off their history.

@rollinrat4850

Ай бұрын

Thats called patina. Big in the hotrod world.

For safety add reflectors to the wheels and maybe lights.

In the workshop I worked at the following held true. "we don't use hammers" but you do. Just not infront of the customers. Drop something on the floor at least up to three times a day. You will hate white bikes. I know it's bike racisim but when you have to clean them ... Almost all kids bikes are a pain in the rear. Apart from Isla bikes. A bike will just come in for just 'one' thing. But although you get the 'one' thing sorted it almost certainly could do with a service. Never ever say before starting work on a bike ' this won't take long '. The majority of the time you are spending more time on a bike than a customer paid for. Don't ask me how this works. The really bad state of disrepair of some customers bikes and how they ride / don't have an accident still worries me. Bikes really can drive you mad at times. That is the time to walk away and have a cupa tea. Take five ... I'm sure there are others I've forgotten.

@rollinrat4850

5 ай бұрын

I feel your pain. Hammers were invented for pressfit $hit bottom brackets! When you get really frustrated or mad, just throw a wrench at the wall, step away, drink a beer. Go outside and yell at the sky. I'm old fashioned. I try not to cuss when women and children are in the shop, but it really helps.

@scanningforvideos

5 ай бұрын

Press fit bb’s. I’m so glad from watching experienced mechanics working on press fit bb’s I didn’t have to do them. Drove them mad too.

@rollinrat4850

5 ай бұрын

@@scanningforvideos BOYCOTT ANY new bike with pre$$fit $hit. The way the vast majority of the larger bike industry implemented it is compromised and worthless. It's literally and simply more job security for mechanics such as myself, just like lots of other overpriced 'tech'. Don't buy soon to be dumpster filling. It seems like (not so) common sense.....

3x1 drivetrain is the new thing i see.

love the dork disc rant

Cool video buddy. Glad you’re feeling better. I also love doing dumb stuff like that. Classic fun for us old geezers 😂

I can guarantee that yesterday wasn't the first time it has snowed.

I've got an old Specialized Hard Rock A1 (rigid) set up as a Studded SS snow bike going on its 5th winter! Changed out brakes and rear wheel this week getting ready to hit the trails soon here in Mpls

@bkefrmr

6 ай бұрын

A true northerner! 👏👏👏👏

I love that thumbnail! Btw I also ride a 90s Aluminium Checker Pig Singlespeed Snowbike 🎉

This is the bike build I've been wanting to post on KZread!! Unfortunately my bad buying decisions and wonky order in which Ive got the stuff means I got everything odered to build my bike, I currently have a whole bunch of parts that are totally useless until the crucial bits come in. Looks like my bike will only be ready 2nd week of December and it'll be a post build show and tell... Lot's of your ideas are in line with what works here in southern Quebec... Similar conditions I'd say!!

This was so good. Great editing and musical interlude.

Love this bike, love this vibe, love your attitude! Greetings from Michigan.

Enjoyed watching that. SO good watching informational, up-close work effort!

re threaded headset stack order. whatever works is good to go!

I have a single speed that I'm just running on one of the middle cogs of a multispeed freewheel because I'm too lazy to re-dish the wheel so I can use a single cog.

I created a single-speed winter beater from an '87 Rockhopper last year and it's awesome. The only thing i don't like is the rear U-brake since it collects all the slush down there.

That looks cool.

"Dress my kids in burlap..." 🤣🤣🤣

@TubieMcTubington

6 ай бұрын

“You’re lucky it’s got any bearings at all” made me spit out my Diet Coke. 😂

@cx4130

6 ай бұрын

@@TubieMcTubingtonThat was good too. 😂

All it needs now is a white saddle and white grips!

Great video, and commentary! Now I gotta watch Strange Brew.

snow troll build deserved a 1x crank

@rollinrat4850

Ай бұрын

ANY crank can be a one by crank. Use old free junk, avoid creating more landfill. Ignore marketing BS! You can cut the bolt tabs off an old chainring and file them to make it look really clean and keep using the old chainring bolts. Ive even put 4 chainrings on a triple crank for and made it shift, but Im a machinist.

@billyjo1148

Ай бұрын

@@rollinrat4850 indeed you can cut a gear from recycled coke cans

@rollinrat4850

Ай бұрын

@@billyjo1148 Machining time costs too much, but yes, I can build anything I want if Im motivated enough. Time is money! Anyways, theres a suzeable bike junkyard in my garage. I waste lots of time reminiscing and digging around in my junk heap.

@billyjo1148

Ай бұрын

@@rollinrat4850 yeah crazy economics just throw it away and replace

I recently tried swapping axles on a rear wheel to fit wider dropouts and it was an absolute nightmare! And it ended up not being comfortable. It is such a daunting task.

While I can say I have had a lot more issues with old spoke protectors falling apart and wedging themselves places they shouldn't be than I have with total carnage from not having one, I did have a bike come in not too long ago that did exactly what you described, but it also ruined the frame in the process too. Pros and cons.

That is a great winter beater!!! I bet it will be enjoyed for sure! All the old steel rigs you have is impressive, I dig it. BTW that rusty Tandem is awesome!

Awesome

Great vid, I stayed all the way to the end 👍

Why is it called a 'seat stay' and a 'seat post' if the thing you sit on is called a 'saddle'? Love the Bob and Doug McKensie reference at around 13:30 eh!

Good “pub” bike; lock optional!

It would be cool to see a video on Randonneur bikes in the future-

Nice video.

I just want to see those white hubs in the snow lol

Great video love the commentary, althought the ambient music is a bit weird except for the jazz parts, the music volume sometimes was louder than what you were saying and i couldnt really get what was being said.

@bsrhoad

6 ай бұрын

Some of the music has a 70's porn vibe 😂😂

I love the patina. What a great rat bike.

I love the good content :P I bought a $35 GT Chucker 2.0, the amount of things rusted or wrong on it, It's a great learning experience and detective story. All sorts of random parts, I dunno if upgrades or just slapped on spares. Everything was adjusted poorly and installed wrong, from backwards seat clamp to discs clamping against the calipers. It's been a lot of fun, best way to learn about the new sorta more modern stuff. Same with your vids, the more things wrong with them the better. The bike might of been a dud for someone else, but a gem in the ruff for me. Also I love that paint job on the snow bike :P

nice build but ditch the big ring ( and the pixie) and you're there

Could be funkadelic B sides or something