LOW geared bike can tow and climb like a beast! Is this stupid or genius?

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  • We built a custom 74 tooth cog, and mated it to a 24 tooth direct mount chainring. The result was one of the slowest mountain bikes ever made. The gear was so low that we could barely keep the bike upright while riding it. What can it tow? Does it climb well? Find out today on Berm Peak!
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  • @JaredRMorgan
    @JaredRMorgan Pƙed 2 lety +3763

    You’re about 10 years ahead of Sram and Shimano with this one.

  • @pipolchamp8205
    @pipolchamp8205 Pƙed 2 lety +4824

    now switch the cog and chainring and we'll watch you fly to jupiter in just 3 pedal strokes

    • @cameronjacobi9211
      @cameronjacobi9211 Pƙed 2 lety +238

      I don't think you would be able to pedal! it would probably be scraping and tearing up the road!

    • @AvengerSho
      @AvengerSho Pƙed 2 lety +127

      old track bikes go up to 104 teeth

    • @mtbsareprettycool9826
      @mtbsareprettycool9826 Pƙed 2 lety +90

      @@cameronjacobi9211 3:1 isn’t that big a gear tho

    • @rong1924
      @rong1924 Pƙed 2 lety +26

      There's a bike in the Mountain Bike Museum in Marin like that. Crazy.

    • @rfldss89
      @rfldss89 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      Check out time trial bikes 😀

  • @quantumphaser
    @quantumphaser Pƙed 2 lety +1048

    Right idea, wrong frame.
    This needs to go on a Trike for stability. That would work well and you can add ballast.

    • @wojakol8898
      @wojakol8898 Pƙed rokem +22

      @Thomas B i need horse

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce Pƙed rokem +15

      Needs a Bakfiets, or cargo bike

    • @Himechinachae
      @Himechinachae Pƙed rokem +6

      @@wobblysauce what are you, Dutch?

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce Pƙed rokem

      @@Himechinachae Not I

    • @big_bird8597
      @big_bird8597 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

      right? i went to see done with wider tires as well

  • @arturos.l.2248
    @arturos.l.2248 Pƙed 2 lety +231

    5:42 This is the first time I’ve seen someone do a burnout on a bicycle and I’m impressed

    • @Shaun-hp2yz
      @Shaun-hp2yz Pƙed rokem

      i can do it sort of

    • @khiladi3409
      @khiladi3409 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +3

      I've done it in my apartment lmaoo

    • @christopherperez9845
      @christopherperez9845 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +5

      It’s pretty easy on not great surfaces like that sorta gravel he was in. But you it’s between that and a wheelie if you have traction.

  • @sir9678
    @sir9678 Pƙed 2 lety +747

    On a tandem, you’d have the weight and leverage to keep the wheels down, as well as extra pulling power.

    • @tarzaan2603
      @tarzaan2603 Pƙed 2 lety +77

      đŸ˜ČđŸ˜ČđŸ˜ČđŸ˜ČđŸ˜ČđŸ˜ČđŸ˜Č DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

    • @tarzaan2603
      @tarzaan2603 Pƙed 2 lety +33

      SETH PLEASE DO IT!!

    • @ajhylton
      @ajhylton Pƙed 2 lety +18

      Tandem tow bike!

    • @mortarriding3913
      @mortarriding3913 Pƙed 2 lety +14

      Tandem fat bike!

    • @gilesdavis396
      @gilesdavis396 Pƙed 2 lety +19

      Make it a tandem trike for the balance as well

  • @thomasbenito274
    @thomasbenito274 Pƙed 2 lety +2036

    I've been around Seth's channel for 4 years and this is the first time I've heard him laugh like a maniac with his creation and I'm loving it 😂😂

    • @Moonman_05
      @Moonman_05 Pƙed 2 lety +16

      Facts

    • @maxdyson673
      @maxdyson673 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      go to the video where seth explodes a tubeless tire

    • @noroadz3251
      @noroadz3251 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Same gear bud! That laugh lol

    • @marcalvarez4890
      @marcalvarez4890 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I want to subscribe to a channel of just people making this laugh.
      The "Im shocked that this is working!" laugh.

    • @Cosm1cCream
      @Cosm1cCream Pƙed 2 lety

      Lol I used to watch him then this monstrosity popped up in my recommendations and I couldn't stop thinking about the thumbnail so I had to come back to it. It's like a few hours after i first seen it lol

  • @0xEmmy
    @0xEmmy Pƙed 2 lety +57

    Ok, so what would it take to make a tractorcycle practical?
    - Moving the mount higher would enable the bike to tip backwards under load instead of forwards, improving the traction of the rear tire. Keeping the mount where it is, will improve steering. Ideally a system will be available to move the mount around the center of mass for ideal control
    - Training wheels, a trike, or wider tires would provide zero-speed stability
    - A rigid tow line would enable the bike to provide braking as well as acceleration, but increases the risk of getting run over.
    - The drivetrain needs to be redesigned. If its structural components deform in a few hours of screwing around, it won't survive practical use.
    - Selectable gears would improve the range of speeds and loads a single tractorcycle can handle.
    IDK

