Старые велосипеды 50х 60 х 70 х 80 х были качествеными и простыми почти вечные у меня есть велосипед Урал 1980 г выпуска купил мне отец на день рождения на 14 лет . С того дня прошло 44 года а он до сих пор на ходу теперь уже внуки учатся на нем ездить .
I am a retired mathematics teacher from Hungary. As a young teacher I lived in a region (Békés county) where there were as many bicycles as in the Netherlands. As I earned little money, I started repairing bicycles. I got my hands on a few pre-war bikes, most of them Sachs, and one Hercules. I have no idea how that Hercules got to Hungary. Even then I was amazed at how durable these old bikes were made of. Like here on the Wanderer, almost all the internal components just had to be cleaned out and could go back in place. The bearing bushings were still in good condition after 50-60 years, at most the bearings had to be replaced. But in the Torpedo, they didn't have to be replaced either. This Wanderer is beautiful. I enjoyed every minute of the restoration with great nostalgia. Congratulations! Beautiful job!
@@bobbytheboy1конечно именно так. Как и Венгерская печка для солдат третьего рейха, которая у меня на полке стоит. Котра "случайно" под Ленинградом нашлась. Как и вторая Венгерская армия в 200.000 которая почти вся осталось под Сталинградом и переводчески находим останки.
It's a little surprising to me seeing how many specialty tools are needed to do a job like this properly. Good work, I can see how satisfying it could be.
@@spankyjeffro5320 heritage conservation: definition Unfortunately, there is no single definition, because the schools of thought in restoration are diverse and especially theidea of conservative restoration varies greatly in different restoration fields. In general, however, we can say that conservation restoration is a restoration intervention thataims to consolidate the art object in order to restore its legibility and slow down its degradation. The basic idea of heritage conservation is to restore the existing, without reconstructing what has been lost. For example: An affresco where part of the plaster has come off and 30% of the work has been lost (permanently). If we were to do a conservative restoration to the affresco, the restorer will be responsible for securing the 70% of the fresco that is left, taking care that there are no new detachments and restoring the colors of the time by trying to use the same materials. However, the restorer will not go and "redesign" the 30 percent of the affresco that was destroyed. As we said in heritage conservation one must deal with the existing, what remains. I personally think that you are a person without arguments who is just looking for visibility, but that is essentially your problem.
@@spankyjeffro5320 This dude woke up to be toxic for no reason. They said their OPINION (which you may never heard of before) and they still praised their work. So yea, dont post toxic comments. Thank you for your cooperation.
@@spankyjeffro5320 You're joking... Right? There's no new paint, the parts weren't brought back to factory condition before reassembly... The only cringey comment here is yours.
As a museum curator, I would say you're conserving as opposed to restoring. This is what museums and galleries do - maintain what's there and if parts need replacing, they're made obvious that they're new parts. Either way, I'm a cyclist and this is totally boss.
the rear hub is of the same design that was used in the vast majority of old Soviet bikes that I used to work on when I was a kid. thank you for bringing back the sweet memories! we also had a similar wheel trueing jig, I remember one day I had an accident - a 15-year old rude dude jumped on the back of my bike and folded the rear wheel almost in half, I came home in tears and my dad managed to bring that wheel back to life, first with a lot of hammering and then with A LOT of spoke work. it looked like total magic to a 11-year old.
In the Soviet Union, all bicycles were the result of reverse engineering of German bicycles. That's why everything is similar. Unfortunately, the Union only created weapons, everything else is stolen developments from the Western world.
Endlich wieder eine schöne Fahrradrestauration, und dann auch noch ein Wanderer Getrieberad. Traumhafter Patina-Zustand und ein sehr schöner Strahlenkopf. Ich weiß was dazugehört, so ein Schmuckstück mit Sachverstand wieder auf die Straße zu bringen, bin aber trotzdem immer von eurer sauberen und präzisen Arbeit beeindruckt. Danke für die schönen Videos!😊
In my native country, Cuba, there were and are not spare parts for anything and we had to come up with them. I was a turner and miller. I started making parts for bicycles, cars and motorcycles. I made any part or adapted it and I loved it. I emigrated. I went to the US 45 years ago and when I see almost new bicycles thrown in the trash, it makes me nostalgic and I always say, how much I would have given to have found something similar when I was a kid, today I am retired from everything, only the memories remain. I congratulate you for your talent and love dedicated to restoring something appreciated
I am just retired, i was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s (Canada). There was a group of us kids 11-14 years old who would go scrapping on garbage days(people put out trash for pickup). We had could often pickup many old bikes in the spring time, people buy new bikes and throw old ones out. We could easily put together one good bike from parts. Often these bikes would get sold 5$, and it was an ongoing thing . The bikes were nothing near the quality of these older European bikes. The bikes from the ’60’s and 70’s were the start of disposable bikes era. I have seen the complete circle of quality, and many new bikes from the 90’s onward are again made of good quality materials, and were expensive and worth repairing.
Wunderbares Fahrrad. Relativ selten. Es wurden meines Erachtens lediglich 999 Stück mit diesem Zweigang-Getriebe produziert. Ich selbst habe für mich ein Adler 3-Gang-Getriebe Fahrrad von 1939 restauriert und habe meine Freude daran. Die Entwicklung des Getriebe dürfte aus dem Automobilbereich herrühren. Sehr schöne Restauration, auch dass die Patina erhalten bleibt. Die Geschichte soll ja sichtbar bleiben. Bitten weitere solche Restaurationen veröffentlichen. Sehr interessant zu sehen.
Nur den argen Höhenschlag an den Felgen hätte er auch noch ausbügeln können ( Min.23:05). Die ovalen Aluscheiben, die unter die Speichennippel verbaut wurden, gehören mit der längeren Seite in Fahrtrichtung, die sind vorgerundet somit dürften die nicht willkürlich verbaut werden. Ansonsten kann man nicht maulen. 😊
This bicycle is a product of Wanderer-Werke AG Chemnitz, which, in addition to bicycles, also manufactured motorcycles, cars, delivery vans and office machines. In 1932, Wanderer became part of Auto Union AG and was represented in its logo by one of four rings, just like Audi, Horch and DKW. From 1965 onwards (until today), only the name Audi was used, but the Auto Union logo was retained. The Wanderer-Werke factory in Chemnitz still exists to this day, but sadly has long been left behind and is slowly falling apart. Bicycles are still sold under the name Wanderer, but those have nothing to do with the original company, only the naming rights are used. Interestingly enough, Chemnitz has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture 2025.
Добрый день, подскажи пожалуйста как этот привод работает я искал информацию и не мог найти для чего там переключение , что оно даёт, какой принцип работы?
@@ПисаревРуслан-о4ы похож на стандартную автомобильную ручную трансмиссию, но в этом случае есть только 2 скорости. Вилка переключения толкает эти 2 шестерёнки разных размеров на осе влево / вправо, где они состекуются с шестерёнкой на втором осе привода сзади. По моему такой же принцип как у современных вело-трансмиссии Пинион, только у него 9+ скоростей а не 2.
Wanderer-2, what a great find. Thank you for sharing. Here the engeneer had no limits when constructing this gearbox in the optimal position. In the 1930ies bicycles were extremly expensive, about two month pay of a skilled worker. And this one was certainly much more expensive. So they could build them so durable.
Почему сейчас не делают велосипеды с таким редуктором? Каждый раз убеждаюсь что раньше технологии и качество были лучше чем сейчас! Сейчас даже в самых дорогих велосипедах нет такого качества и эстетики деталей. За реставрацию и хорошую сьемку большое спасибо посмотрел с огромным удовольствием !
Россия... Про какие велосипеды и их изготовление в росии можно говорить,, когда в России разрушены трактный заводы, автомобильные заводы Зил, комбайновый заводы, мотоциклетный завод ИЖ, и наконец АВИАЦИОНЫЙ ЗАВОД.... 😲
@@ВОИНДОБРА-у1о я не про Россию я вообще про весь мир сейчас даже топовые когда то бренды делают фигню, про Россию и говорить нечего даже иголки и те не делают ...
