The FIRST Things To Do With Your Brand New Bike

Chain checker (CC-4) is being used incorrectly.

People still use floor pumps? Lol

Get an electric pump, work smarter, not harder 🥲

Jimmi really is putting his all in to his role this time.....the way he goes from showing the sheer joy of " man pumping up new tyres " to displaying the fraught danger of over torqued 5Nm bolts exploding is just masterful. I can only think he's been attending drama classes to give his public the performance they deserve.

Stick protective film on the bottom tube and under the cables on the head tube

Before you ride every single day if you even own a bicycle the first thing you should do is check your tire pressure

Most of this advice pointless, if it's you already own bike once.

nah, just ride it as it comes out of the box [as everyone without a brain cell does]

If you buy a bike from a bike shop and they don’t go through this with you… 🤨

First thing is to register it on the BikeRegester and Immobilise

Take a photo of it in pristine condition. It will never look like that again.

For bicycles with straight bars, rotating the brake and gear levers to a comfortable position is worth doing early on. Every bicycle I've bought online has had the levers at an angle guaranteed to cause wrist pain.

Get it insured, especially if it costs a bit of money..

Can I just say, I cannot figure out how to fit an Allen key to adjust the sram axs lever reach lmao

Francis: Do you have a brand new bike?
Me: Nope 😢
Francis: Congratulations! 🎉

Leave it standing around in your living room unassembled for a week, then assemble it and align the brakes and leave it standing around for another week, then slowly order a bunch of parts and attach them over the course of another several weeks. Might be going quicker if it was Spring or Summer already, but it's still Winter so I'm fine.

Tire pressure to the max is a stupid advice, you have lower rolling resistance (vibrational losses) at power pressure , more grip and a more comfortable ride at power pressures. Ask silka and get the right pressure

Good luck pumping up a tyre up to 100psi on a Zipp 303 💥🤣🤣🤣

hide it from the wife

No need to waste money on a torque wrench. Just tighten the bolt until it feels spongy, then back it off a flat. (I’m an aircraft engineer, so I know stuff.)

hand pumps with pressure gauges are a bit naff
you can get cheap but perfectly ok torque hex key dohdats for your smaller bolts

Add bottle cages, seat bag, and any other things you use.

Get rid of the factory finish and start a custom job.🤓

Helitape chain stays, crank arms, down tube…

Don't trust your floor pump pressure gauge, get a digital one they're pretty cheap.

If you have to fit pedals to your new bike, remember that one side has a left hand thread and the other has a right hand thread. Can't remember which side has which but if your pedal won't screw in even though you are turning the axle, then turn it in the opposite direction.

We’re going to see loads of newbies pumping their tyres to max pressure now 😂

You make a big deal about proper torque but don't bother pointing out there's more to it than just putting a wrench set to X and trying to turn the bolt/screw. It could be way over-torqued and you'll never know. I'm amazed at the half-baked or simply wrong information spewed by zootube "experts". I hope they have good lawyers!

Is this a video for the first time bike owner?

6. Bed-in your breaks (if using disc breaks)

Admire it. Worry about it getting dirty. Ride it. Get it dirty. Worry less.

clean and wax it with a car wax- preferably the modern spray ceramic wax to make it look shiiiinnnnyyyyy and brand new.

I never have used a torque wrench since i worked on my bikes….and that is more than 40 years ago…

Did you just recommend pumping to max psi? That will not make someone enjoy their new bike lol

If the bike is used definitely check all bearings for proper greasing.

can you guys test the csc wheels from their website with the novotec hubs heard they are super well made for the money

First thing to do on a new bike: remove the dork disc.

Ah. Most tires only have the maximum pressure which I usually way high.

Grease the seat tube post if aluminum or use carbon fiber paste for carbon seat posts. Torque seat post clamp. Nothing worse than trying to unseize a seat post.

Ride it.

PSA tightening with a torque wrench isn’t idempotent. Don’t try to continually check torque, loosen and re-torque. [edit: probably ok with beam-style wrench]

what about hookless rims if your someone that doesn't you might pump to tyre max and not the 70psi max of rim, result loud bang n having to change pants

funny that you showed how to use the chain checker incorrectly

Put SRAM Maven brakes on a road bike. 😭

Who would've known to check tire pressure when getting a new bike. Luckily I have a pump.

The first thing I do to a new (or used) bike as soon as get it into the house, even before I prep it for a shakedown ride: I swap out the crankset for a 165mm one. Only after I've done this that I start addressing fitment, proper brake adjustment, shifting, etc.

Clean the drive chain and apply your lube of choice. Bike register straight away 👍