Hi Andy, I have been watching most of your videos on bike restorations. Your videos are in very high quality and well informed content. And most importantly you have shared your honest experience through out the process of restoration. Actually, your tips were very much helpful to get my retro bike project across the finish line. Many thanks for all your advices. Following are some instagram photos of the end result. instagram.com/p/BooUoP4A2Xd/?hl=en&taken-by=ruwan.t If you can give some feedback on what you think. That will be very much appreciated. Wish you all the best and keep those videos coming ..... Regards, Ruwan.
As a photographer and cyclist, soft light is actually far preferable to harsh sunshine. Shows detail with much greater clarity and without risk of blown highlights.
Hello there Andy. I just wish that the world had more lovely, honest blokes like yourself. Although you're in the bike business, you are generous enough to share your knowledge and advice - and even go as far as sharing your commercial techniques. You're great ! I just wonder how I can get in touch with you (?). I live in Paris, France. Anyway, all the best from me, Ralph.
+musamor75 thanks for a great supporting comment! It's feels good that I'm helping people that enough for me, especially like minded people 🚴 On my RU-vid home click on about on one of the tabs and in there is my email address. Thanks again!
Hi Andy, that was very helpful. I'm glad you stated the frame size in the listing; a lot of people lose sales because they don't bother but it's probably the one thing the buyer needs to know.
+Geoff Poole thanks for the comment and watching. Im just glad that it's helpful to you. Full Raleigh Road Ace restoration coming soon! Thanks again Andy
Great Video! Since i have subscribed months ago, i sold three vintage bikes (Team Panasonic, Raleig TT, Bianichi Golden Race 200) after restoring them and made decent money so that i could afford a newer italian road bike from 2013 with carbon front for nice Touring and another roadie for some racing. There are always really good bargains locyally and it´s fun to restore! So thank you for all the Videos, and your shared knowledge!
+VEGarmiN Honestly it really is a two way street, thanks for all the support I'm just happy if it brings like minded people a little closer. Thanks for sharing your personal experiences with buying and selling the bikes, it's always good to hear about. 👍🚴Andy
+Scott MacDowall thanks pal, what's not to love about cycling hay 👍it's the future makes so much sense on every level. Thanks for tuning in and the support Andy
+olias thanks 🙏🏻 for the supporting comment. Got such a good example of a Raleigh Road Ace 12 coming up soon so watch this space. Thanks for tuning in and commenting Andy
Good video and good simple advice on buying and selling an old bike. My tuppence worth if you are in this to make money then it all comes back to buying well and then not overinvesting in new parts having a good second hand spares to replace an old faulty bits and pieces. I did this a kid in the old print ad exchange and mart days or trading post here in Aus. Lately I did a few on eBay but mostly this is a mugs game to make money as old steel bikes last too long and thousands survive so supply is plentiful and demand is low unless you happen upon something someone really wants badly for emotional reasons
Thank you for sharing your techniques for selling the bikes. I restore bikes here in Australia and I will definately try your way of listing and photographing the bikes. Keep the videos coming.
Good job , if not just the money you can get is the way you apreciatte the bike and transmit to other people and the bike fortunately is riding again in the world.
Thanks for the comment glad you liked. I generally buy through eBay using a local search keeping shipping cost down. I also use other web based platforms but eBay is my main source. Thanks again Andy
Hi Andy, just bought a Holdsworth Professional as a first vintage bike project. Currently looking for the place to buy some cheap components to give it a bit of an upgrade? e.g. some vintage style bartape, a vintage style saddle and some good looking tyres? Not worried about performance just want to it to look good! any suggestions of places to look/suppliers? Based in the UK. thanks
+Nauj Aral Hi pal, hard to come back from after the Colnago so bit of a filler. Glad you like though. Picked up a gem of a Raleigh Road Ace 531c so that shouldn't be to far behind. Hope all is good with you 😉
Oh I can certainly understand that and only imagine how though it maybe, so i take it you still have it :) nevertheless an interesting video. Can't wait to see that next Raleigh am sure it's beauty also. \id it with the group 600 ? most of them in the 80's came with it . thanks for then comments and a pleasure to be following your channel
P.s. Andy. I just discovered that you've got a Raleigh (Road Ace) on the go. I'll look forward to that. Mine's a Record Ace (circa 1979). All the best.
