Just a note on the chain repair “hack”. This isn’t a hack at all with a single speed chain, BMX chain, or even an 8 speed chain. This is simply HOW YOU DO IT, and in fact some chain tools even have a fence for loosening tight links. But newer 11+ speed chains, or hollow pin chains really don’t hold up well when re-using pins. So if you are repairing your Eagle chain this way, it is indeed a hack.

This feels like a classic Seth’s bike hacks video.

It's funny that normal chain repair has become an ill-advised hack. This is how chains were repaired every day before quick links and special shimano pins. It's also why chain tools have multiple places to put the chain. One to push the pin out. Another is to loosen to link after you push the pin back in. Every chain tool I have has this facility. Even ones I've brought recently.

Since GoPro 10, the lens covers have been advertised as water repellent. So I guess the rainX might work on older gopro's but with the new lens cover it just makes it work worse.

Make sure your socket seats on the outer race of the bearing. If the socket is too small you will damage your new bearings. Also leave new bearings in the freezer overnight before install.

Love the throwback to the bike hacks videos. I'd be interested in an updated map of Berm peak trails and features. Love what you do Seth!

Seth's Voice will never get old. So soothing he should be a therapist!

The bigger advantage of welding the end of the cable is that you can run them back through housing again without any chance of fraying. If you need to take a bike apart and want to re-use the cable (yeah some of us are cheap) this would be a big help.

Seth'sBikeHacks is back🤙

Love the old-school 10 hacks videos. Literally been fixing my chains the way Seth showed it since primary school, never heard of masterlinks before I started watching Seth xD

I may merely be a roadie dipping his toes into gravel, but I absolutely love all your hacks, and many are rather broadly applicable. Keep up the great work!

These videos bring back that Seth’s bike hacks feel, I love it

I've been soldering the ends of my cables for years. One of the biggest bonuses not mentioned is that if you need to work on something you can just pull the cable right out. With the crimp on ends the cable usually gets frayed and damaged if you remove them.

Hey Seth, would love to see an updated Berm Peak walkthrough video sometime. You walking around your trails sharing your thoughts today on how they came out and the features would be really cool!!

Pro tip for getting the grips off if they aren't lock on: loosen the brake lever and use it to push the grip off. It exerts equal force on the surface of the grips and generally shoots it off without too much struggle. Same concept works for twist shifters. It has saved me a ton of time

I have udes the "no master link" fix my whole life. I have years on multiple bikes with that fix. Pretty awesome to know how to do. Keep up the good work!

My solution against frayed cable ends is a drop of super glue. Works every time and keeps the end neat and tidy even if you pull the cable in or out of the cable guide. Also, you can apply a drop of super glue on the part of the cable where you intend to cut it to avoid fraying.

Used to binge the ol’ bike hacks videos. This one is an instant classic!

“Hats off to overkill” is the perfect tag for 99% of these videos. Love it!

Finally a seths bike hacks video after years

This was really good. Perhaps you should rename the channel for example: "Seth's bike hacks" and do more videos like this

been watching this channel since early 2016, absolutely loved this video, don't get me wrong the new content is good too, but its nice to see some og seth

This is one of the most informative videos you've made. The general sense of teaching mechanical principles and improvisation through observation is great.

Seth, you really are a gifted creator and presenter. Thank you for all you do!

you can just solder the end of the cable instead of welding them really helps when you work on your bike a lot

I've mentioned the cable-end welding before. But you can do it with a normal welding pen for electronics and some paste. Biggest advantage of welding is that your can reuse that cable for life.

A hack that I've used for cable ends is to use my torch or a lighter and heat the end up nice and hot and then quench it with some scrap plastic or clipped off zip-tie. Just like soldering, the plastic wicks in a bit and you can get a little goober on the end for a nice finish.

The obscene hardware heckling hack was hilarious because its true. That sucks to disassemble lmao. Great thought!

My experience with rain-x (on car windshields) is that it's better than nothing at first, and then worse than nothing until re-applied. And it's very hard to clean off, so you are locked into a cycle of applying rain-x.

For anyone looking to use coins as an alternative to crank puller adapters: If your cranks are really tight you will just bend the coin and potentially get it stuck in the spindle(not speaking from experience or anything). :D

i have missed the hack videos.. good to see another one.

A good old Seth's Bike Hacks. Love it!

Even though this channel is berm peak...your still the good ol' Seth's bike hacks I remember and love! I can no longer bike...far...but I absolutely love your content and I'm thankful for all your tips, tricks, and fun content over the years! Thank you!

