$142 - 1996 Gary Fisher Paragon restomod
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2022
- In this video I build up this 1996 parts bin Gary Fisher Paragon I bought for just $25. Total estimated cost to replicate this build is $142.
Park Tool DAG-2.2 Derailleur Hanger Alignment Gauge:
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Cost breakdown:
1 used tire: $15
Used grips: $5
Used BMX stem: $10
Stem spacer: $5
8 speed shifter with cable $13
Used saddle: $10
Pedals: $14
1x crankset: $30
Chainring: $10
bike : $30
Total $142
Strava ride: / strava
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I had an older 90s Gary Fisher. I was surprisingly shocked how lite the bike felt. Even if it's just a hobby for you. It's a good one to have. Despite hiccups, it's still a form of relaxation for me. Clears my head of other issues.
yeah for just an old aluminum bike it's really light. I'm still riding it, mostly around the block with my four year old, but also sometimes at the local bmx track.
@@BruceChastain you got the real deal, they only used those Easton (super light) tubes in 1996-1999, but 1996 is the best year!
Collected a 90s Gary Fisher in dark blue and Gold accents. It was such fun with the geometry and smaller wheels than my usual 29ers. Sadly was left to rot outside for a few years but now I’ve cleaned it up ready for restoration 💪🏻 awesome video! Great motivation
Very cool. Yeah I’m really loving this one, haven’t even touched my other MTB since getting this one going.z
nice build! i'm currently tinkering on my 96 hookooekoo... gotta love those classic GFishers.
also i love the brass spacer. colour goes really well with the deep blue metllic paint.
Thanks oz!
The Doctor is in! Bike is feeling much better now
Haha yea. Even today I made some adjustments to the brakes and swapped out to some slightly wider pedals.
kept all my dads 90's mtbs, just restored one and its working great. cannondale f700's
Thanks for yet another great video. In the name of sharing difficulty, I had real problems adjusting my rear derailleur on my first mtb until it dawned on me that clamping the shifter housing between the frame and the work stand might just do that to shifting…
OOOOF. Well, at least you learned?
@@singletona082 indeed, and the relief when I realized that my derailleur wasn’t broken was (almost) worth it :)
Haha I’ve done that on the rear brakes!
My first " Brand New " mountain bike was a 1996 Gary Fisher MT.Tam , which is basically the same frame. It was polished aluminum and weighed in at about 21 pounds after upgrading a few of the components, modern bikes are better but this was the best bike I ever owned as I was in my physical prime and rode the heck out of it. I wish I still had it as it had an assortment of Ringle parts , chris king hubs etc..
I like that lathe spacer. And yes on the tool expenditures. I go cheap on bikentools, and it always comes back to haunt me and I end up repurchasing
thanks tinycmo!
I have a 2000 GF Paragon I got for free. Frame was cracked. Tried to have it repaired but didn't hold up. Found an identical frame on FB market for $80 and rebuilt that frame with all the components. I absolutely love it. It's bone stock and just rides fantastic. I have toyed with changing to a 1 X but just like it the way it is.
nice!
I have a Brodie MTB bicycle, Dynamo model from 1997, I see that you have done a good job, the one I have is similar
Nice job.. glad you added even though sometimes not always shown you do experience issues when working on the bikes.🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
Thanks a lot Timothy! Good to see ya in here :)
Yeah 100%. I loved that you included something for other to learn from. We all make mistakes!
another great video! Good camera quality!
Thanks a lot Gijs. I did upgrade my camera body and lens this year.
@@BruceChastain noticably different and better. Keep it up! ❤
I thought you are like 25 to 30 yrs old but 40? wow you look super young!
anyway nice build! I started to overhauling my old bicycle recently(mostly it's just converted to disc brake and 1by drivetrain though)
and find this channel! keep up the good work! cheers from south korea
Wow thanks! That's a huge compliment coming from someone from Korea :)
This bike has something really cool in it, that clunky fork made for canti brakes, thin tubes and classic geometry, cool colours. It'd be perfect with some better rims, black, triangular section or deeper, not that box casual as now. Appreciate all your humbleness from talking about mistakes. Also some more precise tools are not so easy to build to work well and last long, especially if you're not super deep into bike technical stuff and advanced service. Even if you're an engineer in some metal stuff 😉But such things as this wobly part in bike stand - I'm sure you can make this much stiffier or even foldable. Thankfully I was raised with that "quality" approach in case of tools - I don't know any man in my family that wasn't manual worker like miner, mechanic etc.
