Here are the weirdest bicycles I own
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2023
- I've always had a fleet of freak bikes, but over the years it has changed a bit. Today I'll give you an updated overview of my weirdest bikes as they stand in 2023!
Some of you may be wondering about the Fat Ripper. Someday that may end up back here, but right now it's with my mom in Florida, who rides it around the neighborhood. I would probably get injured if it were here.
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Seth really makes the weird bike video every 4 years 😂
No way it was 4 years ago since the last one! It seems like only yesterday he was still living in florida taking the fat bike out to sea
@@AJ-nt9gn there's been at least one more since the one in Florida. There were at least two in florida
How has it been 4 years already? that's crazy to me
And I'll watch it every single time
Haha fr
I need a tour of every trail on Berm Peak. It's kinda confusing. Thanks Seth.
Just watch all his vids. I have a map in my brain of it lmao
Pls!
@@thelittleewokboss9929 I know I could but my little 12-year-old brain doesn’t have the attention span to do that.
Yes.
Yes please!
I miss that unicycle series. It shows how far you have come. I remember u replying to my comment when I was in 7th grade and I was so stoked. Still here and still love your content Seth!
I was caught really off guard when Seth said "I'm 5'4 by the way"
I was thinking there was no way I could ride something like that tall bike just because of the fact I'm short alone
it's nice to relate and just to know that you're not alone every once in a while
if you ever feel bad about being short, just know that you remind short people that other short people exist
Wonder how difficult it would be to add a brace at the top of the pivot point on the swing bike to support it so it doesn't bend. Sure you can just bend it back but with metal fatigue over time I imagine it'd break eventually. Either way, great collection!
Probably pretty easy actually. You'd just need some solid round stock matching the inner diameter of that tube and then a plate that drops around the seat tube that you could bolt through.
Looks perfect for a ball joint
It would be cool to get a larger bar set onto the half bike to see if that improves it's compliance and turning (at least by feel). It isn't really a good "bike" so to speak, but it would be fun to try.
Hi from the UK 👋 Seth im not sure if your aware of the smaller seatpost diameter posts that trans x do. Along with a shim from 27.2mm this could answer all your prays regarding a dropper on the Kent travail. Happy biking.
I wanna see a vid on the hub with internal gears. ive heard you can get some with internal hub brakes too. would be interesting to see that in teh channel, idk maybe making an ultra minimalist but fully fitted, maybe sleeper bike?
I've got 2 old Raleigh bikes with Sturmey-Archer here in the UK. One is a 1980 3 speed on my Raleigh Twenty "shopper", and the other is a rare 4 speed on my 1950 Raleigh. Very interesting system. The 1950 one also has a dynamo in the front hub that powers a front and rear light
Brompton folding bikes use that hub set up.
There are shims available for 27.2mm seatposts to fit the weird 30.4mm diameter of the Kent Trouvaille (e.g. from Cane Creek). And while the selection of 27.2mm dropper posts is quite low, there are some to choose from (OneUp, PWM, KindShock, etc).
The other route would be to ream the seat tube to fit a 30.9mm seatpost. I myself wouldn't do so due to safety concerns, but one UA-camr actually did this.
Who remembers the old video of his weirdest bikes
Me lol I was so confused when I saw the notification
Yes
@@zachthompson1376 same 😂
Me i liked the switch bike
@@bhornet4456 same
You make some of the BEST mountain bike videos on UA-cam Seth...been following this channel for years. You and a couple of your UA-cam friends got me back into cycling just because of your entertaining videos. And it was great seeing your fleet of FREAK BIKES again (my favorite all time of course is the SWING BIKE.)
Awesome set of weird stuff you have there! There are only two things you're missing now, and those are a velocino and a recumbent bike, ideally a center steering FWD python or flevobike.
I am the designer of the swing bike in this video. I still have all of the original artwork.
I loved the first freak bike video watched it over along with most of your other older content multiple times. Thanks for bring it back, Love ya Seth!
Seth, you really need to extend out the rear triangle on that tall bike. A longer wheelbase will solve all its problems and actually make it a capable machine, also better cargo capacity.
Also, it has space for another 2 bottle cages in the middle triangle.
You should build a tandem! Tandem bike on the bottom and a normal frame on top. Will give you needed wheelbase and extra seat to geek around with friends
They are all special in their own way but that slingshot is a collectors bike for sure. If you ever get tired of having it you should do a raffle or something that would be cool to have that one. It is really a neat bike. Just shows the capabilities of the human mind to engineer things that are just crazy all of these bikes are a testament to the power of the mind! Is there a bike made with like ski's on it for snow? That I could really use this winter! It has been extra snowy!
