1956 Rudge Town Bike - Vintage Bicycle Restoration - 95% Complete 

Great transformation!

so recognizable, all of those issues, small and large, that come with restoring vintage bikes. You know they're there, just waiting to rear their ugly heads when the job commences. And of course the satisfaction when they're overcome. Well done, the result is beautiful!

Beautiful bike! When you were taking the crank arm off, I thought “What a shame that chainring is covered.” You’ve done an amazing job.

And yes... This is some glorious work done on that bike!

Beautiful job, your builds are just getting better and better. Love all your vids, they're most inspiring. I'm off to the shed now...

Very nice restoration. Love the crankset. Looks better without the chain guard.

nice, very nice. I wish we were much closer, I'd think about making an offer on it. Oh! seeing as how this was years ago, I'm sure someone has been enjoying your great work.

End result looks good! Sorry to hear about the problems you encountered along the way.

Looks a treat - Bravo - I'm hoping a film scout comes knocking on your door wanting it as a prop - Where you agree to a written rental term of $30 per hour on set or $300 per day with an agreed written minimum daily rental contract of.seven days with fully comp damage insurance cover👍 😀 Because truely thats what your efforts - passion and work are worth. Best wishes & Happy pedalling 🙏

Fantastic job, love it! You really have done it justice 👍

Had to jump on my phone been watching you for quite a while now got introduced to you when I came across your commuter bike frame breaking during your ride me and my mum loves your videos you do amazing job keep up your fantastic work and long overdue I subscribed to you watch you on my xbox one lol

Oh Dios mío ¡que maravilla como la estás dejando! Eres un artista del metal amigo, ahora en estos momentos tenebrosos en los que vivimos, necesitamos gente como tu.

Me encanta lo que has hecho, lo bien que la has dejado, parece nueva, es es lo que hay que hacer no tierra a la basura.

Lovely job mate! Really enjoy your videos, I like working on older bikes and these videos are very informative. I’m doing a 1979 Viscount at the moment, revisiting my youth and cottered cranks! Keep up the good work.

Looks great. The white tires really pop. Love the paint choice.

I love your work, what a beautiful bike you restored there.

Tu amigo mío restaurando esta joya sobre ruedas, has demostrado que eres un tipo, con sentido común, y que sabe lo que hay que hacer, para tener un mundo mejor. Gracias por darle una segunda vida a este pedazo de joya sobre ruedas.

Exact right color! Beautiful build!

Nothing short of exceptional. Excellent work, sir. The only downside is it makes those of us waiting for Summer to roll around to restart projects look incredibly lazy!

Thanks for this series of videos. Really helping me with my 1958 Raleigh tourist restoration

well done lad,youve brought a great bike back to life to its original body.

Looking at this months later, it's one of your best.

This is art!

Congratulation! You did a fine job with this.

What a great build! Congrats! You’re a really good bike builder. Fun to watch

That's a fabulous looking bike. Good job man

That crankset is so nice. Great restoration good job. Bueatiful bike.

Nicely done.

Gone are the days when this type of bicycles were made and traded, but luckily one model is still sold out here in India Named as BSA Deluxe, not the same but about 80% of its parts are same . One thing I liked most is it comes with chrome plated spokes. Very nice restoration. Would like to see more restoration of vintage bicycles, a lot of thanks .

Its beautiful job.. Buen trabajo.. Mis respetos pra ti mi hrno... My respect for you.. My bro..

Great video, the Rudds bike was a great machine you are a genius.

Love it I’m working on one myself and it’s the same red as well 🥃👍🏽

Wow looks beautiful.. interesting frame, looks like a short wheelbase for those days, must handle really well... great work...

Finished bike looks great!

Beautiful bike ! Good work !

Just finished restoring my first bike and now onto my second. Think I'm getting addicted!

Looks good! You can run LED bulbs if you want, even ones with "stand light" capability that'll keep them lit when you're not moving, good for waiting at intersections.

Beautiful work. Lovely bike.

Rudge bicycle lovely job man after my own heart it's one of my passions old bikes first bike I had from jumble sale 12/6 had for brake's too well done ole buddy nice job

Gracias por recuperar y compartir esas bellezas. Saludos Roberto de Uruguay🇺🇾..

Really nice job mate love that colour

Great work, i wished for some footage with some commentary on how it feels riding it though

Great job 👍

Sweet build. I'm not a fan of the older bike, but this looks great. It could be mounted on a wall as a piece of art.

Nicely done!

Holy Cow.... that is beautiful

I love how you kept the original brakes it would have looked cool with the cain and crank guard on but ohh well... it still looks amazing with out it awesome job 😊

very nice bicycle, great job.

great video by the way,you did a great job of videoing your work.

Magnifique ! Bravo!

what a beautiful bike !

Great build as usual, need to see it in motion .

Beautiful job! I never heard a chain guard called a chain case, I like hearing the different ways things are referred to.

Greetings from Colombia, excellent video, I am restoring a raleigh, and a humber

Man, I thought cantilever brakes were annoying... They have nothing on these. Excellent work and kudos for keeping these original.

Looks amazing,

This bicycle is 1 year older than my keirin bike which is build in 1957 nice treasure

Nice job on bike and video.

