When I used to do this kind of work, I used to do 4 bikes an hour. The company gave us these corded very small impact drivers, hozan third hand, cordless drill, a pedal wrench, a three way allen and three way 8/9/10 socket wrench , an electric black and decker air pump and a parks bicycle stand. As long as you set your work station up right , 4 full sized multi speed bicycles is doable for the average tech. IN the video, he didn't have to adjust brakes and derailleurs but in reality, both are always in need of adjustment. If you have the right assistant, he can do the unboxing and removal of packaging , air the tires then barely start the pedals , throw the stem in the steerer and throw the seat and front wheel on. Exactly half of the time to assemble is dedicated to removing packing. Used to take me 7.5min to complete a prepped bicycle and we averaged 8-10 bicycles per hour. I could prep a bicycle in less than five min myself.
i’m planning on buying my self a brand new bike to ride this summer and ordering from online shipping from walmart. i am glad the bike assembly is really easy
Here's a tip for any of you techs out there....a refrigerator compressor makes a very nice silent bicycle tire inflation. you can build an enclousure out of wood, put the compressor inside, connect an air hose, Gauge , light switch and outlet to the front of it and a power cord in the back. Flip a switch and you have silent air. I used to fill to the min 40psi.
@@Potatopops went good, i got the job, start training next week. Easiest interview I've had. Just told them about stuff I've worked on, a bike, my car, shelves. Went in for a skills test, they had me put together a wicker chair, only 8 bolts in it. And you should use the directions that come with it. I did have to use the allen wrench and stamped wrench that came with it, which was a bit fumbly, after a few minutes they gave me a ratchet and that sped things up. I passed and I felt like I didn't do great. I'll get faster with practice. Looking forward to the job. Good luck! If you've ever used tools I'm sure you'll pass.
@@makemegood1 true. I wish i knew this was a job years ago, easiest interview I've ever had. But i might just be a seasonal employee so who knows, might be looking for something else in a month. And i have been having occasional hand numbness ever since i started, probably carpal tunnel
So ive been in Walmarts, Targets, Academys etc... ive been assembling bikes for years and not impressed with this video or with the comments made that 3/4 bikes an hr isnt doable. First off you have to make sure that every bolt is tighten down properly, brake pads need to be adjusted front to back, align brakes, tighten reflector, tighten Pedals, check gears, adjust gears, air up tires. I Assemble for a living and bikes are not hard to assemble. I build between 6/7 bikes an hr depending on bikes. Now on a good day i can knock out 60/70 bikes 10/12hr work day. Ive built tons of bikes, and yes theres bikes thatll give you a hard time but you got to be smart and not spend 30 mins on one bike. Put it to the side and come back to it later before you leave for the day. So in all being Certified and having common sense Building bikes is really easy. Qauilty and quanity, being safe and making sure bikes get built right is my mind set everyday.
I totally agree that one can assemble bikes faster than one per 30 minutes, however, I know what it takes to assemble at a pace of one every 10-15 minutes. It gets exhausting and realistically there is no way that you can give the bike the full attention it needs. Yes, you can assemble to the minimum standard, but we aim for higher than that.
We can go back and forth but this is what i do. I know the kind of work i put out daily, and i take this really serious. Ive trained and gave advise to ppl that thought they knew Bike assembly.
If your assembling correctly you check your brake pads for proper alignment with rim and also after tire inflation to make sure pads no hit tire! On every bike! You also did not properly check the gears.
@@linuxxc Yes and that is all you did! Run up and down the gears! You need to start at the bottom of the rear and click one gear at a time. That is the only way you can see if the cable tension is correct and shifting into each gear correctly. I have been assembling in big box retail from way back in the late eighties and still do almost every day. A good 85 percent of bikes need the derailleur cable adjustment out of the box!
Although quickly, I did ensure that it shifted. This was literally a video to see how fast I could assemble the bike. After the video, it went back on the stand and I did the full check out . That was not my normal procedure. So take your holier than though preaching about how you know so much somewhere else. It's not needed here. This is not an instructional video, this is not a demonstration, this not a how to, it was a little fun I had to see how quickly I could get a bike together that could be ridden.
@@linuxxc Oh whatever dude! Settle down already! Jesus! HA ha! I am not preaching I am just telling you how it is just like others have. If ya dont want comments then disable them. Your 5 minute assembly time is bogus because you did not properly adjust out the bike.
So I got a job today as bike builder at Target (I think that's where you work too). Next week I am doing orientation- Do you think that their requirement of 3-4 bikes an hour is do-able?
