Status Update on the Dolomite Fat Bike
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Over the weekend, we took this cheap Mongoose Dolomite Fat Bike into the ocean to try and surf the wake of a cruise ship. Although it was a failure, we found out that fat bikes float really well. Either way, the bike got exposed to a ton of corrosive saltwater. This was kind of the whole point.
When I got home I submerged the Dolomite in fresh water, and then blasted it with a hose for a good while. I could have taken the bearings apart, or attempted to clean out the cable housings, but I wanted to leave it for a few days to see what would happen.
Although some rust spots appeared the next day, they were easy to get rid of with just a cleaning. I rode this bike a few times this week and I think operating all the stuff on it regularly was beneficial. In fact, the shifter totally seized the day after the ocean. After freeing it up and using it, the bike was shifting as normal. Of course, normal means mediocre.
Based on this, we might get the illusion that the Dolomite is reliable and resilient, but that’s not necessarily the case. If you take a bike in the ocean, and it performs the same after you take it out, then how refined could it have possibly been in the first place. I think about these things.
Through breaking the bike down and cleaning everything thoroughly, I found that there was a lot more rust on the inside. Still I was able to stop the rust and prevent it from getting worse. Thanks to the grease in the headset and bottom bracket, the bearings and races were actually not bad. Still, I’ve definitely reduced the life expectancy of this bike.
Some people have asked me whether it would be cost effective to upgrade this bike, since it seems impressive for $200. Could it be made into a nice fat bike for a little more? Well, maybe, but almost any way you slice it a better fat bike would give you a lot more for your money. To make this feel like a decent bike it would need a better freewheel, crankset, and brakes for starters. At that point you’ll definitely want a better chain as well. The shifter is awful too, so figure on that plus new cables. After these changes the bike would feel a lot better, but would still be seriously hampered by the hubs. So although this may be a fun and cheap toy, it’s debatable whether upgrading it would be cost effective. So this bike is perfect for me as is; cheap and rideable, ready for the ocean.
So that’s my update on the Dolomite. I’ll leave you guys with some bonus footage from that day. After the ship passed we took the bike to the other side of the rocks. We had about 4 cameras going. These fisherman started calling towards us. They were trying to tell us that we had company. Within about a second we realized it was only a manatee, a harmless and curious marine mammal. Only in Florida… Thanks for riding with me today and I’ll see you next time.
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Watching old vids from Seth really brings back memories
Yeah i know.
"Florida Man Attacked by Shark while Riding a Fat Bike in the Ocean."
Lol
Imagine 😂
Start the fanfics now
dont give them ideas😳😳
Seth...I have that bike too. I wanted a Fat Tire to ride in the soft wash sand out in the desert in Arizona where I am traveling...also a lot of rocks. So far the bike has been great. I am a novice ...75 year old rider...so it is perfect for me and my budget.
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Still alive bro?
@@DanceySteveYNWA I don’t think he is still alive 😢
im sure hes kickin it. just doesn't bother with replying i assume
@@DanceySteveYNWA He has a playlist updated 2 days ago.
These old vids are still awesome. So cool seeing how you started and where your at now Seth @Berm Peak
Manatees are so cool. Would love to get close up to one. Sea cows haha
come to Florida lol...if you look for them on purpose you'll find some..however it's illegal to try and mess with them
+gray rey Ah okay. They seem very harmless though. What would happen if you illegally messed around with one and how?
+John May just the game warden can ticket you...because they are endangered you cant bother them..but they are like floating puppies
+gray rey Oh I see. So they are quite rare to find or spot. And I wouldn't want to hurt or scare one. That would be mean. Funny though it would be hanging around the docks/ports, after the world's largest cruise ship left.
The South Florida Museum in Bradenton has a Manatee tank and you can get pretty close. The main reason they have it was to help nurse manatees that were struck by boats. By dumb luck they ended up having a Manatee born in captivity, so now it's technically the museum's pet. Do a quick Google search of "snooty cam" and you'll probably see him during the hours it's active.
So he saves the receipt and takes it back to Walmart "It just started rusting, so weird!".
Yeah, wouldn't even need to give the excuse, Walmart employees don't give two shits.
@@MyBrothersMario ikr
Clear Adventure Shut up
And some employee happens to watch Seth's CZcams videos
I used that exact excuse with my girlfriend's old bike haha
Seth I watched your videos for 3 weeks and I just bought my first expensive bike. Thanks for all of your information you rock.
Glad to hear it man! Cheap, moderate, or expensive, I'm sure you'll get your money's worth out of it.
+Seth's Bike Hacks it's a Scott MTB and it was like $650. But I have to make the tires tubeless
+Seth's Bike Hacks any tips for it?
