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how to tune and mantain a bmx

video how to tune and mantain a bmx

heres how to do a quick tune and mantinence on your bmx bike

the bike im using in the video is a felt mystic pro 2009 its about 3 months old

23 comments

Sep 28, 2011. 1:26 AMthehalloweenhaunter says:

Guys I found a better bmx designer website:
http://bmxcolor.narod.ru/main.html

This is what I am going to customize my bmx to:

Oct 22, 2009. 10:20 AMK-Dawg says:

good 5* helpfull (nice bike i own a three year old Mongoose Mischiefe in grey without the stickers and it runs like i just bought it :) ) Can you do any tricks?

Nov 23, 2009. 12:17 AMsharlston (author) says:

the moongoose ischief has a single piece crank dosent it?thats why i dont really like it

Nov 23, 2009. 1:05 PMK-Dawg says:

wat u mean?

Nov 24, 2009. 9:51 AMsharlston (author) says:

i dont like the moongoose mischief becuse it has a single piece crank

Nov 24, 2009. 9:54 AMK-Dawg says:

it doesnt u take the pedals of and you can take the crank off?

Nov 24, 2009. 10:09 AMsharlston (author) says:

yes thats single piece a three piece crank is where you have a rod running through the race then on the sides you have two crank arms hence the three piece crank

Nov 24, 2009. 10:15 AMK-Dawg says:

its just bolted on u have to unskrew it

Nov 24, 2009. 10:16 AMsharlston (author) says:

yes its single piece then

Nov 24, 2009. 10:22 AMK-Dawg says:

wait so u take off both pedals then the two other things thats in between the sprocket and pedals then the sprocket then undo two bolts and a rod comes out and then u just have a hole where the whole thing twists in?

Nov 24, 2009. 12:04 PMsharlston (author) says:

this may explain it better:
sheldonbrown.com/opc.html

Nov 25, 2009. 5:36 AMK-Dawg says:

mine are not like that mine are like this : cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eastern-Shaft-BMX-JUMP-3-piece-Cranks-Lime-Green_W0QQitemZ180431891583QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR

Nov 24, 2009. 10:14 AMK-Dawg says:

the mongoose mischief does have dat

Oct 26, 2009. 7:23 PMHellchild says:

Its a miracle!
I found someone who owns a mongoose and actually likes it!
how does it keep going. I ownes a Mongoose and it broke within the first week.

Oct 27, 2009. 4:09 PMK-Dawg says:

lol well I love my bike its built tough its three years old and still runs like its out of the box :) well of course i had to get it serviced and i had to take it apart oil it and put together again to keep it perfect ,like id do it once a month. Its a great bike tho im getting it customized tho soon. Repainted yaaay!!

Nov 3, 2009. 2:09 PMandresm says:

what did you use to render a "painted" image of your bike??

Nov 4, 2009. 8:24 AMK-Dawg says:

Strictly bmx customizer. Just search in Google ver10 and its the first one on the list of results. Check these out! What do you think? (and yes I am Irish).

Mar 21, 2011. 8:25 AMbmanteman says:

tyrwa

Jul 30, 2010. 5:18 PMsharlston (author) says:

i use strictly quite abit

Feb 22, 2010. 8:51 AM

TSC says:

cool!

Oct 22, 2009. 12:28 PMsharlston (author) says:

i can do tailwhips and 360s but i always tinker with my bike like changing the chain and replacing the grips every 2 minutes can yiu do any tricks and do you tinker whith your bike?

Oct 22, 2009. 12:31 PMK-Dawg says:

cool ( r they flatland or jumping) and yes i do tinker im re painting it soon and buying upgrades on ebay check it there some real awesome stuff. I can do alot of tricks! Ill name a few merry go round. fotjam tailwhip, spiderman and a lot more

Oct 23, 2009. 12:30 PMsharlston (author) says:

there jumping

nice moves