By now you're probably into your job a bit. As you know, 3-4 bikes is not doable an hour, not with a mixture of Magna/Dynacraft thrown in there. You will spend a good deal of time just unpacking the bike. My goal is 30 minutes per bike (adult bikes, kids bikes are much faster) In that time I can guarantee that our guests will be getting a safe bicycle. If your LODs complain about your speed, just tell them that you're still learning and that safety is your number one, remember, you assemble the only thing in our stores that can go in excess of 40 mph and has the potential to kill someone. Good luck with your new job! Tell me how it works out. Message me if you have any questions.
Do yourself a favor and talk to your manager. Tell him to look into accepting QUALITY over quantity. If TARGET can get quality built bikes they will get a better reputation than ukfn walmart.
These brakes didn't need to be adjusted. I would say from experience, of the bikes I get from Pacific Cycle (Schwinn) about 1-2 in every 10 need any kind of adjustment. They are one of the few lower end companies that actually do a decent job. If I were assembling this for a customer, I would have made sure they were perfect. I put this back up on the stand afterwards to double check everything. These were centered pretty good, not rubbing, and had the proper tension. Bikes that I get from Dynacraft (Magna, Triax, etc.), I would say 10 out of 10 need major adjustments, to just about everything.
@Pason Jayne Hi, yes. Average 7-10 bikes per day (8,5 hours). But it is Canada and salary is only 12 CAD per hour. Sounds like a joke. So i will go back to Europe soon.
Been a piece-rate bike assembler for 4 years (but I was a shop mechanic for 5 years prior). You have excellent speed but I think you could be more efficient. Also, impact drivers are a must if you're building high volumes and they pay for themselves. I average 7 bikes an hour, usually 50-60 bikes in a day. Sometimes 70 or 80 with a percentage of kids bikes. My highest is 100 in 10 hours.
I've never been a fan of impact drivers because they are hard to control what torque you get at the end. I suppose you could just run it in and use a wrench for final torque. Hand tools worked well for me.
@kevin osorio Depends on the bike. We charge stores anywhere from 5-10 dollars per bike and get a commission on the price of at least 50%. So you make anywhere from 2.5 to 5 dollars. 2.5 for the kids bikes that are just training wheels/front wheel/handlebar, 5 for the threadless headset/disc brake/multispeed adult bikes. 3 dollars would be low for the complicated bikes
I've seen bicycles that were assembled at such a speed - you can crash on them immediately after leaving the store, there are no brakes, everything is crooked, half of it is not twisted, the gears are switched through the ass. Therefore, it takes 30-40 minutes to properly assemble and adjust the bike, as well as to check each nut.
@@emigrant4life Unfortunately there are lots of people who get hired on and don't know what they're doing. But I've worked in multiple bike shops for nearly 10 years. I adjust the brakes and shifting, true wheels and disc brake rotors when needed. We're not doing a full overhaul and checking the hubs etc but all the critical things are tightened
ive been at this work for a month and can do unwrapping and adjusting within 15 to 20min. i thought that was slow. but shit, ya ironically the assymbly doesnt take that long, its the damn unwrapping and cutting the boxes down that takes it out of ya. well adjusting the stupid brakes too.
I'm just going to say this there's a lot of things that you missed but I understand this was for fun I'm not going to be like the rest of the comments ☺️ I assemble bikes for REI and it usually takes me about 30 minutes per bike and then it goes into the final check by the head tech
Thank you. This entire video is aimed at the Jyve scam walmart is using to evade taxes. Thats why a lot of these guys are talking shit. They do quality work to a safe standard. Whereas this is trying to make getting paid 4-6$ a bike worth your time.
@@marcusmungeam241 it’s been worth my time. I’ve been doing this for 2-3 days a week for the last month, average about 5-6 hours each day and have made over $3k assembling bikes and grills. Grill days are the money maker. Over $300 on those days.
Kathy, this was not my normal assembly. It was a "for fun" video that I made to see how fast I could assemble a bike. That bike was perfectly safe to ride but not everything was adjusted perfectly. After this video that bike went back on the stand and everything got adjusted with the same level of scrutiny I gave to every other bike. Many Pacific Cycle bikes actually came adjusted very close to where they needed to be. This bike was safe but did not go to the floor with an assembly time of 5 minutes.
I think you should probably get yourself a new video with proper adjusting of the gears and brakes. Keep it under 9 minutes and not be impressive. Faster than me but again rather had seen it done to 100% check. Thanks for the video nonetheless.