    • @zanderdev57
      @zanderdev57 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +4

      More improvements, add a mantis claw shaped frame to it with a hinge on the front where the fork connects. The long back will have a rail system that will allow the seat to be moved, which should solve the ballast problem if you move it foreward, and then once you are done towing you can slide it back as need be. The front hinge which holds the fork can be moved front to back as well for optimizing the distance between the hips and furthest pedal so you can maximize your power output/further tweak the ballast. Weight is a non-issue here considering the sheer torque this system has. Idk how a tricycle would be implemented though, either standard or reversed with two weels in front/1 in back, and if it is best to power the single weel or the double wheels

    • @liamwhite527
      @liamwhite527 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      Nerd

  • @bombdiggitydave3881
    @bombdiggitydave3881 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I have wanted to CNC a custom sprocket of this magnitude but never had the brass nuts to follow it thru. Thank you for answering a 30 year old question. Fun to watch you all do this, however painful and expensive to execute. Cheers!

  • @dreamerx23
    @dreamerx23 Pƙed 2 lety +517

    Kevin is worth his weight in gold. Never lose that man

    • @Warfer24
      @Warfer24 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      That says something, that man is big! But agree with you!

    • @jayesh5131
      @jayesh5131 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@Warfer24 He is a nice friend to Seth and Oscar 😊

    • @louiefriesen
      @louiefriesen Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Worth more than his weight in gold... Infinitely more...

  • @Tristoo
    @Tristoo Pƙed 2 lety +1758

    guy with a 3:1 reduction: "this thing is gonna be geared like a tractor"
    tractor with 400:1 reduction: "you'll get there"

    • @brendanblab7508
      @brendanblab7508 Pƙed 2 lety +241

      Imagine having to turn the pedals 400 times just to turn the wheels once

    • @Christian.987
      @Christian.987 Pƙed 2 lety +35

      @@brendanblab7508 you still move but slow

    • @desirefusion532
      @desirefusion532 Pƙed 2 lety +101

      @@Christian.987 you wouldn’t be able to keep your balance you’d be moving too slowly

    • @CynHicks
      @CynHicks Pƙed 2 lety +105

      @@desirefusion532 Training wheels...

    • @desirefusion532
      @desirefusion532 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      @@CynHicks he’s a fully grown man


..

  • @JoEy-od9co
    @JoEy-od9co Pƙed rokem +39

    id love to see how that rear gear would fair on a motorized bicycle

    • @DragondekaTS020
      @DragondekaTS020 Pƙed rokem +5

      It'd be a wheelie machine and that's about it. Roughly one mph difference per tooth at the drive wheel. I want to say the engine crank has a 10t gear output, the clutch has a 40t input, the clutch output is 10t. Stock most kits are 44t for the final drive.
      My bike does 35mph with a 36t final drive on a 26inch wheel and the engines turning around 6500rpm. I can't find my old gearing calculator or I'd get you a better number

    • @TimpBizkit
      @TimpBizkit Pƙed rokem

      I think my Bafang BBS02b would top out about walking pace but have gobs of torque and wouldn't bog down much on just about any hill.

  • @riskyraccon6475
    @riskyraccon6475 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    I used to watch you a couple years ago when I was really into mountain biking, recently wanted to get back on the trails to get healthy and tried to find your channel again but I couldn’t! Low and behold, you show up on my recommended the next day!! Glad to find ya!

  • @forzacrowd6670
    @forzacrowd6670 Pƙed 2 lety +195

    That was the most terrifying "doing something little different but kinda the same" I have already heard

  • @BazilRat
    @BazilRat Pƙed 2 lety +474

    "This is pointless"
    Everyone who tries it giggles like a schoolchild.
    Nah mate, the point is it's a giggle. It's fun, who cares?

    • @kanekopoint4273
      @kanekopoint4273 Pƙed 2 lety +13

      i think a setup with this and a faster gear once you get up to speed it would be great for a van or bus type pedal car

    • @BazilRat
      @BazilRat Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@kanekopoint4273 You're not wrong.

    • @monkeysuncle2816
      @monkeysuncle2816 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      Also: anyone who's ridden the Horrible Hundred in WI or the Hilly Hundred in IN.

  • @ArsyynalHTX
    @ArsyynalHTX Pƙed 14 dny

    One of the great videos I've seen. If you've never tried to tow or pull anything with a bike in your child hood (or adulthood), you have not lived. This is nostalgic beyond belief. Great fun video, thanks!

  • @thepiedish903
    @thepiedish903 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +1

    Im not sure why but ive been subscribed for a while now and this is the first time ive seen this. This gives me flashbacks as a kid when we hooked the wagon up to our bikes pulling them around.

