Beautiful and shiny. I wish my old Kos Kruiser was in that good shape before I restored it. I had to get the bike re-chromed...not cheap. I restored the bike with my nephew and we still have it, so worth the price.
Straps like that were commonly used on Cyclocross bikes back in the day, to carry over obstacles when that was faster than trying to technical ride through them
Free Protip: To dry wet parts that are hard to wipe with a rag or even hard to blow dry. Spray the clean wet part with isopropylic alcool and air blow it dry. Water and iso bond and keep the chemical properties of the iso so it evaporates much fast than only water. Keep it up!
I'm surprised how easily everything (besides the chain) came apart after 40 years. I've seen people bash off square taper cranks with a hammer on much newer bikes!
Watched this video lastnight my final thoughts was this bike belongs a museum pulled it back up tonight to write a comment about the first thing you said in the video was this bike belongs in a museum this the most classic looking I ever seen like all your videos but this is #1 so thumbs up to you and the designer
holy ..... this is one of the coolest bikes I've ever seen. What a great job farmer. You inspired me to get some old mtb bikes on our local craigslist :-) my first two Giants now waiting for such a treatment as demonstrated in your vid which is a great help.
My son is riding one of these in college. I found it locally on Craigslist, thought it was pretty cool, and restored it for him. Put a back rack and milk crate on it. College commuter. I love the bike... rides great. Love your restore... so satisfying to watch.
Seems like a very practical idea. Wonder why it got left by the wayside? This bike is 15 years older than me, so I’m sure there’s plenty of early stuff I don’t know about. I sure feel it in my shoulder when i haul my steel touring bike up and down the stairs!
A friend gave me a 1986 Jamis Cross Country a week ago that his late nephew had bought new when he had turned 13. Sad part, his nephew died of cancer 4 yrs later, the bike sat against a tree where his nephew last parked it. Because of it being left to the elements, I was unable to save it. The BB was a solid block of rust, as was the rear axle, and headset. The seat tube was actually full of water and had split from freezing. I managed to salvage a few of the components, but sadly, the frame was a total loss. My friend said to use what I could and get rid of the rest. I told him that if someone had put it in the garage or shed, it would have been an awesome restoration.
Dude, I’ve got a 1984 Mt Fuji that looks almost the same, Including the bars and the long chain stays. Di-comp brakes and levers with 180mm crank arms, and don’t forget the friction shifters. I own several high end S3 steel campy chorus bikes. They ride great but the Fuji is special to me because it helped rehabilitate my leg after a serious motorcycle accident. I have owned the Fuji for almost 40 years and I still ride it on rail trails. The only thing I’ve added was the rear rack and fenders. This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the Internet.
Dude, well done! I would love to get my hands on one of these beauties! Here I thought I was cool rocking a steel frame Surly, this is next level retro shit 🤙
shades of my 1983 Stumpjumper, bought new. only mine got the living daylights pounded out of it for 20+ years before I retired it. The Specialized had Suntour shifters, and 3x5 shifting. It also had a symmetric rear wheel where the spokes were the same lengths on both sides, those wheels were strong... I used to rock hop and go up and down flights of stairs on that bike, and ride it on gnarly roads and trails on the left coast from Big Sur to Marin, those wheels were really strong, they lasted a long time.
What a great restoration. What would be really need to see in your videos? Is your customers reactions when you present it to them? Especially a classic like that. Show the ritual of hanging it on the wall. That would be a great addition in my opinion keep up the awesome videos
Shimano chains stretched fairly quickly. That toolless link was more trouble than it was worth. Typically a Sedisport chain was a good substitute for the shimano gears. Best guess is late 83 or 1984 given the drop outs and the cantilevers along with lots of braze on's. All adopted from touring bikes of the day.. My 84 Mt Fuji had the same brakes but all Suntour shifters, hubs, headset, gears and cranks. Same pedals but added mini clips to mine. The shafts are chrome-moly. Good luck finding dust caps for them. Changed out the Y bars for new stem with Scott aero bars and shimano mtn shifters as they could be removed without having to slide it off the handle bars. They also can swap parts. Funny it still has the wheel reflectors but not the front and rear ones? Nice clean up. The unique item is basically it is two colors, black and chrome. Most bicycles have 3 when you exclude gum sidewalls on tires.