Nice, everyone already knows shipping and assembly takes potential out of the bikes. No one is going into a walmart for a bike, then strait to a trail. Damn that was fast.
Also hand tools to tighten up the bolts and stuff like that wont cut it. You must have an impact 18-20volt. These bikes need to be in tiptop condition and readiness for these customers and kids... js
An impact wrench....to assemble bicycles? I'm sorry, but that comment right there invalidates everything you just said. Impact wrenches are never, I repeat, never used to tighten a fastener that needs to be done to a specific torque setting. You would use a torque wrench if you really wanted to get right to the spec. What on Earth would you need an impact for? The highest torque nut you're going to tighten is the axle nut, that torque spec is max maybe 35 ft-lbs. Using an impact would just over tighten things and cause damage. We're assembling bikes here, not overhauling cars.
Listen ive been doing this for years, im certified and dont need a nobody making excuses and trying to tell me something i already know and have experience in. Ive been to all these stores and these ppl building dont have a clue when it comes to bikes. So lets just get that straight.
+linuxxc Just know my Certificate Validates what i know. I'll let you little in store assemblers think yall know it all. But ive seen the work yall do, like i said not impressed.
That's why you pay $ 80 😡😡😡for the bicycle and 10 minutes later you have to pay $ 65 to a real mechanic To do the same but this time the Right way bout still $80 bicycle
Now do the harder bikes with baskets, cup holders, phone holders, tassles, training wheels, BREAKS( HE DOES NOT TUNE THE BREAKS) and saddlebags. Just aswell he DID NOT GO THROUGH THE GEARS ETHER. I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH AN HOUR LONG VIDEO WHERE HE PUTS TOGETHER 6 DIFFERENT BIKES.
Oh sure anyone can just slap something together. And build it half assed. Company i work for we have those guys that can build a ton of bikes in a day. Funny thing is i have to charge the customer to fix what should have been done the first time. Since the company won't make whoever built them go back and fix them for free. I checked out other comments on here and i agree with them so no need to go there again on those covered points they made...
@@linuxxc Oh I did and your description says nothing about the bike not being ready to be sold to a customer. Maybe putting that in the description for people that dont know how to build a bike 100%. So they know what they are seeing you do. Instead you have me and others that do know what it takes giving you similar comments. And still after all these years this video has been up and along with their and my comments you have still have failed to do so. So why not do that? Instead of coming back with a comment to me "Can you read the description". If your going to have to go back and do all the adjustments then this bike is not complete until you do so. Hell why did you bother to tighten anything up? No different than you saying you can take a dump in X amount of time but you leave out wiping your rear. So again i would say to you, why not tell everyone what this video actually is. They are going to think thats all it takes to build or assemble a complete bike. Which your title and description FAILS to do.
Bud, here's the thing. I thought you could use some critical thinking skills and say, "hah, he was just seeing how fast he could assemble a bike, that's pretty cool" and go along your way. I assembled bikes for over 7 years at my store, I was the only one. In the thousands of bikes that got sold not a single one was ever returned to me for an error on my part. Not one. I ride bikes as a past time (road mostly, some mountain now) and I've done complete tear down and rebuild restorations of a Schwinn Collegiate, Schwinn Tourist and Western Auto with 3 Speed Sturmey Archer. What I'm saying is, don't condescend me, don't be an ass on the internet to make yourself feel good. I know what I'm doing and I did it right every time. Not a single bike left my care without everything being properly adjusted. I would even ride each one to ensure that the adjustments I made on the stand were still good when the gears/chain/derailleur were under load. I no longer work there and I no longer assemble bikes. I'm an engineer, don't treat me like some dumbass punk because in your eyes you found a "technicality" in my video.