  • @warriorsmustang1784
    @warriorsmustang1784 Pƙed 2 lety +810

    "Hey I got my car stuck can you tow me out"
    "Yeah sure ill be right over"
    _Rides in on a bicycle_

  • @whywhatwhenwherewow
    @whywhatwhenwherewow Pƙed 2 lety +527

    Use a tandem, add slots to carry removable weights on the frame, training wheels, and use a crankset with a front derailleur to give yourself 2 or 3 speeds (one of which is even slower/higher torque than this one). Still not very useful, but way cooler (could actually do all the towing you tried to with this one).

    • @MinecraftManSteav
      @MinecraftManSteav Pƙed 2 lety +27

      Add a seat belt so you can apply greater force to the crank

    • @davonmulder8458
      @davonmulder8458 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      yes

    • @julianbrelsford
      @julianbrelsford Pƙed 2 lety +1

      He was basically doing "burnouts" at a bunch of points in this video because the weight on the rear (drive) wheel was too little compared to the weight he was towing. So yeah, need that ballast. Pretty silly.

    • @PlannedMayhem
      @PlannedMayhem Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@MinecraftManSteav or use those fancy cleats the lycra rangers use on their road bikes?

    • @Lysergic_
      @Lysergic_ Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@julianbrelsford and a fat tire in the back

  • @sidlori1592
    @sidlori1592 Pƙed rokem +3

    Actually did this in our backyard quite a few times...cobbling bike parts together and reversing the gears. Dubbed the result "Slo-Ped bikes"...they were somewhat handy for pulling wooden carts (with bicycle wheels) that we'd load up with 250-300lbs of hay and haul to the barn. Traction obviously becomes the issue when you've only got a single drive wheel though ;-)
    First one or so we actually Dremeled out the inside of the large sprocket to fit the proper sprocket mounting on the wheel--but then we later just got lazy and stuck the gear into the wheel mounting (bypassing the ratchet) and had a "Johnny one-popper" where you could pedal the bike--slowly--with a single foot. Of course, this had the side effect of unscrewing the sprocket if you tried to slow the bike down with the pedals ;-).
    Good times.

  • @lifeisgood12341
    @lifeisgood12341 Pƙed rokem +5

    I want so see custom bike towing competitions. Really wild stuff getting made then doing some standard tests/competitions

  • @SuperCupofcoffee
    @SuperCupofcoffee Pƙed 2 lety +396

    “Or you need a custom made bicycle that’s super long” seems like you got your next video right there :)

    • @thomasoneill6070
      @thomasoneill6070 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      Like a tandem?

    • @aminbrah2857
      @aminbrah2857 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@thomasoneill6070 No I think like 5 times longer than that😂

    • @geepuller1
      @geepuller1 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I've always thought about making a world record for "worlds longest mountain bike"

    • @MarcusNesbitt4
      @MarcusNesbitt4 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@thomasoneill6070 This is exactly what I was thinking

    • @123moof
      @123moof Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Get a Salsa Blackborow or Surly Big Fat Dummy.

  • @jackhanson6385
    @jackhanson6385 Pƙed 2 lety +360

    “Imagine a world where fitness is optional”
    My world
.

    • @jj182bass
      @jj182bass Pƙed 2 lety +9

      E bikes

    • @bobohunter1776
      @bobohunter1776 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@jj182bass based on his profile pic, DH

    • @MrSupermugen
      @MrSupermugen Pƙed 2 lety

      ebikes, i dont intend to get fit/lean i just wanna bomb the downhills, bike park or my ebike, the ebike is soo good and ive lost 25kg lol

    • @reboundrides8132
      @reboundrides8132 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@MrSupermugen nah ebikes are generally for people with more money than motivation

    • @Mark_badas
      @Mark_badas Pƙed 2 lety

      @@reboundrides8132 True

  • @martinmurar9316
    @martinmurar9316 Pƙed rokem +1

    There are a lot of great comments on how to make it work better, we wanna see it Seth!

  • @danielrose1392
    @danielrose1392 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Have seen a similar take on this which actually had a practical use and worked. A tricycle was used to reposition tool trailers. The nose weight of about 100kg provided the required traction.

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen123 Pƙed 2 lety +701

    This is amazing! I really think this could be a thing, not the 74T but maybe a 50T with an electric motor. It could be used as a really good cargo bike. Im trying to make a bike that can pull a small boat

    • @conman1395
      @conman1395 Pƙed 2 lety +26

      It's already a thing. There's quite a few cargo bikes out there with motors

    • @petrolmonkey6891
      @petrolmonkey6891 Pƙed 2 lety +14

      I have one of those 2 stroke bike kits on my iron horse, it pulls a double kayak trailer loaded with a days worth of gear no problem, even up some pretty big hills it's a breeze

    • @andresm6250
      @andresm6250 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      @@petrolmonkey6891 same. I have a 4 stroke tho with a 50 tooth and it tries to do wheelies at full throttle with a 200 pound load on it

    • @kidpiper9642
      @kidpiper9642 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      A hundred bucks for a bare minimum-effort chainring... Im in the wrong business

    • @GarryNichols
      @GarryNichols Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Even a 50t to 24t is a lower ratio than you could possibly need and be practical.

