This video and update/grade is EXACTLY what I want to see more of! It's so great to see older bikes being brought back into relevancy. Awesome work! I hope you continue to make more of these videos.
That was 1000X more interesting than "we built a new bike with the best parts" build or a "we washed a bike now its good as new hurr durr" build. Nothing better than watching a true artist and craftsman at work.
Amazing. I have just bought a new old full suspension bike and want to remodel it. I do t have your tools and I have no experience with full suspension bikes so it’s gunna be fun 🤣…. Commence education via UA-cam 👍🏻👍🏻
I restored like 5 older but high quality bikes with modern parts this year and sold them to new owners. So awesome to see those bikes with new parts. I didn’t go to your extent with new paint and everything but the bikes still looked ready to rip again 10 years later! Awesome to see someone doing the same.
Dude, thank you for showing the teardown it helped me a lot with my Jekyll I didn't quite have the confidence to just start hitting things until they came off, thanks for testing the waters.
Man, I do the same every winter to another bike out of our family. Same jobs, same tools, same torn black gloves... I love doing this in winter more than freaking out in the mud. Cool video!
Ah dude! Thing I like most about this vid is how you remove your bearings with the press and a socket. I have a "tool" for doing that - couple of inches of threaded rod, two appropriately sized sockets facing each other (one the size of the bearing, the other larger to "receive" it being pushed out), washers outside those, and a bolt on each end. I then just apply pressure on each bolt and it pushes the bearing through. If you're careful enough you can invert the set up and push new bearings back in nice and square with the same thing.
Absolute magic. As someone who has a modernized and modded 2010 Kona with adjustable geo and travel this is gold. I always loved the old Jekyll but hated the colour. I watch plenty of car restomod videos and plenty of bike build videos but this is money. The understated music with mechanical sounds was choice. Why don't more people do this? Bicycle hotrodding.
That powder coat job with black decals is slick. I have a Cannondale road bike and BOY do they ever overdo it with the decals. Every tube has the name/logo on it 2-4 times.
I love your attention to detail. Not only did you bring a second life back into the bike but did it with style and super neat editing. Easily slammed that subscribe button, HARD. Well done!
Last year I did a full restauration of my 2016 27.5 Carbon Jekyll. Finally I have moved from 1x11 to 1x12 Eagle. I am surprised to see Formula rear hub - still, in that type of the bike. It is crap, problems all the time - rust, weak steel or alloy inside. Cannondale has changed twice - broken axle - in my other bike Cannondale Trigger. Luckilly my Jekyll had a Mavic hubs with light but old school 23mm rims. I have replaced them few years ago for a something wider. Thanks
To anyone watching this. Don't work on your brakes with the wheel spinning. Even at slow speeds it has enough leverage at the brake rotor to sheer your finger off.
I'm doing the same thing to my 2004 Jekyll. You wanna talk budget build? I'm the king. Mechanical disk, 3x9, 1inch bars, it's been a long road, especially living in Hawaii where parts and skilled bike mechs such as yourself are rare. We're also not known for bike trails either. But it's a beautiful place to cruise around. Loved your video! And you have a freaking SAND BLASTER ! Stay well. Mahalo and Aloha!
Awesome Build! There‘s only one thing I would have changed. And that‘s the color of the cranks. In my opinion black cranks would fit nice with the black rims, fork etc. So I would‘ve coloured the cranks black but desert color is also very nice.
All hail ALLOY!!! I don’t give a shit who thinks that CF is King...they’re hyped garbage. Aluminum survives! Amazing video! I have torn down and restored at least 4 “old friends” over the last 20 years...the therapy in disassembling an entire bike, replacing all of its consumables...blasting, painting, powder coat, polishing...each one is the same friend, maybe not better, but ready for more years of riding to come!
forgot to say.. The olnly thing missing from this...Is the Old skool Cannondale weld smoothing.. I have a 2007 CAAD3 F1000 and it almost could pass for a carbon frame.. I ADORE the work put into that small feature..and Cannondale stopped it!!!..GRRRRRR..I still love cannondales but buy the older ones purely for those gorgeous welds alone.. nerdy AF but I couldn't care less!..lol
Those old American made Cannondale frames are so good there will be people rebuilding them over and over again 100 years from now. ... This is great frame, but the originals made in Pennsylvania are a work of art.
I have been slowly updating my 2010 Specialized Pitch Pro and she shreds now! I was honestly surprised that bike shops were reluctant to swap my pivot bearings for me. Id source all the parts i need and because of specialized tools I needed the pivot bearings pressed out and in. The shops in Memphis area were kinda jerks about it. I think taking the time to care and maintain your bike adds the to joy of biking. Great work
I agree about taking time and care adding to the joy. Also, surprisingly, your average shop is not comfortable changing pivots and often don't have the right tools to do the job anyway.