Bud if you cant take constructive criticism on your simple berating msg to me dont do the same. I dont care how long you been messing with bicycles nor your current job now as an Engineer. I wont go into how many engineers that have degrees that couldn't wipe their back side without instructions. You could have just altered the title OR put a note in the description correcting this. But you got on your soap box now and want berate me when i didn't do that to you. I'm just stating fact in what you posted so many years ago. And you have up tenth amount of others commenting on it as i have. It takes me to run across it to say something to rattle your cage. You can do one of a few things, you can block me and delete my posts, come back with more educated info on what you have done with bikes and being an engineer or you can just fix the post and make it so no one in the future tries to correct you and point out your literary mistake (which is the part i dont think you will do). But the funny part of all this is when you throw in the "I'M AN ENGINEER" part. I've only been building bikes for a year, which you have so many more years in building them than i do. And you have alot more years of posting videos on here as well....Now an "Engineer". But you cant even post a correct title to your video or a correct description. You feeling your being treated like your a "dumbass punk" in your words. Is more self reflection. Not me calling you that. I never said such a thing nor implied it. i can put my age out there and what I've done in my life. But that would be me trying to be make myself be bigger than you and tooting my own horn. Which i will not belittle myself into stooping into doing. I will add that my first post was a lil assholeish and i could have just made the point in my 2nd message on this video. So i stand corrected on my initial post and i apologize. But i wont apologize for ones after that. I wasn't the first to find issue with your video and title nor will I be the last. So this "technicality" is your own doing not mine or someone else's. You just took it as if I was the one bringing it to your attention as if you never knew there was a ("technical") issue. It been up going on 7 yrs and i know others have posted the same thing as I.
30 minutes a bike in 8 hours thats only 12 bikes thats lame. i work for a company and we work average 10 hours a day and knock out 35-50 bikes in that time. and we adjust every brake on the bike, if needed, adjust gears, (they must all shift with no problems or they dont pass an audit) true the rims, etc.... and then all the boxes have to be cut down and folded to fit into a bailer, plastic must be separated from cardboard, and we do that every day, and you are only doing 12 bikes???? thats insane. oh and you didnt tighten the reflectors. nice work you did in 5 minutes though with complete unwrapping because yeah that shit takes forever and it makes a long day even longer.. just a tip, harbor freight sales a set of orange picks and the hook one makes stripping down the wrapping ten times faster you should try that. good job man
+Chris Henderson Umm, 30 minutes per bike, 8 hours, that 16 bikes there buddy. I know the kind of companies you work for, speed is life for them. Here's the difference though, I've been assembling bikes for 7+ years now, which translates to literally thousands of bikes sold. I have never had a bike returned due to an error by me. Don't mistake my slower pace for an inability to do it faster. Safety is my #1 priority. I also take every bike off the stand and personally ride each one while shifting through every gear to ensure that the adjustments I made on the bike while on the stand (no load), actually hold true in real life (with load). I'm also responsible for controlling inventory in my store, printing signs for everything, and maintaining/auditing our bikes and fixtures on the sales floor. Our jobs, although similar, have very different responsibilities. I'm sorry if I find it difficult to believe that you unpack a bike, assemble, adjust brakes/gears, test, and true rims in as little as 12 minutes per bike for 10 hours straight. Mistakes are made when "efficiency" is prioritized over efficacy. I err on the side of efficacy and safety for my end users. If you're turning out safe bikes at that pace, then by all means, continue to do so.
I inflate the tires before adjusting the brakes because the rim expands as the tube is filled.
I do the same. But tire expands not the wheel...
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@@quinceyy 😆 the rim slightly expands on certain bikes.
When I used to do this kind of work, I used to do 4 bikes an hour. The company gave us these corded very small impact drivers, hozan third hand, cordless drill, a pedal wrench, a three way allen and three way 8/9/10 socket wrench , an electric black and decker air pump and a parks bicycle stand. As long as you set your work station up right , 4 full sized multi speed bicycles is doable for the average tech. IN the video, he didn't have to adjust brakes and derailleurs but in reality, both are always in need of adjustment. If you have the right assistant, he can do the unboxing and removal of packaging , air the tires then barely start the pedals , throw the stem in the steerer and throw the seat and front wheel on. Exactly half of the time to assemble is dedicated to removing packing. Used to take me 7.5min to complete a prepped bicycle and we averaged 8-10 bicycles per hour. I could prep a bicycle in less than five min myself.
Huffy Service First?
I'm being offered a job like that. How is it?
I use power tools for every single bit except pedals. Takes me 6 mins from box to floor
i’m planning on buying my self a brand new bike to ride this summer and ordering from online shipping from walmart. i am glad the bike assembly is really easy
In China they build the whole bike in 5 minutes
Then the whole thing falls apart by 2 years 🤣🤣
@@unapprovedtruth7116 what do you want from bike for $200? buy for $800 and everything will be ok.
Here's a tip for any of you techs out there....a refrigerator compressor makes a very nice silent bicycle tire inflation. you can build an enclousure out of wood, put the compressor inside, connect an air hose, Gauge , light switch and outlet to the front of it and a power cord in the back. Flip a switch and you have silent air. I used to fill to the min 40psi.