The bearing hack can be even simpler with using a nut and bolt and some washers insted of the clampp

Seth you are a life saver! The dime trick I needed and I’ll test it out. Thank you my savior 👏

Love it. The sock hack I used for a while. I carry a spare set of socks in my saddle bag anyway 😊

For the rainX thing, ive tried a few different things in the past including this and what seems to work best for me is to treat things with the cheap turtle wax ceramic coating meant for car paint. Basically makes most things repel water and pretty resistant to grime and scratches too

A small strip of electronical tape, wrapped around the base of the zipper "Pull" will also get rid of any clinking sounds, from bike bags/pouches. I used this to silence the noisy buggers on my handlebar pouch. But, it works with basically any noisy clanking metallic zippers on a ride. Just add it to the base of the "pull" thingy and not covering too much of "slider" itself, so the zipper still zips correctly ✌

The bearing hack man I struggled like hell changing my bb but i have all that stuff in my toolbox man u just made my life easier 👍

Wow!! That was a LOT of useful information! Merci!

I made a handlebar holder for under 1$ by connecting two 1-1/4" (32mm) PVC pipe clamps with a piece of M6 thread. One side snaps to hadlebars, other to the seatpost. Works great!

Another little hack for if you don’t have a crank puller for Isis drive cranks but you have one for square taper cranks: take out the bolt of the crank, take off the little plastic piece on the bolt, thread it back in all the way (don’t tighten it down though just thread it that’ll just make it more difficult to deal with if you tighten it), then take the crank puller apart and thread the part that goes into the crank into the crank (and tighten but not crazy just enough to still be tight-ish), then all you have to do is stick you tool through the puller and loosen the bolt, (and ofcourse unthread the crank puller part to get it off). By doing this you are basically making your cranks into a temporary self removing bolt style crank. This way you don’t have to waste 10 cents every time you take off your cranks.Also if you’d like to be extra careful put grease between each step

New to Channel love the tips a lot has changed in 30 years lol keep them coming Dylan🏁🏁

Hi Seth. Im a fan from Philippines. Nice video as usual... Been waiting every week for your videos. God bless and more power to you

For the welding. Remember that welds are strong at the weld and the metal adjacent to the weld becomes weaker. Honestly I still trust crimps more but welded cables look much cleaner. Also for the torx vs security torx. If a thief is smart they would only buy security torx drivers. Not saying they are worth nothing, but the difference is minimal. Also torx bits can be used to get at hex bits aswell so the difference in terms of security is low. If you really want to throw people for a loop I recommend getting tri wing drive screws, they look like Phillips but have only 3 instead of 4 wings. Hardly anyone ever buys tri wing bits because no one uses them for anything.

8:30 That is just how you put chains together before "quick links" were common! Edit: Single and 5 speed chains may give you more material to work with.

That chain trick I have done many times. Just rode it, never had an issue

Glad to have Seth’s bike hacks back!

6:25: Consider: Superglue a ball bearing into a regular hex bolt. A little acetone/super glue remover will make it come out easily at home, but it's almost impossible to remove in the field.

Welding feels like overkill, but I've definitely used a soldering iron and a little bit of solder to accomplish the same thing. For best results: solder where you're planning to cut the cable BEFORE you cut it, as the soldering tip could cause fraying.

Hasn't it been SO LONG since the last hacks video? Love to have it back

Don't really know if this has been done before but using a spoke wrench can work as a vale core wrench

Two socks, then if your feets gets real cold, you got spare socks.

Hey Seth, I'm 13 and I currently have a Fuji Nevada 27.5 (very basic) and would like to step up to a more advanced hardtail. With a low budget in mind, would a Trek Roscoe 7 be a good upgrade?

The clamp and socket set was taught to me 40 years ago when I was rebuilding motorcycle engines! I have to admit though, I am now going to try welding my cable ends...

Great video Seth will use these hacks!!

PSA: don't weld galvanized metal, the zinc coating puts out seriously toxic fumes when heated that high. Most cables these days are stainless, but the galvanized ones are still out there

The trampoline had me rolling. 🤣 Good video. 👍

Seth, this hack got me out of a pinch once. before a ride I was installing new grips and forgot to tighten the collar on all the way and I was out on the trail so I had to improvise so I took off the grip and put some green leaves on the sides of the inside of the grip and slid the grip back on. It's not perfect, but it works.

Strider STR! that’s some flex :). good tips. thank you

It’s been a while since Seth has done a hack video and I’m glad to see he’s done another hope to see more

I used to superglue or just solder cable ends. It works wonders.

all of Seth's bike hack is always the best 🎉

Regarding the cable end hack, I found using a 1/8th inch aluminum pop rivet (removing the aluminum nail first) will crimp on the cable end just like a normal bike cable crimp. After reading the comments, I also like the super glue method, and the head shrink one for the same purpose.

Please, please more bike hacks!!! Classic Seth 😂

Good Ol' Seth's bike hacks!!!

The hacks are definitely my favorite videos ❤❤❤

That method of chain repair was what we called, fixing a chain, before quick links were a thing. If the link is tight the chain tool has a place to put the chain to not drive out the pin, but free up the link. Surprised my man missed that but he does seem to be a very knowledgeable source, so I'll let him slide on this

I might try the cable welding... my cable looks like the one that impaled your hot dog, as the crimp came off while riding tight trails and I never seem to remember a replacement. On street rides I use a rack bag, but keep a tow strap and an extra pair of gloves in to to keep things from bouncing around. I keep the tools themselves in a Muckoff zipper bag, with other things like patch kits, tire levers, spoke wrench, air pump and such in interior pockets when I can. Thanks for experimenting for us!

