10 New Bike Day Tips Before Your First Ride // Starting Your Bike Build Off Right 

That shipping company skit tho... that was hilariously accurate

3:48 when you're parents leave for a road trip and you left your gameboy advance on the charger

I was sure step 1 was going to be "adhere SHREDIST sticker."

Missing triangle bolt.... HA! Wet load of bread. I'm using that. 🤘🏻

I can picture the "air quotes" happening as your recording. Once again, classic Shredist, great job

Nice job with the pre-ride preparing! I totally agree with that you have to disassemble, lube everything and assemble the bike together, before you start riding the hell out of the alloy horse!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Welcome back! Really solid tips. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips, currently building a new one!

Sick video I might get a new bike soon so this was helpful 😀

Trying to get my first dual suspension bike! Awesome vids and love that you’re local!!

Just got a new bike, this was so helpful. ❤

just bought a transition scout so this was perfect timing

I do the exact same with the Vinyl. Even one ride makes it so much harder to go back and clean it fully, too! My other thought is that it’s maybe $40 in vinyl vs $100 or more for a ride wrap kit, and you still have to apply it yourself. Might as well cut it on the fly and apply it in the high wear areas. It’s pretty easy!

I got my bike around 2 months ago and now I know that I probably should have lubed up all the bolts and now I also want to go tubeless! Thanks for all the great tips!!!

Oh my gosh,....I laughed so hard watching the bike delivery scene....hahaha.

This gives me major early Seth videos. Good work! I know all the shots you did took forever to set up.

Hey all, quick tip on bedding brakes in: don't come to a full stop on your first few runs during the bedding process. This will leave a deposit of brake pad material in one spot on the disc and will make it much more prone to squealing later on. I suggest finding a hill and going down it around 5 or more times while pulling on the brakes. Again, don't come to a full stop for the first few runs, just let yourself roll down the hill whilst applying pressure to the brakes

Love your videos every week.

Good job!

damn this is a great video. Lot's of great info, and well summarized. Thanks!

I just placed my order the T8 today can’t wait !!!!! And now I have a whole list of things to get ready to do ! Got about a month till it arrives (ighhhhh) so plenty time to get all that’s needed at least ! Great video and some great tips that I haven’t thought of

Great video!

Dude awesome video.

That's a lot of things to check and do! But it seems worth it.

Hello, keep up the great work

nice video man i can't wait till the snow melt

Oh man so much things but I will try to save some buck with the things I already got and can handle, like some tools and stuff I could rehuse. prob will need to buy grease and whatnot, thank you for this video, as a beginner it really helps to know what to do first, even before the first long ride or something

Great tips! Had me cracking up too. 😆

I'd recommend keep the chain factory lube at first and change it at the first needed clean. It's not staying clean for longer with another chainlube. Always flats on tubes? Maybe you are just using those cheap non protected tires. I use Conti with protection case and got not flats since 3 to4 years.

Perfect timing as my bike should be coming tomorrow ish👍

Keep up the good work

Awesome!

Good stuff dude!

I got a new entry level hardtail last year. Was just going to upgrade it a little. Next thing I knew i upgraded everything lol. Now running everything Shimano xtr fsa afterburner wheels

Wrap a beer coozy where it touches the truck. Theres even a "snap on bracelet" designed beer coozy. Work for lifts too.

Good video. You could add cleaning the drivetrain and use wax instead of oil from the beginning.

Wish I would have watched this before my first ride. Same issue on down tube from tailgate pad.

its a great video would be helpful to see supplies used!

One thing for sure, I take my torque wrench and check everything. It saved my ass, also some bike shop ass. I couldn't imagine the warranty claim on a full sus frame that was tightened finger tight 😂

4:05 last year I lost part of the lower shock bolt on my bike, and thanks to part availability and shipping issues I couldn’t get another for two months. This was right in the middle of summer... Needless to say, I’ll be checking my bolts from now on lol

Yep definitely change your pedals I made that mistake and they actually ceased so bad that they unthreaded themselves on a ride

My yt Capra comes tomorrow and I think I’ve watched this video like 10 times

the brake testing at the beginning got me good

For Me If I Scratch That On New Bike My Opinion Is Repaint With Great Quality Primer, Great Color and Finishing With Car Varnish AkA Glossy Finish With High Solid Glossy And I Guarantee That Bike Will Be Shine And Glow And Then For Protection Apply High Quality For Car Laminates (That Laminate Good Too For Bike)

Love that bike. I got one recently, it’s brilliant. Did same mods basically. Needs better brakes though.

Pedal wrench and spoke tuning fork, man that cone wrench is like a multi-tool! I highly recommend a proper pedal wrench if your pedals don't have Allen heads

Looks like we buy the exact same vivid 3M vynal off Amazon! Great vid per usual!

What bike do you like riding more, the T8 or N9? Been watching your channel for awhile now and also just entered into a partnership with Polygon this month. I love the siskiu T and N models both. Just curious what you've enjoyed more?