How fast can it inflate tires? The advantage of a tank compressor is speed... even if it's loud as hell
I just applied for an assembler job. Just stopping by before my phone interview to brush up
Same. How did it go?
@@Potatopops went good, i got the job, start training next week. Easiest interview I've had. Just told them about stuff I've worked on, a bike, my car, shelves. Went in for a skills test, they had me put together a wicker chair, only 8 bolts in it. And you should use the directions that come with it. I did have to use the allen wrench and stamped wrench that came with it, which was a bit fumbly, after a few minutes they gave me a ratchet and that sped things up. I passed and I felt like I didn't do great. I'll get faster with practice. Looking forward to the job. Good luck! If you've ever used tools I'm sure you'll pass.
bruh if you can read you can be an assembler
@@makemegood1 true. I wish i knew this was a job years ago, easiest interview I've ever had. But i might just be a seasonal employee so who knows, might be looking for something else in a month. And i have been having occasional hand numbness ever since i started, probably carpal tunnel
@@fryncyaryorvjink2140 tyvm. I have a post-interview skills test coming up and your comment eases my nerves.
How much per bike?
I get paid 5$/ bike
Im making 7$ per multi speed, $5 for kids bikes, ez builds or regular kids bikes
in canada it is 8-10 CAD ($6-7) per bike (Canadian Tire)
So ive been in Walmarts, Targets, Academys etc... ive been assembling bikes for years and not impressed with this video or with the comments made that 3/4 bikes an hr isnt doable. First off you have to make sure that every bolt is tighten down properly, brake pads need to be adjusted front to back, align brakes, tighten reflector, tighten Pedals, check gears, adjust gears, air up tires. I Assemble for a living and bikes are not hard to assemble. I build between 6/7 bikes an hr depending on bikes. Now on a good day i can knock out 60/70 bikes 10/12hr work day. Ive built tons of bikes, and yes theres bikes thatll give you a hard time but you got to be smart and not spend 30 mins on one bike. Put it to the side and come back to it later before you leave for the day. So in all being Certified and having common sense Building bikes is really easy. Qauilty and quanity, being safe and making sure bikes get built right is my mind set everyday.
You do you, killer. Keep knocking out 60-70 bikes a day and randomly capitalizing words, whatever floats your boat.
+linuxxc sorry if im offending you whoever you are?! But im just telling you the truth on this little video you posted.
I totally agree that one can assemble bikes faster than one per 30 minutes, however, I know what it takes to assemble at a pace of one every 10-15 minutes. It gets exhausting and realistically there is no way that you can give the bike the full attention it needs. Yes, you can assemble to the minimum standard, but we aim for higher than that.
We can go back and forth but this is what i do. I know the kind of work i put out daily, and i take this really serious. Ive trained and gave advise to ppl that thought they knew Bike assembly.
I have no idea what you do.
That's tight.
If your assembling correctly you check your brake pads for proper alignment with rim and also after tire inflation to make sure pads no hit tire! On every bike! You also did not properly check the gears.
Did you see me run through the gears?
@@linuxxc Yes and that is all you did! Run up and down the gears! You need to start at the bottom of the rear and click one gear at a time. That is the only way you can see if the cable tension is correct and shifting into each gear correctly. I have been assembling in big box retail from way back in the late eighties and still do almost every day. A good 85 percent of bikes need the derailleur cable adjustment out of the box!
This being said very few big box bike assembly techs adjust gears at all.
Although quickly, I did ensure that it shifted. This was literally a video to see how fast I could assemble the bike. After the video, it went back on the stand and I did the full check out . That was not my normal procedure. So take your holier than though preaching about how you know so much somewhere else. It's not needed here. This is not an instructional video, this is not a demonstration, this not a how to, it was a little fun I had to see how quickly I could get a bike together that could be ridden.
@@linuxxc Oh whatever dude! Settle down already! Jesus! HA ha! I am not preaching I am just telling you how it is just like others have. If ya dont want comments then disable them. Your 5 minute assembly time is bogus because you did not properly adjust out the bike.
So I got a job today as bike builder at Target (I think that's where you work too). Next week I am doing orientation- Do you think that their requirement of 3-4 bikes an hour is do-able?