@@ВОИНДОБРА-у1оА кто об этом позаботился ? Ни запад ли , когда Горбачёв перестройку надумал , а алкаш Ельцин остатки пропил , запад всегда врагом был , посмотрите историю , они к нам с мечём шли, а не мы!!!!
Bro, seriously I can feel how much hard work, concentration, patience is needed just for this 30 minutes video..seriously kudos to your hard work❤❤❤❤...love from BHARAT
Wow, my face was frozen watching your video, my jaw dropped to the floor. Amazing, precise engineering to preserve and give life to another piece of history. My respect.
Beautiful restoration, the quality of the components have stood the test of time with little to no wear compared to their modern equivalents'. I see where the German company Pinion have taken their inspiration for their modern bicycle gearbox design from. 🙂
@@forgottenthings The rebirth is quite new, since the 1990s Schlumpf offers a gearbox but that seems to have only two gears so that it's often combined with a gear hub, but seems to be mostly used on recumbent bicycles (Liegeräder). And Pinion began around 2006 but the first gearbox was introduced in 2011. Similar to the Rohloff Speedhub it also seems to be very pricey, couldn't find exact figures, but the 12-speed C1.12 seems to cost around a thousand bucks, I got a Gudereit Bike with that transmission leased since August and with a MSRP of 3000€ it was seemingly one of the cheapest bikes that use Pinion. I guess compared to that a full Shimano XT 12-speed kit (crank, chain, rear derailleur, cassette, shifter) won't cost you more than 500 bucks. And at first glance you may also confuse it with an Electric middle motor by Bosch, Yamaha or Shimano.
As a Dutchman, I am proud to see how this classic bicycle has been renovated. The Netherlands has 17,7 miljoen inhabitants, There are 9.233.107 cars and there are 23.5 million bicycles in the Netherlands, In short, our country is a cycling country. Ps : Our country has 2,474 km of highways, And our country has 35,000 km of bicycle roads. That's why i like and love videos & your channel thank you mate.👍🏼👍🏼
Hats off! I love the restraint you showed by not repainting the bike, but instead cleaning it up to celebrate its age and the life it has lived. I stumbled on your video and am thankful I did. You shoot your videos beautifully and the care you take in your craft shines through. I know it is not much, but you have earned my subscription and I am better for it. Thanks for taking the time to share your hard work!
really enjoyed seeing how you use your hands to recreate such a piece of history and art. Not only are you an engineer who knows about tools and chemicals and computer design, but you are also an artist. Good job
18:30 а вот это он зря) Необдуманный шаг! Если придётся снова разбирать, то понадобится ах рен еть какой мощный съёмник. Лучшее - враг хорошего! Там достаточно парочка ударов молотком и резбового прижима фиксирующими гайками. Рядовой велосипедист ремонтирует всегда "на коленке", в дороге, или просто во дворе. И точно также, при помощи молотка, но уже боковыми ударами, демонтирует шатуны. Автор тут явно переусердствовал с прессом🥴
Оказывается когда я в детстве перебирал свой велик для смазки и чистки я его реставрировал... Я понять не могу как это можно назвать реставрацией, у меня бы рука не поднялась оставить раму и др. элементы в таком виде имея такую мастерскую.
One summer a few years ago I was unemployed. My father gave me a three speed bike from the fifties to restore. I kept the patina, as you did. The bike mechanically is in perfect running order. I did update the front brake is the only change I made. Naturally as a fellow restorer. I very much enjoyed your work. This being the first time I have seen one of your videos.
I'm in Utah, I fix bikes. My first bike was a Schwinn that had a spring for the front shock. And it had a coaster brake and that was my first repair job, and then it went from there. I watched every moment of your restoration, and it brings back memories of how things used to be. Thanks for the memories! Well done, and done well!
This is very cool. I have been a cyclist for 50 Years now and never owned a new bicycle. At first it was because I couldn’t afford it and learning to repair old bicycles was just part of the game. Later I avoided owning new bicycles because I was often asked to help friends repair their poorly made, brand new bikes. I am quite happy with my old Rudge for putting around town and my Kalamazoo Trek for travelling any further.
That was amazing! All through the 90s I was the neighborhood bike guy and repaired/restored hundreds of them. You have all the equipment and experience I could only dream of. Your process and attention to detail is excellent, and the editing was superb.
👍As a kid, I rode bicycles in the 90s, I made up bicycles and I look at your work with admiration, although I don't know if I would do it, I could resist applying the frame and other parts and the location of a new varnish. Jako dzieciak jeździłem na rowerach w latach 90 dorabiałem serwisując rowery i z podziwem patrzę na twoją pracę choć nie wiem czy jak ja bym to robił to potrafił bym się powstrzymać przed wyszlifowaniem ramy i innych części i położeniem nowego lakieru.
When I started watching the video I couldn’t wait to see it fully restored and all shiny with a new paint job…. But as I continued the video and saw you were preserving its “old” look I realized this was a way better choice! Amazing job !
Я получил огромное удовольствие от просмотра.Несмотря на то что сам кручу гайки более 20 лет.Всё в мелочах.Правильный инструмент,всё на своих местах.Просто кайф.Огромное спасибо за это видео.
A 1930's bike restored in a 1930's bike shop replete with a drawer full of bicycle components from the 1930's? You've got my attention and subscription!
I'm having problems getting parts for older bikes even from the 70's & the 80"s. The bike shops don't stock them anymore. Just tonight I had to file a new flat surface on a cotter pin for a pedal crank.
Watching this gave me a greater appreciation of just how much thought and effort went into building and engineering these bicycles. They sure don’t build them like they used to.
Some very interesting design features on that bike. I’d like to know more about the freewheel mechanism on the Torpedo coaster brake, and I’ve never seen that type of gearbox on a bicycle before, that’s remarkable. I shall look into that model of bike and learn more about it. I liked your home-made crank puller too, very clever. I’m also sure that there was a lot of pre-preparation before the strip-down, there is no way some of those nuts and bolts came apart so easily with just a squirt of WD-40! I’d have also used anti-seize or copaslip on every one of those fixings, especially the stem, seatpost and pedals. I’ve done a few vintage bike restorations and none of them have come apart that easily! But that was a very interesting 30 minutes, thank you!
Thank you! You find more information about that model by searching for "Wanderer Getrieberad". A very interesting competitor at that time is also the "Adler Getrieberad" which even features a 3-speed gearbox. You can find more information regarding the Torpedo hub at scheunenfun.de/explosionszeichnung.htm. The website is a little bit messy, but the information is really good. You got us, some parts were really stuck and took a lot of WD-40 and time. Nevertheless, it came apart more easily than we are used to.
Agreed. After many frustrating fights to separate parts without destroying them, I would always use Coppaslip (or similar products) when reassembling. That’s not going against originality. That’s just good common sense.
Respect for your work! I mention, quality things were manufactured 30, 40, 50 years ago, for my generation the bikes with brake bushings on the hub were a pain, tightening with a butterfly for adjustment, pinions with contrafixes in which they were periodically adjusted! Probably we didn't have quality things in the market! I mention that between the 1920s, 1930s and 1950s, a bicycle was a great asset, the bicycle's documents were circulated as well as the identity card!
First time I've watched you, by accident actually, I'm a retired machinist and was spellbound with your work. By chance I'm now working on a bike right now. I also subscribed. Thank you, I know it takes a lot of work, I also know how much you enjoy that work.
What a wonderful old machine, and so expertly restored. Great job on the pedal design. Beautifully photographed also, you have many talents. Thank you for sharing!
I love the way you filmed this. The details you filmed and every step it take to dismount, restore and assemble the bicycle. It must have taken a lot of efford to do it and above all to film it this way. Keep up the good work.
@@tomeksz7203 Unfortunataly I have to agree, the video is amazing, but as someone with quite a bit of mechanical background I struggled to watch in some instances. Especially the hydraulic press for crankarms made me cry inside, pressing a square taper like that pretty much bonds it forever if ANY amount of rust forms, cranks are meant to be press in place with the bolt/nut retaining them; using an hydraulic press (even if antiseize/grease was applied to the mating surfaces) will just scrap the shaft for any future disassembly. Again, amazing bike and video, but only ppl with no mechanical experience can just be amazed without having some bone-chilling instances during the video.
