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Mike Paquette
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I have set up this channel for people new to, or experienced, in mountain biking. I will review MTB products, show local trail systems, and give my opinions/ experience as I progress my own MTB journey. For all product review requests please email mjrpaq@gmail.com and I will respond as soon as possible, thank you.
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Email: Mjrpaq@gmail.com
Feel Free to follow along on:
TikTok: @mikemtbs
Strava: Mike Paquette
Instagram: @mjrpaquette
Email: Mjrpaq@gmail.com
How to Replace Tubeless Rim Tape
I had an OTB incident on memorial day and ended up fracturing my left thumb and getting a partial tear on some ligaments in my left hand. Since then it's been a long road to recovery but I am just thankful that I will not have to have surgery. Over the next 2 months or so I will be healing up and getting ready for some major changes to the channel. I will be back full force in the near future. For this video; it's a how to for changing your rim tape for your tubeless tire set-up on your bike. Thanks for watching!
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#rockshox #rockshox35gold #35gold #lowers #forkservice #mtb #maintenance #travel #ebike #Bulls #bullsebike #bullsbikesusa #assembly #compilation #maryland #shimano #bedding #brakes
#rotors #brakepads #stopthesqueal #SRAM #Chainring #DUB #chain #tubeless
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How to replace a bike chain | SRAM Eagle GX 12 speed chain replacement |
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It's time to replace the chain on my bike. Today we will go through how to do a simple chain replacement using the existing chain as a guide. #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #nature #gunpowder #trailbike #enduro #mountainbike #mountains #local #maryland #lgp #trance #md #flow #gopro #ixs #maxxistire #mtbpov #rockshox #35 Gold #Rockshox35Gold #ixs #mtb #giantbikes #allmountain #mtblife #jerusal...
SRAM Chainring Replacement | X-Sync 2 Chainring | Installation Tips and Tricks
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It was time to replace the stock Sram X-Sync 2 chainring on my Giant Trance so I figured why not make a video to show some tips and tricks on how to have a successful installation. The most important part of the install is making sure you purchase the correct offset and tooth count for your front chainring. If you go with a higher tooth count you should check to see if you have clearance from y...
How to stop brake squeal | MTB rotor and brake pad service | Glazed and Confused
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Squealing brakes suck, literally, losing braking power can be dangerous. Lets check out a good way to stop the squeal from a bad bed in or light contamination. An extra note to this video: if you get oil on your brake pads then there is almost no saving the pads as they are porous and the oil will soak throughout the entire brake pad (you can try to burn the pads to get the oil out with fire, b...
SRAM NX Cassette Install | Budget MTB Cassette Upgrade | SRAM SX to NX
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Today we are removing the stock SRAM SX cassette on my mountain bike and installing, the budget upgrade, an NX cassette in its place. This video will show you how it's done. If you have any questions, please feel free to comments down below. Thanks for watching!
Fox Kabolt X Axle Install | MTB Nightmare | Stolen Bike
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In this video we will be installing a Fox Kabolt X Axle. Were removing the stock QR Axle because i would like to feel a little more comfortable leaving the bike on the bike rack when I go into a store or when I'm away from the bike. You can follow this procedure for other manufacturer's axle's as well for all different types of mountain bike forks. Buy the Kabolt X: thelostco.com/products/2021-...
Favorite Trail Rides of 2023
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With all the rain we have been having on the weekends I figured I would make a compilation video of my favorite trails that I rode last year. I have included the Parks and Trail names in the lower left hand corner of their respective clips. Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching! #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #nature #gunpowder #trailbike #enduro #mountainbike #mountains #local #ma...
Bulls Copperhead EVO AM4 750 Unbox and Build | Bulls Copperhead Unboxing | Build a Bike
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What's in the box!!! It's build an e-bike day, and we're featuring the Bulls Copperhead EVO AM4 750 E-Bike. My friend Johnny purchased this bike and was kind enough to let me put it together for him. The components on this bike really shine along with the price tag on the bike. With Bulls Bikes, it seems you get good value for your investment! #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #nature #gunpowder...
Fox 36 Factory Grip 2 Setup | Suspension Bracketing | Suspension Setup
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The new fork is installed and it's time to set up the front fork. I set my sag on the fork to 20% per Fox's recommendation. In this vide we will go over the process of bracketing and how it's incredibly helpful in setting up suspension and remembering what you did to make the fork feel so good. This process can be used for setting up any suspension fork or rear shock. #fox #foxracing #fox36 #fo...
Fox Factory 36 Grip 2 Install Video | Removing Rockshox 35 Gold | Fox 36 Factory Install Day!!!
