Agree, everyone needs a bike that they are okay locking up outside so they can use it for errands. I have a single speed steel all road bike with mini v brakes. It can do a lot of things a fancy road bike can’t.
A bakfiet (Dutch cargo bike) is the bike everyone fneeds. Take your little ones to school, grocery shop, etc. We would be healthier, happier and wealthier.
I’ve got two. 26” flat bar. One out of a trash bin and the other from a yard sale for $25. From my time working in a bike shop. I recognized the components as very hi quality. Obviously the rubber bits were shot. The rest just needed cleaning. Both are now very functional machines. Research dates them to the 80’s. One a specialized rockhopper. The other a Miyata Terra Runner. At that time it seemed they sold for about $800. So I’m quite pleased to discover them.
I recently picked up a circa 2012 hybrid for $80 from a heap of junk bikes here in Korea. It was in surprisingly good condition and cleaned up well enough that I've gotten compliments on it. So there are those abandoned decent bikes to be found, and it's a great joy to fix them up. Figure I have double protection from theft because of its age and size (XL). If you want to change out your chainstay protector, I'd suggest paint protection tape. I found 3cm wide thick tape from the automotive section of a local Lotte department store that seems to be serving well. It cost under $3 for 3 meters, and I don't have to worry about residue an inner tube might leave.
They don’t look like steel, but after everything I’ve put them through (and you wouldn’t believe the stuff I’ve done to this bike) they are so undamaged my brain just can’t except that they are any grade of aluminium known to man. 😅
😮 serendipitous video. I had a couple hours free today and chose to go for a ride. Went out to the bike shed and picked my elderly steel bike (80s). Looked past my much nicer and modern bikes, I dont know if there's a tangible difference but the nostalgia hits and im back in my teens ❤
26.8 seatpost, the lugs at the seat cluster and the integrated rear cable hanger make believe it's Schwinn CrissCross or maybe a CrossCut. I absolutely LOVE my CrissCross with drop bars, 1" Surly Crosscheck fork (so you know it's heavy as sin), 700x47c Riddlers, Gevenalle 1x11 shifters (long pull) with V brakes.
Interesting. No interest in aluminium frames but then I also don't really bother with steel wheels. Bars, stem, post ect don't mind, cranks and gears much prefer solid steel. Probably should learn more about aluminium grades.
I have a '91 Giant Coldrock ATB for that kind of uses. 26" tires, with wide aluminum fenders, that I'm using a my everything bike for winter. Originally I put on a 42-24 2x front, and now trying out with 44-32-22 3x, and putting on a lowrider front rack for heavy grocery hauling.
I own a similar bike, my *Grocery Getter". It's an aluminum frame with a carbon fork, Mavic aluminum wheels (I don't care for carbon wheels, nor does my kind of riding require them), it's stock flat bar except I have a 1X10 on it. Where I ride it's all flat & the stores & doctors are about 10 minutes round trip. Any touring rides I do are on my Wilier S7. Easier to find parking, can't carry a lot but I'm retired so I have something to every other day if needed. I have collapsible pannier baskets on the back trunk rack & a trunk bag for "U" locks. When I was working this also was my "commute to work" bike. I live in Queens, NY, paved bike path & streets. Inclines are few & far between. The only high performance parts are tires since I the same tires on all my bikes, 700 x 30c, Continentals (I buy in bulk).
Thanks for the video. If you are looking for new shifters 3x8, Microshift has the R8 groupset that is shimano compatible and you can probably get the shifters quite cheap from Decathlon as they use them on some of their entry level bikes. Here in Italy they cost around 30€ each.
I think I saw some, but the lever ergonomics didn’t appear to be much better than the ones I have if I’m thinking of the same shifters. I will check it out! Thanks! 🙂👍🏻
Great video bikes like that last a lifetime. Bar end shifters with tektro or shimano brake levers would be an alternative to the 8 speed sti. I found a used pair of dura ace 9 speed to turn a 90s Raleigh mtb into a drop bar shopping bike. The indexed or friction option means you can run any cassette.
I have a similar steel touring bike. It is my work horse and rides very comfy. It has a steel fork with a nice curve and its almost like riding with suspension.