Videos like this brings tears to my eyes because it's cool to see that people like me still care about old bikes and dirt bikes I'm trying to get my own place after a bad breakup and had to move with my miserable mom but I want to get a Kawasaki 500 two-stroke after buying an upgrading my mountain bike in my second mountain bike
What a find! 40 years old bike in such a condition - fantastic! A bit of polishing and maintenance is just right for this bike. Put on some new tyres and take it out on a test ride!
Wow, even the steerer tube is chromed! Btw the Rear derailleur is a Shimano RD-AL11, made starting in 1984. I had an ‘85 Schwinn Voyager that came the same derailleur.
I love when classic bikes are restored to it's original and not transformed into a fixie. I enjoy your videos, humble opinion: no need for background music (and this is coming froma musician 😂).
frikking threaded headsets, mang.... no matter how comfortable i get on the repair stand with everything else, those lil sumvbitches always take me 2 to 5 tries. Awesome video; keep up the great content. Ross Mt. Hood > Giant Cypress, fwiw
Bike is GORJUS! Now me, I'd have to throw on a set of Serfas Drifters and ride it downtown. While doing so I'd look neither left nor right. If I decided to look at anyone it would be with utter disdain cuz I owned it and they didn't ! Great, detailed vid many thx...
My dad had this exact bike. So sweet wish we held on to it but it gotten riddin a lot then passed down to a friend where it eventually sat in the shed and rusted up
This bike almost looks exactly like my firenze MT 505, the only differences is the bars are a little bit different these curve back and mine are straight and my bike has 3 piece cranks with cotter pins and the frame is yellow and red, the brakes are different too but I did that by replacing the cantilever brakes with linear pull brakes from my giant suade metro series (unsure of mfg year but it has a sticker on the chainstays from river trail cycles in holmen Wisconsin that says late 2008), the next upgrades I'm going to be doing to the MT 505 are a rear rack, new 3x5 gripshifts, new headlight and taillight (old ones didn't work and the taillight flew off while riding) and a pair of 6 volt sealed lead acid batteries in series so the lights work while stopped and I can charge my phone from the bike on longer rides, the bike came with a bottle generator that I will be putting back on when I get the frame cleaned up so I can charge the lead acid batteries (the frame has sand stuck to it from taking it off-road sometimes and is very greasy).
I still have the Ross Mt. McKinley MTB that I bought back in 1984, It's dark metallic green had the same handlebar/stem combo. Mine has the Shimano front & rear derailleurs and Shimano cantilever brakes, one unique thing is that my Ross came with Tommaselli Racer forged aluminum brake levers, you don't see many of them around anymore. Thanks for the video.
Back in the eighties that was bike myself and friends aspired to own. I had a KHS which was not as good. Don't let them guys watch it waste away again on some wall. To clean a hub and a wheel in general is first remove the dirty old tire so you scrub inside. Second is put the wheel on top of a 5 gallon bucket, open end up, use a tooth brush and your detergent to get the hub clean. Its common the cut down a tooth brush to make the bristles more ridged. I use my garden hose to blast everything with detergent and water. I don't have a sonic cleaner so I use gasoline. I find a 5 gallon bucket essential to clean bike wheels. Dump the expensive Phil Wood grease and get the one pound can of boat trailer wheel bearing grease and try a deposable epoxy brush.
Another great video... I am lucky to have 2 MT Hood bike.. chrome 83 frame only and a 100% original cream 85. You inspired me to pull them out and tinker on them. Keep up the good work.
When it comes to things that rusts that you will be hanging on a wall that you wanna keep shiney, you might want suggest to your friend to pick up Renaissance Wax. It is trusted by many, used it in a shop to keep knives and swords from rusting, and hear it's good for other things too. Just a suggestion, hope it helps.
The jazzy lounge soundtrack and sexy results had me thinking that if bike porn were such a thing, this would be it. Excellent. Inspired me to consider restoring my vintage Schwinn 'High Sierra' that I purchased new in 1985. Has the unique and pricey short lived 'brass roller cam' brakes that provided enough gripping force that it could crush rims, hence it's discontinuance in later years. Have you ever seen them? (has the same 'Bear Trap' peddles that this ROSS has...my shins still have the scars to prove that lol)
Liked seeing a complete breakdown ,clean & put back together. I have to ask, is the watch your wearing the same period time of the bike ? looks like the one's we had back in 83 .🤙
Probably lowered my blood pressure 30 points just watching this! You were really patient and put a lot of work into getting good camera angles and close ups. (Side question: is there an advantage to using two wrenches on the crank bolts at the same time? Or just something you've picked up to be a bit more efficient?)