I was floored to see that the front break just pushes down on the tire instead of the rim. Crazy! This was really satisfying to watch as someone who used to do a ton of this kind of work 10 years ago. Hopefully I can get back into it before too long.
These spoon brakes date back to the penny-farthings are were still quite common on cheaper or children’s bikes up to the sixties. I had one of these on my first bike as well. Only slightly more effective than putting down your feet in Fred Flintstone style😂.
Although it's been 35+ years since I worked in a shop, I am quite jealous of your bike shop. The one I worked in was in New Orleans and the owner had bought out some old shops over the years, so we had a good bit of older stuff. Some of them were drawers full of "Yes, we have that . . . what is it?" iirc it was a spring for an old 2 speed kickback hub, the one time the sales/mechanic said exactly that and the customer was confused "Do you have it or not?" - "Yeah, we have a drawer with about 100 of them, we just don't know what they're for." I fear most of it was scrapped when it went out of business, though some was rescued by the manager who later opened his own shop.
The bike has obviously been repaired and worked on over the decades, I'd say it has sat somewhere in someone's shed for 20 years (likely a relative who inherited it)
@@SilvaDreams these old bikes are built like and as long as you keep it greased, it's good to ride. This bike is so unique with the gearbox and better alternatives available from the '50s onwards, I think it wasn't used at least for the last 50 - 60 years. Paint job definitely is original with its decals.
Keeping everything super original was beautifully done. It really pays respect to the life that bicycle has had. Going back to bare metal and new paint to make it look new again is all well and good, and with many restorations there isn't a choice, but I think I'd prefer this.
17:50 Tip: If you need to impregnate a felt or sintered part with oil , you can immerse it in a jar with the lubricant in it and draw a vacuum on the jar. This will extract the air from the porous part and the oil will replace the air.
Good job👍 I am a collector of those gearbox bikes. I have a 4-speed COSMOS (Sport AG, Biel), 4-speed RAPPA (Rapperswil), 3-speed MUTAPED (Sport AG, Biel), and 3-speed ANKER Berg- und Talfahrrad (Bielefeld). BRENNABOR (Brandenburg) was another Manufacturer of those Bikes.
Beautiful piece of old mechanics preserved for another many years. Nice job for keeping things as they were back then. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Планетарные системы не перестали выпускать. Сейчас существует немецкая фирма Pinion, которая продолжает славное дело планетарных систем из 30х годов. Другое дело - их выпускают меньше и причина предельно проста: это дорогой процесс. Современные Pinion бывают на 18 скоростей, но на порядок сложнее своих прародителей, а потому дороже. Да, это надёжно, но недостатки тоже есть. Модульность почти отсутствует. Ты не можешь просто взять и поставить кассету другой фирмы, ибо тут нет кассеты, лол. Это сравнительно тяжёлая конструкция. Но они живы как терминатор! Не надо думать, что они ушли в прошлое.
Сейчас велосипеды тоже надежные. Глянь мега аваланч как люди с альп на перегонки спускаются :) Но в целом велосипед не в самом плохом состоянии. А вот о надежности я не могу сказать точно. Очень много деталей, которых в современных велосипедах уже нет, так как наоборот конструкции проще и от того надежней, меньше всяких колец, поставок, скоро уже даже на "ашанах" избавятся от насыпных подшипников и перетянутых батей в усмерть консуов.
Man that is one serious bit of history, beautifully and caringly restored. Amazing that the races weren't all pitted and just required cleaning, new balls and grease. Very interesting to see the old tech, and that you have the tools to work on them, especially liked your crank puller, genius.
Great job and a very nicely filmed video to boot! Some of the details on that old wanderer are stunning, the saddle with it's complicated springs, the "W" in the main chain-gear, the bolted rear frame. Thanks for sharing!
There is something SO satisfying about watching someone who is knowledgeable *and has all of the right tools* restoring something. And I was so relieved to see that when you said "restoration" you really meant "repairs and conservation". So many people would've stripped and repainted it, but you only get one chance to keep something original. Kudos to you for preserving this delightful bike's age.
Love how new bike companies pretend to have invented something new, then it turns up on a 90-130 year old bike. That includes bottom bracket gearboxes, oval rings, and shaft drives.
What absolutely floored me is seeing aerodynamic tri-spoke and disk wheels more than a 100 years ago. No wind tunnels or CAD - just scientific principles and intuitive design.
Outstanding! You are very gifted. There are not many in our world with your level of competence, skill, know-how, and professionalism. You set a very high bar for any who wish to follow in your foot-steps. Being so incredibly stocked and equipped with the old, new, and improvised is impressive alone; yet even though your patience, proficiency, and meticulous work ethic is simply over the top, your humility still remains un-compromised. You are an amazing individual, an inspirational example, and I hope you not only live long and continue to prosper, but continue to inspire others as much as you have inspired me with your wonderful work.
Good looking, well put together, smooth and quiet, turned out really very good, visually impressive, not to mention good technology. Oh yeah, the bike was good too!
Witam z Polski piękny rower łącznie z super pracą , to nie sztuka wypolerować elementy ma tak być jak obecnie zachowana starość trzeba to czuć pozdrawiam oczywiście zostawiłem łapkę w górę miłego dnia
Such an amazing video! To see the respect of the old (ww2?) tools, work bench, bike frame holder, with carbon 3d is a gift. More than excellent restoration to protect a piece of functional art. I loved how silent the bike was after completion, like a ghost, that's a perfect bike IMHO. Thank you!
@@magicbox9371 during assembly and test drive it is clearly chipped paint, and the light and other parts have clearly not been polished. And not a word spoken so i don't see what a dictionary could help
Restore is spelled with an O Paint is needed more than you or I This dude with his antique tools does not have time to read an argument between two people who are drooling over two speeds of superpower leisure from the “brakes were levers” era. Step 3 Preserving the Patina (rot) took a lot of time, like a lot lot. In this mans culture we should be doing not saying and when done still say nothing…..maybe enjoy a warm beer, sausage & potatoes and work again….better, cleaner, quieter. Language/words have meanings. I don’t mind teaching you but I don’t have time to argue. We can talk about anything like….you can’t lock that bike or dude has three freaking hands Or we could talk about your mom
It’s pretty amazing that most of the same engineering has lasted so long and not changed much. It’s a modern connection to the past, but I’ve never seen the gear box before. I found it nostalgic and an honorable way to spend time.
@@christopherbrubaker2070 yes, I agree with that, but he never restored it. The title is misleading. This is not a restoration. It’s a service and a clean no matter how much you butter it up
@@OliverReilly1 Oh right, ok I got ya. Yah I don’t like misleading titles either. I wonder if I would have clicked on “ hey I’m polishing my bicycle” though. Lol but yah I can see what you meant.
@@christopherbrubaker2070 to be honest, I would have clicked it just to see the gearbox as I’ve never seen one before like yourself, but I felt disappointed that he didn’t fully restore it, but I also respect he kept the character of the bike. Mechanical restoration would have been a more fitting title
Man, your attention to every detail, your excellent work and your extraordinary photographing skills made me keep my eyes on the screen and not turning my head away all the duration of the video! I know what it takes to produce a video like this, but the reward is also great. Hard work always rewarded with great things! Keep up the good work. Greetings from Egypt.
Well, that's very personal... Modern bikes are, questionably, overly fragile and maybe overly expensive, but this bike (with all due respect) holds nothing against even the most basic modern steel frame in terms of design/weight/confort/geometry. It's a spectacle to watch such a beutiful bike being preserved, but I wouln't go as far as to call it "better than most modern stuff". Gearboxes are sure reliable and amazing, but you can fix a modern drivetrain roadside with a 100g multitool, not so much for a gearbox.
@@andy_liga You don't understand what a base design is, do you? I never said the bike was better than modern ones. If you're over about twelve years old your teachers are probably to blame.