  • @cadethomas8036
    @cadethomas8036 Pƙed 2 lety +52

    for a science project that a buddy of mine did years ago he took all the spokes on his front wheel and made the center offset, we called it the bounce bike. If you put your feet on the front pegs and pumped you could move forward and if you went too fast then it started to bounce the front really aggressively. Would love to see you try something like that for fun!

  • @leonboesch7404
    @leonboesch7404 Pƙed rokem +3

    I absolutely love this Idea, but you HAVE to make a Part 2 with a 3 wheeled disability bike with 2 front tires. There are Cargo editions of those, that can hold ballast in the rear and front and ballance would be no problem any longer.

  • @crispyfilms3983
    @crispyfilms3983 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The murder machine! I thought this thing was long gone. Good to see it still bringing smiles.

  • @sampennington2808
    @sampennington2808 Pƙed 2 lety +146

    imagine playing frisbee with that 😭

  • @VlogEpicness
    @VlogEpicness Pƙed 2 lety +642

    This is an old school Seth Bike Hacks video đŸ‘ŒđŸ»

    • @perrytheplatypus1966
      @perrytheplatypus1966 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Why Arnt u verifyed

    • @caulkerballs
      @caulkerballs Pƙed 2 lety

      Why are you guys here?

    • @TimJorden506
      @TimJorden506 Pƙed 2 lety

      from what i remember they can choose whether they want to get verified or stay non-verified
      from what i remember :p

  • @crazzywolfie
    @crazzywolfie Pƙed rokem

    you went about doing this the hard way. when i was younger i used to do a lot of hauling with my bike and built a designated tow rig. running a smaller tire size in the rear helped a lot. i found for most of the stuff i moved a 24" tire did pretty good but there was the odd occasion i would run a 20" tire but the biggest issue with the 20" tire was top speed was not very high even in the fastest gear. it did have tons of torque. i could easily pull my trailer with 400lbs on it up the steepest slopes in town.

  • @525ftw
    @525ftw Pƙed 2 lety

    i love that you tested this! got my thinking though
what if you hacked up some frames to make a long wheelbase trike


  • @thomasoneill6070
    @thomasoneill6070 Pƙed 2 lety +44

    Please find a tandem to try the cog on towing a load - a long bicycle with way more weight forwards of the axle to not going to wheelie!
    Also you then have an eccentric bottom bracket to tension the chain!

    • @tarzaan2603
      @tarzaan2603 Pƙed 2 lety

      YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

  • @pstrap1311
    @pstrap1311 Pƙed 2 lety +329

    Put it on a trike. Preferably a fat tire trike for more traction. Maybe 20" wheels for an even lower gear ratio. With a delta trike you could put the tow line right to the rear axle and eliminate any tenancy for the front end to rise.

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius Pƙed 2 lety +37

      Even better, a reverse trike: two front wheels. Put more weight on the front. Another alternative to keep the front down is to put the hitch for the tow line below the rear axle, so that the tension and weight actually helps it plant the front wheel more firmly. Just not too low, or you might lose traction in the rear.

    • @capnplaidbeard
      @capnplaidbeard Pƙed 2 lety +14

      I don’t think the extra weight on the front is enough to offset the loss of traction from having only one wheel in the back instead of two. Maybe a standard trike with a weight rack on the front? Good idea with the lowered hitch though, that’s how most agricultural tractors do it.

    • @thenayancat8802
      @thenayancat8802 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      My thought exactly, a trike with a slightly less ridiculous ratio would be excellent

    • @jonrosengren1002
      @jonrosengren1002 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      Tractor hitches sit below the axel so that the weight of then implement actually pulls down on the front through torque around the axel. Just build a lever and that extends below the rear axel

    • @ahobimo732
      @ahobimo732 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      I'd actually really like to see someone make something like this. It would be less of a gimmick/joke, and more of an actual usable tool. Of course, it would still be an incredibly niche product and not practical for the kinds of things that people typically use bicycles for. But it would be a cool and interesting machine.

  • @Professional-truck-driver

    thanks for this video
    i am in a proces of making a skider log Winch. this video is in perfect time for me to understand the mecaniks of geers sistem
    thanks a ton

  • @G-C-G
    @G-C-G Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I would love to see this done again but with training wheels on the bike and see how the results change!

  • @ViktorSarge
    @ViktorSarge Pƙed 2 lety +142

    Fatbike would give more grip when towing, and three rings in the front would make it (slightly) more useful for actual biking.