Nice utility bike. How much can you carry on your rear rack? Where I live, fenders are a necessity, and a good bike lock would be needed. Clipless mountain bike pedals might help your acceleration issues
I really enjoyed this video! I don't need 3x though because I don't go off-road much and when I do, I stick to places that the narrow wheels can handle. Apart from that, I pretty much got "my" bike a few weeks ago for 30 Euros plus a lot of maintenance, cleaning, new saddle, cables and bartape. I might even be able to sell the biopace chainrings, which could make this bike pretty much free of charge (I had other chainrings layingn around). Well, there are a few improvements to be made and eventually, it will cost more than 200 Euros, but that will come in small amounts. Only real down side of this bike: I am not sure if I can ever fit mudguards, because the height clearing for the wheels is tiny. But that might be due to the bullet proof schwalbe marathon plus tyres that came with the bike. And why do we need such bikes? Because of shopping, commuting, fun rides and much more, which is not really the perfect purpose for an expensive performance bike.
Great video. I have a ridgeback panorama. Never thought if doing gravel on it. I had to gear it right down as would never use the high sprockets with a 50t chain ring. When you do your shopping on it what lock are you using?
Here in Brunei 🇧🇳 the crime rate is so low that actually you don’t really need a lock. Here you can leave your keys in the car with the engine running and go shopping and it’s still there when you get back. 😅 But my UK mind still has nightmares about stolen bikes, so for my sanity I use a cheap chain and padlock from the Oxford company. It’s just a standard chain and cheap padlock with a protective sleeve and rubber hood on it to stop it scratching your paint. In the UK I used an ABUS Bordo 6000 and the oxford chain and lock for the front wheel. 😅 My bike bad was very heavy in those days.
In Croatia if you don't own a car, you are also considered poor 😌(In a way,I am) I don't have one, but I have 2 bikes and I love them a lot! I like your bike ☺️
I still use a superlight weight carbon rim brake bike for running errands. Contrary to popular belief you can load them up. I detest riding heavy and slow bikes. Speaking of SE ASIA I toured it with a Giant Defy SL with a tailfin rack on the back.
I met a young man in Brunei doing a road the world trip on a Giant Defy, also with a rack on the back, I believe it was a green bike, he had to give up his attempt because of Covid. Was it you? 😅
White hybrid for 150 and 2 years on it now. First aluframe i ever had that is just floating over most surfaces. Heafty weight that i could buy down with lighter wheelset and tires... Get me every where so i'll see if i invest in that.....
I would dare to correct you: "Everybody needs a hybrid with flat bars and fenders." That is unironically the best bicycle experience. (edit: special shout out to 3x8, V-brakes and rear rack set up)
Yeah, everyone needs a practical bike for utilitarian tasks. Is basically what I’m saying. Although I’m now fully converted to the drop bar master race. 😅
Well, it’s also weird in the UK and America, but people don’t assume you are poor just because you ride a bike like they do here. People literally say “can’t you afford a car?” When I’m out on my $15,000 worth of bike equipment. 😄
@@reginaldscot165 The only word suitable for that lilac outrage 😂. Seriously though, I do agree, a well built steel machine is a very useful thing...and everyone should have one. Greetings from Sunny Sussex UK.
You mentioned you don't like the hoods because the levers are poorly designed. Given that it's more of a commuting/shopping bike could you just run with a flat bar instead? Or do they not make compatible shifters/levers for a flat bar? On another note, I can't recall anyone praising 3x drivetrains at the front. I always thought 3x was just so kids can boast about how many gears their bike has. I suppose in this case though its fit for purpose given that it gives you the range with your preferred the 8x at the rear for durability. Although (slightly off topic), my wife (who is very much a beginner cyclist) got a cheap MTB a few years back with 3x and she finds it very confusing to use. Pros and cons I guess.
Is that Cinelli pressure still sitting in your shop being unsold🤣 I think I saw that bike on the video you made three years ago! Maybe you could give better marketing words such as, this bike with cool paint job fits riders who wants a dream bike for fulfilling their emotional needs of owning similar bike ridden in pro peloton.
I’d like to take my bike shopping, however, most of the stores I frequent do not have an immovable object to securely lock it up to before entering. My insurance wouldn’t pay out.
