Excellent and meticulous assembly technique. A bicycle from a time when it still retained its essential simplicity and most components were compatible. A time when I was a bicycle mechanic and salesman. One detail which I can’t resist mentioning is in respect of the brake cable termination. I believe that, after exiting from the straddle wire hanger pinch bolt, the brake cable is intended to continue straight down over the straddle wire, (and not bent.off to one side), thus better trapping or retaining the straddle wire when it is released during wheel changes. The hanger has a gap specifically to accommodate the cable tail in this way, and the cable stays straight, helping to prevent fraying. Chris, Plymouth UK.
Been cycling for fifty years and my favorite ever components would be the Campagnolo Nuovo Record Groupset from late 1960’s and 1970’s. My Pinarello with Campagnolo Record 11 speed is great and yet...
What a result and great to hear you got your hands on one of these bikes after all these years. Spot on build, and the red bar tape is spot on and finishes the bike off great. Another classic saved for many more years to enjoy. Keep up the great work all the best Andy
Parádní pracička. Taky jsem vdechnul nový život Fáčku. Mám rad starou školu ocelových rámů. Dneska ty silnice jsou naprosto bez duše. Jinak ta Omotavka je super, ale asi bych po 50km umřel na křeče. 💁♂️
Děkuji za podporu. Popravdě omotávka není úplně pohodlná. Tehdy nic jiného nebylo buď bavlna nebo Benotto za kilo. V cyklokrosu byla bavlna hned od bláta...
I had a blue color Favorit during the 70s. Bought new and it came with a leather pouch containing tools which could be strapped to the bottom of the saddle. It came with a pump which could be attached to the bike.
Another great restoration, well done 👍🏼 Great to see a Cyclocross bike resto for a change as cyclocross was never big in South Africa due to our relatively hot winters throughout the country. As a result cyclocross bikes are rarely seen for sale on the secondhand market.
I dont mean to be off topic but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account? I somehow forgot the password. I would love any help you can offer me!
@Avery Tobias i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
As a very young guy, I drove a racing Favorite in the late sixties and early seventies. Of course not F1, but the standard one with a steel crankset and center pull Favorit brakes. We rode then and cyclo cross, we only had tubulars with plugs, Barum off course. To mount the rear wheel with such a tire, (27x32), it was necessary to push the empty tire into the drops, then inflate. I also do a bit of restoration of old steel racing bikes and I would love to have one Favorite in my collection. There is one F1 near me, but the owner wants to sell a complete bike and asks a lot for it. When I was in Prague last year, I was looking at ads and hoping to find some Favorites. There were none.
Měl bych dotaz. Mám také jednu cyklokrosovou F1, bohužel ale s neoriginální vidlicí. Byly na cyklokrosových F1 vidlice speciální dělané pro cyklokros nebo obyčejné z F1 ale s návarky na brzdy mafac ? Díky za odpověď
@RollinRat ha ha - too true!! I only raced on the road (no cyclo-cross for me unfortunately) but I've always loved the looks and lines of a proper 70s/80s cross bike.
The braking power is not high, but whoever brakes does not win. Compared to 1/10 disc brakes, I guess. In the wet, it does not brake at all. Thank you for watching.
@@OnRoadVintageBikes I bet that was enjoyable to build, especially with those beautiful components! nice job. If I could find a cyclocross bike frame of around of 1990, I’d love to build one too.
One tip you will find valuable - Before even thinking about connecting either gear cable, stroke both derailleurs through their travel by pushing them, one by one, by hand through their range of motion while pedalling the bike gently. Chain on clearly, but you can even rough in the rear limits by eye with it off. You can feel more accurately if the limit screws are out in either direction, and make adjustments- always testing full stroke between adjustments. You can check and adjust hanger straightness, if needed at this stage too. You don't throw the chain off, as you did - risking damage! I cringed watching you! When all is good , the chain freely snicks into top and bottom, but you can't push it off either end for trying.Repeatedly make sure the return spring can't drop it off the inside when you release the mech under pedalling load from low gear. Make sure all gear combos work freely. All, good? THEN you connect the cable, pull it up finger tight, tighten it up, and your cable tension is right first time! On friction, should be job done! On indexed systems- you're usually within a couple turns of the barrel adjuster of perfection. A very old Australian bike mechanic taught me this sequence when I was young. Now I'm an old Australian bike mechanic, working in Latvia. Most, if not all mechanics here don't know this either. Which shocked me. In Australia, it's bike mechanic's Mother's milk- you learn it right when you start, if you find someone willing to show you, like I was lucky to! Hope it helps make future builds, that little bit easier. Otherwise- BRAVO! Excellent work!
