How To Fix Up An Old Bike | Sell It, Ride It, Gift it
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2020
- Today we’re going to help you save some cash by fixing up an old bike.
Many people have an old bike laying around collecting dust - this is your opportunity to fix it up and do something great with it. Maybe it could make a great gift for someone in need?
It could be turned into a cool town bike or something to commute on - saving wear and tear on your other bike. Or you could get it going and sell as an easy way to make some money!
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a fork service for a old fork like that would be awesome
Absolutely!
I agree!
My OCD is killing me on this. I would never let an old rig out of my hands until a full fork service!
Was sitting biting my tounge on the same subject the whole video. Also, I don´t know how to do it and have aquired an old Sintesi -Wing with a Marzochi Bomber that needs some TLC ;)
yep, bring it on
If you still have all those bikes from that cheap bike challenge, give each presenter a budget of 300 quid to restore and upgrade. Then run the challenge again against a modern budget bike.
Would be a fun little video
Yeah this would be good
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This is one of the bikes from that video
Neil could put some older Rock Shox on his bike and have the others, any which way he wanted!
Not only is Doddy a proficient bike mechanic, he is also an amazing teacher. Clear, concise and fluid. He is worth every penny (pence?) he is paid!
Awesome, my kind of topic.
Old shovel fan ^_^
Your channel and this channel is the best. ☺
I would like to see more retro bikes restored on your show..
Me too. As I'm trying to upgrade my GT all terra Outpost. I would love a new bike but my frame is still excellent, I trust it more than carbon or aluminum. But definitely need as much help and tips as I could find.
Me too! Struggling to get 26" tan wall tyres for my old retro Carrera!
@@computerbob06 yes...im sure you are...They were not popular during there day..
@@rqteqobzrvr3592 Here! Here! I resto-modded my `97 GT Avalanche last winter - those old-school triple-triangle hardtails are near indestructible, and quite good looking frames at that.
@@DEEPMOODYPURPLEBLUES I would love to see a resto video on it... as I’m still in the process... so far it’s been a yr. since last worked on it.. now I’m bikeless😞 . Yeah parts & tools are getting expensive AF..
The fork service would be great to see, I have just been doing a very similar 'fix' for my sons best mate. Giving his old GT Aggressor some love after many years of neglect but haven't tackled the fork yet - nice work Doddy.
"this bike is in really bad conditions"
me: sadly looks at rust covered bike
Relatable XD
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Brilliant! Please do some more Fix Up An Old Bike videos. I've just fixed up a 2004 Specialized Rockhopper, gave it a thorough clean & lube (which made all the difference), trued the wheels, replaced the shimano freehub body, fitted new pedals, tyres, brake pads, replaced the cables and fitted an Easton riser bar. Very satisfying to do and now it's like a new bike.
I had a Specialized Rockhopper from 1990, gave it away in 2011. I wish I had kept it because it would still be running today.
Definitely do the old fork service, great work👍🏼
Those actually have a disc brake mount. Very good if you want to have a long term loaner or your friend will be very happy along the way if you gave it to them
Now this is good, a guy that knows that there are folk that would be so appreciative of this
I always assumed jet washing would not be great for a bike due to the high pressures Involved and the various seals and grease etc! Glad to see I’m wrong it will be so much easier
There’s a spectrum
ok. use pressed air after jet washing (there is not so high pressure) I meant- he used household pressure washer- not so powerful, good enough only to remove dirt.
Love to see old bikes made like new again! Slowly fixing up a 90’s CCM Heat! Canadian tire special! So this video helped bunches!
I love the bike rescue/ bike restoration videos. Keep em coming
"You might need to tap the steer tube"
WHACK WHACK
Hahaha, not even the rubber mallet!
@@zeyshaanrafiq The hammer has a plastic face.
When disassembling or adjusting cup and cone bearings only work with the left hand side of the wheel. That's because with the action of the rotating wheel there will be a tendency for the left cone to undo very slightly so the bearings wil become very slightly looser. If the right hand side cone was free to move with the wheel, it would tighten up against the bearings. That's why you never adjust from the right hand side. Just tighten up the lock nut and cone as much as possible and then consider them fixed.
Also, when adjusting the bearings, you want a very small amount of play. That's because when fitting the wheel in the frame, the spindle will be compressed and the bearings will tighten up. So, if you get it right, play in the bearings when not fitted, no play when fitted.
He made a few other little mistakes to,front wheel ain't central,rear tyre not seated. Also gear cables from an lbs are minimum £3/4
I always have the wheel resting flat over a bucket when removing the axle.
