Road Bike Restoration Tune Up - 99 Lemond Zurich 

*Looked at a lot of options for getting my **Latest.Bike** . Great find in SAVA. Super light, nice components, really good value as it comes with many options only found in much higher priced bikes.*

2001 Lemond 853 frame, I upgraded everything, carbon crankset, carbon seat post, carbon handlebar/stem, new 11 speed 105 shifting and a new saddle. After that a set of Campy Zonda wheels. She weighs in just over 19 lbs and rides like a dream. The 56cm frame fits me like a glove. Needless to say she is my lifetime bike!

I work as a bike mechanic and everytime I watch your video I think "damn this guy does restoring the best compared to others". It's so nice to watch these videos.

There's nothing more satisfying than taping a set of bars

Shimanos are dang indestructible. So many old Shimano parts in this channel.

YES, YES AND ANOTHER YES! FINALLY A ROAD BIKE ON THIS AMAZING CHANNEL

I still have my 2001 Lemond Zurich road bike. And it's still one of the sweetest riding bikes I have ever owned.

I too repair bikes and sell them. There is something really special about a steel road bike. I have restored steel and carbon before and while the carbon was definitely lighter, a really nice steel road bike is great at absorbing bumps and looks really really good.

Lemond has one hell of a story to his life. Nice to see you make her look perty again😀

That is a tuxedo with wheels. Such a beautiful bike.

Amazing bike. I still ride a Reynolds 853 here in the UK. They're very common. Reynolds tubes were produced for the framework for the Spitfire fighter plane during WW2. Gregg Lemond was a very decent rider. Went on to build some great bikes. I love this bike.

While I really like your paint jobs, when the video started I was worried your were going to paint it. Glad you left it original, looks great!

Well , I 'm 67 now gave up the mountain bike and bought exactly this bike . Well i could not be happier , it rides so smooth . I did buy a riser quill stem , and a easier to peddle rear gears. because the old owner was much stonger then me he had a close ratio race gear cassette . I have owned so many bikes old and new .Silky smooth and the ultega shifters still work wonders . but this is a dream ride .After just a fw mods for my comfort , I can't wait to ride it again and again .

I love how you appreciate the craftsmanship that went into older bikes

I got the exact same bike - very light weight, very nice comfortable ride. I would personally keep it. My bike was in worse condition.

I was drooling the whole time!! Anyone else?

dont cycle anymore but i love these older bikes. classic

At the end I thought, you’ll say “I keep it” 😄

Watching brand new bikes getting built up is pretty nice but nothing beats an old bike restoration to me. There's just something so special about it.

This tune up rebuild is better than any new bike assembly video out there. This is so much more satisfying to give an old bike new life!

As much as I love new tech, carbon, etc. I still love the look of the classics! Well done!

I own a leMond Tourmalet from 2004 (the same year my daughter was born) with a brushed aluminium finish and green decals. Apart from the fact it looks beautiful it really does inspire confident riding. Highly underrated in terms of feel and the finish on the welding is the best I have ever seen on a bicycle. Mine will stay with me and hopefully, one day, my daughter will appreciate it too.

Nice to stumble upon this. I had the exact same bike - 1999 Lemond Zurich with Ultegra in white - and loved it (also replaced the saddle and added Cinelli Spinaci bars for additional hand positions). I really liked the geometry as well as the classic good looks. Kept it for 10 years, until I went carbon with a Specialized Roubaix, and recently a Specialized Creo. Wish that I’d held onto the Lemond, though, especially after seeing your beautiful restoration. Hope your brother really enjoys it.

This is a tune up!?!? This is a full restoration!! I can safely say I’ve never in my life polished my cranks. Hahaha. Respect to you good sir.

My first road bike while going to college in 08. Well done dude.

You can see the love you have for that awesome old racer I hope your brother gives you the chance to get it from him when he's done with her

Hello my friend, I am just in love with your Channel. I am 40 years and i love old bikes. Like you say.... Nostalgia!!! I am a photographer for more than 15 years and i love my job. But lately i felt the need of a new hobbie. And I am learning to fix my bike. Everyday is a new thing and i just feel love for it. My next step will be paint a bike. I already painted some parts of the bike. All that said.... i can say you inspire me and gave me a new thing to play with. Thank you so much. Ps: I was lookin for some Oury here to buy, but saddly we dont have here.