This is so good to hear! Exactly what I was going for. I used 2 wrenches on the crank bolts? Never thought of that before! I think it was an editing snafu/optical illusion. I bet it works great though!
I’ve noticed that you like to use dawn power wash in your cleaning. Does it leave a soapy residue after you just wipe off the dawn or do you have to rinse it with a water soaked cloth? Thanks. Love your videos. I’m definitely a subscriber.
16 oz of Dawn Power Wash is 13 oz of water, 2 oz of Dawn Ultra, and 1 oz of Isopropyl alcohol. easy to make your own. the secret is the foaming spray bottle. A damp cloth is sufficient rinsing in most cases.
Curious why you put the "dork disc" back on the rear wheel. My understanding is they're required if you're a shop selling a bike, but do you think they're helpful or necessary otherwise?
I’d love for you to make a video on e-bikes! I recently got one in the last six months due to a medical issue and it has been awesome. I want another acoustic bike next because I miss it but for a daily commute an e-bike really helps. Also thoughts on belt drives?
I don’t like cheap e-bikes or belt drive. So hard to work on. Just asking for problems with service. Nobody will like seeing you come into a shop with that shit.
I found one of these for sale but it has roller cam brakes. Which are cool, but the rear one is mounted below the chain stay…pain in the ass. Any idea if its newer or older than the one you worked on?
Thanks!
Thank you!
I love that bike so much it physically hurts to look at the finished product. thank you for bringing it back to life
Well now I have something to listen to while I sleep and watch in the morning with a good coffee
Need your “good enough for who it’s for” merchandise!
Beautiful and shiny. I wish my old Kos Kruiser was in that good shape before I restored it. I had to get the bike re-chromed...not cheap. I restored the bike with my nephew and we still have it, so worth the price.
That bike is so cool. I've never seen the "shoulder strap" before. I can't believe the dork disc hasn't turned to dust by now.
Straps like that were commonly used on Cyclocross bikes back in the day, to carry over obstacles when that was faster than trying to technical ride through them
They're called "portage straps."
Maybe the only cool Ross! Looks great.
Free Protip: To dry wet parts that are hard to wipe with a rag or even hard to blow dry. Spray the clean wet part with isopropylic alcool and air blow it dry. Water and iso bond and keep the chemical properties of the iso so it evaporates much fast than only water. Keep it up!
I'm surprised how easily everything (besides the chain) came apart after 40 years. I've seen people bash off square taper cranks with a hammer on much newer bikes!
I’m a binge watcher today!
What a sexy beast of a bike that is. One heck of.a find!
Watched this video lastnight my final thoughts was this bike belongs a museum pulled it back up tonight to write a comment about the first thing you said in the video was this bike belongs in a museum this the most classic looking I ever seen like all your videos but this is #1 so thumbs up to you and the designer
Fun watching the restoration and then the ride “good enough for who it’s for”
People say "good as new" all the time, but it is literally true in this case.
Just wanted to say, the music in your videos is soo good!
holy ..... this is one of the coolest bikes I've ever seen. What a great job farmer. You inspired me to get some old mtb bikes on our local craigslist :-) my first two Giants now waiting for such a treatment as demonstrated in your vid which is a great help.
My son is riding one of these in college. I found it locally on Craigslist, thought it was pretty cool, and restored it for him. Put a back rack and milk crate on it. College commuter. I love the bike... rides great. Love your restore... so satisfying to watch.
Pretty cool how you gave it one last ride before it went on display.
I’ve seen you adjust cantis enough to know how to do it myself now
The shoulder strap was for when came to a obstacles you could not get over you could pick up the bike and climb over it
Seems like a very practical idea. Wonder why it got left by the wayside? This bike is 15 years older than me, so I’m sure there’s plenty of early stuff I don’t know about. I sure feel it in my shoulder when i haul my steel touring bike up and down the stairs!
