Hercules Bike Bicycle Restoration
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Check out this one of kind bike restoration (part 1) of a 1960’s Hercules Cruiser. In this first episode we are repairing the frame and prepping it for a custom powder coat done by @groodybros in Topeka Kansas. If your into bicycle restoration, welding, brazing AND ASMR videos you will enjoy this! Thank you to our amazing channel partners @CapriTools @marquecycling @Bikeflights and rocklube.com for making this project possible. And a special thank you to @MagicshineLights for helping us with this give away. Please check out their channels to learn more about about their great tools and supplies to complete your next restoration project.
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still have a soft spot for a good 3 speed. Be nice if shimano would make a drop bar shifter for their nexus 3, they're everywhere here in asia.
classic looking bike
Cool video Rusty can't wait for part 2
Never heard of magic shine light brand. Seems pretty powerful for a night light for summer desert riding. Love your content and looking forward to your first live stream!
They are crazy bright and have a large lipo battery pack for hours of burn time. Thanks for watching!
Feels like Christmas just because I found this amazing youtube channel ! Merry Christmas to all of you.
Thanks for watching!
love your vids sir very much! ❤
Thanks Warren!
I always liked the H designed into the front chainring on these old Hercules bikes.
Agreed!
Magicshine lights have been out for awhile, but at 5000 lumens a battery would more than likely only last a couple of hours. Now like most light brands, I'm sure there are various amounts of light at different modes in order to save the battery. A great gift idea for sure, but folks need to realize that they need to read the info on the light so they are aware of lighting time frames and heat caused by the light.
If you do not have a cotter pin press, the best way to install them is with a 16oz (or heavier)brass or copper hammer..the brass is softer than the bearings and you will not damage them..do not use a steel hammer..Z..
Good to know, thanks for the tip!
You found an interesting bike. A cantilevered frame is uncommon among English bicycles. I like the design, but not a big fan of how they did the cable runs. No judgement here, just preference.
Yes It seems pretty uncommon. I have only found one other like it. I’ve got the serial number off the back of the rear stays, but I’m still having a hard time finding a website with the database for it.
The grease ports on the bottom bracket is interesting. You see them from time to time on bikes from the 1940's and earlier. When you look at their location relative to the position of the bearings, you can see that if you pumped grease in, it would fall behind the bearings. Useless.
First 🤪 Merry Christmas, brother 😊🎅✌️
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!
Recently I found a crack where the top tube meets the seat post on my road bike. I found a guy who did aluminium welding and he did job on it. The resulting weld material sits proud and I thought about grinding it back a bit to make it more pleasing to the eye. I too am thinking about repainting. Should I be worried about lessening the weld strength if I smooth it out?
Yes, in the case of aluminum I would not mess with it as the material is very different. In your case I would suggest leaving it bare so you can keep a closer eye on it incase it cracks again. Best wishes!
Oh how I hate cotter pins. Rarely do they ever come out cooperatively. More often than not, I end up drilling them out. Yuck.
Hey Rusty looking forward to this restoration. Do you have reproduction decals, and a chain guard?
Hi Kevin, I have a chain guard but not the decals.
if wanted, these decals can be found on eBay and other on line sites.
Will you be given prize to someone in America or world wide
I will do my best to ship it worldwide!