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Thank you very much!

You're welcome!

@EriebyCycle You 2 are the champs at trash finds! Idk what it is but you two strike gold every time lol

@@billywood9717 I think Chris has me beat- to be fair.

Its ridiculous. I just sold the F&F to Beach Bike Warehouse. They are going to build it for a customer who is 7’8”.

@ReferenceBicycle 7'8"? That guy's in the wrong sport. Lol

It’s like a 12” head tube. Ridiculous!

10”. I was compelled to measure it.

@ReferenceBicycle never seen one like it before. Very unique find

Dude! Thank you as always!

@ReferenceBicycle absolutely love seeing what you find, mate!

That’s awesome! Thanks for the comment too!

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for checking it out. Cheers

That’s a killer project! Thank you!🙏

I built this for my daughter, so I spent way more than on most of the builds in my other videos. There is probably USD $500 in new parts. Used parts were all from my inventory. I hope this helps. Thank you for reaching out!

Thank you, Josh!

A Prince Albert would be a bit much for CZcams.

Cutting them off risks damage to the bars. I hate seeing gouged bars from someone using a box cutter to remove grips.

Definitely gotta keep an eye out for gear stealers. I wouldn’t want to cross Channing either! Thanks for checking out the video!

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Good tip!

Nice! Unfortunately I can’t remember the details of that stem or bars. This bike was sold shortly after it was built. Best of luck with your build!

Material is removed from the braking surface every time the brakes are applied. The amount of material this method removes barely impacts rim life beyond normal wear. This is why manufacturers such as Mavic sell their own branded sanding blocks for this purpose. Will it wear out “quicker”? I guess that depends on your definition. Thanks for watching.

This was to mount a two-piece, high rise motocross bar on a single pinch stem. Bicycle specific one-piece riser bars are available in a variety of clamp diameters. Easy enough to put a riser bar with a 25.4 clamp diameter on this stem, but I wanted to show an 7/8” (22.2) MX bar installation. I didn’t have to pry open the stem to remove the bar on this bike, but I did use a pry bar to open the stem for inserting the shims and positioning the bars. Use the same method, gently. If they are still stuck, you may have a galvanic corrosion situation (I.e. steel bars in an aluminum stem), and will have to use force to break that bond.

@@ReferenceBicycle Ok, got it, thanks. I do now see that you widened the gap slightly before dealing with the shims. So, you only did that to make it a bit easier right? In theory, the width of the new bar plus shims should have exactly fit in the original 25.4mm gap. But how did you widen the gap without damaging the metal? Just a simple pry bar of some sort? Seems like a lot of force would be needed.

Yes, just to make it easier. It barely takes any force. It only needs a tiny amount of clearance.

I’ll add that it’s very easy to damage an aluminum stem with a steel pry bar or screw driver. You need to use finesse and be careful where you place the pry bar, and how much force you apply.

@@ReferenceBicycle ok, good. I'm a weak girly man! 😊

Glad you like it! You can remove the pinch bolt completely, and carefully pry the the relief open just enough to release the bars. I do have a video that shows how to change bars on a single pinch stem: czcams.com/video/6407HAH528A/video.htmlsi=N3G0uXYO84oBNsRH

@@ReferenceBicycle Cool! Thanks! I'll check it out. ...<5 minutes later> That's pretty much exactly what I'm aiming to do!

Excellent! Thanks for checking out my videos. 🙏

Patience and making sure that the rollers are in the same plane as each other. Those are the most important, but there are a ton of other small details that help. I I’ll get a full video up this summer. Thanks for checking it out!

@@ReferenceBicycle thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks Josh. All is well here, and I wish the same for you!

Honestly, they find me!

@@ReferenceBicycle 🤣

I’m glad it helped. Thank you!

They are heavy beasts, but beasts nonetheless. Great bikes. Take care!

Correct. You definitely need rim tape or a rim strip (or even electrical tape in a pinch), or you risk in inner tube puncture from head side of the nipples. I don’t recommend leaving it out. Thanks!

@@ReferenceBicycle okay, good to know. Specially when im shortly before rebuilding a Bike myself. Thank you very much and keep up the nice videos

Thank you!