    • @fullerblacksmithing7954
      @fullerblacksmithing7954 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      To have a front derailuer you also need a rear derailuer, which means the cage would be stupid long

    • @bakedbeanfanclub
      @bakedbeanfanclub Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@fullerblacksmithing7954 are you saying that like it's a bad thing? Smells like content to me 😎

  • @larssaam3170
    @larssaam3170 Pƙed 2 lety +170

    I love how small Seth's bike looks when Pat is riding it.

  • @shadystuntsofficial
    @shadystuntsofficial Pƙed 2 lety

    I’d love to see you’re reaction to stuntbike sprockets 😂 sick video 👏

  • @alpscarlett8897
    @alpscarlett8897 Pƙed 2 lety

    I love seths reaction to this

  • @jirivorobel942
    @jirivorobel942 Pƙed 2 lety +43

    A bit of practical use: I have an old tourer that I use - among everything else - for towing a 15' canoe. Nothing as fancy as your setup, just a triple with a 22, a wide-range cassette, and huge slick tires. I simply strap a dolly onto the canoe, throw paddles and lightweight gear inside, pour the heavier stuff into lowrider front bags, hitch the end of the canoe to an adapter on the rear rack, and head out. I have a nice 15km stretch of whitewater nearby, with a put-in 45 km upstream from home. Last time I rode 15 km upstream with the canoe in tow, met up with friends headed the same way in a car, locked my bike, threw the canoe on the car, paddled the 15 km of whitewater with them, then paddled the remaining 15 km of flatwater, retrieved my bike, towed the canoe back home, unhitched it, and rode to a pub to brag about it. But what I really need is a folding tandem that would fit inside a 17' canoe.

  • @IncroyablesExperiences
    @IncroyablesExperiences Pƙed 2 lety +606

    PI simplifies in the gear ratio calculation, no need :p

    • @workndrive
      @workndrive Pƙed 2 lety +10

      Ah bah tiens bonsoir 😉😉!

    • @oadka
      @oadka Pƙed 2 lety +20

      Yes we only need the number of teeth!

    • @brygry
      @brygry Pƙed 2 lety +44

      Exactly. It shows exactly how little he knows what he's talking about.

    • @lukakolman4817
      @lukakolman4817 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      PI is never in the equation for gear (gear and chain) ratios

    • @ThisGuyRides
      @ThisGuyRides Pƙed 2 lety +3

      You just need a pie sized gear

  • @sociallyawkwardguy7106
    @sociallyawkwardguy7106 Pƙed 2 lety

    Man.. I immediately sub, cuz I love this idea so much
    It's dumb yet so genius

  • @stuandy9518
    @stuandy9518 Pƙed 2 lety

    This is the greatest Seth Bike Hack's

  • @sageatom4719
    @sageatom4719 Pƙed 2 lety +81

    Can we just take a minute to appreciate that Seth basically put a modified ocular saw blade on his bike as a rear gear

  • @joblessalex
    @joblessalex Pƙed 2 lety +51

    I need this. My 50T isn't low enough for going straight up downhill tracks.

  • @northman77
    @northman77 Pƙed rokem

    Most of my hub were looking like this after half a season until XD came out. Well done, you make it happen in a very short distance 😂👌

  • @elpollitoloco_5223
    @elpollitoloco_5223 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +2

    3:46 when you were moving the wiimote & nunchuck too fast in wii sports resort in the bicicle game

  • @awolasap4554
    @awolasap4554 Pƙed 2 lety +82

    i feel like theres a life quote about how the climbs can’t get any easier.

  • @randolphmccartney5653
    @randolphmccartney5653 Pƙed 2 lety +116

    You really need to do this again as a trike with 20” rear wheels. That would be even more amazing!

    • @SenselessUsername
      @SenselessUsername Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Thought the same immediately --- even with this bike given this ground clearance, 20" would push him out of the start-up problems and give 40% additional torque versus 28"(28/20= 1.40). And the ballast would indeed be useful as long as it's put on the rear wheel --- on the rider's back or steering wheel only a fraction of that ballast does what you want, the majority just makes the job harder... but less than the small wheels I suspect. With trike then reposition seating to have maximal mass above rear axle.

    • @caardboard7236
      @caardboard7236 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      fr tho, bro forgot about training wheels the whole vid lol

    • @PsyKeks
      @PsyKeks Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Recumbent trike also has lower center of mass, so it should not lift the front as easily. Then you could position the anchor point higher to keep the rear wheel loaded to the maximum.
      Also I guess lower the anchor point on the towed vehicle, to have as much downward component as possible in the force from the strap to the bike.

    • @crazzywolfie
      @crazzywolfie Pƙed 2 lety

      i was thinking the same thing. use to run 20" tires on the back of my tow rig all the time and it could pull anything up pretty much any hill as long as you had the endurance to keep pedaling even if you had a 300+lb load.

  • @russellstephan6844
    @russellstephan6844 Pƙed rokem

    I modernized a 1970's Schwinn Continental extra-tall frame with a 3x8 drive train. The shortest gearing is 30 teeth up from with 34 in the rear.
    And when I have 90lbs of groceries in the kiddie cart climbing out of the Alum Creek river valley in Westerville, Ohio... It's about perfect!

  • @markjamesmonzales7260
    @markjamesmonzales7260 Pƙed 2 lety

    This guy is a legend!

  • @gebzky1734
    @gebzky1734 Pƙed 2 lety +50

    How light do you want it to be?
    *Seth: “YES”*

  • @batmanhero2014
    @batmanhero2014 Pƙed 2 lety +47

    The determination of that pup to get underfoot is astounding.

  • @LowEndPCGamer100
    @LowEndPCGamer100 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    you had me at "from the creators of the shovel cannon"

  • @ct5589
    @ct5589 Pƙed 2 lety

    Im a truck driver who likes to ride and this video is right up my alley!
    Im looking to get a foldable mtb for offroad exploring and exercise when I'm held up away from home... lmk if anyone has any suggestions for me. Never bought a foldable before

  • @ShaneHarderPhoto
    @ShaneHarderPhoto Pƙed 2 lety +20

    Possibly your best video to date. You have to try this in Moab on slickrock. Or another trail that's super steep with tons of grip. It may just loop out but I'm so so curious now.

  • @narsus73
    @narsus73 Pƙed 2 lety +41

    Kevin sitting in the back like a little kid, and wearing his helmet cracked me up.

  • @a64738
    @a64738 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    We used to do this mod on old bikes just for fun and then ride with ease in the terrain, it always lead to the bearings in the wheel only lasting a short while after the mod...

  • @Hamboarding
    @Hamboarding Pƙed rokem

    I can't watch this with the dog always being so close to the bike about to fall over 😂

  • @BakerWase
    @BakerWase Pƙed 2 lety +3

    7:59 "And if you've been wondering what happens when you do this. Well now you do!"
    lmao

  • @thecarindustry9357
    @thecarindustry9357 Pƙed 2 lety +118

    I often climb steep mountains with a typical mountain bicycle, I would really appreciate this gear’s existence, some of you probably know how quickly you get tired in even the lowest gear lol

    • @ShadowlordDio
      @ShadowlordDio Pƙed 2 lety +27

      You go faster walking with the bike in your shoulder.

    • @ahobimo732
      @ahobimo732 Pƙed 2 lety +16

      I think this gear would be too big, even for the steepest hill. Something in between this behemoth and a regular large sprocket would probably work for you though.

    • @MrCh0o
      @MrCh0o Pƙed 2 lety +6

      The thing is, the amount of work you need to put out to get to the top doesn't get lower (it probably gets higher due to all the losses, actually). And it's hardly optimal having to turn pedals like a maniac, so it honestly wouldn't be any good

    • @aienbalosaienbalos4186
      @aienbalosaienbalos4186 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      @@MrCh0o yes but the problem isn’t energy spent.
      It’s easier to lift 10 pounds 10 times than 100 pounds 1 times, for example, even though the physical “work” is the same.

    • @MrCh0o
      @MrCh0o Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@aienbalosaienbalos4186 That's what the second part of my comment was about, the optimal conditions for your muscles aren't moving your legs superfast

  • @sonomama82
    @sonomama82 Pƙed rokem

    This is your best video.

  • @anon5387
    @anon5387 Pƙed 2 lety

    Best my friend keep going like this support from me ONLY LOVE AND HAPPINESS TO ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL PEOPLEEEEEEEEEE and never give up i wish the best to all people !!!!!

  • @Mypars..
    @Mypars.. Pƙed 2 lety +31

    Put the rear cog at the front and front in the back for high speed lol

    • @keithboone4800
      @keithboone4800 Pƙed 2 lety

      This!

    • @stendijk8949
      @stendijk8949 Pƙed 2 lety

      Then it's just 1:1

    • @sampuhhupmas5666
      @sampuhhupmas5666 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@stendijk8949 How does 74/24 gearing become 1:1 when you switch the gears around?

    • @stendijk8949
      @stendijk8949 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@sampuhhupmas5666 sorry misread

    • @micahned
      @micahned Pƙed 2 lety

      Check out the bicycle speed records, the bikes are exactly as you described and they ride behind a draft vehicle.

  • @TonyCassara
    @TonyCassara Pƙed 2 lety +62

    “It’s good for keks” - former Starcraft player identified.

  • @joeshmoe7967
    @joeshmoe7967 Pƙed 2 lety

    Trike of course, weighted on the front. Nope never thought of this, always thought the other way around. Maybe not a 74 chain ring, but 60-62, for sure.
    This demos the 'what if' principle, when you have access to, 'well how could we do it' . Pretty fun and cool.

  • @1PotatoeMasher1
    @1PotatoeMasher1 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I’d love to see this on a custom, 80lb, extra long frame with 36” wheels and an extra large bike trailer.

