Skyway TA 26" BMX Cruiser Build 2.0 - "How far can we go with 2.0?" 

Ok, I finished this movie, lol. Here are my thoughts.. I still drink from the hose when I'm doing yard work in the summer and it's 115 degrees here. I like the all black tires with the blue and red wheels. They look great. I like the black seat fine, but another color may look cool. But I agree, I like black tires best. Good job on the freewheel. LOTS of grease, and never over-tighten. A stuck freewheel can be a full day's battle. You don't need a washer with the chain tensioner, but it helps protect the tensioner from getting scratched up. The traditional wheel axle you mentioned is a male axle (it sticks out), and your new hub is female. Female hubs are much easier to get the wheel slammed in the dropout because you can take the bolts out and just drop the wheel down without having to pull on the chain. You'll appreciate the ease once you get the chain on! The Euro BB cup threads are opposite of pedals. The left pedal is reverse threaded, but the right BB cup is reverse threaded (remember right/reverse). Great job troubleshooting the tight threads with the other cup! At that point, I would have taken the frame into the LBS to use a thread chaser (someone mentioned that already in another comment). You were right you shouldn't have to force that BB cup on. It seems to have worked out fine for you, but something was definitely wonky since that other bb cup went right on. Was there paint inside the bb on the threads? Sometimes companies don't mask that area off and get paint in there, which can cause problems. Those conical washers (not sure if that's what they're called) on the brake pads, I always change the small one and big one around so the small one is on the inside. This makes the brake arms stick out just a little less than if the big ones are on the inside. Next time you take those brakes off the posts, I recommend putting some grease on the posts (not the inside where the bolt goes, just the outside). Those brake cable ferrules come in slightly different sizes because the outer cable housing can be just slightly thicker with some brands, like yours. I'd buy a cheap assorted pack from Amazon and you'll probably find one that fits on the cable fine. Beautiful bike!!!

I remember drinking that warm rust flavored hose water. Lol those were the days.

Drinking from the water hose explains everything 😂

Hey Bro-chanix, thanks for the shout out! Was hoping you would like the Stickers, glad they made it to you! I made the Union Cycle ones for my buddy, that's his shop. He's been here in Attleboro since '85! This build is Next Level! 1st ride out you gonna have many jealous people gawkin for miles! They make different options for you to choose for that space where the brake cable is exposed. Love this Bike, can't wait to see it out in the beautiful Hawaiian sunlight! Also, Bernie, why you no use spit on that BB?🤣🤣🤣🤙

Hey fellas, bike looks GREAT!!! Colors are Sharp!!! Don’t think I’ve ever Sern a Skyway up close but the Stature of it being low slung reminds me of a RACE cruiser which is a look I’m VERY ATTRACTED to!!!😎🤙🏽 When you fellas somewhat hit a wall with the bottom bracket I thought I was watching myself in a video…lol!! Unforeseen issues are maddening at times… how you keep your composure is beyond me… a Wrench surely would have be HURLED thru the back wall of my garage if I went thru all that!!! All jokes aside, Have a really great Holliday with you and yours, be safe and thanks for making my day with your humorous antics, Blessings, Vic 😎🤙🏽

Hey guys, Glad you enjoyed the billet bmx stickers I sent. Love watching your content and keep it up !

You guys build the coolest bikes

I love the attention to detail. Superb build my friend

You guys are hilarious!🤣😆😁👊😎💯🚴‍♂️

Yeee!✨ Good times! Keep it coming guys! Aloha💯👊😃☀️🌴🔪🔨

My threads in both of my Skyways were tougher that they should have been also. I believe it's the frame, NOT the MCS bottom brackets. Ideally running a thread chaser through the frame first would have been the ticket!

I also have a skyway 26 chrome and had issues with the threads on the bottom bracket which is brand new. The frame is brand new and the redline 3 piece crank is brand new. My local bicycle shop could not get it on weather. They had to retap or retrue it, so it must be a factory issue. Thanks guys love the show

The brochanics strike again.

Love the Bro-chanics....entertaining as always....you are making me want to build from scratch keep up the great work have a wonderful Christmas and new years.

Rad build, guys🤙

Looking awesome! I like the black tires with the black seat. Colored tires often sound better than they look. I’m always looking for thar third color myself. Thank you both for sharing all of the fun with us!

There’s always the two funniest guys in a BMX

Awesome bike !!!

Hey guys. Love your stuff. I put em on while I'm putting bikes together or endlessly fiddling with them. This vid just made me laugh cause I had the exact same thing happen with that mcs red bottom bracket and fixed it pretty much the same way but cleaned the trouble side out with a toothbrush n solvent. Seems like the finish on the part comes off n starts the orocess of stripping the threads. Yal did the right thing cause ya woulda messed up ur frame if ya cranked it. I couldn't find a thing online about it. Way to go, prob solving again. This kinda crap happens all the time n I have only done 5 bikes. Keep up the rad stuff u do on the details of the components you love like the bullet stuff cause it's often hard to find details on anything. Most the youtubes are promos. Sorry for the long comment. I been watching yer stuff for a year now n meant to comment. Will etherington.

This is the bro-mechanic Christmas comedy show 🤣 😂 love it 👍🏾🎄merry Christmas guys

Great video , and the Skyway is looking awesome! As for the seat post getting scratched, I picked up a good tip from another RU-vidr - use a honer inside the frame prior to installing the seat post on new bike builds. This will clean up any weld chunks that will scratch one’s seat post .