Back to your roots! I really miss your hacks videos! 😢

usually hacks are trash and useless but here we have a selection of very usefull and real hacks, some well known (for me), but most new (for me). Thank you for quality content.

I love the bike hacks keep it up

Welcome back Seth's Bike Hacks!

I love this style of video

Besides the End Cable Soldering, the Wheel Holder is a great hack!!! See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀🚲

Yay Seth's Bike Hacks is back haha

I always kept a bandana in my saddle bag. Keeps everything from rattling around and it's also useful for wiping oily hands or whatever...

2:30 I have that blue handle Park crank puller tool. It does have a removable end piece. I used it yesterday on my 1X conversion..

keep up the good work you are the best:)

A tiny bit of solder on the cable ends worked great when I ran out of cable ends.

I utterly and completely lost it over the balance bike thing! Haven't laughed this hard in a while, so thanks alot for that 🤣😂😂🤣

lacking a welder I honestly already soldered wireends. at least if they were already frayed or cut to short for crimping one of those caps (fixing rookie mistakes of friends :D). also for city bikes with less stress than mtb's many chains were fixed that way. still holding tight! if the link is heavier to bend you usually didn't find the sweetspot for the pin. press it in (or out) a quarter turn and try again :) all in all valid tips and hacks :)

Great video Seth! Here is a hack that I use on my suspension because I don't have an O-ring: cut a rubber band in to a strip then wrap it round your stanchion then tie it in a knot so its a ring round the stanchion and finally cut the excess off with scissors.

Read the title and actually wondered that wait am i dreaming or its actually back 😭 finally Seth bick hacks is back

Very inspiring!! I need a trampoline..

I love this seth

Bearing press I did for the rear wheel of my commuter was the axle from my vintage road bikes rear hub, long enough for almost any need other than maybe headset cups, then against the new bearing the old bearing out race and then some shallow depth sockets that sre same size then washers, nuts tighten and job done

Make bike hacks Great again😂. Lekker video thanks Seth!

That chain hack got me through years of broke teenager mountain biking! Went like 3 years on one increasingly short chain!

The cartridge bearing removal/installation without a special tool is something I've done to my old fully. But I didn't have a clamp, I had to use a long bolt, a nut and some wide washers instead. Worked a charm!

Great informative and entertaining video! A month ago I actually used a Harbor Freight shop press and various sockets and washers to press in and out bearings and races on my Corvette's automatic transmission. The seat bags (with tools) are sold seasonally at Aldi or Lidl for about $5. I have more of those than I do bikes😂. No sock, but I do sometimes throw a rag in to dampen things, but now I know what to do with the 30 or so socks that no longer have a mate because the dryer must be invaded by one legged aliens. I use a large plastic trashcan like Rubbermaid to lay my wheel on horizontally to do tire mount/dismount. RainX on a windshield is usually not effective until over 30 mph, so I can see why it wouldn't work, maybe so on a motorcycle. I was about to question you about the chain hack because I was doing that when I was 7 years old on my chopper style banana seat ape hanger single speed coaster brake bike, but you already mentioned that! My chain tool then was a nail or broke spoke and a hammer, brick or rock. Love your videos!

Yeeeess finally, crying with happiness here!😂😂😂

As a retired Aircraft and automotive mechanic As mentioned in the other comments freezing bearings helps, in the Air Force I worked in the Jet Engine shop and we had bearing heaters and bearing freezers. we heated bearings to expand them so they fit over the compressor drive shaft. If you got a full suspension bike that the champ won't fit into, using some a piece of all thread and some nuts you can use that install and remove bearings I use that setup to remove and install bushings on the control arms of cars. Chain quick links, tape one the the bike like under the saddle or to the bar, I have also seen a rider he puts on the zipper pull of his jacket but he put tape around it so he wouldn't lose it.

I use to collect all the bent dimes back in the day, definitely works, sometimes have to use two dimes!

What's really cool, is those of us that can improvise and think outside the box!

Instead of welding the cables, you can use superglue. I have used it a few times and worked really nice. As the bonus you can also twist the cable and when the glue dries, it will hold that shape.

You can also feed a little solder in the end of the bike cable and heat it with a jet lighter to bind the end so it doesn't fray. Add extra flux, and it may really depend on the quality of the flux you have whether that's really going to work. Tin solder can bind to steel fairly well but getting it to wet the steel to begin with is another matter entirely, sometimes it just doesn't work. If you have Stannol Tippy, that can help as well. It's probably not that great a recommendation for most people, but since i mostly do electronics, i have all these things on hand in abundance.

Seth, your the best !

Seth I literally love you

This is great. I lost the end of my crank puller in probably a week. I have been using dimes for a long time now. It’s fun to see bike minds landing at the same place.