By now you're probably into your job a bit. As you know, 3-4 bikes is not doable an hour, not with a mixture of Magna/Dynacraft thrown in there. You will spend a good deal of time just unpacking the bike. My goal is 30 minutes per bike (adult bikes, kids bikes are much faster) In that time I can guarantee that our guests will be getting a safe bicycle. If your LODs complain about your speed, just tell them that you're still learning and that safety is your number one, remember, you assemble the only thing in our stores that can go in excess of 40 mph and has the potential to kill someone. Good luck with your new job! Tell me how it works out. Message me if you have any questions.
linuxxc yes sir. I take 15 to 20 minutes on a mountain, 10 speed and disc brake bike. I average around 3 an hour.
@@johnathanwoods1223what is the pay and is it worth it - I got hired I was told 20.00 an hour or per install not really sure which is the best choice
Do yourself a favor and talk to your manager. Tell him to look into accepting QUALITY over quantity. If TARGET can get quality built bikes they will get a better reputation than ukfn walmart.
Sorry bro u for got to adjust the brakes are even center them js
These brakes didn't need to be adjusted. I would say from experience, of the bikes I get from Pacific Cycle (Schwinn) about 1-2 in every 10 need any kind of adjustment. They are one of the few lower end companies that actually do a decent job. If I were assembling this for a customer, I would have made sure they were perfect. I put this back up on the stand afterwards to double check everything. These were centered pretty good, not rubbing, and had the proper tension. Bikes that I get from Dynacraft (Magna, Triax, etc.), I would say 10 out of 10 need major adjustments, to just about everything.
I really enjoyed watching you assemble the bike :D Thank you
Nice work! I am have a job interview today (bike assembler), and I am nervous)) Before I worked in IT in my country)))
@Pason Jayne Hi, yes. Average 7-10 bikes per day (8,5 hours). But it is Canada and salary is only 12 CAD per hour. Sounds like a joke. So i will go back to Europe soon.
Been a piece-rate bike assembler for 4 years (but I was a shop mechanic for 5 years prior). You have excellent speed but I think you could be more efficient. Also, impact drivers are a must if you're building high volumes and they pay for themselves. I average 7 bikes an hour, usually 50-60 bikes in a day. Sometimes 70 or 80 with a percentage of kids bikes. My highest is 100 in 10 hours.
I've never been a fan of impact drivers because they are hard to control what torque you get at the end. I suppose you could just run it in and use a wrench for final torque. Hand tools worked well for me.
@kevin osorio Depends on the bike. We charge stores anywhere from 5-10 dollars per bike and get a commission on the price of at least 50%. So you make anywhere from 2.5 to 5 dollars. 2.5 for the kids bikes that are just training wheels/front wheel/handlebar, 5 for the threadless headset/disc brake/multispeed adult bikes. 3 dollars would be low for the complicated bikes
I've seen bicycles that were assembled at such a speed - you can crash on them immediately after leaving the store, there are no brakes, everything is crooked, half of it is not twisted, the gears are switched through the ass. Therefore, it takes 30-40 minutes to properly assemble and adjust the bike, as well as to check each nut.
@@emigrant4life Unfortunately there are lots of people who get hired on and don't know what they're doing. But I've worked in multiple bike shops for nearly 10 years. I adjust the brakes and shifting, true wheels and disc brake rotors when needed. We're not doing a full overhaul and checking the hubs etc but all the critical things are tightened
@@sisu9663 I do only 10-15 bikes per day, but they are perfect. It is my first and last job like this in Canada, like temporarily.
Give this guy a raise
This guys making bank. Definitely piece work.
ive been at this work for a month and can do unwrapping and adjusting within 15 to 20min. i thought that was slow. but shit, ya ironically the assymbly doesnt take that long, its the damn unwrapping and cutting the boxes down that takes it out of ya. well adjusting the stupid brakes too.
I'm just going to say this there's a lot of things that you missed but I understand this was for fun I'm not going to be like the rest of the comments ☺️ I assemble bikes for REI and it usually takes me about 30 minutes per bike and then it goes into the final check by the head tech
Also I check hangers, torque, brake alignment and suspension and angles
This is a $100 Walmart China bike Not A $3,000 REI bike.
Thank you. This entire video is aimed at the Jyve scam walmart is using to evade taxes. Thats why a lot of these guys are talking shit. They do quality work to a safe standard. Whereas this is trying to make getting paid 4-6$ a bike worth your time.
@@marcusmungeam241 it’s been worth my time. I’ve been doing this for 2-3 days a week for the last month, average about 5-6 hours each day and have made over $3k assembling bikes and grills. Grill days are the money maker. Over $300 on those days.