Super job there..Rod brakes though! Not too much fun dealing with those eh..

Good job well done!

What a beauty 🚲

Great bike, and a great restoration. Would look even more amazing with some gold lines on the long tubes and around the mudguards in my humble opinion. Where do you get your decals printed? They always add a proper finishing touch to any restoration.

Beautiful Work !!

It's just great to see that stunning crank and sprocket on display, it accentuates the shape of that yummy frame, nice restoration, love that you didn't polish the shi# out of everything, it looks great! I reckon those whitewalls will be brown/grey walls soon and you'll finish it off with some black tyres and let that red really pop! Thanks!

beautiful

Nice men Well done !!

Congratulations. A fine job. Liverpolitan Tweed Ride this Sunday!

I have this type of bike belongs to my father..i think it is being stored in the barn..after watch your video, i'd like make a restoration for that bike, but the spare parts must be rare now..thank you

She’s a beauty ❤️❤️

This looks as close to Raleigh's roadsters as makes no difference. Different colour, head badge and chainwheel. Amazingly competent bikes, so long as you don't need to stop in the near future.

Looks good, but rod brakes are lethal. And yes, I do have (lots of ) experience!

Great Job, i have also a Oldschool Bike It's from the old Bikefaktory ,, Diamant '' Greatings from Germany, Oldschoolfrank

bravo

Salam sakduluran saklawase dari indonesia 👍

Brother, wat a cool Job 👍💪💪💪👍

Beautiful bike! I have not seen this brake system on post-war bikes in my country.

Me encanta el diseño del cuadro, tiene mucha clase y elegancia, eso es calidad, eso es eficacia.

Didn't have much to work with. Came out nice.

One of your most beautiful builds. Love it!! Why didn't you end up keeping the original seatpost/seat mounting assembly (not sure what else to call it?)

Nice job done there! The bike looks fantastic. But i would put on other brakes for safety.

El trabajo fue muy profesional para como estaba la belleza principal de una bicicleta se aprecia en las llantas cara blanca en ocasiones hasta en los automóviles hubiera estado más completa con la tolva protectora de la cadena y cremallera

www que cosa más bonita, es preciosa, no he visto cosa semejante en toda mi vida, es preciosa amigo, te lo has currado de verdad, eres un artista del metal, tienes un estilo muy bueno, me encanta, tu estilo es muy bueno, porque me recuerda al mío. Este mundo necesita más gente como tu, gente que restaura, que hace revivir, cosas, sigue así y no recicles nunca, restaura, hay que restaurar, no reciclar, reciclar es igual a tirar a la basura. Restaurar es revivir, reconstruir, esas cosas que te han hecho ser feliz, y vivir buenos recuerdos, por que los buenos recuerdos, son los que te salvan de tener una depresión en estos duros tiempos en los que vivimos. Ánimo amigo, sigue restaurando cosas, porque en restaurar, las cosas que nos hicieron felices en el pasado, está la esencia de la vida.

Very nice

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Lovely job, very nice finish :-) I'm curious as to how you solved the issue with the bottom bracket though...

Hermosa bike

With a lovely, comfortable Brooks saddle.

you can get a sealed bearing cotter pin bottom bracket spindle that threads to its self. i use one after a previous owner destroyed the threads on my bike. i believe its an italian style.

well done, looks amazing! Curious about the tool you use to tighten / untighten the bolt in the crankset (14:17). Did you build it yourself? Definitely need that in my garage as well!

Thanks for the video - very helpful as I am half way through a similar restoration. I am having trouble sourcing some of the parts I need including some of the rod brake parts. Do you have any ideas on parts suppliers?

Do you powder coat it on your own? Where did you get the decal stickers? It's an amazing job you've done.

I've found this really helpful so thank you. Can you tell me the name of the tool you use to remove the bolt holding the crank and pedal arm on

Is that the fixed cup still in the frame? British threaded drive-side bottom bracket cups are counter-clockwise threaded (backwards). There are several special tools that an older bicycle shop would have: Stein, Var and others. Were any of the components replated? You got the fixed cup out. A custom frame builder might be able to help with the BB threads. I work in a bicycle shop and I have made mistakes. Everyone I have ever worked for, wished I worked that fast. If you grease the stem steerer tube interface, the stem will not get stuck. Pedal threads as well. In the states, we have a few specialty bicycle shop-museums that stock components no longer manufactured. I imagine that is true for Raleigh bicycles as well. I found applying a ridiculous amount of leather treatment to the underside of a new saddle will help it break in.

Wonderful build! Thanks for sharing. Did you need to peen over the rivets for the headbadge (on the inside of the head tube) to avoid rubbing on the steerer portion of the fork? (That's the thing about these restorations among we who have tinkered with such problems -- the questions get really particular!)

Just stumbled onto your channel today. Fantastic work on the classical bikes - I have several of them too .Questions - what grease do you use, and what brand are the bearings? That is all - Greetings from your new fan in Malaysia.

Good Jop!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great build ! What grease do you use on the bearings? Is it a lithium grease?

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Fantastic job. Plan on doing something like this myself one day. Why not line the lugs? It would look great lined with gold paint.

Maybe you can replace the loose bearing with sealed bearing for bottom bracket