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I really like how you turned the color into something different.. Dartmoor sandstorm it look a like. Amazing!!!
What an incredible video. The shoots, the music... I have the same exact frame, colours and size, but I love so much that paint, btw that paintwork was amazing! Cheers from Madrid, Spain.
This is awesome - I've always wanted to do something like this to my old Super-V. Such a cool design and the reason I can't bring myself to get rid of it (it's 23 years old)
That whole video was totally mesmerising man. Wow! What an awesome job! The tools you have, I can buy. The skills you have, I can never have! Great work.
Cool video, Andrew! I came over from the photo side to see what you were doing. It's funny seeing the comments about "old" bikes. My newest is a '93 Trek 970 (no suspension) mountain bike, a '91 Bridgestone RB-T road bike, a '73 Raleigh Grand Prix, and a '40s balloon tired unicycle. Lugged steel, baby!! ;) And, aside from the points I saw in the comments, know that an adjustable wrench should only be used as a hammer! Never on bolts or nuts. Use open/box wrenches. :)
WOW, truly love this build. Excited to see how your channel grows! PSA at the end I would love to see more shots even riding of the completed bike. Need to give that puppy some more screen time once she is finished! keep up the good content. you will go far here.
Looks great! The stickers would have been much easier if you had weeded the unwanted material before you made the transfer! I am looking to do the same thing with an old beater frame!
Haha I see the Ali Clarkson wheel build technique of standing on the spokes! Wish I had the balls (and home set up) to do this only thing that was bothering me was the C being upside down/ backwards on the front or was that deliberate?
That was an awesome restore and upgrade, I thoroughly enjoyed that! Something that may assist in the future, if you weed the excess vinyl before installing the decal it may help things go a bit more smoothly for installation and save you a few minutes.
Well done mate, espacially because you made your son happy. I´m just working on a similar project, a 2010 Mondraker Factor RR, now with a 120mm 27,5" RS-1 upsidedown fork and a 27,5" wheel. Hope it will ride fine, I think first ride will happen in march.
@@BuildaBetterBike Of course, you can watch the progress on www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/a-alteisen-2-0-oder-verschlimmbesserung-reloaded.929620/ but sorry, only in german.. ^^
Really Nice build, even if im not a big fan of non-shiny-earth colours it went up great. The colourscheme reminds me of the first gen cannondale chase with lots of mat colours. Good job mr bond😉
This video and update/grade is EXACTLY what I want to see more of! It's so great to see older bikes being brought back into relevancy. Awesome work! I hope you continue to make more of these videos.
Thanks. definitely!
That was 1000X more interesting than "we built a new bike with the best parts" build or a "we washed a bike now its good as new hurr durr" build.
Nothing better than watching a true artist and craftsman at work.
Wow. Thanks for your kind words!
Definitely, comet restoration is another cool channel that does rebuilds
Amazing. I have just bought a new old full suspension bike and want to remodel it. I do t have your tools and I have no experience with full suspension bikes so it’s gunna be fun 🤣…. Commence education via UA-cam 👍🏻👍🏻
I think tan is such an underrated color. Matte tan looks amazing on the bike.
Agreed!
I agree.
Proud 2019 Giant Reign SX 1 owner here. Agreed!
Taliban tan
Couldn’t agree more.
I restored like 5 older but high quality bikes with modern parts this year and sold them to new owners. So awesome to see those bikes with new parts. I didn’t go to your extent with new paint and everything but the bikes still looked ready to rip again 10 years later! Awesome to see someone doing the same.
Dude, thank you for showing the teardown it helped me a lot with my Jekyll I didn't quite have the confidence to just start hitting things until they came off, thanks for testing the waters.
That awkward moment when you're "old bike" is nicer than my "new bike"
Haha, thought the same thing right away
Having your own "not so good" bike in a shed is better than having someone else cool bike in your computer screen :D
yep yep
totally, I agree with you
Yea me too, I was straight thinkin: "damn I'm still waiting for the time when my old bike is gonna be a cannondale full susp beauty:("
It’s so wholesome when you show your son what you’re doing and why you are doing it 🥺🥺
Loving it. Wish we saw more older but perfectly good bikes restored and ragging the trails, I'd happily take that out for a blast.
Man, I do the same every winter to another bike out of our family. Same jobs, same tools, same torn black gloves... I love doing this in winter more than freaking out in the mud. Cool video!