Look at that. It reminds me of my Batavaus Criterium '95 back then. 53/42 😍💪🏾

I love this. I have a '99 Zurich myself. Really is a beautiful bike and so compliant on the road. The Rolf wheels are a beast. Barely enough room for some 28mm tires but got them on there and this thing is built for all day riding. This is also the one I've cut my teeth on developing my meager mechanical skills. I'll never get rid of it.

This was a bike I was considering in the late 90s... I bought a Bianchi Veloce instead.... the Bianchi was a 9s speed originally, then a 10 speed (two 10 speed builds) and now an 11 speed Campy Potenza in 2018. It has just shy of 70,000 miles. Looks pretty decent for that mileage. The 853 is a very nice frameset. I want too many bikes. 43 people here ride carbon fiber. .

I just ran into your site today and made a comment on your red GT on how to bring back the original shine on paint using Maguier's Ultimate Compound, which you should do from now on after you clean the frame & fork. Oh yes, I love your videos. Anyways, I'm a mechanic and own my private pro bike shop on Mercer Island 5 min from downtown Seattle. When the pandemic started early last year, my shop was flooded with incredible, perfectly brand new vintage bikes that had maybe 5 or 10 miles of use. One of them was a LeMond Zurich exactly like yours complete with the original tires that still had that fuzz line down the middle. Most came from couples when they were dating in the 80s and bought expensive bikes to impress each other, and after they got married simply hung them up and never used them again. So when the pandemic hit, they thought about riding their bikes again and bought them to me for a tune-up. So for a few months, my place was like a museum, and vintage nuts would come every day to see what was new. Ahhh I love bikes.

This brings back a lot of memories. I worked as a mechanic in a bike shop that sold Lemond and the owner rode on the first TdF 7-11 team and was a good friend of Greg’s. Lemond would call the shop to talk to my boss frequently but he’d always pretend to have a woman’s voice to try to fake us out so we wouldn’t bother him LOL

I used to race both mountain bikes and road bikes in the early 2000s and your channel just brings me back. Love the vids!

Talk about a labor of LOVE! What an incredible restoration by a total master. And this video is also incredibly RELAXING to watch. One of the best things I've watched in any category on RU-vid in a long while. I have a '96 LeMond Tourmalet and it's in absolutely superb shape. Still, I'd love to have a craftsman as ultra-Zen-competent as you take it completely apart and put it back together down the line. Maybe I'll do it myself and use your video as a guide! Well done! Thank you!

Good to be here again love from Philippines

I'm watching all your videos to help me restore a 1988 Schwinn Caliente'. Thank you for your content and links.

You make the best videos ever. Greetings from Germany

Reynolds 853 tubing woah. Beautiful bike, beautifully done. Regards from Valencia Spain.

Love the sound of grit going bye bye. Polished many vintage parts over the years, nothing like a gleaming vintage alloy bike component.

Rode and raced a Zurich for a couple of years. Greg knew what he was doing in terms of frame design. I've never ridden anything so comfortable for hours in the saddle. Not a "quick" bike, certainly not first choice for criteriums, but for a long road race, very tough to beat! And Rolfs are great wheels! Bike wound up looking just great! Loved the video!

Extending the life of bikes is the whole reason why I changed careers from teaching to bike mechanics. It’s such a shame to throw away. Thanks for making these videos.

I just come back to this video, time and time again...

even my girlfriend is watching! what a clean job sir.

I remember wanting to buy a similar LeMond frame, & couldn't I quite afford it. Big fan of LeMond since started racing in '87. Thanks for posting, keep them coming! 🤟🤠

I just purchased a 2001 Lemond chambery. Amazing handling, old school design & tubing but beautiful all round. Super happy with it. Great video. 👌👌👌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Bravo! One of my favorite bikes to ride. You did a supreme job on bringing it back. Love my old Lemond's.

I had a 1999 (2000?) Lemond Alp d'huez. Brilliant bike. I miss it. I loved the geometry and wish modern bikes used it.

An absolute classic and one worth keeping in the family, nice work as always and great to see a Road Bike. All the best Andy

I still have a Lemond Tete De Course and love the ride! Thanks for showing that old bikes still produce a great ride!

I love vintage steel road bikes and l love your channel. Finally, my two loves have come together!

simple beautiful bicycle. No carbon, no disc brakes. Easy to work on, easy to maintain. Great job!

How I like the sound when cutting the shift cables. It's pure magic. As always great job. Greetings from Germany.

Wow! A very nice bike before. An absolute showpiece after. Very well done.