Period correct pedals would have been Lyotard 460d long thread. Toe clips should be double so that when you stamp on them they spring back. Toe straps were often cut and riveted or screwed to pedal side plates, as you show them routed flat through the side plate guides the straps would retain the mud scraped from shoes on clipping, de-clipping. Rear derailleur cable should be routed around the clamp bolt and back upwards to prevent pull-through. Mafac criterium brakes should be set up with the shoes hard against the brake body, as shown they run the risk of brake shoes pushing through under heavy braking. Replace front brake hanger for a Universal hanger this gives a QR mechanism and won't bend like the Mafac version as fitted. In all my years I can honestly say the reversed front to rear cable routing was never "common cyclocross practise"! In the '60's there was a brief fashion to run the front derailleur from the right hand (hbc) lever but this would be used in conjunction with a R/H down tube lever for the rear derailleur, this was perceived to give more feel and accuracy of change through the block, it didn't last. On a technical point please don't adjust the rear mech by screwing the stop screw in (or out) against the spring tension of the mech - move the mech by hand to the required position, hold and screw in the stop screw to meet the mech body.
Děkuji za podporu. Všechny modernější páčky do řidítek mají index a nejdou se starými přehazovačkami. Sunrace něco vyrábí , možná použít obě k přesmykači ...ty jsou bez poloh.
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@@OnRoadVintageBikes předpokládám že ty originály se budou strašně špatně shánět, stejně jako ty rámy a když už budou na prodej tak drahé. Děkuju za typ a odber přihlášen!
Thank you for keeping this bike original. And making videos of it. Thanks!!
Thank you for your huge support.
Excellent and meticulous assembly technique. A bicycle from a time when it still retained its essential simplicity and most components were compatible. A time when I was a bicycle mechanic and salesman.
One detail which I can’t resist mentioning is in respect of the brake cable termination. I believe that, after exiting from the straddle wire hanger pinch bolt, the brake cable is intended to continue straight down over the straddle wire, (and not bent.off to one side), thus better trapping or retaining the straddle wire when it is released during wheel changes. The hanger has a gap specifically to accommodate the cable tail in this way, and the cable stays straight, helping to prevent fraying. Chris, Plymouth UK.
Thank you for support and thank you for your knowledge. Marek CZ
I love these old photos ... I also have a box full of them from my rowing beginnings ... the frame and the work on it are amazing ... THANKS
Děkuji Kubo!
Been cycling for fifty years and my favorite ever components would be the Campagnolo Nuovo Record Groupset from late 1960’s and 1970’s. My Pinarello with Campagnolo Record 11 speed is great and yet...
Good day. It's perfect restoration old road bike. Lovely
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Thank you very much!
Again! Again I didn't turn off a video that had a computer generated narration, nor did I really mind. Your content is that nice!
Buenas, que gran máquina, afortunado el que la tenga...🚲 🎰👌
Yes I love It too, thank you for support.
What a result and great to hear you got your hands on one of these bikes after all these years. Spot on build, and the red bar tape is spot on and finishes the bike off great. Another classic saved for many more years to enjoy. Keep up the great work all the best Andy
Thank you very much Andy! I really appreciate your support.
Really nice build, I learned a lot
Thank you very much for the support.
Greetings from Illinois USA.
Thank you for watching. Greetings to you.
This is so cool. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for your support.
Parádní pracička. Taky jsem vdechnul nový život Fáčku. Mám rad starou školu ocelových rámů. Dneska ty silnice jsou naprosto bez duše. Jinak ta Omotavka je super, ale asi bych po 50km umřel na křeče. 💁♂️
Děkuji za podporu. Popravdě omotávka není úplně pohodlná. Tehdy nic jiného nebylo buď bavlna nebo Benotto za kilo. V cyklokrosu byla bavlna hned od bláta...
Nádhera. Měl jsem v modré barvě, ale páky byly také Mafac a na páčkách modré gumičky od Čuňase :D
Děkuji za podporu, modré mám v jiném videu. Všichni jsme měli něco od Čuňase :-) ...
Love your work
Glad to see you found your dream bike of your youth :)
Thanks for sharing
I always learn from your vdo
Good luck and enjoy the ride
Thank you very much Mike!
I had a blue color Favorit during the 70s. Bought new and it came with a leather pouch containing tools which could be strapped to the bottom of the saddle. It came with a pump which could be attached to the bike.
super work and excellent bike, enjoy it!
Thanks for support!