Ah dude! Thing I like most about this vid is how you remove your bearings with the press and a socket. I have a "tool" for doing that - couple of inches of threaded rod, two appropriately sized sockets facing each other (one the size of the bearing, the other larger to "receive" it being pushed out), washers outside those, and a bolt on each end. I then just apply pressure on each bolt and it pushes the bearing through. If you're careful enough you can invert the set up and push new bearings back in nice and square with the same thing.
Not a fan of the cranks and handlebars matching the frame but other than that super cool rebuild man!
Same, but I think cranks with some text or pattern on them would fit the best👌
Same
Same
same
Silvergold bars, and anthracite cranks would have looked siiiick!!
I’m just over here drooling at the all the tools/equipment you have
Knowledge. Skill. And the right tools. Perfect combination and a pleasure to watch!! Many thanks!
Thanks Tony!
No
This audio is doing things to my brain with headphones on.
"Are you feeling it yet?"
"Yeah, man... Yeeaahhh..."
Yeah that music stereo is a no
You get used to it after a while :P
Trippy bro
its fucken horrendous isnt it?
Wow the best restore of a bike I've ever seen, it's not just paint the bike but restore all the parts, components, ... Nice work !
Wow, thanks!
The best vids are of cool folk restoring and upgrading old 26 inch frames , far much cooler than showing off the latest I-shifter!
Did this to my son's cove, same colour, kudos to the build, looks super nice
Love to see people restoring and repairing bikes instead of buying new!! Awesome vid
Absolute magic. As someone who has a modernized and modded 2010 Kona with adjustable geo and travel this is gold. I always loved the old Jekyll but hated the colour. I watch plenty of car restomod videos and plenty of bike build videos but this is money. The understated music with mechanical sounds was choice. Why don't more people do this? Bicycle hotrodding.
That should be classified as art!!! Loved every single second
Funny, I just rebuilt a Pro Flex 856 today. Updated the bars, pedals, drivetrain, wheels and fork.
Quite an enjoyable experience.
That powder coat job with black decals is slick. I have a Cannondale road bike and BOY do they ever overdo it with the decals. Every tube has the name/logo on it 2-4 times.
Why are the tear downs so emotional!!! I see all of your miles bro
Thoroughly enjoyed the restoration. That desert tan looks killer!
I love your attention to detail. Not only did you bring a second life back into the bike but did it with style and super neat editing. Easily slammed that subscribe button, HARD. Well done!
This has to be the most calming and satisfying video I've ever seen. Top job, mate.
This may possibly be one of the most underrated channels of UA-cam
Why is this so satisfying to watch? Awesome rebuild!
This is just so satisfying to watch, i love seeing old bikes being brought back to life
Overhauling a bike is so satisfying to watch
Dude, you have some serious talent. AND some serious tools!
That colour is soo nice! NO GLOSS FINISH 🔥
the kinda youtube content i was looking for for a long time.
Last year I did a full restauration of my 2016 27.5 Carbon Jekyll. Finally I have moved from 1x11 to 1x12 Eagle.
I am surprised to see Formula rear hub - still, in that type of the bike.
It is crap, problems all the time - rust, weak steel or alloy inside. Cannondale has changed twice - broken axle - in my other bike Cannondale Trigger.
Luckilly my Jekyll had a Mavic hubs with light but old school 23mm rims. I have replaced them few years ago for a something wider.
Thanks
I know this work take a lot of time and work . Appreciate the beautiful art that you show us on this bike.
Become better than new bike👍
To anyone watching this. Don't work on your brakes with the wheel spinning. Even at slow speeds it has enough leverage at the brake rotor to sheer your finger off.
sounds like you have a history with it
Been there done that, was lucky and ‘just’ lost a nail
This is like "wow." The bike has done you a solid now you have done it a solid. So satisfy to watching.
alot of work, alot of specialistic tools... but end effect is more thanoutstanding -great job!
I'm doing the same thing to my 2004 Jekyll. You wanna talk budget build? I'm the king. Mechanical disk, 3x9, 1inch bars, it's been a long road, especially living in Hawaii where parts and skilled bike mechs such as yourself are rare. We're also not known for bike trails either. But it's a beautiful place to cruise around. Loved your video! And you have a freaking SAND BLASTER ! Stay well. Mahalo and Aloha!
Didn’t think that you would painstakingly do the spokes. Credit to your time and effort. Great video! 👍🏾
A really talented dude.. Plays amazing jazz guitar, builds bikes, creates compelling you tube videos, then puts them all together. Nice job!