@@siraff4461 wow, someone got offended here... would you mind explaining what do you mean by "base design"? Do you mean the fact that everything in this bike is over-constructed and probably gonna outlast humanity itself? Do you mean the geometry of the bike? Cause yeah, I mean, this looks like any other upright comfy bike geometry out there, there hasn't been any real breakthrough in the geometry of upright city bikes in the last 100years. Do you mean the fact that the rear triangle is removable? That's a crappy design used solely to help manufacturing by introducing a significant error tolerance in the design, as shown in the video, it often cracks, due to the stress raisers in some spots, mainly the bolt/bolt eyelet and connecting pieces. Are you wow-ed by the fact that the tubes from the front triangle aren't welded/braised but bolted to the headtube/BB/seatstay? Again, manufacturing aid, welding a flat triangle can be very challenging without introducing some warp or deformation, especially with the rudimentary metallurgy we had back then for civilian applications, like making a "mundane bike". Old bikes aren't better than new ones in any measurable way (few exceptions aside like the Lotus 108 maybe), sure they can be pretty and I agree with that, but still... Btw I'm way older than 12yo. At that age, while you were blaming the teachers, I was busy learning mechanical engineering from my grampa :P
@@andy_liga "learning mechanical engineering" yet you don't even understand the concept of design basics vs overall performance. Some of the concepts (base design) of this bike are better in a lot of ways than most new ones. That doesn't mean it works better. It doesn't mean its a better product. It means the ideas behind it are better. For instance having a sealed gearbox allows better lubrication without dirt or water ingress along with allowing for a much stronger gearset in a much smaller area. It also means the chain can be solid which reduces component count and increases reliability vs a derailer or even a sprung tensioner. It also allows a thinner driveline which allows a thinner frame throw and therefore increased strength per weight. There are numerous other advantages like shorter cable length vs a rear cassette, not having to spin every gear regardless of which is engaged, less unsprung weight if you're using rear suspension, a smaller rear spindle width which again reduces unsprung weight and increases strength per size, potentially less aero drag because there aren't multiple gear wheels and an s-bend in the flow - along with the thinner crank allowing the same and on and on it goes. Of course you knew that with your "mechanical engineering" background, right? Just because it was made a long time back using the materials and techniques of the day doesn't mean something newer is automatically a better design. Simply throwing some Shimano kit on a basic triangle for a frame is much cheaper and easier but that only makes it better if you buy into the advertising. Why would a modern company throw a load of r&d into something when they can sell something very similar to last years for a nice bump to people like you who don't understand that a carbon frame actually isn't that expensive or hard to make?
@@siraff4461 I mean, I'm not here for a confrontation, I wasn't here for that to begin with either... but yeah, that's what you get when you start talking to strangers on the internet sometimes. Anyway, yeah, you pointed out how gearboxes are more reliable (as I stated earlier), that the this bikes design as a whole isn't bad (as I stated earlier) and that most new bike are overpriced/overly fragile (as I stated earlier). I mean, yeah, I don't understand where this whole aggression is coming from (I would understand if you would be the CEO of Pinion, but I wasn't shitting on gearboxes either). Btw I do get that you have strong opinions (since you sound like a smart person, sincerely) I just don't agree with the way of communicating them :) [EDIT] minor spelling
Unfassbar schönes Video! Die ganze Ästhetik, der saubere Arbeitsplatz, die Werkstatt mit den ganzen schönen alten Sachen, das Fachwissen und die Liebe und Hingabe zum Rad... Unglaublich toll!!! Vielen lieben Dank für das wunderschöne Video!❤ Beste Grüße, GR 👋🏼
Судя по всему Вы разбираетесь в вопросе, я правильно понял, что тут основной режим это прямая передача, а при переключении зацепляется 4я шестерня и получается понижающий редуктор?)
Incredible videography! I LOVE all your old tools and carts... I also love that you leave the most important part of the bike fully in tact, the story told through the patina... Nicely done sir...
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HELLO!
MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WILL YOU GIVE SUCH A RARITY TO A MUSEUM?
GREETINGS FROM RUSSIA!
It would have been nice to see some more actual full shots of this bike
😅😅😅
Honda Aist better. Or Honda Casper. You can see them in RUSSIA !
Старые велосипеды 50х 60 х 70 х 80 х были качествеными и простыми почти вечные у меня есть велосипед Урал 1980 г выпуска купил мне отец на день рождения на 14 лет . С того дня прошло 44 года а он до сих пор на ходу теперь уже внуки учатся на нем ездить .
I am a retired mathematics teacher from Hungary. As a young teacher I lived in a region (Békés county) where there were as many bicycles as in the Netherlands. As I earned little money, I started repairing bicycles. I got my hands on a few pre-war bikes, most of them Sachs, and one Hercules. I have no idea how that Hercules got to Hungary. Even then I was amazed at how durable these old bikes were made of. Like here on the Wanderer, almost all the internal components just had to be cleaned out and could go back in place. The bearing bushings were still in good condition after 50-60 years, at most the bearings had to be replaced. But in the Torpedo, they didn't have to be replaced either. This Wanderer is beautiful. I enjoyed every minute of the restoration with great nostalgia. Congratulations! Beautiful job!
Thank you very much!
I can tell you how that bicycle could end up in Hungary,because of collaboration with Third Reich as an ally ,don't you think that's possible.
Nice history!!!
And I thought I got creative restoring my '79 Dave Moulton!
@@bobbytheboy1конечно именно так. Как и Венгерская печка для солдат третьего рейха, которая у меня на полке стоит. Котра "случайно" под Ленинградом нашлась. Как и вторая Венгерская армия в 200.000 которая почти вся осталось под Сталинградом и переводчески находим останки.
It's a little surprising to me seeing how many specialty tools are needed to do a job like this properly. Good work, I can see how satisfying it could be.
I’m absolutely speechless. This is not a restoration, but in my honest opinion,an heritage conservation. Amazing job. Highly professional.
This is by definition a restoration. Don't post cringey comments.
@@spankyjeffro5320 heritage conservation: definition
Unfortunately, there is no single definition, because the schools of thought in restoration are diverse and especially theidea of conservative restoration varies greatly in different restoration fields.
In general, however, we can say that conservation restoration is a restoration intervention thataims to consolidate the art object in order to restore its legibility and slow down its degradation. The basic idea of heritage conservation is to restore the existing, without reconstructing what has been lost.
For example: An affresco where part of the plaster has come off and 30% of the work has been lost (permanently).
If we were to do a conservative restoration to the affresco, the restorer will be responsible for securing the 70% of the fresco that is left, taking care that there are no new detachments and restoring the colors of the time by trying to use the same materials. However, the restorer will not go and "redesign" the 30 percent of the affresco that was destroyed. As we said in heritage conservation one must deal with the existing, what remains.
I personally think that you are a person without arguments who is just looking for visibility, but that is essentially your problem.
@@spankyjeffro5320 This dude woke up to be toxic for no reason. They said their OPINION (which you may never heard of before) and they still praised their work. So yea, dont post toxic comments. Thank you for your cooperation.
I was going to comment similarly, you express it better though. I was itching to get out the spraying gear and give it a lick of fresh paint :D
@@spankyjeffro5320 You're joking... Right? There's no new paint, the parts weren't brought back to factory condition before reassembly... The only cringey comment here is yours.
As a museum curator, I would say you're conserving as opposed to restoring. This is what museums and galleries do - maintain what's there and if parts need replacing, they're made obvious that they're new parts. Either way, I'm a cyclist and this is totally boss.
the rear hub is of the same design that was used in the vast majority of old Soviet bikes that I used to work on when I was a kid. thank you for bringing back the sweet memories! we also had a similar wheel trueing jig, I remember one day I had an accident - a 15-year old rude dude jumped on the back of my bike and folded the rear wheel almost in half, I came home in tears and my dad managed to bring that wheel back to life, first with a lot of hammering and then with A LOT of spoke work. it looked like total magic to a 11-year old.
In the Soviet Union, all bicycles were the result of reverse engineering of German bicycles. That's why everything is similar. Unfortunately, the Union only created weapons, everything else is stolen developments from the Western world.