Another great restoration, well done 👍🏼 Great to see a Cyclocross bike resto for a change as cyclocross was never big in South Africa due to our relatively hot winters throughout the country. As a result cyclocross bikes are rarely seen for sale on the secondhand market.
Hello friend, thank you for your support, I appreciate it. Cyclocross vintage bikes are few everywhere.. unfortunately. Be well and safe.
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I somehow forgot the password. I would love any help you can offer me!
@Karson Donovan Instablaster =)
@Avery Tobias i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Avery Tobias It worked and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy!
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Ficou muito top essa bike ciclo Cross 😊😮❤
Thank you very much
Excelente trabajo!!!!
Sois mi canal preferido de youtube.
Gracias por vuestros vídeos
Muchas gracias amigo, siempre me harás feliz!
That familiar wear pattern on the rim brake surface 😄
Yes, it usually has three stages: new - spotty - used totally.
Good JOB
Thank you.
Perfekt
Thanky you very much.
As a very young guy, I drove a racing Favorite in the late sixties and early seventies. Of course not F1, but the standard one with a steel crankset and center pull Favorit brakes. We rode then and cyclo cross, we only had tubulars with plugs, Barum off course. To mount the rear wheel with such a tire, (27x32), it was necessary to push the empty tire into the drops, then inflate. I also do a bit of restoration of old steel racing bikes and I would love to have one Favorite in my collection. There is one F1 near me, but the owner wants to sell a complete bike and asks a lot for it. When I was in Prague last year, I was looking at ads and hoping to find some Favorites. There were none.
What a Favorit expert are you! Thanks for watching a for comment! F1 is very difficult or very expensive to find. Not many survived...
Always a pleasure to watch your work , so inspirational 👍
Now becoming a lost art
Thank you bro.
Parabéns pelo trabalho e dedicação.
Muito obrigado senhor.
Really enjoy the content of your channel! Nice to see such an attention to detail. Wish I still had my self modified steel cx frame
Thank you very much for the support, I wish I still had all the stuff from the 80...
Nice work and a beautiful bike!
Thank you for support!
perfect work
Thank you!
Zase super video, i pro mne je Gottwaldov srdeční záležitost, ale ta červená je jako Ferrari na dvou kolech 👍
Dík , od tebe si pochvaly vyjimečně považuji!
Right now have favorit eska premier on restorarion. Almost all details are original 👍
Beautiful bike 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you friend.
Que preciosa""
Gracias por el apoyo amigo mío, ¡me encantan estas bicicletas antiguas de mi juventud!
Superrrrr hermosa
Thank you very much for the support!
I had a favorit in the 70’s it was rumored to have Reynolds’s 531 I do remember it being lightweight but I changed the components
👍👍👏👏
Measure the derailleur hanger offset always at the valve, during 3 positions. Always at the valve.
What a beautiful bike! Thank you so much. I'm a little curious. What kind of shoes did you use back then for cross?
Something like classic bike shoes with coarser soles and notch .... it's hard to explain... You have to experience it. Thanks for watching!
@@OnRoadVintageBikes must be difficult. With the clips and straps, all that.
Beutifull bike great restoration and Beutifull bar tape.Is it bennoto one?
Thank you for your support. Yes Benotto.
Hi, great video! What size of tire used ? thanks.
I don't know the size of the tire exactly, it is not written there. They are original Czech from the 80's around 28-30 width?
Měl bych dotaz. Mám také jednu cyklokrosovou F1, bohužel ale s neoriginální vidlicí. Byly na cyklokrosových F1 vidlice speciální dělané pro cyklokros nebo obyčejné z F1 ale s návarky na brzdy mafac ? Díky za odpověď
Rozhodně když tam dáte z F1S tak se nic nestane, rámy měly určitě jinou geometrii , vidlice byly dle mého názoru stejné..
Is this a customers bike or your personal bike? Great build!
Thanks for watching! It's a bike for my little collection but too small for me to ride a bike, unfortunately...
much prefer cantilever brakes to discs or (even worse) v-brakes
@RollinRat I'm talking purely looks here :-)
@RollinRat ha ha - too true!!
I only raced on the road (no cyclo-cross for me unfortunately) but I've always loved the looks and lines of a proper 70s/80s cross bike.
The original gravel bikes
Gravel of the past. Thank you for watching!
So originally there is no cantibrake pivots? It is added?
The story is a bit longer: the pivots were there originally...then someone removed them and I had the frame repaired to its original form.
What is the stopping power on those cantilever brakes like?
The braking power is not high, but whoever brakes does not win. Compared to 1/10 disc brakes, I guess. In the wet, it does not brake at all. Thank you for watching.