  • @leemilica
    @leemilica Pƙed 2 lety +23

    One of my friends made a chainring as big as a 26" rim, and put it on his bike. That thing was literally not moving. We experimented with how much it can tow, and basically found out that you could bring a house down with it.

    • @TheGrayWolf81
      @TheGrayWolf81 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Should strap an ebike motor to it

    • @leemilica
      @leemilica Pƙed 2 lety

      @@TheGrayWolf81 we got a weed wacker engine and welded a tiny chainring on it (without the clutch, directly mounted to the crankshaft) and put the thing on the bike with some adapters. The bike was moving about 15cm per second at idle and about 15 - 20 km/h at full throttle. The things we do as bored 15 year olds...

  • @Fauz11ukman
    @Fauz11ukman Pƙed 2 lety +20

    "how many torque you wanna produce with the ratio?"
    seth: hell yess

    • @davidburgess741
      @davidburgess741 Pƙed 2 lety

      Enough to snap spokes if the front wheel stays down!

    • @SimonBauer7
      @SimonBauer7 Pƙed 2 lety

      imagine this on a middrive ebike

    • @saturnx2494
      @saturnx2494 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@SimonBauer7 500lb ft ebike woo

  • @corbinwells372
    @corbinwells372 Pƙed rokem

    You got my sub I’ve been wanting to do this since I was like 12 I’ve succeed in ways but you went above n beyond lol

  • @mhmdsaleh3502
    @mhmdsaleh3502 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    Very good experience . Liked it

  • @noahcasey3012
    @noahcasey3012 Pƙed 2 lety +21

    This video should be renamed to: Seth forgot that E-bikes exist so he took matters into his own hands.

  • @jackzenoni4403
    @jackzenoni4403 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    I would recommend making stabilizers for the bike, as well as adding weights to the front and back of the bike. So like cast iron bars with weights hanging under the BB. This would be insanely awesome!

  • @sebberg3362
    @sebberg3362 Pƙed rokem

    I used to ride Pedicabs. I would usually ride the double cab that could carry four adults, so it was not uncommon to be pulling over 1000 lbs with pedal power alone. Our drive train used a conventional bicycle system running to a dummy axle, then another reduction stage with a heavier chain. I forget the exact number my heaviest ride was, but it was four body builders over 300 lbs each who challenged me to ride them up a hill. their weight plus mine plus the bike would be at least 1500lbs. They didn't know about our secondary gear reduction.

  • @thomaschristopherwhite9043

    That thing is wild!

  • @ChrisCrond
    @ChrisCrond Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Your old videos when you reviewed random products used to cost me tons of money cause I wanted a lot of the things.
    But now, these episodes saved me 2 of money from needing to have to do this (unsuccessful, I might add) myself. đŸ€™đŸ»

  • @carbonaddicted1379
    @carbonaddicted1379 Pƙed 2 lety +16

    When Seth posts a video is amazing, fun, and generally Sunday! Best day ever!

  • @cpostclothesrack2012
    @cpostclothesrack2012 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    This is beautiful

  • @EliEverson-jv4io
    @EliEverson-jv4io Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    I remember back in my day plowing my field with my tractor bike!!! :)

  • @stephenbowyer9550
    @stephenbowyer9550 Pƙed 2 lety +24

    It would be interesting to see how well this works with more than two wheels and a different centre of gravity - such as with a trike or even a recumbent bicycle.

  • @peterbaskind9872
    @peterbaskind9872 Pƙed 2 lety +42

    The “dinner plate” rear cog that could ACTUALLY be a dinner plate.

    • @reapanomin899
      @reapanomin899 Pƙed 2 lety

      Maybe more like a snack platter?That HG freehub cutout can be used to hold a tiny container for dips

    • @peterbaskind9872
      @peterbaskind9872 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@reapanomin899 I like your thinking. But maybe you are not being creative enough. Fondue! That hole is for a decorative place to put fondue skewers for your guests. That's what Martha Stewart would do -- if she rode a bike.

    • @VFink-qt2pt
      @VFink-qt2pt Pƙed 2 lety

      I feel,like they looked at Ashton Lambie’s 4km track record and said: "We can build that, but aren’t sure if we can get the back wheel spinning, soooo maybe switch the cogs?"

  • @kevinriley17
    @kevinriley17 Pƙed 2 lety

    I have ALWAYS wondered what gearing you would need to tow a car.
    The dicking around is the epitome of “but kinda the same”

  • @MegaMilesteg
    @MegaMilesteg Pƙed 2 lety +11

    Lovely, also kinda like the “old” Seth to do something like this. Love to see more like this.

    • @0xsergy
      @0xsergy Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Old Seth is new Seth.

  • @robonbikes
    @robonbikes Pƙed 2 lety +79

    “Even if you want to theoretically plow a field with a bicycle, you’re probably better off just using an animal.”

    • @nopda4095
      @nopda4095 Pƙed 2 lety +12

      but animals are big and need care and they cant even use a bike

    • @jonathanclark7444
      @jonathanclark7444 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      @@nopda4095 they can’t even use a bike? Well why bother even thinking about it!