If they've dried up the bearings tend to just drop out and go flying never to be seen again - rather have them drop somewhere safely.
@@geemail369 i learnt that with a headset a week ago... somehow managed to get every bearing back again!
@@bananasstuff3344 Lucky you!
MrLikerBiker The pro tip is to have an extra set of cones in your toolkit: with the wheel off the bike, wind the extra cones onto the exposed parts of the axle that normally rest in the dropouts. Insert the QR lever, tighten it up as on the bike and you’ve got full axle compression with the wheel off. If you then need a looser fit for the bearings, grab two cone spanners and ’unwind’ both of the (actual) cones against the locknuts at the same time. An absolute pearler by Sheldon Brown.
Thank you from across the pond. I love that you had a spot of tea also! Mechanical Mom,heading to save a bike from the trash.
Hey Doddy, great cleanup my man👍. I’ve got a 1998 Specialized FSR Comp, that still gets a run every now and then, but is in need of some bottom bracket love, so I’d be great to see you demo a service of old bikes bottom brackets please. Thanks
Terrific video - well done, Doddy! I picked up a '93 Diamondback hardtail for $100US last February when I decided to get back into trail riding after a ~25 year break. Already had the tools & knowledge needed to rehab the bike and have really enjoyed restoring it in my basement bike cave. Thanks to eBay & Craigslist I've found everything I needed (cheaply), plus some newer bits like WTB tires. Between your videos, Park Tool's and a few others, I've gotten the bike properly sorted. It's a blast on the trails near my house and perfect for me!
I love this sort of stuff! You guys should do some more project bikes/rebuilds. It’s informative and entertaining. Also thoroughly enjoyed your dream bike build!
Good work, but you forgot the last step: Test ride! What works in the work stand may not work out on the trail or road.
I hope the day will never come when I learn your language
Nice I need to fix one up for my mate as I’m teaching him to ride
Another great video. I'm now encouraged to revisit my old giant world championship series with its v-brakes, but I'll swap the suspension for an air type.
One addition: Those old bikes often come with a cartridge style BSA threaded BB. And many of them are shot. A set of crank pullers and a Shimano style BB tool come dirt cheap on amazon and a new UN55 BB is a nice little thing to put in there to make the cranks feel like new again.
Other than that: Yeah, a quick and dirty fork service would be awesome!
Great timing! I just got a free Raleigh Chinook DD. Seems good apart from the front Mech and 3x rings look bent. Changing the front rings would be a good video
thank you so much for making this video I just started fixing up my old bike to get it ready to sell and then I saw this notification, thanks, very helpful
Love this video. I have a Specialized 1995 StumpJumper FSR lying around that still works like a charm. It's the fully with the dummy thicc frame. I will polish it and maybe sell or give it away now. Thanks for the inspiration.
I had those same bearing types, not sealed, on my 2019 Cannondale Trail 7 in which I used WD40 Specialist degreaser to clean them. It worked perfect with no residue left behind. Yes I did wipe off the excess solvent.
Just fixed up an old Crusier bike.
Haven't ridden in years.
Felt that spark of " Freedom " once again !!.
Does the spirt good ! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💓💓💓💓
Awesome video. Love to see an old fork rehab video.
I fixed up a 99 Stumpjumper FSR XC a few years ago and am ready to do some more tweaking on it. I cleaned up some corrosion and gave it a little fresh paint. Changed out the breaks and tires and replaced a few rusty bolts with stainless ones. Replaced the rear hanger, was a bit rusty for my liking. The shocks are still good but the rear air Vanilla needs charged every trip out, so , it will soon be replaced. Other than the seat, it's still mostly stock.
I like the videos on fixing up the old bikes. Some of us still ride them because they work, and some of us don't have the budget for a new one.
As cool as it is to refresh it would a pretty good candidate for light upgrades.
Some good used 26er wheels for discs
2x10 maybe.
Find a suitable air shock and later air 120mm fork
Short stem and 750 bars.
Be a decent and still capable light trail bike for not much money.
true
Another great intuitive video from Doddy and GMBN.im glad you done this video il be doing some v brake adjustments on my daughter's bike this coming week and it has some ferrules missing to which I've ordered so looking forward to it.keep up this great work always look forward to new content.👍🏻
amazing details, very helpful.
Really like seeing work on the retro bikes. Cheers
My father had an old 95' trek y33 "team" bike, it sat for years and years in the back of the garage. So me being me, one day I pulled it out and cleaned it up, fast forward to now, its now my usual go to bike do to how capable it is once I got used to the "old school" geometry.