Definitely I Took 1 Lb . Off the Top Of My New Warden with MY Cockpit 😎

Nbd soon for me just waiting on the shipping 🚢

Wish I saw this two years ago!

Wassup🤙🤟

haha love this video good job btw, new sponser?

Well I'm 3 and 7 😂🤣 Although I know better and have become lazy in my years of mainly motorcycle maintenance I'm over it lol. I Checked the bolts, set the sag, beded in the brakes done. I know I know....Yep those delivery folks haha my last bike almost feel out of the bottom of the box because somebody sat it down on the wet ground probably in a puddle during a tropical downpour, another few hours the box would have failed. Aloha 🤙

MOAR SCRUFFY!

How’s the stock hub on the T8? I’ve been looking at it but I don’t want to get stuck with the same basic Shimano hub my current bike has with super sloppy engagement.

Keep your grease tube in your pocket if it's cold in your shop! Helps out alot :)

Nothing is better than the stock grease on a new chain

How does a “wet loaf of bread “ drive exactly? 😂

How do you like the Tektro Orion brakes?

This is about a week to late from me getting my siskiu d7

What is the name of the trail system you often show in your videos?

Id be sick if my downtube got messed up on my T8

Mastic and Amazon 3M tape have kept my bikes looking good for years, peeling it off before the sale of my enduro race bikes have gotten a few "did you even ride this?" comments, if they only knew the volume of small silly crashes the poor bikes had seen..

FYI, that's not Loctite, it's Nylok. Loctite would be useless if you re-torque the bolt as it only holds the first time you tighten the bolt. Nylok is a mechanical locking device which basically fills the empty space between the male and female threads and so will be good for 3-4 full thread / unthreads.

Too bad I learned all of these by doing it the wrong way, but a great video none the less.

How do you make your thumbnail pictures? Any specific program? they look really good!

Have you made a video on the coil for your N9? Did you go with progressive or linear spring? I tried to contact Polygon about the leverage curve of the N9 and they wouldn’t tell me anything, confidential apparently 🙄🤣

Slipping a pedal yeah I know it hurts right lower leg straight to the bone 13 stiches in it off the bike for six months

Anymore backyard builds?

I just spent 800 dollars in parts and I’m still waiting for parts I get my bike back Tuesday.

Which one is you favourite your T8 or N9?

What inserts do you use? Looks like a DIY option? I just got a fresh bike a couple weeks ago and I can’t afford to buy inserts, and I can’t afford to keep replacing tires because of pinch flats, so I’m running tubes for now. (On a previous bike I was tubeless with no inserts, and I was destroying tires at least every other week)

Ordered the T8 a few days ago, now have the 2 month wait lol. What 3M vinyl material did you use specifically?

Completely off topic - how are the trail conditions in Spokane area currently?

What repair stand are you using? How do you like it?

I have a lot of time on my hands. Broken shoulder

How are you liking the T8? I'm planning on picking that up for my fiance

For #10, make sure you dont come to full stop, go to walking speed so they dont squeal. 20 medium speed slow downs, and 10 fast ones should do the trick. Let the rotors cool for like 10 minutes tho

hows the adventure van coming along?

Hi Am In Emergency ASAP😁😁😁😁😁 I Don't Have Yet Bike But Am Plan Buying My Bike Especially Hardtail And That Bike Repair Stand I Don't Have Yet Too, Could You Please Give Me Tips? What I Should Buy First Bike Stand Or Bike? But My Plan Bike Budget Around $570 In IDR 8.5 Million

What tool did you use to tighten all the bolts on ur bike? Just bought my bike waiting to pick it up and take it out

What shipping company was that again? *taking notes*

@mynesweepers!

Hi

what tire inserts are you using?

TPS blows hard 🤣😂

New bike? In 2021? Very funny.

5th

Regarding the mastic tape chainstay protectors, check out this dude: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HrRBkJGxImw.html I've done this to both my bike and my wife's and been happy ever since.

Most half decent bearings already have decent grease, and a right one too, at the right ammount (~30%filling)inside them. So I'd refrain from packing everything right away, but adding a grease coating on the outside of the bearing seal, should help with water displacement BEFORE you ever decide, if it's worth replacing grease inside of a bearing, which you're not 100% sure is still ok, or getting ready to replace. This is time consuming AF, not that great to environment since you sponsor degreasers manufacturing, air haulage by massive trucks(cause who doesn't use spray can right?), single item packaging, bulk packaging, then packaging again and shipping to you(because who would walk or ride to local store, when amazon is always AT YOUR HOUSE with their obscene massive boxes for tiniest items+air bags so it doesn't rattle. On top of that you'll use this degreaser spray way too much to clean a bearing, and splatter half dissolved grease on the driveway, so the rain can cleanup after. That's the American way, fuck yeah! So by the time you cleaned, degreased, repacked, paid for spray and shipping, you pretty much have new set of bearings for free, with much more time to ride and if you recycle that bearing correctly, less harm to nature, that you supposedly love equally to your MTB.....oh wait, it was god that created all the living things, so man can use and abuse them as he's pleased, no love required, my bad... :-)