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Today we will be removing a Rockshox 35 Gold RL front fork and replacing it with a Fox Factory 36 with the Grip 2 damper. I am super excited to share this video with you and hope you enjoy it! #fox #foxracing #fox36 #foxfactory #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #nature #gunpowder #trailbike #enduro #mountainbike #mountains #local #maryland #lgp #trance #md #flow #gopro #ixs #maxxistire #mtbpov #...
Rockshox 35 Gold 4 years later | What you should know | The final Rockshox 35 Gold RL Review
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After riding the Rockshox 35 gold fork for 4 years, it's time to do a final review. The fork has held up to abuse throughout the years and is still functioning as designed (for the most part). I have heard that rockshox has made some changes to the 35 since 2022 and that the fork feels better now. This video is an account of my experience owning the fork. If you have any questions about the for...
How to Patch a Bicycle Tube in Under 2 Minutes
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Quick video showing how to patch a bicycle tube. Any patch kit will work and some have extra steps involved. I chose the most common and simple way to patch a bicycle innertube. Hope this is helpful and hope you have a great day! #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #nature #gunpowder #trailbike #enduro #mountainbike #mountains #local #maryland #lgp #trance #md #flow #gopro #ixs #maxxistire #mtbpov...
Can the Vitus E Sommet Climb? Vitus E Sommet Ride Review Part Deux
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There are certain trails that I hate to climb. Will the Vitus E Sommet VR make it fun to ride my most disliked uphill? Watch to find out! Link to purchase a Vitus bike: www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/b/vitus Link to Vitus E-Sommet VR: vitusbikes.com/products/vitus-e-sommet-297-vr-mountain-bike-2022 follow my rides on strava www.strava.com/athletes/33427363 #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #natu...
Vitus E Sommet VR bike check & ride | Vitus E-Sommet Review | EMTB POV
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A big enduro MTB on steroids... it's Electric! The Vitus E-Sommet VR EMTB is very capable and powerful with more than enough oomph for big climbing days and a plush, controlled, descent down. A big shout out to Johnny W. for letting me demo his new bike and make a review for CZcams. Spoiler alert...I love this bike! Link to purchase a Vitus bike: www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/b/vitus Link to V...
Palmer State Park MTB Guide
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Let's go explore Palmer State Park! follow my rides on strava www.strava.com/athletes/33427363 #mtb #mtblife #giantbikes #trail #nature #gunpowder #trailbike #enduro #mountainbike #mountains #local #maryland #lgp #trance #md #flow #gopro #ixs #maxxistire #mtbpov #rockshox #35 Gold #Rockshox35Gold #mtb #giantbikes #allmountain #mtblife #jerusalem #trail #pov #gopro #nature #littlegunpowder #mary...
Back at Jerusalem Mill! I forgot how great it is! | MTB POV
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Back at Jerusalem Mill! I forgot how great it is! | MTB POV
Best Budget MTB Brake Upgrade | Shimano BR MT-420 Upgrade. Better Rotors and Brake Pads
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Best Budget MTB Brake Upgrade | Shimano BR MT-420 Upgrade. Better Rotors and Brake Pads
Chasing Diamonds @ Pocahontas State Park
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Chasing Diamonds @ Pocahontas State Park
Kat Rides Pocahontas | Pocahontas State Park Mountain Biking
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Kat Rides Pocahontas | Pocahontas State Park Mountain Biking
Pocahontas State Park MTB has something for everyone! | Maixmum Flow | MTB POV
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Pocahontas State Park MTB has something for everyone! | Maixmum Flow | MTB POV
SRAM GX Shifter Install | Comparison to SX
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SRAM GX Shifter Install | Comparison to SX
Stuck MTB Tire with Cushcore | Tips and Tricks to Remove MTB Tire | Last Resort MTB Hacks
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Stuck MTB Tire with Cushcore | Tips and Tricks to Remove MTB Tire | Last Resort MTB Hacks
Specialized Stumpjumper Evo Comp 2023 | Overview and Ride
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Specialized Stumpjumper Evo Comp 2023 | Overview and Ride
Giant Contact Switch Dropper Post Cable Replacement | Dropper Post Repair
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Giant Contact Switch Dropper Post Cable Replacement | Dropper Post Repair
Misadventures and a Polygon Siskiu D6 | Riding with Friends @ Little Gunpowder State Park
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Misadventures and a Polygon Siskiu D6 | Riding with Friends @ Little Gunpowder State Park
Beating the Rain at LGP! Short MTB Loop after work.
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Beating the Rain at LGP! Short MTB Loop after work.
Awesome Trails at Susquehanna State Park! | Surprise Flow, Tech, and Chunk.
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Awesome Trails at Susquehanna State Park! | Surprise Flow, Tech, and Chunk.
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Looks great Dawn!