Awesome video. Thanks for the lesson.
Thanks for video !
Very informative and helpful video!
Thanks for this video Doddy, would love to see more like this on retro bikes.
great clip.you guys are a true inspiration
*fervent note taking ensues!
My daily riders, both of them, are sad and very old bikes.
All of this info is invaluable for helping me keep them on the road as long as possible!
Thanks a ton!
Yes Doddy please do an elastimer and a spring from fork service 🙏
Andrew Collins RJ the bike guy does loads of fork
I still have a fully working MTB from 1991, Deore LX (Ist one) and Deore II thumb shifters & cantilevers , all still work properly, even 'future-proofed' for 8-speed/ friction, and even do some cross country MTB on it
fork service, front bearing, rear hub. all sound good!
Just learnt hairspray trick. Bravo!
Great video ! Thanks
Awesome GMBN Tech, this is some really good to know every day skills! If nothing else it's stuff I feel I as a "biker" are expected to know when my buddys are having issues with their old bikes..
Really would love to see some "standard" overhaul for an old fork and potentially even shock. Cheers!
It has been a while Doddy but Man as always your a one off the best cycle mechanic bar none thank you a great common sense video ,keep safe and keep on biking .
Very nice vid. I recently had to learn to do most of that stuff when fixing up used bikes for my kids, but one thing missing from my trials and your vid is the suspension maintenance. If you could do that I would be a happy camper.
I just did this to my old 98 mongoose nx7.5 for my daughter. I put on minion dhf though, probably could have picked cheaper tyres...
Enjoyed the vid
Love a nice rebuild .
Cool bike , more old stuff please 👌😎
Great video! Just what I was looking for.
I just started volunteering at an organization that takes bike donations and involves repairing and reselling these old bikes! We also try to teach whatever we can to everyday-folk and encourage them to repair their own bikes. I’d love to see more especially some older bikes being restored. Thanks!
Thanks for this, I really learned alot. I'm fixing up my old mountain bike and am still a beginner.
I do this about 20 times a week. The bikes are donated by folks in our community, parts are funded through donations and I do all the work. The bikes are then given free of charge to anyone who needs one. Smiles for miles from the recipients.
Great video I’m 13 I’m love watching these videos going it try and study to work in a bike shop when I’m older 💯
Man my next door neighbor just gave me a older cannondale prophet Saturday for free. It was sitting for years. It's going to be a great fixer upper.
I recently did a frame up restoration on a 1995 specialized rockhopper, all brand new parts and components, upgraded to threadless stem, and a 1×9 drivetrain. One of the funnest projects ever
Yes, suspension service video would be nice. Thanks for this one, I'm about to rescue and old bike from late '90s 😸
My neighbour gave me 2 mountain bikes and an old BMX, but they've been sat in the garage for 2 years, all in need of some TLC. I think I need to watch more vids on how to get them back to a useable level again.
Just did a full rebuild on my 2003 Rocky Mountain Elavation H.T. Spent around $600.00 in new parts. Super happy with how it turned out. It's an absolute rocket again.
My main bike is a Marin sky trail 2014 I’ve had it from new and nothing has broken on it since this year so it lasted as new other than brake pads and cables from new absolutely brilliant bikes
Great video! Just happened to do the same on an ol ride of mine that has been hanging up in the garage for years! 2006 Giant Trance 2. These are the items that were replaced; new Funn bar 31.8mm x 785mm 32mm rise, new RaceFace Responce 60mm stem 10deg rise.(will be changing that out soon with a new Funn 50mm 0deg stem) & new Ergon GA2 grips. Full serviced my original Rock Shox Reba 100mm fork and to finish up the front end with Maxxis Ardent 26x2.4 tubeless tire. Replaced original seat with a new Ergon mens comp seat mounted on a new a KS lever 100mm dropper post. (Love this post!) Now to the drive train, which was upgraded to the new Sram Eagle NX 1x12 system(rear derailleur and shifter, chain and cog set only). Finished off with 34t front chainring from JGbikes and large flats by Fooker racing. Then to finish off the rear end with another Maxxis 26x2.25 tubeless. Other items to note, completed full service on my original Fox Float R shock and refreshed my original Hayes Nine disc brake system with new fluid, pads and new rotors from Avid. Oh, and replaced rear derailleur hanger, just in case because of how precise the new 1x 12 systems need to be. Also R&R the rear suspension frame with all new bearings. Bearings were hard to find but thankfully I have a brother in law that works for SKF and he hooked me up solid. I must say how impressed I am now in how this bike handles. Has totally transformed my riding to new levels even at the young age of 57! 😁 Thanks to all the tips and tricks I've learned from GMBN!!!