Just recover an old obviously disused frame from the street, freshen it up mechanically but not aesthetically if need be, just basic alignment, wear parts and lubrication, lock up through the frame and rear wheel, what are they gonna do, who wants to get their hands dirty for no gain whatsoever. Ride it like you stole it :D Also seriously not even some sufficiently robust vegetation where you shop at? Sounds like quite a hellscape.
@ That the UK bike scene. If it’s in your locked garage it has to be locked to an immovable object as well. Actual cost of insurance isn’t so high, the approved locks and chains are way more expensive than the insurance policy. Thanks for the reply though.
@@alien-bass Never crossed my mind to get an insurance. I mean most anyone's gonna steal is the seat or the front wheel or some accessory, and even that just doesn't happen often enough to worry.
I had a nice £300 bike stolen one time. I will never forget that bike, I even had people in a van 🚐 complement how nice the bike was. But I’d also not insure any bike unless it’s very expensive, then i wouldn’t use it for shopping. 🙂
I do all of my gravel tour entirely on a traditional road bike because I don’t have a better bike for the job. I do have an old entry level bike that maxes out at 38, which was sold as a gravel bike at the time. My conclusion is middle sized tire 34-40 are absolutely useless jack of all trades, because they’re too sluggish to be ridden as a road bike, and not as comfortable and practical as a dedicated gravel bike. 42mm are not slower than 38, but more effecient. A decade ago, I used to do road cycling on a MTB with 50mm slicks and that was actually faster than todays “road bikes”! in my opinion, 42 should be the next choice if 32 is not enough.
@ Hahaha, I’m running 28 on my CAAD10 and George Vargas has 32 on his Ritchey! I think 28 is the sweet spot for traditional road cycling because they are not slower than 25 but more comfortable and versatile for longer rides. Especially considering that most of my road tour includes gravel and bad roads, 28 is very practical choice for me! I am even considering a 42x650b on Ultrabike/Randonneur, which will outperform road bikes on Paris Brest Paris. All I care is what works the best for the specific ride I am doing. I don’t think big tire itself are slower, but gravel bikes are just made slow. Tyres are only as good as the bike itself. I do believe that a Litespeed Gravelbike could outperform poorly built road bikes, just like HP Road bike outperforming poorly built MTB on trails!
Looks like shimano 2300 series groupset (8sp Sora), had it on a 2011 Defy, with similar/ identical 3x8 speed, except the triple crankset (FSA square taper). Those levers are horrible, the bad hand position (on the hoods) is what I hated the most.
I would be MOST surprised if that bike was made in the 80s. It's a 90s bike, with that sloping toptube and the threadless headset. Nor do i believe your rims are steel. If the frameset weighed 4 kilos and the rims were steel, you'd be talking about 15 kgs AT LEAST. 8:52
Mudguards are a pain to manage, always get in the way of easier maintenance, rattle cause drag ect. Mud, grit and salt ect are drawn more to around the bottom bracket if they're fixed there, real pain to undo once corroded. I rather just use outer rain clothes, you can put a tarp or something on top of the rack which does about as much, or if my bag get muddy, I just brush it off once it's dry. Don't understand why people think they're necessarily required, the best mudguards are the plastic kind that just clip on and off anyway.
I had a clip on mudguard for the back but stopped using it because the rack and box protect me just fine. The front I’ve never bothered with. Here when it rains you get wet, there isn’t even any point to a rain jacket I’ve found. 😅
@leifcian4288 I've been using Daniel Salmon aluminium mudguards since 1996. Same pair on one bike for 28 years. No rattles, no interference, no trouble whatsoever. Some mudguards actually improve aeorodynamics; like a fairing. Sure, there're lots and lots and lots of crap mudguards out there, you just haven't had the good ones. Only 22mm wide, too, which is ample for 32mm tyres, since water leaves wider tyres in pretty much the same pattern as it leaves the very narrowest. Pour some water out of an expresso cup and then out of a frying pan and see for yourself.
Sorry, you are contradicting yourself here. Everyday shopping bike and yadda yadda but keeping up with racers. For the every day/take-some-beating type of bike 1x IS the best. Or even single speed if you live in the flat. Or simply hub gears.
@@romanpramuka2703 Reliable, durable, maintainable and versatile means you can enjoy more ways and more often for longer, that's the most interesting thing. Everything else is novelty pretty much which is enjoyable only temporarily.