Endlich wieder eine schöne Fahrradrestauration, und dann auch noch ein Wanderer Getrieberad. Traumhafter Patina-Zustand und ein sehr schöner Strahlenkopf. Ich weiß was dazugehört, so ein Schmuckstück mit Sachverstand wieder auf die Straße zu bringen, bin aber trotzdem immer von eurer sauberen und präzisen Arbeit beeindruckt. Danke für die schönen Videos!😊
Vielen Dank für das Lob!😊
In my native country, Cuba, there were and are not spare parts for anything and we had to come up with them. I was a turner and miller. I started making parts for bicycles, cars and motorcycles. I made any part or adapted it and I loved it. I emigrated. I went to the US 45 years ago and when I see almost new bicycles thrown in the trash, it makes me nostalgic and I always say, how much I would have given to have found something similar when I was a kid, today I am retired from everything, only the memories remain. I congratulate you for your talent and love dedicated to restoring something appreciated
Great story!
Thank you!😊
Some modern bikes are 'trash' from new!
@@pcka12 That's the true story.
I am just retired, i was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s (Canada). There was a group of us kids 11-14 years old who would go scrapping on garbage days(people put out trash for pickup).
We had could often pickup many old bikes in the spring time, people buy new bikes and throw old ones out. We could easily put together one good bike from parts. Often these bikes would get sold 5$, and it was an ongoing thing .
The bikes were nothing near the quality of these older European bikes. The bikes from the ’60’s and 70’s were the start of disposable bikes era. I have seen the complete circle of quality, and many new bikes from the 90’s onward are again made of good quality materials, and were expensive and worth repairing.
Wunderbares Fahrrad. Relativ selten. Es wurden meines Erachtens lediglich 999 Stück mit diesem Zweigang-Getriebe produziert. Ich selbst habe für mich ein Adler 3-Gang-Getriebe Fahrrad von 1939 restauriert und habe meine Freude daran. Die Entwicklung des Getriebe dürfte aus dem Automobilbereich herrühren. Sehr schöne Restauration, auch dass die Patina erhalten bleibt. Die Geschichte soll ja sichtbar bleiben. Bitten weitere solche Restaurationen veröffentlichen. Sehr interessant zu sehen.
Danke für das Lob!
---Wunderbares Fahrrad--- Aber sowas von! Adler ist auch Top. Danke für diesen Kommentar.
Nur den argen Höhenschlag an den Felgen hätte er auch noch ausbügeln können ( Min.23:05). Die ovalen Aluscheiben, die unter die Speichennippel verbaut wurden, gehören mit der längeren Seite in Fahrtrichtung, die sind vorgerundet somit dürften die nicht willkürlich verbaut werden. Ansonsten kann man nicht maulen. 😊
Международный "язык труда". Без единого слова, точные движения, смотрел как заворожённый. Спасибо Вам за РАБОТУ.
Жаль, что он не правил яйцо и зонт на ободе, а только восьмёркой ограничился)))
Зачем сохранять эту облезлую краску, когда можно оцинковать металл в красивый серебристый металлик...
В совке способ крепления шатунов не смогли скопировать ))). Придумали уйобищные клинья.
This bicycle is a product of Wanderer-Werke AG Chemnitz, which, in addition to bicycles, also manufactured motorcycles, cars, delivery vans and office machines. In 1932, Wanderer became part of Auto Union AG and was represented in its logo by one of four rings, just like Audi, Horch and DKW. From 1965 onwards (until today), only the name Audi was used, but the Auto Union logo was retained. The Wanderer-Werke factory in Chemnitz still exists to this day, but sadly has long been left behind and is slowly falling apart. Bicycles are still sold under the name Wanderer, but those have nothing to do with the original company, only the naming rights are used. Interestingly enough, Chemnitz has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture 2025.
WOW! I've seen shaft-drive vintage bikes before but never a gearbox bike. Thanks for restoring this this marvel of German engineering.
Добрый день, подскажи пожалуйста как этот привод работает я искал информацию и не мог найти для чего там переключение , что оно даёт, какой принцип работы?
the shifter lever is so sick
@@ПисаревРуслан-о4ы похож на стандартную автомобильную ручную трансмиссию, но в этом случае есть только 2 скорости. Вилка переключения толкает эти 2 шестерёнки разных размеров на осе влево / вправо, где они состекуются с шестерёнкой на втором осе привода сзади. По моему такой же принцип как у современных вело-трансмиссии Пинион, только у него 9+ скоростей а не 2.
Yeah, I've heard of old gearboxes, but never seen one. My own bike has a modern gearbox by Pinion - which is also German.
Wanderer-2, what a great find. Thank you for sharing. Here the engeneer had no limits when constructing this gearbox in the optimal position. In the 1930ies bicycles were extremly expensive, about two month pay of a skilled worker. And this one was certainly much more expensive. So they could build them so durable.
Почему сейчас не делают велосипеды с таким редуктором? Каждый раз убеждаюсь что раньше технологии и качество были лучше чем сейчас! Сейчас даже в самых дорогих велосипедах нет такого качества и эстетики деталей. За реставрацию и хорошую сьемку большое спасибо посмотрел с огромным удовольствием !
Россия...
Про какие велосипеды и их изготовление в росии можно говорить,, когда в России разрушены трактный заводы, автомобильные заводы Зил, комбайновый заводы, мотоциклетный завод ИЖ, и наконец АВИАЦИОНЫЙ ЗАВОД.... 😲
@@ВОИНДОБРА-у1о я не про Россию я вообще про весь мир сейчас даже топовые когда то бренды делают фигню, про Россию и говорить нечего даже иголки и те не делают ...
@@ВОИНДОБРА-у1оА кто об этом позаботился ? Ни запад ли , когда Горбачёв перестройку надумал , а алкаш Ельцин остатки пропил , запад всегда врагом был , посмотрите историю , они к нам с мечём шли, а не мы!!!!
Если вы имеете ввиду компоновку, то похожее называется pinion ua-cam.com/video/IoWpFLfAZq4/v-deo.html
@@ВОИНДОБРА-у1о это старая методичка😂😂😂
Bro, seriously I can feel how much hard work, concentration, patience is needed just for this 30 minutes video..seriously kudos to your hard work❤❤❤❤...love from BHARAT
Wow, my face was frozen watching your video, my jaw dropped to the floor. Amazing, precise engineering to preserve and give life to another piece of history. My respect.
Thank you very much!
German army ww2 driving Wanderer bikes..
That gearbox and clutch unit are a thing of beauty!
Beautiful restoration, the quality of the components have stood the test of time with little to no wear compared to their modern equivalents'. I see where the German company Pinion have taken their inspiration for their modern bicycle gearbox design from. 🙂
Thank you! Interesting that this is used in modern bikes as well. Did not know about that
@@forgottenthings The rebirth is quite new, since the 1990s Schlumpf offers a gearbox but that seems to have only two gears so that it's often combined with a gear hub, but seems to be mostly used on recumbent bicycles (Liegeräder).
And Pinion began around 2006 but the first gearbox was introduced in 2011.
Similar to the Rohloff Speedhub it also seems to be very pricey, couldn't find exact figures, but the 12-speed C1.12 seems to cost around a thousand bucks, I got a Gudereit Bike with that transmission leased since August and with a MSRP of 3000€ it was seemingly one of the cheapest bikes that use Pinion.
I guess compared to that a full Shimano XT 12-speed kit (crank, chain, rear derailleur, cassette, shifter) won't cost you more than 500 bucks.
And at first glance you may also confuse it with an Electric middle motor by Bosch, Yamaha or Shimano.
Out of all the tools and technique in this video, the most impressive is that third hand tool. They are most useful for an extra thumbs up!
Haha, yes! The humour is strong with this one!
As a Dutchman, I am proud to see how this classic bicycle has been renovated.
The Netherlands has 17,7 miljoen inhabitants,
There are 9.233.107 cars
and there are 23.5 million bicycles in the Netherlands, In short, our country is a cycling country.
Ps : Our country has 2,474 km of highways,
And our country has 35,000 km of bicycle roads.
That's why i like and love videos & your channel thank you mate.👍🏼👍🏼
Beautiful restoration beautiful filming AND NO annoying background music!
Прекрасная работа,спасибо что вы есть,такую историю нужно сохранять.👍🤝
What an awesome journey and restauration! Amazing what bikes they built in this time.
Pleasure to hear that! We´re glad our style of restoring forgotten things gets that feedback!