Cheers from the birth place of the mountain bike world!!
I just fixed my old bike up & then donated it to a home where I live looking after a large group of teenage orphans from Africa.
Best possible continuation of the bike I could think of :-)
Anything on early front disk brakes circa 2000-2005 would be great too. (I have ARTEK ones with 160mm discs on the front wheel and I'm having a few issues with the the alignment)
Would be great to see how to service an old freehub. Two days ago i serviced the bearings on my old cyclocross bike and wasn't sure how to service the freehub-body. Maybe show how to replace locking blades
Just did mine the other day. This will help: ua-cam.com/video/iQ6XgztsfmU/v-deo.html
Please make video about servicing old forks And shocks
jiři lukaš RJ the bike guy does loads of them
very good job clean and perfect
Thank you for inspiration
Excellent video Doddy. That’s good coverage of brake adjustment and it is becoming a lost art with the advent of disk brakes. Clean grease, headset, derailleur adjustment. It’s a subject near to my heart since my 2 current bikes are eBay bikes brought back from disuse and near destruction - a 1999 Gary Fisher Tassajarra and a 2004 Jamis Dakar.
14:47 ngl this is pretty satisfying doing this
wonderful, one of my favorite past times... it's like knitting quilts. then you give'm away.
Definetly love to see you go into the rear hub and suspension service with more depth
Great video concept. Would love to see more like this 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
Seeing a freehub service/swap and a sprung fork service would be fantastic
I still have my first mountain bike. Took it out of the shed. Fixed it up, replaced the fron fork and still riding it today. Also, it is a 1995 trek 7000.
Good to see an "old" bike restored, but bikes never get really old.
Great vid
I’m looking into fixing up my partners old full sus bike and a few things in this vid have helped nice one Doddy .
Fork service vid would be really helpful keep up the great work guys 👍🏻
This video was awesome! New subscriber!
This a great video, just to put a bit of life back into the kids old bikes.
Greetings From Turkey! Great video! A lil' bit off topic but, just wanted to say I love how you lads value a tea-break just as we do; but with a milk.) Cheers!
Thank you very much SIR this is realy help full
My wife picked up a cheap lockdown bike, some videos around how to check/service the BB and the cranks. Great video
Great vid!
Just picked up a 2005 Kraken looks like it's lived in a salt bath - too much fun! 👍🏻
I'd love to see cheap suspension service! Great video
Great video Doddy. Lovely job. I'd love to see Blake have a go of the refurb to see what difference it made.
Nice job, covering the initial basics - changing cables n housing will up the performance as well.
Bottom bracket, fork n shock service next pls!
Been fixing old bikes of friends every now an then - it's just *amazing* how a little TLC transforms a bike!
Just about to lure a bunch of friends into a cheap bike challenge! 😅
Blake's bike is the ghost of Christmas past for the GMBN crew it seems. Hell yes to Doddy with the hairspray. Had friends look at me like I was a crazy person for suggesting hairspray for sliding on new grips.
Good video..little addition: Get yourself a bit of steel wool for removing the rust to make it more shiney.
Honestly that bike looks awesome
Would love to see a full rear hub and axle rebuild Doddy. Love your videos. Rebuilding my old 99 Cannondale F1000 hardtail.
this is a nice thread and informative video
Thanx doddy...gonan rebuild my infusion mxc
Yup..Wanna see that fork serviced..
Super interesting video, thanks for doing this !
Another vote for cheapo/crappo fork service here. Anything on the basic Zoom fork would do me fine...😉
How about doing old square taper bottom brackets too?
I'm fixing up my retro 1997 Saracen Maxtrax at the moment, and every job you needed to do, are exactly the same as I have had too. I think I went a bit overboard though lol. Mine had sat in the garden for 10 years in the UK weather. So new tires, cables, seat, brake pads, pedals, grips, and a full front to back service. Really enjoyed doing it. All together it cost me £2300 to do.
😁😁 I fixed it up so I could lose weight as I'm 244 lbs, and quickly realised I wanted a new bike. So a 2021 YT 29 Capra Base later and I'm good to go.
Good work mate, see you on the next one
I done a complete strip down to my 2001 giant xtc napa it had been sat in my garage for about 6-7+ years spent about £50 on brake fluid new pivot bearings etc now it rides like new. 👍 Let's see them old school mtbs back on the trails n roads
Great stuff in there!