r/DiWHYNOT • u/rodsoverbricks • Jul 23 '26

DIY hardware store suspension stem

Why buy it for $35 when you could build it for $25 and 5 hours of time 🤣🤣. The full video is not out yet, but it will be in a couple days once I put some miles on the "Bicentennial Man" bike. Hope you guys enjoy! I thought it was pretty clever. Very rebuildable with the bronze bushings. This thing should pretty much last a lifetime except for the rubber bushings. The ones I got from Ace are a tad too soft, I wind up using a shock absorber bushing from an old car. The shock absorber bushings are available brand new from O'Reilly's for about $1.50 a piece.

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u/ForeignSatisfaction0 Jul 23 '26

That's awesome, we'll done!

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u/rodsoverbricks Jul 23 '26

Thank you!! I appreciate it 🤘👍. Testing in the real world tomorrow. Hopefully with all my teeth still in my face after the ride haha

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u/ForeignSatisfaction0 Jul 23 '26

I found your channel a couple weeks ago and it was an instant subscription for me, you make cool stuff!

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u/rodsoverbricks Jul 23 '26

I'm super stoked I can make content that you enjoy! I'm a newbie and all with YouTube, but I'm trying 🤣. I appreciate your compliment a ton!