I have a $2500 2016 Santa Cruz Heckler definitely would recommend it to anyone looking for a good bike
What do you recommend to someone with a budget 1/5th of the cost of your bike?
You should fill this bikes tires with water and make a video on it.
70+ pounds
That wouldn’t work
😮
That would not work
Jatin
Hey Seth! Thanks for the amazing content you provide us! I was wondering if 6 years later you still have this bike and wouldn't mind giving us another update
0:12 first thought: battlefield 4
Hainan resort?
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Daniyar D shut up
Nxy
Loved the shark/manatee attack bit! Not normally a problem for mountain bikers!
Okay I'm done with this thing for a while, time to get back to the trails!
please do more with it. what are you planning with this? do more crazy things pls haha
Take it down some trails!
:D
nooooo do some more video on the FAT bike 🙊🙈
pls do a road bike
go mtb trail and go ride them with a road bike 👍😂
Bro you still have so much to learn about youtube. Where is the title click bait!!
"SHARK ATTACK WHILE RIDING MY BIKE IN THE OCEAN!!"
JK of course, love the videos man.
haha XD
Lmao! That's every popular youtuber ever!
Lol, yeah! but seriously I had unsuscribed from some channels for doing that shit, it's annoying.
+iainthavinthat I hate the all caps too
WE GET INTO THE OCEAN AND THIS HAPPENS!!!!!!! and a massive red circle where the manatee is
I watched it 5 years ago I came back to see again old memories 😊
Damn, should have got more footage of that Manatee. It looked very curious and may have been easy to get to hang out for a bit. We don't have those up here In Victoria Canada but we get orca. On the other coast.
Lol I was just in Victoria flying back to fl now lol
My first fat bike was and is a 2013, Framed, Minnesota 2.0. That bike has experienced salt water many times. While I have replaced it with a 2021, Fezzari, Kings Peak as my go to fat bike, the Framed, affectionately known as "Clyde," remains in my quiver as an extra. There is some rust in places but all in all the bike has stood up heroically with only spray downs following exposure to salt, sand and snow.
very curious, informative and fun video, the manati part was really heartwarming for me since those creatures are in real danger.... keep it up!!!!
Its 2018 right now and yet im still watching this video over and over again 😂 ive watched this video over 30 times its just that awesome i watch everytime im bored 👌☺😀 keep up good work seth❤💪💪
As much as I love the new stuff, and the trail building is my favorite stuff on youtube, every once in a while I miss the old FLA Seths Bike Hacks videos.
0:22 omg I’m dying. I don’t know why this is so funny but holy chees nuts that was hilarious
Woah u saw a dugong up close 😄 I was scared for a second when he said it was a shark 😧
Round tail means it is a manatee. Dugongs are related, but have a dolphin-shaped tail.
NinjaGamer 443 sabi niya only in florida
noisy pinoy hahah joke'
i watched the video 3 times and never saw it, could you give me a time stamp?
Cool vid!! That "shark" at the end was a nice bonus 😁
Manatee*
Hey, Seth. I got a dirt jump bike like you recommended; the geometry feels right at home coming from a bmx! Thanks for the recommendation btw I'm loving it so far! :)
Can you imagine turning around in the ocean and seeing that huge outline not knowing what it really was? 😳I bet they were very relieved to find out that it wasn't a shark!😂
“If you put it in and you take it out and it performs the same, it makes you wonder how refined it was before you put it in” ouch
Your whole series on Walmart bikes has been hilarious. Better than any comedy show!
Almost as rusty as my dads biking skills
roasted
+ParKour Kid (Crazy Parkour Ninja) naw he wasn't very good 25 years ago ether
+ParKour Kid (Crazy Parkour Ninja) (before he got rusty)
Show your father this lol.
506 Offroadgwoi
This brings a whole new meaning to ride the waves
So Im a bit confused. You guys must ride your fat bikes WAY differently than us here in the great northwest of BC Canada.....we generally don't ride them into the ocean.....is this a common form of riding in Florida ? Truth be told fat bikes don't get ridden much here at all.
Here we have a whole sport called fat bike surfing, which I invented last weekend
+Seth's Bike Hacks loooool
+Seb Tyzr m
If ocean level rises further as fast as now ocean cycling will even become Olympic ;-)
I have a Dolemite and it rides well over very large areas of big river rocks, plowed fields and generally anywhere thinner tires can’t. But it is cheaper metal and heavier therefore will fall apart faster.
I know a few fatbike riders who ride regularly in or around sea water...they have said if you strip and regrease the entire bike as soon as you get home it will be fine and live just as long as any other bike.
Although that sounds like a lot of work to me, and on top of that all that pulling apart and putting back together may wear certain things. It would also get expensive IMO.
But I guess it will always ride like new lol.
Thumbs up for the Manatee!!!!!!! So cool to see one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bruh, while you were doing the wave thing I was screaming at my screen for you to head back earlier, I felt you overstayed your welcome
im still rolling on a 2008 kona scrap... couple upgrades... my 07 gt chucker was stolen after a few years... fully custom even down to bearring cups... only the raw frame was original...
nice addition to the end there with the manitee... i enjoy seeing nature when im riding... one of the many reasons i do it
damn 1.200.000 views ...I remember youre indoors mountain biking video .....huge improvment in 1 year
Nick P.
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You should do some tips videos about how to maintenance parts of your bike that most people wouldn't think of. For example a fouled out brake pad (Squeal) or the bearing you can't see. Etc. I know those little how-to's would of made my start into MTB much less expensive lol.
Not a rusty bike or squeezing breaks
I didn't even realize that seawater can destroy a bike chain and hubs from just one ride! insane!
"I think about these things"
That was a super cool ending to a really well done video. Subscribed.
I'd like to say thank you for not doing anything stupid with the manatee they are endangered and curious animals :) thank you!
Most people would try to probably ride it or something stupid!
A good fishing reel can suck if it gets caught in the ocean. I'm not sure throwing it in the ocean is an accurate test of wear and tear... but if works for you, I most certainly enjoyed the video.
Lmao so conclusion,
“Perfect for me. Ready for the ocean.”
👍
Seth, these videos are incredible man. I can't stop smiling after I watch them!
Hey seth is the place where you tried to surf the bike in the previous video is it private? If it isnt whats the name of it?
Bro you’re amazing! Nice video Seth . Had a nice time watching this
a manatee scared the shit out of me too
The reaction to the manatee was priceless!! Holy Sh*t!!
Does anybody know if the 2019 Trek Marlin 7 is a good buy? Thanks!
I have the marlin 4 and its garbage
7 might be good thi
I'm not too sure why I laughed at "UGHHH... This bike's too heavy to do that with" it just got me for whatever reason.
Reminded me too much of when I rode my cousin's bike. His is a similar mongoose, it weighs a ton and a half (not literally, but it feels like it). He can somehow do decent wheelies with it, where I can't get the front wheel more than a few inches off the ground for a foot.
After we went to college (paved roads everywhere) he bought a fat bike, and I bought a road bike. I much prefer a road bike on pavement, I rarely have to pedal if I follow him, the draft makes enough vacuum to pull me on flat ground, and its his bike that makes the draft (most of the time though I pedal leisurely and he tries to keep up). So for those of you guys out there that live on pavement, a fat tire is useless except hopping curbs, it just rolls over them, otherwise I still prefer even a cheap mountain bike for riding down stairs if that's what you do. Never attempted that on my 700c bike with over 100psi, I don't think it would be pretty, but its certainly not made for that.
He does like his bike though, and on mud, it does pedal easier than my mountain bike for the fact that I spin out sometimes, but wow they are heavy.
Omg this hit 1 mill ago and you just hit 200k subs
We need a revisit to this thing in 2023
I like how he has a helmet on in the sea 😂😂😂
rocks can be pointy doe
Watched all your videos this one is also nice....loved ur all bike...thanks for these videos
Submerge anything in the ocean and it to will rust, I think bikes were mostly Not designed to be in the ocean.
Roger Rabbit Why?
Cause its a bike for the road not ocean, boats are made for the ocean..
That feeling when you realize there are communities for basically every hobby imaginable on this planet
Maybe fill the tyres with water then rode it in the water it should be heavier that way
You and Phil Kmetz are actually my 2 favorite channels
"I think about these things." haha
Seth I love all the cool things that you do and I watch you all the time I am going to make my own bike trail in my back yard I am 11 and love to do tricks and riding good luck.
Chlorine in poolwater will make it rust also
True, in fact chlorine is worse than salt in some ways. Just leaving your bike in a shed with pool chemicals can cause it to rust, but this generally only happens while it's in contact (hence you need to keep adding chlorine to your pool). Salt sticks around and acts as a catalyst for oxidation years after the exposure, so in that sense it's actually much more difficult to get rid of. So considering this, I decided that dunking it would be a net gain, as opposed to relying on a hose to get all the salt off from the start.
Dude I thought your boy was shark bait for a second. I’m like yo behind you!!!!!
Who came here by clicking on most popular video?
Me (4 years late though…)
I like how this "cheap" bike is now like $400 - $500.
2:01 errrraaaahh. Moments before he failed at getting the bike to jump and hit his testicles.
