Nice build man! So nice to see someone else tackling the same annoying little bike repair problems without just buying a heap of new shit and throwing it on. Looking forward to more!
Cheers man i appreciate that! I try to save what I can and if I can’t I will try to replace it with a 2nd hand part. Feels great freshen up old parts and reuse them!
Just finished cleaning up some wack old v-brakes for a gravel build. Tempted to replace them with lighter ones but after all the other BS single-use tools and incompatible old seatposts I bought for this build maybe I'll use em anyway >.
Aside from another great build, I just want to say I love watching your videos on weekends. It sets the tone and I always find myself tinkering with my bike and or going for a ride. Thanks Gary cheers
Leather and shoe makers use rubber contact cement. You apply it to both sides, let dry , then stick them together. It sticks to itself tenaciously and instantly on contact. Get yourself a box of disposable latex gloves, the solvents in those chemicals, greases and oils are absorbed by the skin and have to be delt with by your internal organs. Edit, I see you have the gloves , but didn't always use them when you should.
it is actually possible to take apart sealed bottom brackets, clean and re-lube them, RJ the bike guy on youtube has a video on the exact procedure, cheers mate!
Nice build! I have a Bianchi ocelot, same era. Love, love, love that bike! rebuilt it many times. Current edition is a 1x8 commuter with all sealed bearings and Fincci urban tires.
absolutely freakin flipping awesome build mate ..... deb is all over me know for a Bianchi of her own just like this one hahahahahahah ... keep up the great content mate.
Still doing awesome bikes with interesting parts that the most eyes haven’t been seen before…keep doing it👍🏻😎Hopefully I’ll get into bike building when the weather is more friendly again☀️😃Cheers, Achim
I've always been averse towards suspension stems but you made it damn cool to look at. Awesome build by the way! Would take this rat bike over anything brand new.
The piano song at the end somehow took me back to the 90s. And looked at the title of the video again.. make sense! intentionally or not. Anyways, the bike look awesome👏
you can remove rust from the small bike parts by using a dremel with a circular wire brush attachment, it makes things faster rather than using tin foil.
i think the black stuff from the bottle cage mounts is from a spray can someone kept in the cage, and it leaked or dripped onto the frame lol on my daily 1x7, i reupholstered my saddle since the vinyl on it was peeling really bad, used an old free brown leather purse (looks way more expensive than it is!). used a similar narrow-wide deckas chainring flipped backwards, was glad to find it so cheap.
DUDE, 10:16 that bike frame has a "Bicycle Trip" sticker on it, which is a shop in my home town of Santa Cruz Ca. I recognized the logo with the Gecko and the last four of the phone number and took a closer look. What are the odds of that?
Cheers mate I appreciate, I dig the stem too. Yep 7 speed is nice for around town , I consider making this single speed too, but didn’t have semi horizontal drops, so went with the 7 👍
Cheers I appreciate that!! That’s a good idea, I actually did that the green sleeper bike build I did haha, I guess I was satisfied with this one so didn’t bother. Good tip though ! 👍
Mais um belo trabalho. Meus parabéns. Eu adoro seu canal pois todos os tipos de bicicleta tem oportunidade de ganhar uma nova vida. Eu tenho um quadro de bicicleta antiga, aro 26, e estava seriamente cogitando montar ela com aro 700. Mas depois de ver você se divertindo com essa bike simples, prática e robusta com aro 26, eu vou manter a originalidade das rodas.
Sweet build, as always :). I'm riding the Deckas cheap Narrow-Wide chainrings on several bikes for years now and they hold up really well. Would definitely recommend them. Well besides the weird graphics, but I guess thats just a small "downside" ;). Keep up the good work!
Not for this one funny enough! This one wasn’t too complex as it had different size bolts for all the parts. But ya photos/ video always helpful just incase !
Very clean build! Great craftsmanship. I am thinking about doing a similar 1x set up on an old MTB as well, but your lowest gear doesn’t look very low at all, how is it for climbing??
@@garysprojects ahh okay you can sort of kick your way uphill that makes sense. I think imma go fer it! Been checking out your channel, you've got some sweet builds man! I love your taste and your quality standards!
I've had a few bikes were the headset cups have come out by hand. No play in them ! I wonder if it is a manufacture issue? Good to work on though. Nice build!
I stopped using them when I first started because I didn’t have any and then I didn’t notice the difference so never bothered since. I try to finish my ends pretty clean with a files so maybe that helps. Maybe I’ll try them again in the future!
@@garysprojects You can probably get away with it on coiled brake housing. But if you use compressionless derailleur housing the ends keep the strands from exploding outwards and punching through the stops on the frame. Things will obviously "work" temporarily but long term its going to make for a less reliable bike. If you're going to the trouble of re-doing the cables and housing why not add a couple cents worth of housing ends right?
Cheers mate , mine is same, you can try shimming it like how I show in the video or tighten the bolts. If you’ve done that there isn’t much more to do haha
I sold the bike already but it was holding up good until I sold it. I have another one on my Kona chute and it’s been a year also already and still going strong 💪
Are the the oury lizard grips on that bike? I have some in blue on one of my bikes. I can't believe I get existed about handlebars, grips, pedal handlebars, and everything else Gary 😅
I just stumbled upon this video, and it's mostly a nice job on the bike, but I have a couple of issues. The piece of cable housing leading to the rear derailleur is rather long, and what's with cleaning the factory lubrication off a brand new chain? No, absolutely, no! It's on there for a reason, and that's the best it will ever be.
Thank you I appreciate that! Let me explain, the factory grease is sticky and to protect the chain, it is thicker and only to protect the chain for storage /rust / transportation. It is not made to be used for performance. If you did use it , so much dust & dirt would stick to it after the first ride, thus ruining your chain - hope that clears things up. Cheers !
@@garysprojects From what I understand comments help your channel on RU-vid’s algorithm. Sometimes I just just don’t have anything to add. I love your channel either way! Thanks for the content
Hello again, the stem with JD suspension, apart from having the same kickback problem that can break your wrists, also had the problem that with use the stem would get loose with the stem and the handlebars would turn with catastrophic results. Be very careful with those powers, they are very dangerous. In those years we used them because we did not have money to buy a suspension fork. Greetings.
I'd like to Roast you for using Brake cable housing instead of shifter housing on your shifter/ derailleur... Unless you have a good reason I'm not aware of??