+musamor75 Nice bike, the Road Ace is probably one of the best examples I've ever come across should make an excellent example, and one I'm already considering keeping! 😂 Yet another one to add to the collection!
+Roger Grote paisley freight £22.50and you don't even need the measurements. I've used them plenty of time with no problems so far, touch wood! Hope this helps Andy
Nice detail Andy, and great job on the bike as well, now, if I ever convince myself to part with any of my bikes I'm sure I could make some nice cash :) Cheers..
+That 70's Schwinn Vintage Bike Channel thanks for the support, to be honest I am the same with a few bikes here. Trying to justify keeping them all, maybe renting them our rather than selling and parting with them. Funny it's a strange condition we have 😂
Hi, is there a chance you know what model/brand this crankset is? I have the exact same on my vintage gitane but there are no markings except "made in france". Thanks!
Love the vids, Andy. I've got a Dave Moulton Recherche bike frame and fork that I would love to get around to restoring and building up properly. Where do you typically get your components from for older/period correct builds?
+elliottmlev Hi thanks for the comment, I live on eBay scrolling through generally. You tend to spend more on bikes and parts that have been stripped down though. Can work out cheaper buying a complete bike stripping it down and selling the unused frame etc on. Hope this helps Andy
I love your video's, but have you thought about using Veloflex Tyres ? they are amazing and look like they are 30 plus years old. They grip like shite to a wet blanket but look amazing, well the Veloflex Master does, comes in loads of colours with gum wall too
Just getting into this having converted my dads 90's raleigh mtb into a single speed, and currently restoring a 86 equipe. Seems a very important aspect of making £ is not making too much work for yourself. I've been completely stripping, overhauling everything, ordering new tyre / inner tape saddle etc...lessons learned. But i also see bikes where you do a full job of sandblasting, respray, getting new groupsets in etc, are these still profitable or just enjoyment value?
You’ve got it more for the enjoyment value, some bikes especially if they are personal to you, childhood memories are worth the extra effort. Try and keep the bikes original as possible, people search high and low for the original parts to put back on. All the best good luck with things 👍
@@BikeItUK Awesome cheers for the reply. Yeah definitely part of the joy is getting it back to original. Makes my stomach turn when i see people respray these vintage frames neon green or something
Extremely helpful, thank you very much. I've been only doing this in my local classifieds. Just out of curiosity, can you make a living doing this full time through Ebay? What kind of figures do you pull in from this alone.
+Gavin Z thanks for watching and the comment! People can make a living from this but to be honest with you what you find is that the bikes are generally stripped and just sold on separately. Which I feel is criminal because piecing the bike together originally again can almost be impossible. What I do here is a little more than eBay, the RU-vid channel helps and I'm just about to launch a website also. It's all hard work I've not found and easy way yet, but this is something I enjoy doing so that's half the battle I feel. Thanks again Andy
Thanks for another great video! I want to get my first road bike, and want to chose between two Vintage bikes, Peugeot CAD 1988 and Koga Miyata Fullpro 1981, they are almost at the same situation and price. Profitability is not the case at the moment, but definitely I will change it in the future, which one would you advise me to go for? Thanks!