Set the wheel in a 5-gallon bucket opened ended up get some brushes and clean it that way🎉🎉❤❤❤
A friend gave me a 1986 Jamis Cross Country a week ago that his late nephew had bought new when he had turned 13. Sad part, his nephew died of cancer 4 yrs later, the bike sat against a tree where his nephew last parked it. Because of it being left to the elements, I was unable to save it. The BB was a solid block of rust, as was the rear axle, and headset. The seat tube was actually full of water and had split from freezing. I managed to salvage a few of the components, but sadly, the frame was a total loss. My friend said to use what I could and get rid of the rest. I told him that if someone had put it in the garage or shed, it would have been an awesome restoration.
The wonders of Dawn Power Wash!
Dude, I’ve got a 1984 Mt Fuji that looks almost the same, Including the bars and the long chain stays. Di-comp brakes and levers with 180mm crank arms, and don’t forget the friction shifters. I own several high end S3 steel campy chorus bikes. They ride great but the Fuji is special to me because it helped rehabilitate my leg after a serious motorcycle accident. I have owned the Fuji for almost 40 years and I still ride it on rail trails. The only thing I’ve added was the rear rack and fenders.
This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the Internet.
It turned out beautiful, great restoration!
I really like this bicycle
You can hear every piece of grit on that head.
That "test route" looks awesome!
It is!
JEWELRY
50:57 The look of joy on your face has me sold: it's a great riding bike.
Wicked cool bike right here
Enjoyed the restoration video! That’s a great find too! Hey if you have no use for the rear rack, I would be glad to take it off your hands.
So fun, educational and beautiful to watch up-close details of the technical work involved!
i just bought two 1984 mt hood matching bikes. theyre only about 7 numbers apart on the serial numbers. quite a pair.
Watching the entire process was incredibly satisfying. What a cool bike!
She’s a beaut !! I bought my wife an ‘85 MT RACING Silver light reminds me of this one ❤
Dude, well done! I would love to get my hands on one of these beauties! Here I thought I was cool rocking a steel frame Surly, this is next level retro shit 🤙
My hometown Bike Shop in Manasquan NJ sold Ross by the ton!
shades of my 1983 Stumpjumper, bought new. only mine got the living daylights pounded out of it for 20+ years before I retired it. The Specialized had Suntour shifters, and 3x5 shifting. It also had a symmetric rear wheel where the spokes were the same lengths on both sides, those wheels were strong... I used to rock hop and go up and down flights of stairs on that bike, and ride it on gnarly roads and trails on the left coast from Big Sur to Marin, those wheels were really strong, they lasted a long time.
I like that you went a little deeper into this one. I love the bike and how it came out!
I still have a Ross Dune Commander single speed mountain bike in my garage. Although not many original parts are left after all the years.
What a great restoration!
Ah now my night is complete. Bikefarmer has posted another bike video 🙌
More to come!
Very cool bike. I remember them well. I don't think they were doing quick release on the wheels yet at that time.
What a great restoration. What would be really need to see in your videos? Is your customers reactions when you present it to them? Especially a classic like that. Show the ritual of hanging it on the wall. That would be a great addition in my opinion keep up the awesome videos
Shimano chains stretched fairly quickly. That toolless link was more trouble than it was worth. Typically a Sedisport chain was a good substitute for the shimano gears. Best guess is late 83 or 1984 given the drop outs and the cantilevers along with lots of braze on's. All adopted from touring bikes of the day.. My 84 Mt Fuji had the same brakes but all Suntour shifters, hubs, headset, gears and cranks. Same pedals but added mini clips to mine. The shafts are chrome-moly. Good luck finding dust caps for them. Changed out the Y bars for new stem with Scott aero bars and shimano mtn shifters as they could be removed without having to slide it off the handle bars. They also can swap parts. Funny it still has the wheel reflectors but not the front and rear ones? Nice clean up. The unique item is basically it is two colors, black and chrome. Most bicycles have 3 when you exclude gum sidewalls on tires.
Nice job! I really enjoyed watching that.
Thank you very much!
Videos like this brings tears to my eyes because it's cool to see that people like me still care about old bikes and dirt bikes I'm trying to get my own place after a bad breakup and had to move with my miserable mom but I want to get a Kawasaki 500 two-stroke after buying an upgrading my mountain bike in my second mountain bike
And I am smiling again seeing you rolling retro new stock, again. Great job my friend. Liking your channel more and more.