@missiletm @ 6x3 =18x2 bikes an hour= 36 a week @ 6.50=236 +36stocking =272 a week x4 weeks =1088. So somewhere your math is way off by like 2k$
I noticed you didn't adjust the brakes or the derailers at all. This is why Walmart is getting sued for poor bike assembly hurting customers.
Kathy, this was not my normal assembly. It was a "for fun" video that I made to see how fast I could assemble a bike. That bike was perfectly safe to ride but not everything was adjusted perfectly. After this video that bike went back on the stand and everything got adjusted with the same level of scrutiny I gave to every other bike. Many Pacific Cycle bikes actually came adjusted very close to where they needed to be. This bike was safe but did not go to the floor with an assembly time of 5 minutes.
I LOVE YOU!
I think you should probably get yourself a new video with proper adjusting of the gears and brakes. Keep it under 9 minutes and not be impressive. Faster than me but again rather had seen it done to 100% check. Thanks for the video nonetheless.
🚬 worthy
Nice, everyone already knows shipping and assembly takes potential out of the bikes. No one is going into a walmart for a bike, then strait to a trail. Damn that was fast.
Also hand tools to tighten up the bolts and stuff like that wont cut it. You must have an impact 18-20volt. These bikes need to be in tiptop condition and readiness for these customers and kids... js
An impact wrench....to assemble bicycles? I'm sorry, but that comment
right there invalidates everything you just said. Impact wrenches are
never, I repeat, never used to tighten a fastener that needs to be done
to a specific torque setting. You would use a torque wrench if you
really wanted to get right to the spec. What on Earth would you need an
impact for? The highest torque nut you're going to tighten is the axle
nut, that torque spec is max maybe 35 ft-lbs. Using an impact would just
over tighten things and cause damage. We're assembling bikes here, not
overhauling cars.
Listen ive been doing this for years, im certified and dont need a nobody making excuses and trying to tell me something i already know and have experience in. Ive been to all these stores and these ppl building dont have a clue when it comes to bikes. So lets just get that straight.
I would be willing to go up against any Assembler Tech. I am very knowledgeable when it comes to assembly overall PERIOD! Thank you
What exactly is your certification?
+linuxxc Just know my Certificate Validates what i know. I'll let you little in store assemblers think yall know it all. But ive seen the work yall do, like i said not impressed.
This is why you dont purchase a bike from china
Almost every bike less than 500.00 comes from China!
Almost every single thing you buy comes from that God awful place
I see why some bikes are installed with some parts lose , it’s about quantity not quality - not good for business
That's why you pay $ 80 😡😡😡for the bicycle and 10 minutes later you have to pay $ 65 to a real mechanic To do the same but this time the Right way bout still $80 bicycle
Oh, I didn't build every bike like that. The description is literally "Just a little fun to see how fast I could do it!"
If you bring an 80 dollar bike to a "mechanic," you're a fucking tool.
Now do the harder bikes with baskets, cup holders, phone holders, tassles, training wheels, BREAKS( HE DOES NOT TUNE THE BREAKS) and saddlebags. Just aswell he DID NOT GO THROUGH THE GEARS ETHER. I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH AN HOUR LONG VIDEO WHERE HE PUTS TOGETHER 6 DIFFERENT BIKES.
Read the description my man.
Dude i know what isn't going on here.
@@marcusmungeam241 "breaks" lol sure, sure
if he's not getting paid per bike then he's ripping himself
Oh sure anyone can just slap something together. And build it half assed. Company i work for we have those guys that can build a ton of bikes in a day. Funny thing is i have to charge the customer to fix what should have been done the first time. Since the company won't make whoever built them go back and fix them for free. I checked out other comments on here and i agree with them so no need to go there again on those covered points they made...
Can you read the description?
@@linuxxc Oh I did and your description says nothing about the bike not being ready to be sold to a customer. Maybe putting that in the description for people that dont know how to build a bike 100%. So they know what they are seeing you do. Instead you have me and others that do know what it takes giving you similar comments. And still after all these years this video has been up and along with their and my comments you have still have failed to do so. So why not do that? Instead of coming back with a comment to me "Can you read the description". If your going to have to go back and do all the adjustments then this bike is not complete until you do so. Hell why did you bother to tighten anything up? No different than you saying you can take a dump in X amount of time but you leave out wiping your rear. So again i would say to you, why not tell everyone what this video actually is. They are going to think thats all it takes to build or assemble a complete bike. Which your title and description FAILS to do.