Thanks Seth! Your videos are the best! Currently binge watching…lol
Same, I've watched almost every video of his ,except his really old ones, in the last few weeks😂
So pleased to see the update to your freakbike collection.
I don’t have a freakbike collection yet…but it’s something I’m working on. I’d love to buy a modern Penny farthing and I want to make my own interpretation of the half bike - using a mini rocker BMX and stunt scooter handlebars.
So happy to see how the collection has grown. I remember when the half joined the fleet and now there are so many mkre
Gosh this channel really rekindles my love for biking. I injured my IT band a few years ago so I had to stop. But I've been getting better every day thanks to my doctors. I've been thinking about starting to ride again.
I was able to get a 30.9 internal dropper on my Trouvaille. I reamed the seat tube from 30.4 to 30.9 and drilled an access hole in the bottom of the seat tube that is near the BB to get the cable in the seat tube. It works great. No noticable difference with the .25mm missing from the wall thickness of seat tube. My thoughts were... if I am already drilling and grinding the frame, why not add reaming too. 😂
I own a Kent Trouvaille and ride it 15 miles every morning. LOVE that bike! Only changes I made (so far) were some Maxxis tires (Ardent in the front + Hookworm in the back for the mixed terrain I do), oval chainring, SRAM chain, and grips. Thing rides like a dream. :)
Awesome Seth I started MTB two years ago on a Walmart Shwinn 27.5 but soon upgraded to specialized rock hopper and have enjoyed every mile on it . Keep up the great content and thank you for doing so I really do enjoy and learn from them .
Pretty sure Seth isn’t sending out prizes. Hopefully his UA-cam isn’t getting hacked!
I had an older neighbor kid that lived a couple doors down for me when I was a kid that had a swing bike. I wanted one so bad. I think I'll keep my ear to the ground and pick one up someday. They are super cool! Love your unique videos Seth!
Cool. Thanks for sharing this with us
Hey Seth, I was able to put on a dropper seat post on a bike with a weird seat post ID by using a seat post adapter. Pretty much every size you can think is available and I used a 27.2mm dropped and a 27.2mm - 30mm adapter. Hope this helps with the Kent!!
I just recommended the same. Yep.
Very unique and suprizingly functional collection you've got there. I really like the Slingshot. It's cool and unique looking yet seems the most all around functional one of all.
These are my favorite bike check videos. I'd love to give all of them a shot, and honestly since I also ride a small, and I'm the same height as you, I know when a bike fits you it should fit me too.
I can help with the dropper post issue on Walmart bike. My main rig has odd 29.8mm seat post, only option was to go for KS eTen 27.2mm 120mm dropper and use shims for extra stability I've added modified shims at the bottom of a dropper that are held with tape below and above. Been using this setup since 2021 with no issues. Can't get what you love, love what you have😊
That was a lot of fun checking out the bikes. Hope ya obtain some more quirky bikes
I've been waiting for this video ever since Seth released the first weir bike video years ago. Love it!
Love the uni. The more you ride it the better you’ll get. Free mounting was super hard to learn for me but once you get the feel for it you’ll progress a bunch.
Awesome freak bike collection you have there.
That swing bike looks like so much fun and I'm sure it turns heads going down the street. Thank you for showing the freak bike collection as I totally enjoyed the vid 😎👍
I am the designer of the swing bike in this video.
Seth when are we getting some more 10 bike products😢 (WE NEED TO GET THIS TO THE TOP SO HE WILL SEE THIS)
Tour of all the trails, Seth!!!!
Go for a cranckbrothers highline/xc 125mm dropper, also got it on my 27.2mm seatube downcontry hardtail
The first time I saw the setting bike 3 years ago, I needed! Have been checking online monthly since then and have never seen it in stock. 😢
Nice collection Seth. I have a penny farthing, 90s MTB, eBike commuter and 'normal' Trek road bike, all have been featured on my channel at some time or other.
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Definitely deserved. Good job Seth!
Seth, I’ve just watched your weird bikes video, it reminded me of a friend’s bike, it’s one of those bikes that steers the wrong way (move the handle bars to the right the front wheel moves to the left) it would be great to see you try one, especially if you want a challenge!