@@reginaldscot165 True. I was working on a mid 90s MTB today. No suspension, Canty brakes, Deore DX and XT mix 8 speed. Everything still worked. Just needed a bit of a service. Then I worked on a modern bike. Fitted a brand new set of SLX disc brakes. Seal failed on piston. Arrrgh! I do like some modern bikes, but wish they were easy to work on like the oldies were.
You get a like just for the "bait and switch" nicely done!
He had me at first there.
I like to keep you guessing. 😉
Ditto!
Agree, everyone needs a bike that they are okay locking up outside so they can use it for errands. I have a single speed steel all road bike with mini v brakes. It can do a lot of things a fancy road bike can’t.
Nice! ❤️😎
I have an entry-level open-dropout hardtail I dismantled back in 2020 that I was wondering if I can turn it into a 1x urban commuter.
A bakfiet (Dutch cargo bike) is the bike everyone fneeds. Take your little ones to school, grocery shop, etc.
We would be healthier, happier and wealthier.
Nice 😊
Can you ride up hills on them ?
I’ve got two. 26” flat bar. One out of a trash bin and the other from a yard sale for $25. From my time working in a bike shop. I recognized the components as very hi quality. Obviously the rubber bits were shot. The rest just needed cleaning. Both are now very functional machines. Research dates them to the 80’s. One a specialized rockhopper. The other a Miyata Terra Runner. At that time it seemed they sold for about $800. So I’m quite pleased to discover them.
Wonderful! ❤️
I recently picked up a circa 2012 hybrid for $80 from a heap of junk bikes here in Korea. It was in surprisingly good condition and cleaned up well enough that I've gotten compliments on it. So there are those abandoned decent bikes to be found, and it's a great joy to fix them up. Figure I have double protection from theft because of its age and size (XL).
If you want to change out your chainstay protector, I'd suggest paint protection tape. I found 3cm wide thick tape from the automotive section of a local Lotte department store that seems to be serving well. It cost under $3 for 3 meters, and I don't have to worry about residue an inner tube might leave.
Sounds like a great find. 👍🏻 thanks 🙏🏻
Easy way to tell if the wheels are steel: If you have no brakes in the wet, they are steel.
They are highly unlikely to be steel.
Don't look like stainless steel do they, the colour/hue looks aluminium. Might just be harder wearing or heavier grade of aluminium.
Quite. I have never seen black steel rims. It's astonishing that the owner isn't 100% certain about them being steel or aluminium.
They don’t look like steel, but after everything I’ve put them through (and you wouldn’t believe the stuff I’ve done to this bike) they are so undamaged my brain just can’t except that they are any grade of aluminium known to man. 😅
😮 serendipitous video. I had a couple hours free today and chose to go for a ride. Went out to the bike shed and picked my elderly steel bike (80s). Looked past my much nicer and modern bikes, I dont know if there's a tangible difference but the nostalgia hits and im back in my teens ❤
Ha ha, I wish I had that Time Machine. 😉
This is a great utility bike for summer 😊
It’s summer all year round baby! 😅
aaah the good'ol daily beater bike :)
miner's a 13 year old trinx 20" folding bike 🙌
Cool 😎
I have a similar bike. A flat bar 8-speed Trinx Free 2.0 which I called a beater bike. Love it.
Excellent. You’re living the dream! 😁👍🏻
Really like that pannier rack as well.
Thanks 🙏🏻
26.8 seatpost, the lugs at the seat cluster and the integrated rear cable hanger make believe it's Schwinn CrissCross or maybe a CrossCut.
I absolutely LOVE my CrissCross with drop bars, 1" Surly Crosscheck fork (so you know it's heavy as sin), 700x47c Riddlers, Gevenalle 1x11 shifters (long pull) with V brakes.
That's a great bike you have! 👍🏻🙂
I was going to downvote this video for promoting carbon shіt, but my man has redeemed himself. Nice video, mate!
Thank you, I like to keep people on their toes. 😅
It's a nice bike and I agree, we all need a utilitarian bike. I would pit the load in the front though. The bike would feel much less sluggish then.
That would be an impressive front basket. 🙂
Wheel Wear could be the difference between 6000 and 7000 series aluminum.
Interesting. No interest in aluminium frames but then I also don't really bother with steel wheels.
Bars, stem, post ect don't mind, cranks and gears much prefer solid steel.