Bud, here's the thing. I thought you could use some critical thinking skills and say, "hah, he was just seeing how fast he could assemble a bike, that's pretty cool" and go along your way. I assembled bikes for over 7 years at my store, I was the only one. In the thousands of bikes that got sold not a single one was ever returned to me for an error on my part. Not one. I ride bikes as a past time (road mostly, some mountain now) and I've done complete tear down and rebuild restorations of a Schwinn Collegiate, Schwinn Tourist and Western Auto with 3 Speed Sturmey Archer. What I'm saying is, don't condescend me, don't be an ass on the internet to make yourself feel good. I know what I'm doing and I did it right every time. Not a single bike left my care without everything being properly adjusted. I would even ride each one to ensure that the adjustments I made on the stand were still good when the gears/chain/derailleur were under load. I no longer work there and I no longer assemble bikes. I'm an engineer, don't treat me like some dumbass punk because in your eyes you found a "technicality" in my video.
Bud if you cant take constructive criticism on your simple berating msg to me dont do the same. I dont care how long you been messing with bicycles nor your current job now as an Engineer. I wont go into how many engineers that have degrees that couldn't wipe their back side without instructions. You could have just altered the title OR put a note in the description correcting this. But you got on your soap box now and want berate me when i didn't do that to you. I'm just stating fact in what you posted so many years ago. And you have up tenth amount of others commenting on it as i have. It takes me to run across it to say something to rattle your cage. You can do one of a few things, you can block me and delete my posts, come back with more educated info on what you have done with bikes and being an engineer or you can just fix the post and make it so no one in the future tries to correct you and point out your literary mistake (which is the part i dont think you will do). But the funny part of all this is when you throw in the "I'M AN ENGINEER" part. I've only been building bikes for a year, which you have so many more years in building them than i do. And you have alot more years of posting videos on here as well....Now an "Engineer". But you cant even post a correct title to your video or a correct description. You feeling your being treated like your a "dumbass punk" in your words. Is more self reflection. Not me calling you that. I never said such a thing nor implied it. i can put my age out there and what I've done in my life. But that would be me trying to be make myself be bigger than you and tooting my own horn. Which i will not belittle myself into stooping into doing. I will add that my first post was a lil assholeish and i could have just made the point in my 2nd message on this video. So i stand corrected on my initial post and i apologize. But i wont apologize for ones after that. I wasn't the first to find issue with your video and title nor will I be the last. So this "technicality" is your own doing not mine or someone else's. You just took it as if I was the one bringing it to your attention as if you never knew there was a ("technical") issue. It been up going on 7 yrs and i know others have posted the same thing as I.
@@linuxxc Oh i did see the did finally add that...LOL
30 minutes a bike in 8 hours thats only 12 bikes thats lame. i work for a company and we work average 10 hours a day and knock out 35-50 bikes in that time. and we adjust every brake on the bike, if needed, adjust gears, (they must all shift with no problems or they dont pass an audit) true the rims, etc.... and then all the boxes have to be cut down and folded to fit into a bailer, plastic must be separated from cardboard, and we do that every day, and you are only doing 12 bikes???? thats insane. oh and you didnt tighten the reflectors. nice work you did in 5 minutes though with complete unwrapping because yeah that shit takes forever and it makes a long day even longer.. just a tip, harbor freight sales a set of orange picks and the hook one makes stripping down the wrapping ten times faster you should try that. good job man
+Chris Henderson Umm, 30 minutes per bike, 8 hours, that 16 bikes there buddy. I know the kind of companies you work for, speed is life for them. Here's the difference though, I've been assembling bikes for 7+ years now, which translates to literally thousands of bikes sold. I have never had a bike returned due to an error by me. Don't mistake my slower pace for an inability to do it faster. Safety is my #1 priority. I also take every bike off the stand and personally ride each one while shifting through every gear to ensure that the adjustments I made on the bike while on the stand (no load), actually hold true in real life (with load). I'm also responsible for controlling inventory in my store, printing signs for everything, and maintaining/auditing our bikes and fixtures on the sales floor. Our jobs, although similar, have very different responsibilities. I'm sorry if I find it difficult to believe that you unpack a bike, assemble, adjust brakes/gears, test, and true rims in as little as 12 minutes per bike for 10 hours straight. Mistakes are made when "efficiency" is prioritized over efficacy. I err on the side of efficacy and safety for my end users. If you're turning out safe bikes at that pace, then by all means, continue to do so.