GX is very good. Very reliable. I’ve owned GX, X01, and XX1. The latter 2 have a more pronounced tactile feel on clicks but really, GX is more than good enough.
its easy after the firsrt try
Ehm ... you advised to clean the calipers/pistons in the caliper with oil. And you didnt advise to clean the calipers and the pistons with a brake cleaner afterwards. I'd correct that part if i were you. The oil part is completely unneccessary and life/limb/bone-dangerous. Just use a proper, inexpensive brake cleaner.
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nice video and nice bike!!! how much do you weight? and do you have some token inside? thanks.
Hi thanks so much! I'm about 170lbs and had 1 token installed
@@mikemtbs make sense.... i'm 160lbs and working on set the same fork (F36 factory 2021 vvc) @ 160mm travel , and i agree with you about lsr ( i read online that increase lsr increase compression, so the trick for less harsh feeling is to use lsr as open as you can) , so i'm : 75/77 psi , one token, lsr 12 / hsr 5 / lsc 12 / hsc fully open or just one clik from wide open. This is where i landed for the moment... not sure it's perfect yet I even tryed lsr all open and compensate a bit with more lsc....and seems to work... very less harsh feeling on the small/medium chatter
@XqDezzy10 very cool. It's nice to have all the options to really fine tune the ride. Enjoy your fork!!
@@mikemtbs just the last things, do you remains on the last setting posted in the video or, because the video is 6mth old, you have done some others changes?
@XqDezzy10 I've changed a bunch then went back to those settings
Hello. Thanks for a great video. I have a question. Is there a fork that would work or feel a decent amount better and still be somewhat affordable? I have a Roscoe 9 hardtail.
Absolutely, check out marzocchi z2
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I this a trance x or normal trance?
This is the normal trance 27.5. It's a 2020, so a year or so before they reintroduced the trance x
great tutorial, im going to try this for the first time this weekend. Ive bought an X01 shifter
Thanks for making the video. Really helpful 👍🏻
Thanks!
Woah! Thank you soo much!!! Your the first person to ever do that! You are awesome!!!
They make some really awesome and not much more expensive than regular C clip pliers that ratchet down and make it so you don't have to hold the tension on them when installing you just squeeze it down and it holds itself. Getting the back of the clip started first then working to the ends of the clip also helps. Another trick is to use a socket that goes over the shaft and inside the tube and use it to tap the seal back enough to show the C clip groove fully. Just some tricks from a heavy equipment mechanic.
Awesome, I appreciate the thoughts man!
Thank you!
Mike, Thanks for the demonstration! Where did you get the new gaskets and lubes?
Got them from a local bike shop. But you can get them online at jenson usa, worldwide cyclery, etc.
Please for the love of God, leave out the music, totally ruins and makes it unwatchable
Thanks mate, just put in a GX shifter myself. So much better than my NX. Good tutorial. 👍🏼
Enjoy your new shifter! Thanks for watching!
Good job! and thanks for the lovely video!
Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate you!
Next time hit the Chute after the jump line on Millstone! It's off the zero trail.
Will do!
7:13 for pedals I heard the easiest way to remember is just tighten by turning up and toward the front of the bike regardless of the side of the bike. Turn up and to the tail of the bike to loosen.
Yep you got it
Before the incident almost a year ago this seemed to be one of the safest places in the US. Doesn’t feel that way anymore.
Pedepress ?😮
Pedal press more control bicker fork me😅
Awesome video, I am upgrading my ebike from 203 to 220 and this video helped a lot.
Awesome! Super happy it helped!!
I love the birds in the background. Thanks for the video, great content.
Thank you!
I have 32mm inner rims and when I got 32mm tape it didn’t cover the entire thing because the rim dips down a little in the center so I had to get 32mm tape in order to cover it up completely
what's the location of the best trail head
Sorry it took a bit to get a reply for you. I prefer bottom road as there are lots of trails to choose from there. Gps bottom rd steel Bridge lgp white trail for address.
back sound is to loud
Thanks for letting me know.
Just found your channel, actually was looking for info to service the Rockshox 35 gold that came on my Giant Trance. I am a Giant fan (pun intended) I couldn't agree more about your views on Giant and the Trance models, they are wonderful bikes. I have a different model the Trance X 29 3 but had the two same issues. I broke the SX derailleur, very soon after purchasing it when a small twig broke the plastic ripping it off my bike, which I replaced with NX and have had no issues for a couple years now. The next weak points are the shock and fork since I have the lowest level 3 build. But I have ridden it with them for years and the bike is still very capable, local trail riding to Snowshoe bike park. My sons started with 2019 27.5 aluminum Trances and loved them. Sadly, they were stolen but we liked the Trances so much and they each got 2022 27.5 Trance X 1. Still aluminum but with upgraded suspensions, Fox 36 Grip2 160 and Fox Float X 145 shocks. The improved suspension makes the bike that was so good even better. Made me realize how bad my shock is and that at a minimum I need to see if I could improve it, anyway great channel keep posting, looks like you have a bunch of great videos I need to check out.