Restoring or just cleaning 😂😂bad job's
Hats off! I love the restraint you showed by not repainting the bike, but instead cleaning it up to celebrate its age and the life it has lived. I stumbled on your video and am thankful I did. You shoot your videos beautifully and the care you take in your craft shines through. I know it is not much, but you have earned my subscription and I am better for it. Thanks for taking the time to share your hard work!
Thank you very much!🤩
really enjoyed seeing how you use your hands to recreate such a piece of history and art. Not only are you an engineer who knows about tools and chemicals and computer design, but you are also an artist. Good job
Прекрасная реставрация!
Огромное благодарность за Вашу работу!
С большим уважением!
Здоровья и удачи!
А в чем тут реставрация то?
Я просто может что-то не понимаю
Но тут нет реставрации.
A handsome thing, thoughtfully and respectfully brought back to life. Very well done.
Честь и хвала автору за его знания и труды. Приятно видеть что есть люди, которые могут сохранить и реставрировать историю
человек молодец
Впервые вижу вел с такой кпп) Это что, двухскоростная? Типа, пониженная в горку, и прямая для ровных дорог?
18:30 а вот это он зря) Необдуманный шаг! Если придётся снова разбирать, то понадобится ах рен еть какой мощный съёмник. Лучшее - враг хорошего! Там достаточно парочка ударов молотком и резбового прижима фиксирующими гайками. Рядовой велосипедист ремонтирует всегда "на коленке", в дороге, или просто во дворе. И точно также, при помощи молотка, но уже боковыми ударами, демонтирует шатуны. Автор тут явно переусердствовал с прессом🥴
Оказывается когда я в детстве перебирал свой велик для смазки и чистки я его реставрировал... Я понять не могу как это можно назвать реставрацией, у меня бы рука не поднялась оставить раму и др. элементы в таком виде имея такую мастерскую.
@@asarasswat593 не помню как называется, но в этом особый смысл, оставить все максимально аутентичным.
One summer a few years ago I was unemployed. My father gave me a three speed bike from the fifties to restore. I kept the patina, as you did. The bike mechanically is in perfect running order. I did update the front brake is the only change I made. Naturally as a fellow restorer. I very much enjoyed your work. This being the first time I have seen one of your videos.
Thank you for sharing your story!
I'm in Utah, I fix bikes. My first bike was a Schwinn that had a spring for the front shock. And it had a coaster brake and that was my first repair job, and then it went from there. I watched every moment of your restoration, and it brings back memories of how things used to be. Thanks for the memories! Well done, and done well!
Thank you!😎
This is very cool. I have been a cyclist for 50
Years now and never owned a new bicycle. At first it was because I couldn’t afford it and learning to repair old bicycles was just part of the game. Later I avoided owning new bicycles because I was often asked to help friends repair their poorly made, brand new bikes.
I am quite happy with my old Rudge for putting around town and my Kalamazoo Trek for travelling any further.
Thank you very much for your comment!
That was amazing! All through the 90s I was the neighborhood bike guy and repaired/restored hundreds of them. You have all the equipment and experience I could only dream of. Your process and attention to detail is excellent, and the editing was superb.
Thank you!😊
Ready for the next 100 years .Fantastic job.
As a former bicycle mechanic here in Denmark I think this was a wonderful job
Thank you!😊
👍As a kid, I rode bicycles in the 90s, I made up bicycles and I look at your work with admiration, although I don't know if I would do it, I could resist applying the frame and other parts and the location of a new varnish.
Jako dzieciak jeździłem na rowerach w latach 90 dorabiałem serwisując rowery i z podziwem patrzę na twoją pracę choć nie wiem czy jak ja bym to robił to potrafił bym się powstrzymać przed wyszlifowaniem ramy i innych części i położeniem nowego lakieru.
素敵な自転車でそれをリビルドされる完璧な技術とセンスに脱帽です！私の今住んでいる日本の片田舎でこんな自転車に乗って暮らせたら幸せなんでしょうね。😃 私たち日本人も最近の若い方達はすぐになんでも捨ててしまいますが私みたいな年寄りになると昔のモノが愛着があって大事にする習慣かいつまでも離れられませんよw 又素敵な動画を楽しみにしています♪ こんな自転車欲しいな😊
I like how you restored the functionality without destroying the patina.
Paint and chrome have a function……not restored
Да, в 30- годы, это супер и в наши дни. А качество деталей!!! Super 💯💯💯!!!
I love how you restored it but left the original beauty and character .
Thank you!😎
When I started watching the video I couldn’t wait to see it fully restored and all shiny with a new paint job…. But as I continued the video and saw you were preserving its “old” look I realized this was a way better choice!
Amazing job !
Я получил огромное удовольствие от просмотра.Несмотря на то что сам кручу гайки более 20 лет.Всё в мелочах.Правильный инструмент,всё на своих местах.Просто кайф.Огромное спасибо за это видео.
А в чем тут реставрация то?
Я просто может что-то не понимаю
Но тут нет реставрации.
A 1930's bike restored in a 1930's bike shop replete with a drawer full of bicycle components from the 1930's? You've got my attention and subscription!
Thank you!😊
Yeah but did you see the KMC chain that came out of the Wippermann tin?
@@eternaloptimist2840 Ssssst don't ruin it now.
@@eternaloptimist2840 Kinda makes you wonder what else isn't what it appears.
I'm having problems getting parts for older bikes even from the 70's & the 80"s. The bike shops don't stock them anymore. Just tonight I had to file a new flat surface on a cotter pin for a pedal crank.
Holy cow. No lead in animation, preview, preview review etc. etc. Just the stuff in the title. Nicely done!
This is awesome, never seen a bicycle design anything like this. Even the braking mechanism is cool.👍
Watching this gave me a greater appreciation of just how much thought and effort went into building and engineering these bicycles. They sure don’t build them like they used to.
The job you did on this bicycle is FANTASTIC. I love how you left the original look.
Замечательная реставрация! Получил удовольствие от просмотра. Успехов в увлекательном хобби!
Some very interesting design features on that bike. I’d like to know more about the freewheel mechanism on the Torpedo coaster brake, and I’ve never seen that type of gearbox on a bicycle before, that’s remarkable. I shall look into that model of bike and learn more about it. I liked your home-made crank puller too, very clever.
I’m also sure that there was a lot of pre-preparation before the strip-down, there is no way some of those nuts and bolts came apart so easily with just a squirt of WD-40! I’d have also used anti-seize or copaslip on every one of those fixings, especially the stem, seatpost and pedals. I’ve done a few vintage bike restorations and none of them have come apart that easily!
But that was a very interesting 30 minutes, thank you!
Thank you! You find more information about that model by searching for "Wanderer Getrieberad". A very interesting competitor at that time is also the "Adler Getrieberad" which even features a 3-speed gearbox. You can find more information regarding the Torpedo hub at scheunenfun.de/explosionszeichnung.htm. The website is a little bit messy, but the information is really good.
You got us, some parts were really stuck and took a lot of WD-40 and time. Nevertheless, it came apart more easily than we are used to.
Agreed. After many frustrating fights to separate parts without destroying them, I would always use Coppaslip (or similar products) when reassembling. That’s not going against originality. That’s just good common sense.
What a strange machine, never seen so many left-hand threads. Those cast alloy frame lugs are over the top. Nice restoration job !
Respect for your work! I mention, quality things were manufactured 30, 40, 50 years ago, for my generation the bikes with brake bushings on the hub were a pain, tightening with a butterfly for adjustment, pinions with contrafixes in which they were periodically adjusted! Probably we didn't have quality things in the market! I mention that between the 1920s, 1930s and 1950s, a bicycle was a great asset, the bicycle's documents were circulated as well as the identity card!
First time I've watched you, by accident actually, I'm a retired machinist and was spellbound with your work. By chance I'm now working on a bike right now. I also subscribed. Thank you, I know it takes a lot of work, I also know how much you enjoy that work.
Thank you very much!😊
What a wonderful old machine, and so expertly restored. Great job on the pedal design. Beautifully photographed also, you have many talents. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!😊
I love the way you filmed this. The details you filmed and every step it take to dismount, restore and assemble the bicycle. It must have taken a lot of efford to do it and above all to film it this way. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!😎
Probably one of the best and well thought out restoration videos I have seen in my 63 years!