Probably should learn more about aluminium grades.
True. But it’s still surprising if you had seen what I’ve put this bike through. 😅
this is why i appreciate and love you work , Honesty, thank you sir
You are most welcome! 🙏🏻 ❤️
Love this video!!! 😅😅😅
Thank you! 🙂
I have a '91 Giant Coldrock ATB for that kind of uses. 26" tires, with wide aluminum fenders, that I'm using a my everything bike for winter. Originally I put on a 42-24 2x front, and now trying out with 44-32-22 3x, and putting on a lowrider front rack for heavy grocery hauling.
Nice 👌🏻 🙂
I own a similar bike, my *Grocery Getter". It's an aluminum frame with a carbon fork, Mavic aluminum wheels (I don't care for carbon wheels, nor does my kind of riding require them), it's stock flat bar except I have a 1X10 on it. Where I ride it's all flat & the stores & doctors are about 10 minutes round trip. Any touring rides I do are on my Wilier S7. Easier to find parking, can't carry a lot but I'm retired so I have something to every other day if needed. I have collapsible pannier baskets on the back trunk rack & a trunk bag for "U" locks. When I was working this also was my "commute to work" bike. I live in Queens, NY, paved bike path & streets. Inclines are few & far between. The only high performance parts are tires since I the same tires on all my bikes, 700 x 30c, Continentals (I buy in bulk).
Cool 😎
Thanks for the video. If you are looking for new shifters 3x8, Microshift has the R8 groupset that is shimano compatible and you can probably get the shifters quite cheap from Decathlon as they use them on some of their entry level bikes. Here in Italy they cost around 30€ each.
I think I saw some, but the lever ergonomics didn’t appear to be much better than the ones I have if I’m thinking of the same shifters. I will check it out! Thanks! 🙂👍🏻
you could possibly replace the levers with simple brake levers + bar end friction shifters
I could. 😁
Great video bikes like that last a lifetime. Bar end shifters with tektro or shimano brake levers would be an alternative to the 8 speed sti.
I found a used pair of dura ace 9 speed to turn a 90s Raleigh mtb into a drop bar shopping bike. The indexed or friction option means you can run any cassette.
Good idea! Thanks 🙏🏻
I have a similar steel touring bike. It is my work horse and rides very comfy. It has a steel fork with a nice curve and its almost like riding with suspension.
It is indeed a suspension. 😁👍🏻
Nice utility bike. How much can you carry on your rear rack? Where I live, fenders are a necessity, and a good bike lock would be needed. Clipless mountain bike pedals might help your acceleration issues
I’d say 11kg is the most I’ve tried as that’s the weight of my 3 year old. 😆
I really enjoyed this video! I don't need 3x though because I don't go off-road much and when I do, I stick to places that the narrow wheels can handle. Apart from that, I pretty much got "my" bike a few weeks ago for 30 Euros plus a lot of maintenance, cleaning, new saddle, cables and bartape. I might even be able to sell the biopace chainrings, which could make this bike pretty much free of charge (I had other chainrings layingn around). Well, there are a few improvements to be made and eventually, it will cost more than 200 Euros, but that will come in small amounts. Only real down side of this bike: I am not sure if I can ever fit mudguards, because the height clearing for the wheels is tiny. But that might be due to the bullet proof schwalbe marathon plus tyres that came with the bike.
And why do we need such bikes? Because of shopping, commuting, fun rides and much more, which is not really the perfect purpose for an expensive performance bike.
Great comment and congratulations! 🙂👍🏻
Quite a bit surprised about that tire width tbh. Nice tire clearance on that bike, I´ll give you that.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Could it be a Miyata 600 GT frame? A randoneur bike, not the fanciest, but indestructible and comfortable. Looks a lot like it.
I will look that up!
That frame looks like a claud butler Kylami, steel with brazed cup joints, and the cable stays on the top bar .
I will check that out!
Great video. I have a ridgeback panorama. Never thought if doing gravel on it. I had to gear it right down as would never use the high sprockets with a 50t chain ring. When you do your shopping on it what lock are you using?
Here in Brunei 🇧🇳 the crime rate is so low that actually you don’t really need a lock. Here you can leave your keys in the car with the engine running and go shopping and it’s still there when you get back. 😅 But my UK mind still has nightmares about stolen bikes, so for my sanity I use a cheap chain and padlock from the Oxford company. It’s just a standard chain and cheap padlock with a protective sleeve and rubber hood on it to stop it scratching your paint.