Love the tall the bike you made! So cool how you everyone that comes get to ride it too
part of me wonders if it would be possible to reinforce the pivot on a swing bike with some connection at the top. my assumption is that someone's already thought that through and decided it either doesn't work or isn't worth the time/money/effort, but I still wonder.
I’m always super excited when Sith loads up a new video!!
Do it.
Same
Hopefully the Jedi don’t shut him down
I love the swingbike. It reminds me of the rear-wheel-steering of monster-trucks, old Nissan GT-Rs, the new electric Hummer, and I think the JDM Mitsubishi 3000GT also has that feature. It's so great to see that on any bike. The handling is amazing.
I actually just bought a kent trouvaille last week, the size you have isn't a large, it's a medium. They just started selling the large frames within the last month. The new large also has routing for a dropper post now.
Awesome video Seth !
FWIW: I learned to ride unicycles sometime from 1988 to 1995 while living in South Florida, when I was 27 to 35 years old.
I tried to ride one of my unis a year or two back, only to discover I did not have 27 to 35 year old KNEES any longer...😊
If it helps at all, you're riding a bit high for muni. On pavement most people like to have it the seat up but the second you hit a bump it'll buck you. As a fellow short unicyclist i'd recommend getting a kris holm fusion-one saddle/post since you can get it a bit lower than the one you currently have. Also, if you can post on your arm to distribute weight instead of just sitting, it'll help compensate for bumps too. it's not immediately intuitive, but it's a must for riding trails.
2:20, haha i love how Seth just casually sprinkles in footage of him eating total crap sometimes. Keep the rubber side down dude! haha
There's at least one guy who has ridden a "mountain" unicycle to the top of White Mt in California, a 14,000+ foot peak. Can't even imagine it. Maybe Seth could come out west and try it?
Hi Steh realy nice video kinda reminds me of the old viedeo with the "Freak" bike,
and i only have one question why is the fork of the tallbike white and not gray like the frame ?
I used to go with my buddy to English town nj every year for this huge swap meet at a drag strip or something and they all rode around on crazy custom bikes like these. The best was a guy who had a super looooong front fork and a lil tiny tire and the old school long banana seat it looked sick
I seem to have missed the half bike episode. Will be looking for that after watching this!
I got a ricey mtb i call it The Diamond in The Cave because it is based on black with some blue decals, its rims are blue and its a 26" Hardtail mtb
On the swing bike what keeps you from machining a brace that goes from the seat tube to the top of the pivot point that would prevent it from bending? Bending it and bending it back will only be an option for so long.
God that hit at 2:20 looked rough. Great video, thanks.
Yes, riding a tall bike is easy, except for wanting tip over backwards. Lol. I've rode one, just not one like yours with gears and front and rear brakes. Awesome video Seth!
Re: unicycle freemounting.
On a smaller brake-less unicycle you can hold your tire in place with your hand as you mount to assist in keeping your balance under control as you get moving. You could probably do the same thing with your brake.
Hey you should get gmbn over to try the trails
That would be a great video.
Also love your stuff Seth
Hey Seth great vid as always & congratulations!
Wanted to ask you: What's the deal with BMX handle bars on MTB? Why do people do it? is it more comfortable? Kids doing tricks do it to. Saw a video of the Ruff Riders paying respects to DMX and there were a lot of kids with MTB's with BMX handlebars.
I think it looks pretty of cool, but I wonder how it changes the ride feel and do you think that by changing the handle bar like that makes the bike more of a cruiser bike than a MTB?
Should weld a tab on the swing bike going from the seat tube to the top of the swing pivot making it a double shear point. Single shear on a king pin style bolt like that will always bend for sure.
I think you could machine a billet brace that goes from the seat post to the rear stem cap of the swing bike to keep it from bending like it does.
my thoughts exactly
Hi Seth if the seat tube on the kent truvaille is 27.5 mm u can use the pnw pine which is $200
Seth needs a chromed out low rider bike like I saw around in the 90s. Buy or build it would be a cool video
I have a Swing King also and it’s a blast. Also really quality feel to its build, for the price. I kindof want to get dual AliExpress knockoff Chris King headsets for it, because who has dual Chris King headsets…
Not sure if you've ever heard of Thunder Mountain Bike Park in MA, better yet the trail there named "Too Easy", but it's basically a double-black tech trail that's SUPER steep. I heard a story while riding there that someone rode a mountain unicycle, probably like your's down it 😱
You NEED to try a ski bike, ive been riding one for this last winter and it's so fun
Man these bikes are amazing!
There are some interesting ideas here!