Bra this thing is looking mental. Love the blue. I remember you guys from high school. If im not mistaken kevin mastsunaga and bernard lorenzo.

Merry Christmas to you both

Wow Kevin your bike is coming out sweet. And for building your first bike you're doing great.. You should take your cables to your local bike shop so they can put the right housing ends you need my brother... Also thanks for the stickers and I'll be sending you a picture of where I put them on my bike..... Keep them videos coming...

As I sit and wait for my cranks to be shipped as well I feel the need to see if my 'Vendetta' brand bottom bracket goes in easy, or hard. I'll reply to this when I get around to test fitting it. Great video, guys! 😎👍

I like this build. Looking really good! I like the all black tires on the blue rims. Not digging the seat and seatpost though. Same color but maybe a different brand(?). Thanks for another fun video!

Planet BMX had candy blue cranks last week. 5 sets I believe? Sold out within a few hours!! Hope you had a set on hold!! Check out the SE Vee Rubber cub tires. That's what I had on those 20" wheels I sent you a picture of last week. The side wall is black, tires are blue and they look awesome on Black or Blue rims! Love those hubs! I just received a set last week with some Technique Pedals. Took advantage of there 20% off Holiday sale! Bike is coming along nicely!!

Kevin and Berine may you and your family and your viewers have a great Christmas ⛄🎄

The blue & red color combo is lookin’ real good ! 💙❤️ You can get axle safety washer for your forks at Porkchop BMX. They come silver so you will have to spray paint. 🤙🏽

That's what I'm talking about! Wheels are sexy! Also, therein lies the non-uniformity of bicycle parts. There are several sizes of cable end caps. You're probably off a size and by just mm. Crazy stuff. That's why I order all sizes for my builds just in case. Anyway, also another tip if you haven't done it before, toe-in your pads to prevent any squealing. Just slide a credit card on the rear of the pads and tighten down. Loving the build guys!

Just built a Bassett Star Cruiser from PeddlePower BMX this month and have the same exact wheel and hub setup with same exact colors even 😮 I put red comp 3 tires with tan side walls on my build, with blue alligator seat!

Happy Holidays Guys. 🎅

With those pedals your saying a profile freewheel is next level?😳😂😂

Pretty cool bike. Only thing I would change is the tires and put some nice skinwall panaracers on those nice blue wheels. A blue Brooks Cambium with red Crivits would be the topping of the cake 😊👍🏻

I ordered a Tap Set to have on hand. The set I went with is from Japan and appears to be high quality according to the Comments. Part # C-402 (Hozan Brand) Amazon was cheaper than Ebay but hard to find them on Amazon! I e-mailed you the link. Hope that helps! $88 and change on Amazon - $104 and up on E-Bay. (Same Brand)

A: imo never enough grease 😅 B: used my lunch break to install an MCS BB on my bike today. Feeling fantastic now! Enjoying the build! Edit: i did not have any issues like that getting mine installed today. Smooth as butter on mine.

Looking awesome and those wheels came out great! Mine are on order can’t wait!! Having the same exact issue with the MCS BB and I don’t want to force it. I’m thinking maybe the frame? I went with the MCS as I’ve used it several times without any issues. Brakes; went with Technique BMX Hookers, now looking for pads!

They sell those white industry freewheels in 16t with a blue line and 17t with red line going around it

Red sharpie will fix that scratch

I can sometimes tell by looking at the threads

kevin need to take a second and breath.. NO PRESSURE though hahahah

Beautiful bike but how are you gonna use those brakes on that bike without them rubbing off all that nice anodizing. The only way i can think of is to maybe go with some disk brakes. Yeah with that brake line i more then likely would have just stuck two black zip ties or some blue velcro strips and called it a day 😃 But the bike so far looks awesome!! Can't wait to see this one complete with the cranks and pedals. I love those Skyway pedals!! Keep up the good work you guys!😃🤙

I had the exact same issue with the MCS bottom brackets, they just would not screw in, swapped them out for some Profile versions and they went straight in, maybe MCS's tolerances are a bit looser?

New video posted just for you 😎

Hey guys great video I love the dogs it just adds something to the video. I'm curious as to what you guys height is and could you please do some vids on bike sizing. I'm 5'10 260 lbs and I'm looking to get a 24" stolen with 21.75 toptube. thanks love you guys.

Gum wall tires would look good

Kevin are you going to ride your bike once it is built or is it just for Special occasion rides

After cutting your forks do you really need to grease it? I may be wrong, but I don't think CroMo rusts which is why it's used in airplanes. Anybody out there know for sure?

Love the bike but to dark for my taste

Isn’t there tires black and a red line

How about when you cut the cable it gets crimped a little 😅 I was thinking the other day of taking an old cable or piece of welding rod and putting it in the housing before cutting it to help the keep the housing from getting crushed as much. Might be cool to find blue brake cable ferrules. I have blue SE Cub with tan walls on my 1996 mongoose expert pro 24 inch they definitely aren’t as clean as black tires but not as bad as other colored tires. Only problem is that they only seen to come in black wall but that might look cool and tie in with the seat. I just want to say thanks showing how it really goes when building a bike. I’d rather watch 10 videos of what actually with challenges that one of everything going together like legos. Keep them coming. Hope you have a merry Christmas and that the kids at least get a couple of cool stocking stuffers 😂