In the UK I used an ABUS Bordo 6000 and the oxford chain and lock for the front wheel. 😅 My bike bad was very heavy in those days.
In Croatia if you don't own a car, you are also considered poor 😌(In a way,I am)
I don't have one, but I have 2 bikes and I love them a lot! I like your bike ☺️
Wonderful! I do own a car, although after it broke down I decided I didn’t really need it anyway. 🤷🏻♂️
I still use a superlight weight carbon rim brake bike for running errands. Contrary to popular belief you can load them up. I detest riding heavy and slow bikes. Speaking of SE ASIA I toured it with a Giant Defy SL with a tailfin rack on the back.
I met a young man in Brunei doing a road the world trip on a Giant Defy, also with a rack on the back, I believe it was a green bike, he had to give up his attempt because of Covid. Was it you? 😅
White hybrid for 150 and 2 years on it now. First aluframe i ever had that is just floating over most surfaces. Heafty weight that i could buy down with lighter wheelset and tires...
Get me every where so i'll see if i invest in that.....
Great 😊
I would dare to correct you: "Everybody needs a hybrid with flat bars and fenders." That is unironically the best bicycle experience.
(edit: special shout out to 3x8, V-brakes and rear rack set up)
Yeah, everyone needs a practical bike for utilitarian tasks. Is basically what I’m saying. Although I’m now fully converted to the drop bar master race. 😅
@@reginaldscot165 I really enjoy drop bars just not on my utility bike. Flat bars rule in that domain imo. Thx for the video!
You are right. In SE Asia, you are weird if you are commuting by bike.
Well, it’s also weird in the UK and America, but people don’t assume you are poor just because you ride a bike like they do here. People literally say “can’t you afford a car?” When I’m out on my $15,000 worth of bike equipment. 😄
Good utility bike, gopping bar tape notwithstanding 🙈
That’s a word I have never heard before. Gopping, I had to look it up! Yeah, it’s not the best. But that makes the bike lees appealing to nick. 😉
@@reginaldscot165
The only word suitable for that lilac outrage 😂.
Seriously though, I do agree, a well built steel machine is a very useful thing...and everyone should have one.
Greetings from Sunny Sussex UK.
It looks identical to a Dawes Galaxy I had 🤔
Agreed I also thought it was a Dawes based on the geometry
In which case, it's a 90s bike, for sure. In 1996, Galaxies still had straight, non- sloping toptubes.
I will look that up, I’ve had 3 different suggestions so far as to what it is. 😁
@@reginaldscot165 Galaxies were also made of Reynolds 531 tubing, not scaffolding pipes. The frameset shouldn't weigh more than 2.5kg for 531.
You mentioned you don't like the hoods because the levers are poorly designed. Given that it's more of a commuting/shopping bike could you just run with a flat bar instead? Or do they not make compatible shifters/levers for a flat bar?
On another note, I can't recall anyone praising 3x drivetrains at the front. I always thought 3x was just so kids can boast about how many gears their bike has. I suppose in this case though its fit for purpose given that it gives you the range with your preferred the 8x at the rear for durability.
Although (slightly off topic), my wife (who is very much a beginner cyclist) got a cheap MTB a few years back with 3x and she finds it very confusing to use. Pros and cons I guess.
My wife gets confused with 2 rings.😅
Flat bars? No, don’t want to spend money on that, I’m also part of the drop bar master race. 🤪
I can't believe you don't have friction shifting! Bar ends or the new growtac
I just use the parts I have for this one. No need to spend any extra cash. 😁
Microshift and Micronew (Chinese knockoff) offering some really high quality 3x8 Brifters.
I have seen some from micro shift. 🙂
I put panniers on both sides of rear racks.
Nice 👌🏻 😎
Is that Cinelli pressure still sitting in your shop being unsold🤣 I think I saw that bike on the video you made three years ago!
Maybe you could give better marketing words such as, this bike with cool paint job fits riders who wants a dream bike for fulfilling their emotional needs of owning similar bike ridden in pro peloton.