+iman zaman Hi thanks for tuning in, i would say it all depends and ask yourself why you are restoring the bikes. Reason being I have bikes that I will not sell. All I would say the more original the bike the more of a chance of making a profit. So it all depends on do these bikes mean anything personally to you? If not then which one is the easiest and cheapest to turn around. Hope this helps Andy
+Raul Sanchez hi thanks for tuning in. I do a search on the day. I have used various but used Paisley Freight a lot at a cost of no more than £27. I hope this helps all the best Andy
thank you very much for the information, I live in paris france and I can not find a transport company with cheap prices, the prices here are more expensive start from 70 euros, ups, DHL etc, I will continue researching Thanks Raul
Hi and thank you for watching and tuning in. Peak price, the Colnago build I spent £650 on just the frame and another £250 on the brake callipers. It all depends on the value of the bike or the personal value. Do your research find the market value unless you are chasing your childhood bike. If the latter is the case then obtaining that bicycle and the joy and memories it can bring is priceless 👍🚲 all the very best Andy
ive had loads of bikes in my time i had a hawk bike a bit like a chopper then a chipper never got to ride it then i had a grifter it was faulty then later i had a hercules tour de france bike it was a gift from a spanish guy then i had many old rod braked bikes from the tip,even a nice butchers bike,then i had a dawes mountain bike, then i buy a dawes kickback 2 i got into a car accident then i had a grisley mega 10, i also had a trice recumbent made by peter ross crystal engineering i got hit in road accident got a new one from ice trice gave the grisley away, the ice is buggered i then buy a gazelle trim trophy then hit in accident hen it was stolen from me the seat stays was bent, then i had a bulls cross bike thats gone now ,i got a mifa ddr 1956 bike and a 1993 diamant bike it 56cm a bit small for me.
Smart move... don't immediately try to follow the last build, which was just, un-followable, with a new build, but rather an informative video, that does feature a classic bike, but in a subdued manner, as to not overtly try and challenge what was the hallmark build on the channel thus far.
+BIGD_OTheVegan its true will take some beating! I've got a very nice example of a Raleigh 531c Road Ace 12 lined up. It's not a Colnago but a great model and worth sharing. Thanks so much for your on going support 👍all the very best Andy
I'll be interested for sure... I just was saying this video was a great buffer... super good in fact, after that monument that was the 'nag. I hope you eventually do more Italian bikes... but the Raleigh's must be so abundant... and yes, that Road Ace is wondrous bike... looking forward to it.
+lastinline bruce I was £3 short after fees, however I was fortunate to have items already to hand in the Garage such as pedals and the used gum wall Tyre. The video was to demonstrate it could be done. However as I have mentioned before in the past you have to ask yourself the reasons for restoring these bikes. If it is for yourself then the cost and the time spent out ways the value a lot of the time. I would also say that certain models of bike are more sort after. I hope this helps and answers you query. Thanks for watching Andy
it also helps to have a popular youtube channel. :-P I have flipped few bikes but hardly got any money out of it. At least I get the satisfaction from saving the bike from the skip. What is the cheapest you got the bike for? I once have managed to buy raleigh kellogs team for £2,20 ;-)
+pavdude13 thanks for the comment liked the part regarding saving the bike! No greater way to get about than on a ♻️ recycled bike! Very cool and retro also I feel. The Peugeot that got completely powder coated had been left outside a shop for months abandoned, so free! Result 👍can't argue with £2.20 😂amazing! Thanks again Andy
I love your chanel and I don't want to sound negative but...this model looks like a crappy bike. Not impressed with the overall quality. But then again, I'm not a Raleigh expert...
Thanks for the support, the Raleigh bike in the video was entry level in the UK and appealed to many as childhood bikes. The video was more about turning a bike around to make a profit. Thanks again for watching and your support 👍
8:23 I wouldn't accept any offers from ebayer Al_PacinoGodFatherUK, he drives a hard bargain: _"My offer is this: nothing. Not even the fee for Postage & Packaging which I would appreciate if you would put up personally."_
BikeIt UK hi Andy , I am an avid follower of your great vids, as I live in stockport and find it intriguing as to where abouts in stockport you live as in the future I would be very interested in buying a bike from you ,keep up the great work and I am a big fan