Really cool to see the process and the knowledge and the craftsman ship. Thank you for sharing

Looks like a piece of art! Thank you👍

Would love to see more steel road bike restorations.

Have been dabbling in a bit of bike restoration and am currently working on a project and have drawn much inspiration from watching your brilliant videos👍

Fabulous, your brother is a lucky person!!! Nice work, I especially like the attention to detail with sanding/buffing the cranks and seat-post - GREAT JOB!

I'm not brave enough to do a full tear down/rebuild, nice job!

Lovely job . Something very satisfying about bringing a bike back to life 😀

Well done Sir, much respect from Liverpool, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👏🏻🤙🏻👏🏻

love what you did, specially the ARM and SEAT POST. Sparkling...

FYI: the ring you removed with the pin spanner on the crankset is actually meant to make crankarms self-removing.

One fine example of "Old but Gold"

Looks awesome. Classic stuff always get my attention. God Bless

You are good brother. Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. Great watch.

Great video and I love these old school bikes.

YOU ARE BACK! Welcome back my friend, and what a beautiful project to bring in 2021. I’m excited to see what you have in store for the year and how you grow. Lovely restore

I had a 99 lemond and it was one of my favorite bikes ever.

First time I see a road bike on this channel? Cool!

wonderful restoration so much love

As always ,another one of you great restores. I hope you continue to add road bikes to your repertoire of restores moving forward. Stay safe & healthy looking forward to more of your vids. Take care for now

What a beautiful beautiful bike!

Great pleasure to watch the restoration, so grateful the original paint is intact, thank you😘

Excellent job as usual Great bike Love that a bike can be improved so much by a thorough clean and polish and maintenance, it must have been well looked after

Awesome restoration! So great to see my classic bike like new! Good job Rob!

Excited to see a road bike on here. Although I am moving from the road onto gravel and really loving that. My first love was the road.

Bro you are my god at restoration I remember the days when you did axe restoration

I did this for 18 years,loved every minute, still work on my bike

Nice work and I hope your brother will appreciate that bike as much as you do! Good well done!

Thanks for the great video. Working on the restoration of a ‘97 Trek 1220 aluminum road bike myself.

Lemonds are my favorite road bikes. I have 3 of them. Its amazing how a bicycle will clean up and look nearly new again. I really liked the way you polished the aluminum - just fantastic. I just redid a Fuji I bought cheap and I love riding a bicycle that is spotless and tuned well. It took me about 7 hours to go through the entire bicycle and make it all perfect. Great Job on that clean up / restore. Everything looks stunning !

Fab it brings back so many memories bud, I used to ride a folding bike to university and later an old road bike, those good old days 👍

Wow...so beautiful!!! Might look good with red tape and red saddle as well.

Cool the way everything comes around again. Nice road bike.

Excellent, as always! Thank you for these lovely videos and work. Your younger brother must to be proud of you! Congrats from Madrid, Spain

Great job of giving the bike new life

Would love to see more work like this on classic road bikes! Nice video!

My primary road bike is a modern carbon affair with Di2, internal cabling, a wedge-affixed seatpost, carbon tubeless wheels and an integrated front end. I love my bike but I look at this bike and I feel we're missing something these days. Here you have a 21 year old bike that's had minimal maintenance and all it took was a couple hours with some WD40, sandpaper, polishing compound and less than $100 in parts to get it ready for another 21 years. 853 frame. Round seatpost with a regular clamp. Cup and cone threaded headset and a quill stem. Threaded BB. 9 speed with a robust chain and cassette. Everything simple, minimal specialized tools required to service, no torque wrenches involved, standardized and readily available everything. I'll even bet the bike rides really well. It definitely will be reliable day in day out. Let's see where my bike (which cost a lot of money) is in 21 years... I'll bet the landfill.

Qué bueno volver a ver otro de tus videos,son muy entretenidos👍👍,siempre esperando el próximo proyecto.

was looking forward to new videos, his wonderful work continues

Wow amazing Transformation 😮

Nice! I just finished up re-doing a Lemond Buenos Aires of about the same vintage. Great video!

Good just like new bicycle! Excellent job! Respect from Macedonia

It is a BEAUTIFUL bike, nice work!

I love your videos. So relaxing to watch and love the bikes.....and very educational.

I used to lust after one of these back in the day. Especially used to want me some of those Rolf Prima wheels.🤩

Love your RU-vid channel. Continue with the excellent work

Good job. Very beautiful!!!👍👍👍

Beautiful piece of jewelry, great bike and again a clean job. Greetings from Germany