Thanks a lot!
I'm 65 and I still ride a bicycle twice a week 😁
I'm hoping to be doing the same!
Painting that beautifully anodized stem was a crime.
I sort of wish I would have left it, the paint is sort of chipping off it in some places.
HA long live the action crankset. I love 'em they were way lighter than the default 1x cranks and chainring on my bike (all one piece) and gives me a setup where i can swap chainrings out over time.
I mean they're kinda ugly but they're always working good for me, so I keep going back to them.
@@BruceChastain Agree. But ya they work. So like... good thing to have on the checklist when dealing with either an old or a low end bike.
Short-butted is probably, Bruce, a way to make the pipes lighter and stronger and more aero. And I grin and say gorgeous bike, fantastic price, and little dabs of touch-up paint to the frame to hide the scars yet keep original finish for cheap? And okay, I am steamed that you painted that teal stem, I mean, teal, bro, you're in Florida, teal with anything makes it like seriously Miami Beach glam of the '50s. And just the other day I saw a car of that era in teal and white here in Pennsylvania and you know they were stylin' and probably dreamin' of a week at some beach motel called the Castaway. :)
I really don't like anodized! It's like the color that can't commit, always sort of faded or light in color. As for the short-butted, I just did some googling on it, and I'm not really finding much on it, but I assume it's some sort of double-butted tubes.
I got the same stem, same color, immediately painted it black! 🤣
I didn't remove the anodizing,and I didn't use the primer,so the paint is pealing off..but, I don't mind!
It's a decent stem,but don't do jumps or something, with those cheap Chinese parts, because.. hospital and all that.. hehehe 😜
Greetings from Croatia from Kris 😎
haha yeah I'm actually using the bike at the local bmx track now :0
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Nice build! I'm interested to see how that paint holds up on the stem.
thanks man! Probably not great. I'm thinking of taking it off for another coat, because there are some places that I didn't hit good, so you can sort of see the blue still.
@@BruceChastain How did it do at Mala?
@@YourOwnAdventure I think it might be about perfect for most of that trail, the trails are small and tight, like this bike.
Wider bars make the front end more responsive.
On Amazon check out the bike hand stuff, a tad higher but decent I think, I gotta get a stand and tool set.
thanks Derek!
It's so funny to me how you made a mistake with hub rebuild but turn a spacer on a lathe. I do bike maintenance daily but couldn't make anything with a lathe out of the blue. That knowledge gap between things you know, giggle. Anyhow, that bike came out nice!
Haha yeah. I only do bike work like that every once and awhile so for sure I sometime forget how things go. But even on the lathe, I used to do that as a job, but it's been a long time, so I'm really rusty.
UGH! Anodized blue and you paint it... So sad! Kidding, I would not but I love the bright colors from the 90's!
Just picked up a tassajara
hi, please tell me why the connecting rods don’t fit completely onto the square carriage
anybody mention to flip the spacer and the stem yet?
also the tires.. the knobs on the front and the semi slick on the rear.
yeah someone did mention it, I'm still not totally convinced it's true though. Am I wrong?
@@BruceChastain do what you want to but it looks stupid AF
I would swap the tires, put that nobby nic in the front and kenda in the back, it would ride better I think
I did consider that also, I think you're right, I might do that soon.
Those Shimano shifters break very easily.
really? So far mine are okay.
Did you just paint a wake stem?
not even sure what a wake stem is, looked like just some cheap thing you can get of ebay for $10
Wow man, you are 40? I would guess at least 10 years less.
hey thanks a lot Komoonkh!
What handlebar?
really don't remember, but they're some cheaper ones from ebay/amazon/aliexpress
Wonderful bike, dude! BUT, this bar... I am not feeling-it ಥ_ಥ . . .
Thanks Luiz! I did cut about 40mm off it.
There is nothing juvenile about build a bike the way you want it.
Awesome thanks 👍
No problem 👍
Mate I thought you were 30
haha thanks dude!
Aadont ever put caged beafings in a back weeale its not going to last..put back lose balls..its better..