What’s the tool you use at 13:07 called?
Thank ou for watching. Do you mean clamp? Because I only have two hands :-))
@@OnRoadVintageBikes so its not a bike-specific tool, just a regular clamping tool?
@@olivejunkie Yes friend
@@OnRoadVintageBikes I bet that was enjoyable to build, especially with those beautiful components! nice job. If I could find a cyclocross bike frame of around of 1990, I’d love to build one too.
@@olivejunkie yes it was pleasant, many memories, a lot of joy. Unfortunately, the frame is too small for me, it's just for the collection.
Where did you buy this brake mounts you brazed on to the frame?
An old bike mechanic gave them to me.
To mě nedělej tyhlety starý fotky. Tos mě rozsekal! Nebylo to v Gottwaldově?!? Btw. Nádherné kolo.
Máš pravdu , některé jsou z památného Gottwaldova. Dík za sledování!
Que talla de rueda es?
58cm
One tip you will find valuable - Before even thinking about connecting either gear cable, stroke both derailleurs through their travel by pushing them, one by one, by hand through their range of motion while pedalling the bike gently. Chain on clearly, but you can even rough in the rear limits by eye with it off. You can feel more accurately if the limit screws are out in either direction, and make adjustments- always testing full stroke between adjustments. You can check and adjust hanger straightness, if needed at this stage too. You don't throw the chain off, as you did - risking damage! I cringed watching you! When all is good , the chain freely snicks into top and bottom, but you can't push it off either end for trying.Repeatedly make sure the return spring can't drop it off the inside when you release the mech under pedalling load from low gear. Make sure all gear combos work freely. All, good? THEN you connect the cable, pull it up finger tight, tighten it up, and your cable tension is right first time! On friction, should be job done! On indexed systems- you're usually within a couple turns of the barrel adjuster of perfection. A very old Australian bike mechanic taught me this sequence when I was young. Now I'm an old Australian bike mechanic, working in Latvia. Most, if not all mechanics here don't know this either. Which shocked me. In Australia, it's bike mechanic's Mother's milk- you learn it right when you start, if you find someone willing to show you, like I was lucky to! Hope it helps make future builds, that little bit easier. Otherwise- BRAVO! Excellent work!
Thank you for the idea and thank you for your support
What wheelset
Campagnolo hubs and Mavic GP4 . Thanks for watching.
Nice bike, real gravel bike…but this Voice is absolutely awful🙉
Thank you for watching.
V 80' letech se takto omotavka nemotala..
Já jsem ji tak motal. Děkuji a názor.
😃a jak se tedy motala ? V osmdesátkách...
Period correct pedals would have been Lyotard 460d long thread. Toe clips should be double so that when you stamp on them they spring back. Toe straps were often cut and riveted or screwed to pedal side plates, as you show them routed flat through the side plate guides the straps would retain the mud scraped from shoes on clipping, de-clipping. Rear derailleur cable should be routed around the clamp bolt and back upwards to prevent pull-through. Mafac criterium brakes should be set up with the shoes hard against the brake body, as shown they run the risk of brake shoes pushing through under heavy braking. Replace front brake hanger for a Universal hanger this gives a QR mechanism and won't bend like the Mafac version as fitted. In all my years I can honestly say the reversed front to rear cable routing was never "common cyclocross practise"! In the '60's there was a brief fashion to run the front derailleur from the right hand (hbc) lever but this would be used in conjunction with a R/H down tube lever for the rear derailleur, this was perceived to give more feel and accuracy of change through the block, it didn't last. On a technical point please don't adjust the rear mech by screwing the stop screw in (or out) against the spring tension of the mech - move the mech by hand to the required position, hold and screw in the stop screw to meet the mech body.
Thank you for carefully watching the video and the "endless enumeration" of my mistakes...I will try to understand and apply some of it.
Truly very special. Love your videos of the great Italians but this local gem of a frame is just super special. Keep up the good work! @fallingman_sa
Thank you very much friend!
Dají se sehnat i nějké neoriginální páčky do těch řídítek? děkuju. Hltal jsem každou sekundu stavby :)
Děkuji za podporu. Všechny modernější páčky do řidítek mají index a nejdou se starými přehazovačkami. Sunrace něco vyrábí , možná použít obě k přesmykači ...ty jsou bez poloh.
@@OnRoadVintageBikes předpokládám že ty originály se budou strašně špatně shánět, stejně jako ty rámy a když už budou na prodej tak drahé. Děkuju za typ a odber přihlášen!
@ Campagnolo páčky 100-150Euro