Pedro98531
am I getting greedy or what!!! Is it just me or what!!! Dear Seth... We want more please T_T.
We love watching your vids not only for the skills and the facts, but more for the fun and laughs we get.
Keep up the good work. You are unique
who would take any bike into the ocean? i dont understand the test....... riding on a damp beach and completely submersing are 2 different things.
LTCirabisi :-)
totlly agree
Well it's just for fun
LTCirabisi he was checking how rusty the bike would get
LTCirabisi
I just found your channel and I'm sad I didn't find it sooner
Seth can you do a review on the diamond back hook
I actually want to wait until next year's model comes out and take it for a ride. For the money that bike is pretty hard to top.
So are saying that the hook is one of if not the best budget bike that's around 650-700
Mine is light blue and I bought it for $469 after tax off Amazon… Definitely wasn’t a cheap bike… I guess after seeing a lot of peoples complaints, they reduced the price down to $315… I’m definitely swapping the crank arms as well as the hand grips, handlebar, and of course the seat and seatpost, and swapping for a suspension air fork. I haven’t rode the bike that much, so I really don’t have any complaints on the shifter yet, but I heard that most people end up swapping them out anyway because Mongoose shifters from what I heard is not really that good.
“If you take a bike in the ocean”
Swdsecff
These videos where you buy bikes from Walmart are very neat
Seth check out a bike called B-twin there around £200 not sure what that is in dollars but it has hydrolic brakes and an amazing paint job it's from a shop called decathlon Thanks
That was cool that you got footage of the scary beast at the of the video... Lol
''This is to havy to bunny hop" then made video in which he fells bike whit sand and bunny hop
14M views lol how in the hell. Love revisiting your old(Florida) vids.
Your cycle gear will be damage
"Arrrrghhhh.... such a majestic, Sweet Sea Cow!"
How is this the most popular video?😂
My thought exactly
You are the best youtuber and mountain biker keep it up
I would of shat it if I saw that haha
3.7 million views, WHAT!!! Unbelievable, you deserve it though, keep your videos coming!!
Who takes a bike in the ocean
The same youtubers that fly a drone 'underwater'
Domo Brah lol
I wanted to see the Manatee riding that fat bike with its cute fat smile!
why does this have so many views?
why does christ has so many followers ? Because he too used to walk with his very large 59 shoes on top of the jordan river waters .
This was awesome!! Great video Seth
damn i would've pissed my pants if i saw that - but then nobody would know
The shark moment shook me too. hahaha.
What's the purpose of this bike, I mean, it's hard to maneuver and heavy (And ugly tbh).
+Vitor Bravo The fat tires make it capable of riding on sand or in mud. The low price makes it perfect for salt water, alligators, and collisions with other bikes.
+Seth's Bike Hacks "Colisions with other bikes" lol
+Seth's Bike Hacks My cyclocross bike does the same things...
It's just the traction you get on the fat bike is unmatched but it has a lot of rolling resistance
+Durrant miller True, my bike does slip and slide in the sand, I like seeing people taking fat bikes packed with camping gear for several days at a time though, that's pretty cool to watch.
I mean I know he trying to ride in water but I love how he just rides straight in to the water! 🤣
hey I'm working off 17th Street right at that condo in the background of the ship pic.. Cool
That's the best idea I've seen on the internet!
That was funny with the 'shark'... holy cow!
Next time your in New York can you come to Rhinebeck NY Hudson valley, please...please
I came back here wondering why this is Seth’s most viewed video in 2022.
Sadly some years ago Mongoose and Schwinn was bought by a company called Pacific. The quality of both brands took a nosedive after that. All Pacific did was put Mongoose and Schwinn labels on cheap bikes. When I was a kid you bought Mongoose/Schwinn bikes only at bike shops, NOT at Walmart as you can today. And you paid a lot more for the bikes as well. I abused my old Mongoose and that was the baddest, toughest and fastest bike on the block. Never broke down, never rusted nor locked up. I weep for what passes for Mongoose/Schwinn today.
Schwinn, unfortunately, went bankrupt because they couldn't or wouldn't stay ahead of changes in the market.
Pacific Cycle was bought up by Dorel, according to this wiki, a Canadian company:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwinn_Bicycle_Company
Dorel also owns Cannondale, Mongoose, Iron Horse, and some other bike marques.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorel_Industries
I think the manatee might have wanted a turn on the Mongoose ;)
Meebee? Geez I'm getting old. I always thought it was 'maybe' . Good videos though 😉.
You should make a video about the different types of MTB forks.
Seth’s bike hacks.....???????
My name is Seth seriously 😳 I’m not kidding