I’ve tried everything, including selling it at a loss. No customers. 🤷🏻♂️
I’d like to take my bike shopping, however, most of the stores I frequent do not have an immovable object to securely lock it up to before entering. My insurance wouldn’t pay out.
Just recover an old obviously disused frame from the street, freshen it up mechanically but not aesthetically if need be, just basic alignment, wear parts and lubrication, lock up through the frame and rear wheel, what are they gonna do, who wants to get their hands dirty for no gain whatsoever. Ride it like you stole it :D
Also seriously not even some sufficiently robust vegetation where you shop at? Sounds like quite a hellscape.
@ That the UK bike scene. If it’s in your locked garage it has to be locked to an immovable object as well. Actual cost of insurance isn’t so high, the approved locks and chains are way more expensive than the insurance policy.
Thanks for the reply though.
@@alien-bass Never crossed my mind to get an insurance. I mean most anyone's gonna steal is the seat or the front wheel or some accessory, and even that just doesn't happen often enough to worry.
I had a nice £300 bike stolen one time. I will never forget that bike, I even had people in a van 🚐 complement how nice the bike was. But I’d also not insure any bike unless it’s very expensive, then i wouldn’t use it for shopping. 🙂
@ if you can afford to lose it leave it anywhere.
I think that's one of the least controversial videos so far.
Sorry, I will try harder next time. 😉
One con with riding a bike instead of driving my car to to my grocery store is that the bike will get stolen, my car won´t.
Well, my car is also old and rusty so I’m not worried. 😅
Before 0:34: What?! Has he gone totally mad :-D?! (I personally prefer the bike from the first 48 seconds though.)
I will gladly sell it to you for a ridiculously good discount. It’s new and unused.
@ It’s probably too big for me, and the shipping would be ridiculously expensive.
@@boc-tonysyklist2145it’s a 51cm top tube. XS.
I do all of my gravel tour entirely on a traditional road bike because I don’t have a better bike for the job. I do have an old entry level bike that maxes out at 38, which was sold as a gravel bike at the time. My conclusion is middle sized tire 34-40 are absolutely useless jack of all trades, because they’re too sluggish to be ridden as a road bike, and not as comfortable and practical as a dedicated gravel bike. 42mm are not slower than 38, but more effecient. A decade ago, I used to do road cycling on a MTB with 50mm slicks and that was actually faster than todays “road bikes”! in my opinion, 42 should be the next choice if 32 is not enough.
If a “road bike” has anything bigger than a 25mm tyre it’s not a road bike. 😂
@ Hahaha, I’m running 28 on my CAAD10 and George Vargas has 32 on his Ritchey! I think 28 is the sweet spot for traditional road cycling because they are not slower than 25 but more comfortable and versatile for longer rides. Especially considering that most of my road tour includes gravel and bad roads, 28 is very practical choice for me!
I am even considering a 42x650b on Ultrabike/Randonneur, which will outperform road bikes on Paris Brest Paris. All I care is what works the best for the specific ride I am doing. I don’t think big tire itself are slower, but gravel bikes are just made slow. Tyres are only as good as the bike itself. I do believe that a Litespeed Gravelbike could outperform poorly built road bikes, just like HP Road bike outperforming poorly built MTB on trails!
Looks like shimano 2300 series groupset (8sp Sora), had it on a 2011 Defy, with similar/ identical 3x8 speed, except the triple crankset (FSA square taper).
Those levers are horrible, the bad hand position (on the hoods) is what I hated the most.
Yup it’s a great group set except those awful shifters. 🤢
I would be MOST surprised if that bike was made in the 80s. It's a 90s bike, with that sloping toptube and the threadless headset.
Nor do i believe your rims are steel.
If the frameset weighed 4 kilos and the rims were steel, you'd be talking about 15 kgs AT LEAST.
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The headset looks like it was converted to threadless.
It would have had to be converted, if its an 80s bike, given that threadless wasn't invented till 1992. Even so, that sloping toptube!?@zedtony8110
The headset was originally a quill stem but I replaced it with an adapter. They are quite hefty wheels when you remove them. But narrow.
The German word for this is Eierlegende Wollmilchsau. (egg laying wool milk pig)
I don’t believe you. The German word would be much, much longer. 😅 😉
@@reginaldscot165 So you're accusing Germans of inefficiency eh?
Honestly, fair.
Is there much bike theft in Brunei ?