Wow thank you very much for that feedback!
He didn't do anything here... He didn't even give it new paint. He took it apart and put it back together... What is there to admire?
@@tomeksz7203 Unfortunataly I have to agree, the video is amazing, but as someone with quite a bit of mechanical background I struggled to watch in some instances.
Especially the hydraulic press for crankarms made me cry inside, pressing a square taper like that pretty much bonds it forever if ANY amount of rust forms, cranks are meant to be press in place with the bolt/nut retaining them; using an hydraulic press (even if antiseize/grease was applied to the mating surfaces) will just scrap the shaft for any future disassembly.
Again, amazing bike and video, but only ppl with no mechanical experience can just be amazed without having some bone-chilling instances during the video.
I was floored to see that the front break just pushes down on the tire instead of the rim. Crazy! This was really satisfying to watch as someone who used to do a ton of this kind of work 10 years ago. Hopefully I can get back into it before too long.
These spoon brakes date back to the penny-farthings are were still quite common on cheaper or children’s bikes up to the sixties. I had one of these on my first bike as well. Only slightly more effective than putting down your feet in Fred Flintstone style😂.
Although it's been 35+ years since I worked in a shop, I am quite jealous of your bike shop. The one I worked in was in New Orleans and the owner had bought out some old shops over the years, so we had a good bit of older stuff. Some of them were drawers full of "Yes, we have that . . . what is it?" iirc it was a spring for an old 2 speed kickback hub, the one time the sales/mechanic said exactly that and the customer was confused "Do you have it or not?" - "Yeah, we have a drawer with about 100 of them, we just don't know what they're for." I fear most of it was scrapped when it went out of business, though some was rescued by the manager who later opened his own shop.
Underneath all that grime and dirt, that bike is i surprisingly good shape. Great job to bring it back to life!
The bike has obviously been repaired and worked on over the decades, I'd say it has sat somewhere in someone's shed for 20 years (likely a relative who inherited it)
@@SilvaDreams these old bikes are built like and as long as you keep it greased, it's good to ride. This bike is so unique with the gearbox and better alternatives available from the '50s onwards, I think it wasn't used at least for the last 50 - 60 years.
Paint job definitely is original with its decals.
What a joy to watch the Wanderer in his resurrection. Thank you for the great Video.
Here is the golden mean. This machine is not over restored.
Stunned by the car. At my grandfather's age, he is a very good car restorer. Very interesting video, thank you for sharing.
🤯 ! Video : 10/10 | Craftmanship : 10/10 | Coolness : 10/10
Thank you!😊
Keeping everything super original was beautifully done. It really pays respect to the life that bicycle has had. Going back to bare metal and new paint to make it look new again is all well and good, and with many restorations there isn't a choice, but I think I'd prefer this.
17:50 Tip: If you need to impregnate a felt or sintered part with oil , you can immerse it in a jar with the lubricant in it and draw a vacuum on the jar.
This will extract the air from the porous part and the oil will replace the air.
Good job👍 I am a collector of those gearbox bikes. I have a 4-speed COSMOS (Sport AG, Biel), 4-speed RAPPA (Rapperswil), 3-speed MUTAPED (Sport AG, Biel), and 3-speed ANKER Berg- und Talfahrrad (Bielefeld).
BRENNABOR (Brandenburg) was another Manufacturer of those Bikes.
Thank you! Nice collection!
Beautiful piece of old mechanics preserved for another many years. Nice job for keeping things as they were back then. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Thank you too!😊
my favourite part is the "Third Hand" magically appearing at 30:40. Seriously the whole video is a masterpiece. Big thank you for sharing.
Thank you!😊
Очень уютная возня с добротной старинной машиной. Релакс!
Instant subscribe! Spectacular. The amount of machine work on this bike really shines.
Очень жаль, что перестали выпускать такие надёжные велосипеды. Глубокое уважение реставраторам !
Thanks! Yes that is really sad!
@@forgottenthings почему видео отзеркалено?
а наверно потому что они не очень надежные и удобные , да и две передачи не особо много
Планетарные системы не перестали выпускать. Сейчас существует немецкая фирма Pinion, которая продолжает славное дело планетарных систем из 30х годов.
Другое дело - их выпускают меньше и причина предельно проста: это дорогой процесс. Современные Pinion бывают на 18 скоростей, но на порядок сложнее своих прародителей, а потому дороже.
Да, это надёжно, но недостатки тоже есть. Модульность почти отсутствует. Ты не можешь просто взять и поставить кассету другой фирмы, ибо тут нет кассеты, лол.
Это сравнительно тяжёлая конструкция.
Но они живы как терминатор! Не надо думать, что они ушли в прошлое.
Сейчас велосипеды тоже надежные. Глянь мега аваланч как люди с альп на перегонки спускаются :)
Но в целом велосипед не в самом плохом состоянии. А вот о надежности я не могу сказать точно. Очень много деталей, которых в современных велосипедах уже нет, так как наоборот конструкции проще и от того надежней, меньше всяких колец, поставок, скоро уже даже на "ашанах" избавятся от насыпных подшипников и перетянутых батей в усмерть консуов.
Man that is one serious bit of history, beautifully and caringly restored. Amazing that the races weren't all pitted and just required cleaning, new balls and grease. Very interesting to see the old tech, and that you have the tools to work on them, especially liked your crank puller, genius.
As a modern day bicycle technician, I'm astonished at how little the build has changed in nearly 100 years
It hasn't changed a bit since its childhood after evolving past wooden wheels. An elegant design never dies.
About 100 years. Amazing. Good job!
The 3rd hand made me laugh so hard..😂
Well done mate. 👍
😂👌🏼 thank you!
Great job and a very nicely filmed video to boot! Some of the details on that old wanderer are stunning, the saddle with it's complicated springs, the "W" in the main chain-gear, the bolted rear frame. Thanks for sharing!
There is something SO satisfying about watching someone who is knowledgeable *and has all of the right tools* restoring something. And I was so relieved to see that when you said "restoration" you really meant "repairs and conservation". So many people would've stripped and repainted it, but you only get one chance to keep something original. Kudos to you for preserving this delightful bike's age.
This is history in the making. Much love from Rwanda 🇷🇼
Really nice seeing a bike restored rather than trashed, it must have been the Grand Tourer of the time.
Love how new bike companies pretend to have invented something new, then it turns up on a 90-130 year old bike.
That includes bottom bracket gearboxes, oval rings, and shaft drives.
They're betting on the assumption that people wouldn't know of 130-year-old bike design technologies.
What absolutely floored me is seeing aerodynamic tri-spoke and disk wheels more than a 100 years ago. No wind tunnels or CAD - just scientific principles and intuitive design.
Shut up and buy our next product !
@@ClifftopTragedy - you are contradicting yourself. I can either shut up or buy the next product, can't do both.
@ClifftopTragedy... and expect to throw it out shortly after the (usually very short) warranty expires!
A piece of history indeed - beautiful
It's like being in a German workshop in the 20s, as I imagine it to be. I'm glad to find this channel!
Outstanding! You are very gifted. There are not many in our world with your level of competence, skill, know-how, and professionalism. You set a very high bar for any who wish to follow in your foot-steps. Being so incredibly stocked and equipped with the old, new, and improvised is impressive alone; yet even though your patience, proficiency, and meticulous work ethic is simply over the top, your humility still remains un-compromised. You are an amazing individual, an inspirational example, and I hope you not only live long and continue to prosper, but continue to inspire others as much as you have inspired me with your wonderful work.
Good looking, well put together, smooth and quiet, turned out really very good, visually impressive, not to mention good technology. Oh yeah, the bike was good too!
Super work good work very good 👍👍👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉
How much many 🌺🌷
Witam z Polski piękny rower łącznie z super pracą , to nie sztuka wypolerować elementy ma tak być jak obecnie zachowana starość trzeba to czuć pozdrawiam oczywiście zostawiłem łapkę w górę miłego dnia
Thank you!
Such an amazing video! To see the respect of the old (ww2?) tools, work bench, bike frame holder, with carbon 3d is a gift. More than excellent restoration to protect a piece of functional art. I loved how silent the bike was after completion, like a ghost, that's a perfect bike IMHO. Thank you!