Thanks!
Much talent on display here. Visually, mechanically, and musically!
Thanks!
Awesome rebuild of this beauty. I am in love with your Jekyll!
Thanks for sharing, thumbs up and greetings from Germany.
Headtube decal is facingbthe wrong way. Otherwise awesome job. Looks amazing.
Who is to determine the right and wrong way. It's just a different way.
@@c.j.burtwell8430 Its the letter C, as in for "Cannondale". There is only one way it can face.
thank you,....the whole build has custom graphics and the logo is reversed? WTF?
The head tube sticker was just one of 1000 things wrong with that video.
@@hgrworkshop397 like using a qr seatpost clamp on a dropper.
Awesome Build! There‘s only one thing I would have changed. And that‘s the color of the cranks. In my opinion black cranks would fit nice with the black rims, fork etc. So I would‘ve coloured the cranks black but desert color is also very nice.
those cranks are going to last about .5 rides before the paint is stripped off from his shoes.
@@markwaren5048 I am pretty sure he powder coated everything he painted. The paint should last a good while.
All hail ALLOY!!! I don’t give a shit who thinks that CF is King...they’re hyped garbage. Aluminum survives! Amazing video! I have torn down and restored at least 4 “old friends” over the last 20 years...the therapy in disassembling an entire bike, replacing all of its consumables...blasting, painting, powder coat, polishing...each one is the same friend, maybe not better, but ready for more years of riding to come!
I love Jekylls and you just made this one better which is hard to do in my opinion. Amazing job!
Hyde's are More funn tho!...... bad'a'bum.tch!.. Yeah..Yeah..I know..Lame Joke.....
sick bikes Jekyll's though..
forgot to say.. The olnly thing missing from this...Is the Old skool Cannondale weld smoothing.. I have a 2007 CAAD3 F1000 and it almost could pass for a carbon frame.. I ADORE the work put into that small feature..and Cannondale stopped it!!!..GRRRRRR..I still love cannondales but buy the older ones purely for those gorgeous welds alone.. nerdy AF but I couldn't care less!..lol
Welp, now the price of used Cannondale Jekyll just went up. Great build and I love the color scheme!
Those old American made Cannondale frames are so good there will be people rebuilding them over and over again 100 years from now. ... This is great frame, but the originals made in Pennsylvania are a work of art.
Agreed. But unfortunately, they don't make this shock design anymore, so that's the limiting factor.
ive seen this video at least 7 times yet i keep coming back to it. looking forward to more uploads!
You have thee best resto/mod videos 👍🏼
I wish I would have seen your video before redoing my Dirt jumper into AM machine. Your finishes are impressive. Great Job!
I have been slowly updating my 2010 Specialized Pitch Pro and she shreds now! I was honestly surprised that bike shops were reluctant to swap my pivot bearings for me. Id source all the parts i need and because of specialized tools I needed the pivot bearings pressed out and in. The shops in Memphis area were kinda jerks about it. I think taking the time to care and maintain your bike adds the to joy of biking. Great work
I agree about taking time and care adding to the joy.
Also, surprisingly, your average shop is not comfortable changing pivots and often don't have the right tools to do the job anyway.
I really like how you turned the color into something different.. Dartmoor sandstorm it look a like. Amazing!!!
Wow. Looks great. Love the desert sand. Good job.
Thank you!
What an incredible video. The shoots, the music... I have the same exact frame, colours and size, but I love so much that paint, btw that paintwork was amazing! Cheers from Madrid, Spain.
Thank you so much!
This is awesome - I've always wanted to do something like this to my old Super-V. Such a cool design and the reason I can't bring myself to get rid of it (it's 23 years old)
Incredible video, no words just action. Perfect.
Glad you liked it!
So good! I had this bike years ago and this video reminded me how good it was. Must be such a fun bike to ride with the 650b up front!
I use to own this bike before it was stolen out of my bike shop lol. I really loved how this bike handled, it was a shredder for sure.
That whole video was totally mesmerising man. Wow! What an awesome job! The tools you have, I can buy. The skills you have, I can never have! Great work.
If you don't love this ride your not all there.. sick!
I got an old 2013 Cannondale Scalpel 80.
I will buy some paint tomorrow.
Regards from Germany.
Would love to see the results!
Skill ,tool knowledge, experienced.
Well, at least the tools. Still working in the skill and experience. ;)
Cool video, Andrew! I came over from the photo side to see what you were doing.