I'm a bit late here, but I love the close up shots you are getting in this video.
That's a true cantilever break design. Vs a calliper style brake.. old school.
This is just pure awesomeness man.
Nice find, good work.
One of the coolest bike yet that you've documented and refreshed. How do you not keep them all?
So cool. I have a chrome Mt Whitney hanging in my garage. . .may have to take it down and polish it up now!
You win first prize!🎉
What a find! 40 years old bike in such a condition - fantastic! A bit of polishing and maintenance is just right for this bike.
Put on some new tyres and take it out on a test ride!
Like new. I have a Mountain Bike made in 93 which in many ways reminds me of the bike in the video.
Wow, even the steerer tube is chromed! Btw the Rear derailleur is a Shimano RD-AL11, made starting in 1984. I had an ‘85 Schwinn Voyager that came the same derailleur.
I have a Ross Mt. Whitney that I ride about every day.
Wow!
What a gorgeous bike, I love vintage MTBs.
I love when classic bikes are restored to it's original and not transformed into a fixie. I enjoy your videos, humble opinion: no need for background music (and this is coming froma musician 😂).
frikking threaded headsets, mang.... no matter how comfortable i get on the repair stand with everything else, those lil sumvbitches always take me 2 to 5 tries. Awesome video; keep up the great content. Ross Mt. Hood > Giant Cypress, fwiw
Bike is GORJUS! Now me, I'd have to throw on a set of Serfas Drifters and ride it downtown. While doing so I'd look neither left nor right. If I decided to look at anyone it would be with utter disdain cuz I owned it and they didn't ! Great, detailed vid many thx...
My dad had this exact bike. So sweet wish we held on to it but it gotten riddin a lot then passed down to a friend where it eventually sat in the shed and rusted up
Excellent bike. Id be tempted to ride it instead of preserve it
Trick is to have more bikes than you can ride...
@@brrrt6666 way ahead of you. 14 bikes between me and my wife
@@senorspiegel got 12 to my own name 😅
Way cool vintage ride! Super awesome job of bringing it back to its former glory!!!
This bike almost looks exactly like my firenze MT 505, the only differences is the bars are a little bit different these curve back and mine are straight and my bike has 3 piece cranks with cotter pins and the frame is yellow and red, the brakes are different too but I did that by replacing the cantilever brakes with linear pull brakes from my giant suade metro series (unsure of mfg year but it has a sticker on the chainstays from river trail cycles in holmen Wisconsin that says late 2008), the next upgrades I'm going to be doing to the MT 505 are a rear rack, new 3x5 gripshifts, new headlight and taillight (old ones didn't work and the taillight flew off while riding) and a pair of 6 volt sealed lead acid batteries in series so the lights work while stopped and I can charge my phone from the bike on longer rides, the bike came with a bottle generator that I will be putting back on when I get the frame cleaned up so I can charge the lead acid batteries (the frame has sand stuck to it from taking it off-road sometimes and is very greasy).
Looks just like a bike I had, never knew what it was had no markings
Really cool mtb, never saw one with a shoulder strap before but it sure makes sense😅
God i love serviceable bbs...
Loved this restoration and built for someone who appreciates it as a piece of art, very admirable.
A Masterpiece! 👍
take the reflectors off...
I still have the Ross Mt. McKinley MTB that I bought back in 1984, It's dark metallic green had the same handlebar/stem combo. Mine has the Shimano front & rear derailleurs and Shimano cantilever brakes, one unique thing is that my Ross came with Tommaselli Racer forged aluminum brake levers, you don't see many of them around anymore. Thanks for the video.
Back in the eighties that was bike myself and friends aspired to own. I had a KHS which was not as good. Don't let them guys watch it waste away again on some wall.
To clean a hub and a wheel in general is first remove the dirty old tire so you scrub inside. Second is put the wheel on top of a 5 gallon bucket, open end up, use a tooth brush and your detergent to get the hub clean. Its common the cut down a tooth brush to make the bristles more ridged. I use my garden hose to blast everything with detergent and water. I don't have a sonic cleaner so I use gasoline. I find a 5 gallon bucket essential to clean bike wheels.