What size is the seat tube on the Kent? Have you looked for adapters? I have a dropper post on a box store gt, and later used an adapter to put it on my friend specialized rockhopper
I remember the ORIGINAL late 60's Swing Bike, pitched by Jimmy Osmund. It was a Sting-Ray style bike, with springs under the top tube to give stability around center, and a lock-out so it could ride like a normal bike. It also lacked the cantilever pivot tube that always bends on your model. Like the makers first build, it's basically two, fully supported, head tubes with the rear "fork" being the whole drive train.
Looking at the new "Swing King", it makes me think they were scared to just let the pivot be the seat tube. Maybe it needs to be that far forward of the seat to be controllable, not sure, but that was not an issue with a banana seat on the original.
Your videos are relly good!!!! I really want to do great videos like yours
Love these!
Remember those Florida videos like it was yesterday
Would be cool to see an awd bike on the trails lol
Just sold my half bike.
I never rode it for more than a few minutes.
It hurt my feet standing on the small pedals.
And the wood bit I believe was changed with the newer models. I had a model with the wood.
You are SO much better than anyone I know on that unicycle!
Awesome Video!!!!
Awesome collection. Have you ever thought about making a long bike? Kids in my neighborhood had one with a super long chain stay and they would do drifting with it
As of 4/2023 there are 618 different types of bikes. Five categories: 1) Antique-vintage-classic (balloon tire), Common, Unorthodox, Competition/Sport, Utility. Categories separated into groups of which there are many. Eventually, maybe a book that outlines everything. Never thought that I'd find this many, but here we are, five years later. The list grows bigger every week when I find yet another new type. Favorite? The road grader bike.
Seth, next time you go up to New England, you should do a collab with Skills with Phil and go to Killington Bike park. I think it would be a banger. Love the vid btw
I *still* haven't seen the DB Fat Bike review. Yes, you did the Dolo, but I'd love to see a quick vid on the DB Fatbike...maybe in the snow? Pretty please?
I rode the swing bike over at Squatch Bikes. Steep steep learning curve. Trust me on that one.
What a amaizing collection😮😮
How did you do the steering and steering tube bearings on the tall bike? One set of bearings at the top and bottom? What about the fork tube, is that a piece of pipe welded on for the extra height?
Hello, I've been watching you for a while and you are one of my favorite UA-camrs. Your videos are entertaining and informative. (Mostly😂) have a good day
Hey Seth… what do you think of Pinion bikes with the mid mounted belt transmission?
Crankbrother Highline XC is a dropper post for 27,2mm seatpost and has the biggest available hub on the market with 125mm
My weirdest bike is an old LeRun Skatebike. On first impressions it seems easier than a unicycle but that is deceptive. But that makes it easier to get other people to try it. Not much for off-road though.
Hey Seth, Just a question. Will you be showcasing the new Sram derailleur in a upcoming video? I work at a local bike shop and we just open the crate and man that stuff is sick. Would love to see a future video of you maybe installing it on a bike.
Hello Seth, I just wonder how good could be the raised reversed stem on the swing bike... 😀
What happened to the bmx race bike that box gave you? Would be cool to see you upgrade if like you did with the orange p7 by adding six breaks and such
Seth, I think I have a few years on you, but I raced at Bellmore against another kid with a Slingshot BMX bike somewhere around 1984 or so.
5:42 "I have a fat bike but i never ride it" NYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
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I missed the SE Fat Ripper today 🥲 Crazy to think of how far this channel has come since you got “Busted Riding Street” in Miami. This channel is incredible, Seth, impacting more than just UA-cam.
If you increase the chainstay size of the tall bike, to the point where the down tube of the upper bike makes a straight line to the back wheel hub, it would probably keep the front wheel grounded while going up hill, could be a cool project for when you’re bored 😅 anyway it’s an amazing fleet!
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can you get a shim for seat post and then use a 27.5 paul north west?
You should add a support to the top part of the swing bikes pivot that would fix the bending issue!
Fill a shock with a c02 cartrigde great video
You'll have a lot better luck free-mounting the unicycle if you start with the pedals level, and only put enough weight on the back pedal to stop yourself from rolling backwards - most of your weight should be supported by your arm on the handle. For a large wheel, starting while rolling forwards slightly can also help, since you don't have to overcome the inertia of the wheel to start moving.
Awesome vid
What size is the dropper post? I have a 27.2 dropper on my fat bike from Pnw, but since you can’t find one for it it’s probably smaller?