    • @joshnabours9102
      @joshnabours9102 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@nopda4095 I heard they can unicycle though!

    • @karamalqussiri6533
      @karamalqussiri6533 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@joshnabours9102 i know there is a grizzly bear that does that, you do too

    • @MrCh0o
      @MrCh0o Pƙed 2 lety

      I mean, he isn't wrong, if you wanted to plow a field, you'd be better off using a good ol' human driven plow (biology spoiler: humans are also animals)

  • @ChrisSmith-rm6xl
    @ChrisSmith-rm6xl Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    That is hilarious! I always wondered whether you could even stay up with such a low gear.

  • @Asian_HarryYT
    @Asian_HarryYT Pƙed 2 lety +6

    What if you swap them around?

    • @manivannan789
      @manivannan789 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

      The pedal gets tight af but if u have the power to pedal it then it goes fast fr

    • @cl_dinoreal
      @cl_dinoreal Pƙed 20 dny +1

      road to heaven

  • @melwalshmtb9121
    @melwalshmtb9121 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    Greatest thing I've seen on CZcams in the last year hands down

  • @printerror
    @printerror Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Seth, my neighbor and I were doing an NX Eagle swap on my 3x9 bike and rode it in the 22 front, 50 rear combo just to amuse ourselves. We couldn’t stop laughing the whole time, and you’ve taken it so much further with that 74T. That was EPIC!

  • @GAIS414
    @GAIS414 Pƙed 2 lety

    Me and my buddies switched the front and rear sprocket on our BMX bikes in the 80's, had about the same gear ratio on some of them.

  • @camox3656
    @camox3656 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I would love to see that gearing on a stretched fat bike “ tractor bike 2” or maybe even a trike.

  • @mx_nana_banana
    @mx_nana_banana Pƙed 2 lety +12

    I think Seth just invented a new sport “bicycle pulling”

  • @derekanderson8659
    @derekanderson8659 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    “If you’ve ever been wondering what happens when you do this, well now you do”
    Wow, that’s profound.

  • @gordovela9067
    @gordovela9067 Pƙed 2 lety

    Seth "Kevin your chariot awaits"
    😂😂😂😂

  • @BigPanda096
    @BigPanda096 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    I made a big trike a while back, with a bunch of gears set up and instead of going for the 1 wheel drive like a lot of trikes do, we went solid axle with extremely reduced gears. The lowest gear on my trike was a 9:1 and the highest was a absurd (especially when we set it up with an electric motor) absolutely crazy fast .9:6.
    The lowest gear on that trike is the only reason it can make it up hills, haul weight in the baskets and tow little cart trailers. Also the wheels on the back of the trike are actual truck tires, granted they are as skinny as you can street legally get, they still weigh a good few pounds each, and with the lowest gear on our trike you can almost pull a wheelie and on gravel you can easily if you peddle hard enough, break traction for a good few peddles and fling a few pebbles. The motor on full blast will peel out and never catch traction, the trike will never move fast enough to catch traction on gravel, and its not even a super powerful motor either.
    Frankly the low gear makes trail riding it through muck and things like that super nice. I can't hit certain mountainbike trails but I can navigate the mucky trails and wet trails with absolutely no fear of loss of balance, and I sit high enough on the trike I'll likely never get wet, and with the low gear peddling through everything is so effortless especially if I use the motor. Its funny, every time someone laughs because of it. The thing has enough buoyancy that I can float it across lakes, creeks and rivers, just keep peddling where others either get off and overhead their bikes to get to the otherside, or if Ifeel spicy I'll use the motor with higher gears to paddle faster. That thing can make a wake behind it in my 3rd to last gear. Any higher and the wheels spin so fast it just cavitates the water and I lose paddle power. It gets going fast enough that none of my buddies can swim fast enough in a stretch to keep up with it from a dead stop. I can even let them go first and it will pass them.
    That trike is my favorite build ever, I should post some videos of the ol' girl, showin' how bad she is at basically everything. I can pull a 0-point turn lawnmower on an open deck 9 foot long trailer like its neigh wightless without the motor assiting me. Just using the gears I have set up.

  • @vasiavisilievic1873
    @vasiavisilievic1873 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I love how he can be so happy about such simple things in life.

  • @Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater
    @Dr_Kenneth_Noisewater Pƙed 2 lety +12

    "Earn it, slowly"
    You summed me.

  • @NikZechel
    @NikZechel Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    This is sick 😂 If you ever try this again, try hauling with a fatbike on 27.5 x 4.5” tires with lower tire pressures for traction.

  • @asbointeractive9955
    @asbointeractive9955 Pƙed 2 lety

    It would be cool to try some technical uphill rock crawling type stuff on that beast? 🙂

  • @Mayhem-Mechanics
    @Mayhem-Mechanics Pƙed 2 lety +10

    It's a great day when Seth posts!