It's funny seeing the comments about "old" bikes. My newest is a '93 Trek 970 (no suspension) mountain bike, a '91 Bridgestone RB-T road bike, a '73 Raleigh Grand Prix, and a '40s balloon tired unicycle. Lugged steel, baby!! ;)
And, aside from the points I saw in the comments, know that an adjustable wrench should only be used as a hammer! Never on bolts or nuts. Use open/box wrenches. :)
oh boi, the jekyll was my dream bike back when 26 was still cool :) also, what a workshop and what a build!
Wow!! What a finished product!! Good lookin bike.
WOW, truly love this build. Excited to see how your channel grows! PSA at the end I would love to see more shots even riding of the completed bike. Need to give that puppy some more screen time once she is finished!
keep up the good content. you will go far here.
That's a great color choice, looks wicked
Looks great! The stickers would have been much easier if you had weeded the unwanted material before you made the transfer! I am looking to do the same thing with an old beater frame!
So happy I just found this channel. Superb quality content
So satisfying to watch
Desert Tan looks SO good on bikes!
Before looked colorful but now looks smooth nice build
This build is amazing. I love that you kept the bike and restored with such a sick power coat color.
Haha I see the Ali Clarkson wheel build technique of standing on the spokes! Wish I had the balls (and home set up) to do this only thing that was bothering me was the C being upside down/ backwards on the front or was that deliberate?
That was an awesome restore and upgrade, I thoroughly enjoyed that! Something that may assist in the future, if you weed the excess vinyl before installing the decal it may help things go a bit more smoothly for installation and save you a few minutes.
The perfect base and well made.
Very satisfying to watch, if i didnt have enough hobbies i would dive deep into this.
Haha. I definitely have too many hobbies
Well done mate, espacially because you made your son happy. I´m just working on a similar project, a 2010 Mondraker Factor RR, now with a 120mm 27,5" RS-1 upsidedown fork and a 27,5" wheel. Hope it will ride fine, I think first ride will happen in march.
Wow very cool. Are you logging progress online anywhere? I'd love to see it
@@BuildaBetterBike Of course, you can watch the progress on www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/a-alteisen-2-0-oder-verschlimmbesserung-reloaded.929620/ but sorry, only in german.. ^^
I have a lot of respect for this, awesome build!
Much appreciated!
Did anyone else think it was funny that for a guy with so many tools he sure has a pretty thrashed bike? Really cool build man.
Thanks! The tools are new. The bikes are old. :)
It didn’t look trashed to me. It looked well used. Bikes are meant to be ridden and not stay shiny. 😉👍🏼
@@faasteddie I never said it was trash or garbage, thrashed means it looks well used, but not as well maintained as it could have been. Cheers
Love to get an old suspension bike and do the same.......would be a great little project.......best get looking
That was very therapeutic 🤘
Not only the great job with the bike but the great video! Congrats!
the aesthethics are so on point
Rob from Old Shovel would be proud.
Oddly satisfying. Thanks for posting.
These videos are satisfying to watch.
:) and comments like yours are satisfying to read!
This one time I put a sticker on my bike...
Freaking well done!
😂 Thanks!
Oh hey. I loved your disk break vid btw! It's been a bit since you've posted. Hope all is well.
phenomenal build. I'm looking at a 2011 jekyll and the mullet idea is very inspiring hahah
Currently working on doing something similar with a santa cruz nomad 2 on a -2 degree headset and 170mm 27.5 fork
Very cool
Really Nice build, even if im not a big fan of non-shiny-earth colours it went up great. The colourscheme reminds me of the first gen cannondale chase with lots of mat colours. Good job mr bond😉
The color choice was my son's so that it would blend in to our southern Utah desert dirt better (so he wouldn't have to wash it as much) ;)
@@BuildaBetterBike ahh, a good thought. It would be fun to see a opposite sometime. With lots of sprakles and airbrush. Just because you can;-)
Sounds like you should checkout the colors my OTHER son requested. :) ua-cam.com/video/_GM5uDz_fwk/v-deo.html&lc=UgwXOvTmBBvvoHO69rt4AaABAg
It looks cool and seems like for ARMY, don't focus on the reversed front logo. Anyway, it was brilliant.
Amazingly done. But is your “C” on the steerer tube upside down?
And now I can’t see the bike..
Not when you're going over the bars!
@@SeaToSummit1969 HAHAHAHA
these are the project wich are fun af and also can bring u alot of money...
You've got some nice equipment
last song sounds very much like Michael Hedges inspired, great song. Great bike and skills, I ride in SE corner of Colorado, love the SW
Dude! This video was great. Thanks for sharing
Amazing job!!! Love to see you rebuild a kona coilair!