Thank you so much!!!! Glad to hear your a giant fan as well. The trance is a great bike!!
Я из России, купил себе в апреле этого года Rock Shox 35 Gold с ходом вилки 140mm , не вздумайте лить масло в демфер 5w, на такой вязкости эта вилка не регулируется это просто ужас какой-то , молотит в одном положении отскок ,нериально отрегулировать нормально отскок, залил масло синтетику 15w вязкостью и о Боже вилка начала работать как надо))
Oh 😱 sorry man... Injuries are the worst bummer in this sport. I broke my radius June 2023 I had surgery 21th of july, August I was back on the bike but last march I crashed into a guy at the pump track now my hip won't stop hurting. Part of the game apparently 😅
Oof, so sorry to hear about your hip. I hope it gets better for you! I think we all love riding so much that we just keep getting back on the bike. I'm looking forward to taking it easy and working my way back on the trails. Will be nice to use my thumb again too lol. Have a great day!
The weirdest thing about that steel chainring is that mine rounded quite fast, I replaced it with a 7075 aluminium 30t goldix chinese chainring and it's still perfectly sharp with about double the distances on it. Steel shouldn't wear that fast 🤔 *I did clean the threads and put red locktite, when I removed the stock chainring it was the same as the GX cranks I have there's a drop on each screw. Idk if I did wrong or not we'll see next replacement 😅
my rockshox gold rl 130mm can i extent it 160mm?
Yes you can. Remove the alltravel spacers. With all of the spacers gone the fork will be 160mm. You may have to add oil to the compression leg to make up the difference in travel length. But it is all possible.
Does it come with a sleeve for the cable or just the bare cable?
Hi, It only comes with the cable...no sleeve.
Golden bike, nice but gold is heavy...
How fast can you go up the hill?
I really like the way you were stroking that lube on the axle! 😂 I just picked up a trance x elite that has a fox fork with the pinch bolt and kabolt axle. News to me but thanks for the video to clear things up….. on how to stroke the kabolt!!
lol lots of practice haha. Glad the video helps!
Hi bro Ive the same fork Im facing a problem My fork has a little play on left side bushings Is it a mejor problem? My extensions are fine
Depends on the definition of little. Next time u service take it to a specialist to check. Might be a warranty. Hard to be specific without seeing it in person.
Even though I'm servicing a different fork, there are lots of little tips that other videos don't have. Thank you!
Thank you!
Nce ride review. Im confused about one thing though, the suspension controls, where are they?
They are on the top and bottom of the right fork leg. Shock has controls on top section of it.
@@mikemtbs this bike is more downhill oriented right?
It is a little more than a trail bike
Не протереть штаны от стружки... И собирать на улице где ветер, пыль и песок, да вам только пружино эластамерные с ногами 28мм обслуживать)
What are the psi settings? Thanks
Depends on your weight. But I was riding around 60psi
Thanks for the video, got the same swap this weekend because the SX shifter will not fit the Shimano M6100 brake levers on the brakes I'm switching to, seems the NX and GX shifters have a clamp with the bolt at the bottom so should be fine.
read the manual DM-MBBR001-04 page 8 You must not use the Disc brake mount adapter in combination with the SM-RT86. It is strictly prohibited.
Thanks for the heads up. Everyone look at this guy's post
I researched into this. With some centerlock to 6 bolt rotors you are unable to use the adapter as the metal center flange is milled too thick so the bolts won't fully tighten to the rotor. Thanks for bringing it up for clarification. Also in some applications the rotor is too close to the fork leg and rubbing may occur between the brake caliper adapter and the rotor. More info if your interested on reddit forums.
Great video, very enjoyable to watch! I just got a new bike, the AT2024, my first bike since getting back into biking. I went all out and got everything I wanted. However, it came with the Fit 4 Damper on the Fox 38s, 170mm LSR top and bottom, with the 3-switch compression (fully open, medium, and closed). It's quite stiff, but I've been riding shocks all my life until an accident, and to be honest, I'm very impressed with how the Fit 4 Damper is tuned! I will be looking to get the new X or X2 Damper at some point, though. I think it's good enough for what I need it to do right now! There's still a lot of adjustment in the Fit 4; it's quite impressive. My friend at the track has the Grip 2 Damper, and he's always getting that set up, same with the Float X. I might swap mine for an X2, but it's a brand-new bike. I've already gotten rid of the carbon bars and 50mm stem in favor of a 35mm Burgtec high-rise 38s. It feels a lot better! Already I think the low 25mm bars I was to far over the front on them feels made for the bikenthese burgtec bars so given these ago this summer and see what's next!
The fit4 damper is great! I hope you enjoy your new bike!!!
Another great vid. Thanks man. Saving these for future reference. BTW rad bike!
Thanks man! Have a great day