I think 1 in the last 8 years. 🤔 But no, not much. 🙂
Your finger got surpringsly dirty after touching the chain. Looks clean to me.
Yes I was also surprised, but I only oil the roller so the outside of my chains always looks quite clean. 🙂
You don´t need a triple. I got a 3x bike, but I must admit I prefer 2x.
For most rides I only use 2x but that little one helps off road or when fully loaded. 🙂
This is the bicycle you take to a local crit race to humiliate the riders on 10K plus carbon race bikes 😉
Ha ha no way on this planet that you are humiliating anyone on this bike. I don’t think 90s Lance Armstrong could win a race on this flexible brick. 🤣
aluminum rims
Probably
If it is a 26.8 millimetres seat post that also points to a Miyata frame from the mid eighties till late nineties
No it doesn't. I have an Olmo frame which takes a 26.8.
I will investigate that. Thanks 😊
I don't need that bike, I have a 2007 Specialized Tarmac Comp which does me fine. The first bike I mean.
Great! 👍🏻😁
That bike needs mudguards. Without them, its a not a versatile bike, regardless of the rack and box or anything else.
Mudguards are a pain to manage, always get in the way of easier maintenance, rattle cause drag ect. Mud, grit and salt ect are drawn more to around the bottom bracket if they're fixed there, real pain to undo once corroded. I rather just use outer rain clothes, you can put a tarp or something on top of the rack which does about as much, or if my bag get muddy, I just brush it off once it's dry.
Don't understand why people think they're necessarily required, the best mudguards are the plastic kind that just clip on and off anyway.
I had a clip on mudguard for the back but stopped using it because the rack and box protect me just fine. The front I’ve never bothered with. Here when it rains you get wet, there isn’t even any point to a rain jacket I’ve found. 😅
@leifcian4288 I've been using Daniel Salmon aluminium mudguards since 1996. Same pair on one bike for 28 years. No rattles, no interference, no trouble whatsoever. Some mudguards actually improve aeorodynamics; like a fairing. Sure, there're lots and lots and lots of crap mudguards out there, you just haven't had the good ones. Only 22mm wide, too, which is ample for 32mm tyres, since water leaves wider tyres in pretty much the same pattern as it leaves the very narrowest. Pour some water out of an expresso cup and then out of a frying pan and see for yourself.
Sorry, you are contradicting yourself here. Everyday shopping bike and yadda yadda but keeping up with racers. For the every day/take-some-beating type of bike 1x IS the best. Or even single speed if you live in the flat. Or simply hub gears.
I didn’t say races. Yeah if you live in Holland you don’t need 1.1 gears. 🙂
I see you haven't discovered r/xbiking yet
I’ve heard of CX but not r/x.
I would be upgrading that bad boy with Tiagra Triple.
Sweet. 😎 But I try to spend as little as possible on this bike. 😉
Slap a Bafang Ebike kit on there with a 300 Watt motor and 864 Watt-hour battery. That would make a good donor bike.
No thanks I like girls. 🤪
@@reginaldscot165 Love it.... 😂
Nobody needs a bike like this.
Well, technically nobody needs anything. 🤷🏻♂️😁
I need at least 3 bikes like this actually. Except for the drop bars.
You need a bike you can enjoy it, this bike is boring. Don't need to be expensive, just interesting.
@@romanpramuka2703 Reliable, durable, maintainable and versatile means you can enjoy more ways and more often for longer, that's the most interesting thing. Everything else is novelty pretty much which is enjoyable only temporarily.
Your preaching to the converted.
Some of you yes, but lest open other people’s eyes to the possibilities. 😁
@@reginaldscot165 True. I was working on a mid 90s MTB today. No suspension, Canty brakes, Deore DX and XT mix 8 speed. Everything still worked. Just needed a bit of a service. Then I worked on a modern bike. Fitted a brand new set of SLX disc brakes. Seal failed on piston. Arrrgh! I do like some modern bikes, but wish they were easy to work on like the oldies were.
A like for the correct use of "fork" instead of " forks"
It was subconscious. 🤭
Any particular reason you used old school cantis instead of V brakes ?
No real reason. It was what the bike came with originally so I went with them again. V brakes would probably be better.
@reginaldscot165 yeah especially if you've got a few chickens or large cock 😉 in the basket 🧺