Now that is a restauration, no bs sandblasting and needless painting. Awesome job keeping it original
Stupid factory painted my bike. Please buy a dictionary.
@@magicbox9371 during assembly and test drive it is clearly chipped paint, and the light and other parts have clearly not been polished. And not a word spoken so i don't see what a dictionary could help
And check other people's comments who appreciate the conservation rather the restauration, cleerly they noticed the same as me.
Restore is spelled with an O
Paint is needed more than you or I
This dude with his antique tools does not have time to read an argument between two people who are drooling over two speeds of superpower leisure from the “brakes were levers” era. Step 3 Preserving the Patina (rot) took a lot of time, like a lot lot. In this mans culture we should be doing not saying and when done still say nothing…..maybe enjoy a warm beer, sausage & potatoes and work again….better, cleaner, quieter. Language/words have meanings. I don’t mind teaching you but I don’t have time to argue. We can talk about anything like….you can’t lock that bike or dude has three freaking hands
Or we could talk about your mom
Beautiful bicycle ...even more beautiful work. Thanks for posting this. Subscribed!
Гениальный инженер прошлого и умелый реставратор современности сделали прекрасный вечер на You tube 😊
Thank you!😃
Man blows peoples minds by cleaning and servicing a bike. 🧐
It’s pretty amazing that most of the same engineering has lasted so long and not changed much. It’s a modern connection to the past, but I’ve never seen the gear box before. I found it nostalgic and an honorable way to spend time.
@@christopherbrubaker2070 yes, I agree with that, but he never restored it. The title is misleading. This is not a restoration. It’s a service and a clean no matter how much you butter it up
@@OliverReilly1 Oh right, ok I got ya. Yah I don’t like misleading titles either. I wonder if I would have clicked on “ hey I’m polishing my bicycle” though. Lol but yah I can see what you meant.
@@christopherbrubaker2070 to be honest, I would have clicked it just to see the gearbox as I’ve never seen one before like yourself, but I felt disappointed that he didn’t fully restore it, but I also respect he kept the character of the bike. Mechanical restoration would have been a more fitting title
Its amazing to see how each parts r well designed during those days..beautiful bicycle ❤
Man, your attention to every detail, your excellent work and your extraordinary photographing skills made me keep my eyes on the screen and not turning my head away all the duration of the video! I know what it takes to produce a video like this, but the reward is also great. Hard work always rewarded with great things! Keep up the good work. Greetings from Egypt.
Thank you!🤗
So old and still a better base design than most new stuff.
Well, that's very personal... Modern bikes are, questionably, overly fragile and maybe overly expensive, but this bike (with all due respect) holds nothing against even the most basic modern steel frame in terms of design/weight/confort/geometry. It's a spectacle to watch such a beutiful bike being preserved, but I wouln't go as far as to call it "better than most modern stuff". Gearboxes are sure reliable and amazing, but you can fix a modern drivetrain roadside with a 100g multitool, not so much for a gearbox.
@@andy_liga You don't understand what a base design is, do you?
I never said the bike was better than modern ones. If you're over about twelve years old your teachers are probably to blame.
@@siraff4461 wow, someone got offended here... would you mind explaining what do you mean by "base design"?
Do you mean the fact that everything in this bike is over-constructed and probably gonna outlast humanity itself?
Do you mean the geometry of the bike? Cause yeah, I mean, this looks like any other upright comfy bike geometry out there, there hasn't been any real breakthrough in the geometry of upright city bikes in the last 100years.
Do you mean the fact that the rear triangle is removable? That's a crappy design used solely to help manufacturing by introducing a significant error tolerance in the design, as shown in the video, it often cracks, due to the stress raisers in some spots, mainly the bolt/bolt eyelet and connecting pieces.
Are you wow-ed by the fact that the tubes from the front triangle aren't welded/braised but bolted to the headtube/BB/seatstay? Again, manufacturing aid, welding a flat triangle can be very challenging without introducing some warp or deformation, especially with the rudimentary metallurgy we had back then for civilian applications, like making a "mundane bike".
Old bikes aren't better than new ones in any measurable way (few exceptions aside like the Lotus 108 maybe), sure they can be pretty and I agree with that, but still...
Btw I'm way older than 12yo. At that age, while you were blaming the teachers, I was busy learning mechanical engineering from my grampa :P
@@andy_liga "learning mechanical engineering" yet you don't even understand the concept of design basics vs overall performance.
Some of the concepts (base design) of this bike are better in a lot of ways than most new ones.
That doesn't mean it works better. It doesn't mean its a better product. It means the ideas behind it are better.
For instance having a sealed gearbox allows better lubrication without dirt or water ingress along with allowing for a much stronger gearset in a much smaller area.
It also means the chain can be solid which reduces component count and increases reliability vs a derailer or even a sprung tensioner.
It also allows a thinner driveline which allows a thinner frame throw and therefore increased strength per weight.
There are numerous other advantages like shorter cable length vs a rear cassette, not having to spin every gear regardless of which is engaged, less unsprung weight if you're using rear suspension, a smaller rear spindle width which again reduces unsprung weight and increases strength per size, potentially less aero drag because there aren't multiple gear wheels and an s-bend in the flow - along with the thinner crank allowing the same and on and on it goes.
Of course you knew that with your "mechanical engineering" background, right?
Just because it was made a long time back using the materials and techniques of the day doesn't mean something newer is automatically a better design.
Simply throwing some Shimano kit on a basic triangle for a frame is much cheaper and easier but that only makes it better if you buy into the advertising.
Why would a modern company throw a load of r&d into something when they can sell something very similar to last years for a nice bump to people like you who don't understand that a carbon frame actually isn't that expensive or hard to make?
@@siraff4461 I mean, I'm not here for a confrontation, I wasn't here for that to begin with either... but yeah, that's what you get when you start talking to strangers on the internet sometimes.
Anyway, yeah, you pointed out how gearboxes are more reliable (as I stated earlier), that the this bikes design as a whole isn't bad (as I stated earlier) and that most new bike are overpriced/overly fragile (as I stated earlier).
I mean, yeah, I don't understand where this whole aggression is coming from (I would understand if you would be the CEO of Pinion, but I wasn't shitting on gearboxes either).
Btw I do get that you have strong opinions (since you sound like a smart person, sincerely) I just don't agree with the way of communicating them :)
[EDIT] minor spelling
If a Swiss watch were a bicycle.....
Hey why would that be the case now go home and take your meds.
If Batman had a bicycle repair cave. 😂
To repair Wonder Woman's bicycle.
I loved when you opened the drawer to get the chain. It was almost a religious experience! Amazing restoration! 😊😊😊
Unfassbar schönes Video!
Die ganze Ästhetik, der saubere Arbeitsplatz, die Werkstatt mit den ganzen schönen alten Sachen, das Fachwissen und die Liebe und Hingabe zum Rad... Unglaublich toll!!!
Vielen lieben Dank für das wunderschöne Video!❤
Beste Grüße,
GR 👋🏼
Хм, а мне эта КПП нравится больше, чем современные системы)
И тяжелее это всё на 20 кг.
Судя по всему Вы разбираетесь в вопросе, я правильно понял, что тут основной режим это прямая передача, а при переключении зацепляется 4я шестерня и получается понижающий редуктор?)
@@dmitriyminor4875 , судя по видео - да: прямая + понижающая.
@@ЛукаМудищев-р6з , а что не на полтонны сразу? :) Норм всё с весом. + ещё и так основательно, что сломать очень постараться нужно.
@@c.k.e.n.T.u.k Передёргивать не надо. Этот железный драндулет с фарой от мопэда и весом как у мопэда.
думаю такой экземпляр после реставрации стоит тысяч 5 евро?
Ya dumaiou 15.000
@@johanjanssens4530 нееее, 15.000 дорого, может и 5.000 дорого. Пусть автор раскроет тайну.
More like around 2000 euro
Never knew these bikes existed! What a beauty!! Thank you. Anytime I can enjoy myself AND learn something new is time WELL spent.
Incredible videography! I LOVE all your old tools and carts... I also love that you leave the most important part of the bike fully in tact, the story told through the patina...
Nicely done sir...