I think that's confirmation he really was remembering from being a kid! Regardless of technical details though, that was genuinely really nice. He's a good guy.
@wingguy: Definitely. This video got me stoked on life. Good for him for getting out on his bike and doing something to show other people how to get on theirs (responsibly). Also crazy that one of the most professional and well-produced shows is now basically a dude on his phone making YouTube how-to videos. What a time to be alive.
Hello! Everybody's gotten focused on the screwdriver, and missed the important message: SC is a rebel, he used to jump over people on his bike. Yeeeew!
...but why even vote, his minds like a castle with a moat, no thoughts allowed in and only garbage going out.....with a mental trojan horse we'll storm it....
Nothing more fun than watching a genius having a hard time with something most 13 year olds know how to do... I wonder if his original tube even had a hole in it...
neither my 13 year olds know how to do this. I'm mostly happy that I think my wife could do it if she had to in an emergency when riding by herself on her road bike. I think.... I learned about when I was 7. Kids these days have no idea how good they have it with dad's tubeless 26" carbon hand-me-downs & EXO casings. Pretty sure kid's never had a flat.
@dirtyburger: if you watch some of his interviews, or even some videos of him when he isn’t on his show, you’ll see how brilliant he really is. His interview with Anderson Cooper where they talk about the grieving process that they each went through when they lost their respective dads is one of the absolute best interviews on TV I think. Worth a watch.
@dirtyburger: I mean you asked "am I missing something?" which indicates that you care to some degree, so I'm surprised at your weird passive aggressive answer rather than just saying "Oh cool I hadn't heard about that." when presented with an example of Colbert being brilliant. WeirdChamp.
@thepwnstar39: Twitch emotes on Pinkbike? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! As far as @dirtyburger s response, give him some slack he's not from the US. Also smart and well spoken =! genius.
Not any longer. These days most 13-year-olds are morbidly obeese, are not allowed out of their own yard due to their inability to move and their "helocopter partents" who are fatter than they are.
The man finds joy in everything, what a legend. The felt pain for us though of watching him jabbing a screwdriver into a wheel, grabbing a rotor with greasy hands, inflated an old 26" tire to 65psi, and rested a bike on it's shifters on rough pavement. Ooooouch.
@fruitsd79: I just think people should be able to handle basic maintenance themselves...leave more advanced stuff, that requires special tools not cost effective for lost to own to shops.
I always shift to the second smallest cog of the cassette before removal to remind myself where to put the chain. Fix rear wheel. Then I promptly stabilize the bike for reinstallation by grabbing the handlebar by the shifters, causing a random number of up and down clicks. ARGH!
100% Can relate...Evil Kenivel was king...Dad's flat head screwdriver was the tire lever...plywood and cinder block ramps and somewhere there's super 8 home movies from the perspective of the guy lying in front of the ramp!!! Thanks!
Good stuff Mr. Colbert. As a bike mechanic I cringed when the flat head screwdriver came out, but otherwise well played. Now, let's see the video of things I did when I was 13 and want to do now, like wheelie and/or jump the plywood jump. Oh, wait let's not bog down the helathcare system. Nevermind. :-)
I was skeptical when he sported the screw driver and the pliers... then again when he pumped to 65psi... but little did I know- job done without the anticipated bang. Personally I would've given the old tube a try first, but maybe we just didn't get to see that bit.
NO ONE wants to be the last kid in the landing zone...
The best part is reminding everyone how much fun bikes are. They are toys you can enjoy your whole life.
This guy can have a $12,000 XC hardtail made of full carbon and titanium hardware throughout but he just has a bike with a triple chainring crank... he doesn’t have the dentist mentality
What I learn is you don’t need much in live ,no expensive house or car ,but yes a good bike ,and free time that’s what I miss the most ,but hey got to work
It happens a lot TBH. I sold a couple of beach cruisers to the founder of Twitter and they were pretty basic crappy bikes. They have other shit to worry about!
So? If all you are doing is cruising around the neighborhood or letting is sit, why do you need something fancy? Did you see his rear cassette? So rusty. He obviously does not get out to ride much.
Am I missing something? Doesn't this guy just make funnies on the tv?
Thanks!
I wonder if he knows what a 'pinkbike' is?
Hey Steve - if you are out there man... we luv ya!
Me at 3 am in my garage half passed out trying to make a custom chain dampening device knowing full well I have to be up at 7 am: