1992 RALEIGH PIONEER RESTORATION PART 1
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- This is part one of a restoration project of a classic Raleigh Pioneer commuter bicycle from 1992. The bike is over 30 years old and it has 10 speed SIS Shimano gears, but can we give this old bike some new life and see if it will do 40mph down a big hill in the Pennines.
The bike is a heavy one coming in at 30kg with 27 1 1/4 steel rim wheels and Shimano Tourney gears.
It's a flat bar bike and the shifters are on the topside of the handlebars.
The crank is a 48x38 with a 5 cogs on the freewheel 28-16 so it spins up to speed very quickly but you will find yourself running out of steam at 25mph .
Hi there, great video. I had three pioneers in the 1990s and I used them to commute to and from work and they were great bikes. I deeply regret letting the last one go. The pump was a spring fit into the frame but all the wheels were 700 x 38c on the three I had. Raleigh was a great bike in my opinion. Thanks for the video.
Hi Peter and thank you kindly for sharing your memories about riding the Pioneer. I came across it by chance and thought that it was to good of an opportunity miss and decided to film the restoration.
When I say that it is a comfortable bike to ride, it really is !
Once the bike gets up to speed it just rolls effortlessly along.
Thank you once again for commenting buddy 👍
Great. Just what I needed.
Thank you Awantamta
gifted lad, you know what your doing with bikes.
These are proper mechanical bikes Matt, ones that you can work on !
Quality Daz, great job on the bike you make it look easy. You should be on the Tv
Hi Steve, I am finishing the part two as we speak.
I upgraded a lot of the components with parts from 1988 to 94 and will feature this next.
top job daz!
Cheers Jonathan, I'm putting the part two together as we speak
brilliant job daz .... i still got my old racer a raleigh corsa at the back of the shed its from 1988 and a 501 frame as well
Get it restored pal !
concise and super informative...time to recondition my 198? mountain tour Rocky 2 bike..in lovely shape...made in Canada..Thanks again
Cheers buddy, it's a great little project to undertake if you can get the spare parts. Best of luck with yours👍
Brilliant, I enjoyed that! Missed your cycling videos. These are, in my opinion, the best on UA-cam.
Thank you so much Martin, hopefully I can make a few more now the gold panning season has just ended.
Hey first time i seen you loved the video was like i was on the bike bud ,i like ur style looking after this bike was all entertaining good stuff i enjoyed it cheers bud am hooked now
Hello Stewart and thank you for taking the time to comment. I am into a lot of things but cycling is my passion. Cheers buddy...
Great job Daz. Creevy was telling me what a great job you have made of it. My first road bike was a Raleigh that my grandad pulled out of the canal and painted with loom paint so I can relate to it!
Cheers John, I am working on the part two next. I sourced a load of original parts from various sellers on line which includes a lovely saddle and seatpost.
It's ready for another ride down the edge at over 40mph next
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures That 39.X was really pulling at the OCD strings :D
Oh yes, no we are talking, that's what it's all about John.
Pleased to see you have completed the restoration of your ‘Raleigh’ Racer Darren, well done for giving it a new lease of life, your knowledge of restoration is incredible….have just had flash back forty years when I used to work close to the ‘Raleigh’ Factory in Nottingham….I’m undergoing an MOT myself with the doctor and Queens Med. but I’m beginning to think I maybe beyond repair 🥴 the only way I will ever achieve 40mile an hour is on your handlebars….looking forward to that, take care, Bernice 🤗
40mph with you on the handlebars would be a sight for sore eyes Bernice.😁
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Dear Darren it would be a sight alright 😂🤣😂🤣
I bet !
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures good thing its only virtual! I’ve just been for a spin round my living room, don’t have to move from my arm chair on my exercise bike, I get quite a speed on three times a day, but I usually fall asleep most days, it has the opposite affect of livening me up…. No traffic I suppose 😅
Ha ha, good on you Bernice. Keep the joints moving is what I say but don't over do it....
That decent yes Daz yes, come on, have it 🤣😎
I will get the bike out again pretty soon and see what it can do
Cool channel
Thank you Clifford
I want to hear you shouting "come on" next time your feeding the sluice.🤣🤣
Ha ha , if you ever hear that at a river in the middle of nowhere, you'll know it's me 😀
Enjoyed the recent gold prospecting series more than I thought I would, especially as I don't do it myself. However, I learnt a lot from them and will watch more in the future.
But watching you on a bike again makes me appreciate the hard work it must take with setting up cameras and shots.