Dump the expensive Phil Wood grease and get the one pound can of boat trailer wheel bearing grease and try a deposable epoxy brush.
Another great video... I am lucky to have 2 MT Hood bike.. chrome 83 frame only and a 100% original cream 85. You inspired me to pull them out and tinker on them. Keep up the good work.
I want it!
Τhe bike is 3rd generation of mt hood series.Probably after may of 1985/check the fork if has stamped with code TANGE 5E
By the way you have some really nice too
I had a 1986 trek 800 that looked a lot like that now I have a 2008 specialized Enduro
Production birth of mtn biking-one step up from a clunker.
When it comes to things that rusts that you will be hanging on a wall that you wanna keep shiney, you might want suggest to your friend to pick up Renaissance Wax. It is trusted by many, used it in a shop to keep knives and swords from rusting, and hear it's good for other things too. Just a suggestion, hope it helps.
Ross made a few decent bikes, apparently. Mostly, they were a 'bike-shaped object' (BSO) manufacturer.
Ross was always a shop quality bike manufacturer. Lower end, but still shop quality.
@@bkefrmr Thanks, didn't know
Nice job! I'm using AUTOSOL Metal Polish for decades to shine up metal parts.
Very nice
In Germany we say: Das Drehmoment wurde ordnungsgemäß eingehalten.
The jazzy lounge soundtrack and sexy results had me thinking that if bike porn were such a thing, this would be it. Excellent.
Inspired me to consider restoring my vintage Schwinn 'High Sierra' that I purchased new in 1985. Has the unique and pricey short lived 'brass roller cam' brakes that provided enough gripping force that it could crush rims, hence it's discontinuance in later years. Have you ever seen them?
(has the same 'Bear Trap' peddles that this ROSS has...my shins still have the scars to prove that lol)
I enjoyed the video a great deal. Can't figure out how to turn off the "auto generated" captions.😢
Liked seeing a complete breakdown ,clean & put back together. I have to ask, is the watch your wearing the same period time of the bike ? looks like the one's we had back in 83 .🤙
I have an old 3-speed bike with a badge that has Robin Hood on it
Probably lowered my blood pressure 30 points just watching this! You were really patient and put a lot of work into getting good camera angles and close ups. (Side question: is there an advantage to using two wrenches on the crank bolts at the same time? Or just something you've picked up to be a bit more efficient?)
This is so good to hear! Exactly what I was going for. I used 2 wrenches on the crank bolts? Never thought of that before! I think it was an editing snafu/optical illusion. I bet it works great though!
With original tires ?? Born and raised to hang on a wall somewhere.
I’ve noticed that you like to use dawn power wash in your cleaning. Does it leave a soapy residue after you just wipe off the dawn or do you have to rinse it with a water soaked cloth? Thanks. Love your videos. I’m definitely a subscriber.
16 oz of Dawn Power Wash is 13 oz of water, 2 oz of Dawn Ultra, and 1 oz of Isopropyl alcohol. easy to make your own. the secret is the foaming spray bottle. A damp cloth is sufficient rinsing in most cases.
that Phils oil looks like its assembly lube for engines. I wonder if that would be a good alternative.
Curious why you put the "dork disc" back on the rear wheel. My understanding is they're required if you're a shop selling a bike, but do you think they're helpful or necessary otherwise?
What is that great bumper music?
I’d love for you to make a video on e-bikes! I recently got one in the last six months due to a medical issue and it has been awesome. I want another acoustic bike next because I miss it but for a daily commute an e-bike really helps. Also thoughts on belt drives?
I don’t like cheap e-bikes or belt drive. So hard to work on. Just asking for problems with service. Nobody will like seeing you come into a shop with that shit.
I picked up on you holding the axle with a cone wrench when removing the wheel- is that to prevent rotation of the axle? Was it stuck?
Sometimes the axle spins so you have to hold the locknut on the other side of the dropout
I found one of these for sale but it has roller cam brakes. Which are cool, but the rear one is mounted below the chain stay…pain in the ass. Any idea if its newer or older than the one you worked on?
That might be a Tom Kellog frame. It should be ridden, not a wall decoration.
Too bad it ended up a piece of decor, but maybe someday it will get a new rider.
Nope. It’s a collector.