Hello Jon, I have a mechanical engineering background so really enjoy restoring or taking things apart and if I can film such things, it's then sharing the knowledge.
As for the gold panning, I got into it after breaking my collar bone in a big bike crash and started to watch back to back episodes of gold rush whilst recovering, I guess you could say the rest is history.
Hopefully I will start to make more cycling content over the coming months.
Thank you for the kind words 👍
Interesting vid daz
I have always fancied looking at restoring an old bike
Nice one Daz 👍
Thank you Stephen
I admire your patience and dedication to finishing the project. I have several of these projects in my garage which will not get close to being finished.
Once I get my teeth into something like this Terry, that's it, I'm all in.
I've loved every minute of it 👍
Interesting, thanks, and you make it look so easy! I used to commute to London Oxford Street on a Raleigh in the 1980s. Happy days. :o)
Cheers pal, these are classic no frills commuter bikes that do the job.
Fantastic job you've done there Daz, makes me think of all the bikes out there that could be restored. Good to see you out on the road again. Back in the 80's my first racer was a Raleigh Winner and then in the early 90s I bought myself a second hand Raleigh Equipe, the frame was a bit too big though but it did me well and I even rode from Doncaster to Baslow on it once with my camping gear (ie big rucksack on my back as couldn't afford panniers).
Thanks Mark 👍. I love these old bikes, they don't creek and you can polish things up with wire wool and T-cut.
I wouldn't mind a good old touring bike to restore because I could then use it to do exactly what it says on the label.
I had a Carlton Pro-Am amongst many other bikes in the 80's. I just wish I'd kept hold of em !
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures Carlton's just round the corner from me, I know a bloke called Dave Marsh who used to build them and was a top cyclist in his day. They were definitely built to last
That's interesting to know. It had a lovely pearlescent finish too and was a really smooth ride.
There's an old guy up our way called Billy Holmes who won the Milk Race in 61 he is a fantastic person to talk to about cycling. I think he road for Carlton as a pro for one season. He was a Falcon rider though for many seasons I believe.
Great vid Daz hope your well buddy 👍🏻
Hey up Gary, how are you, I gave it a blast down the edge this afternoon only to catch up with Sunday drivers half way down !
Yea make more Daz 😎🚴🏼♂️
Thanks Jay
What a great video Mr Daz ! You make everything look so easy. What speed do you and Mike usually do down there ?
Hello Phillip, I have gone down here at 55mph on the fast section.
The first left hander, you can hit that at between 45 and 50mph on a good day. I am definitely going back up there when the wind is in the right direction. I reckon I should be able to get over 40 mph with the new 5spd block on the back now but the front end has a 48th chainring which is a bit on the small side !
Cant wait for part 2, nice work Daz. Noticed the new wee microphone too.
Hello Sophie, I was out this afternoon before it went too dark trying to film the part two, it shouldn't be that long now so please stay tuned ...
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures great I’m looking forward to it, I bet you’ve hit 40mph now 😉
You could do up a chopper and get Mike on it !
‘Do up’ I mean restore.
Do up is fine 😁
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures do up sounds like something a dodgy car dealer would do to a rough car 😁
Yes Daz amazing work, do you fancy serving my bike 😉, missed your bike videos 😎🚴🏼♂️
Ha ha, what bike have you got Jay.
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures I've got a giant Defy 🚴🏼♂️
Nice bike !
Nice job on the restoration. I think you would have made 40mph if you had your seat post about 1 or 2 inches higher. Your legs looked like you were sitting too low to get proper extension, unless that was a camera angle artifact.
Hi Jason, it was the camera angle to be honest, the frame is a tad too high for me but never the less it is perfectly rideable. The gear ratios are just not suitable to high speed efforts without pedalling at a crazy cadence.
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures still, nice job, a beautiful bike.
Do you still have this bike?
Yes David, I do
Can you get any bigger gears on that Daz, flat out at 39 is no use to man or beast 😂😂
It's because it's a commuter bike. I could fit a 52x42 on the front.
I had to screw the stop on the rear deraillure to the 5th cog of the 6 speed block because there was no clearance for it to turn. This left me with a 16t on the back being the top gear. The cadence at 40mph is nearly 160rpm !
I've now got a 5 speed block with a 14 tooth sprocket.
I will be out very soon on it giving it some hammer down my local hills 😁
@@MrDazP1adv3ntures ok for cycling to work then, top job on the resto 👏👏
Yes, that is what these bikes were for.
I've put better components on now and it's a million times better.