Just shows you, even a coveted and well looked after bike will have some things needing an expert eye. Cracking job, as ever. Sagan will be happy to have his bike back
Thanks for sorting the bike Lee. Gemma loves it, said it feels like new again and I hope it does her well this year. Awesome service with attention to detail!
On one hand I hate seeing great (and expensive) bikes being neglected but on the other hand I love seeing you restore them to their former glory. Excellent job as always.
A compiled spread sheet of different parts with torque settings would be amazing. Even a paid pdf version if it is well enough done would be next level.
Hi there. I know this is an old video. I’ve seen some of your videos in the past. Bu5 I’ve never commented. I was looking for content about Specialized Venge old model and stumbled on this one. I have to say. I do like the way you use the different grease and the way are storing them. I do work on my bike at home. Some small servicing etc. but when I do , you can see me with a lot of containers spread on the work table. 🤣 But I’m gonna mimic your way buy using these medical needles 💉 for less mess. lol. Thanks for sharing man. I do own a 2007 Bianchi 2007. Still racing with it. It’s a climbing bike. I’ve added some 40mm rims to it to keep the light weight but to benefit of some aero gains on flats. You know to keep up with the aero bikes in the bunch. Looking forward to step to an aero bike myself. Greetings from Curaçao 🇨🇼
The only mechanical groupset that offers true sprint-shifting. This is SRAM DoubleTap's strongest advantage. And I'm saying this as a Shimano-biased rider.
I used to work in the textile industry and served my time as mechanical and maintenance engineer, I no longer work in industry and miss the process of getting my hands dirty and fixing things that aren't quite right or that are totally broken. I regularly strip one of my bikes down and do pretty much all of what you guys do in the workshop. It is so rewarding and just as much fun as riding them. Thanks for giving us another insight into the world of bike servicing and TLC.👍
Love it guys, good to have you back! Just hover on the final after shot of the finished bike a bit longer, it's all over very quickly at the end and we like to see it in all its splendor!
Brilliant job again. Nothing gets past you boys. Wealth of experience together with undoubted passion, the customer gets better than factory spec. Marvellous
Echo that comment . Well done boys, glad you had a well deserved break, exemplary levels of professionalism as always …….. (standards of care equivalent to that for Aston Martin in the car world)………..great stuff 👏👏👏
Great video again. Thank you for all your efforts, producing these videos. And I really like the detail, that this time the thumbnail got the exact bike. Thanks for improving these details.
Welcome back BikeSpeeds! Hope you had a good break. Lee, you went well above & beyond with your service & detaiing for this premium Specialized bike. Wow!
Great bike made better thanks to Bikespeeds. So many little details with the bike that just needed a thorough service and detail. Hope you guys had a Happy Easter. Lee, because of your comments about the importance of torquing the bike, I bought a torque wrench and went through my bikes. What a difference…everything feels so much better, and no more rattling components. Great to have you back.
I was waiting for you to put the oval chain rings back in a different position to which you found them, but you nailed that one as well. Great job as always.😆
We were a big fan of the design of this one. Next week we have a neon green bike but the paint shone incredibly after polishing it and it’s in our top list of bikes we’ve filmed for that reason!🧡⚙️
Another spectacular video! I tried assembling my own Venge when I first got it. It wasn’t until I took it to a professional shop that I realized the errors of my ways. They had to reroute my cables as well and made all the difference in the world with performance and looks!
Makes me so happy to see bikes saved like this. What a beauty! This to me is when bikes were made at their best. Today it seems race/endurance/gravel are 1 category and they just don’t look and ride like these bikes. I just refurbed a 2013 Madone 5.9 DI2 and getting it on the road just made me remember what made me fall in love with cycling.
Awesome! Great to hear you’re still enjoying your bike we’re also fond of that era of bikes it was a peak before things became very very complicated for little gains🧡
Another fantastic job. Nice A~Z of a bike servce. For those that understand how the bike works, really appreciate the subtle but critical things u are doing to get the bike roadworthy and working like new. I would say in my limited experience, building up the bike is the easy part. It is initial strip and cleaning that is an art. U made it looked so easy. All because u have established a working smooth workflow. Very nice. Please continue sharing. Have a great week ahead.
I have a 2013 Giant TCR and 2018 Propel, i love riding both of them, I service both bikes monthly which is about 500k’s each bike, then twice a year I do a total strip down, they look amazing when I do that 🚴🏻🚴♀️👍
Desr Lee and Simon, nice service again. Missed you already 😄Wish you a nice weekend now, greetings from Germany, and I will spend some time with my lovely Giant e-bike in the garage on Sunday 🌞👍🍀💪
Welcome back and hope Easter was filled with chocolate and fun. Lobely bike and cracking service to get going again. Great job and thanks for sharing as always 🎉
Outstanding bike service , what you have done to this bike is worth every penny . When I’ve taken my bike in for a service at my local bike shop I’ve played some of your videos and requested your level of detail when my bike is serviced . For me you have set a standard that a require when my bike needs a service. Watching your videos has now become a ritual I look forward to every week or when you release the next episode . Wonderful viewing👍🏾.
Welcome back🎉. You're audience missed you and hopes you had a pleasant holiday. That bike is now ready to provide summer fun 😎 great job as always, and looking forward to your online shop venture. Cheers!
what a beautiful bike its probably riding better than it did brand new...... SO much work............ some point id love to have the time and tools and skill set to take care of my own bikes
I have this bike. This is why the video was suggested to me. This is sooo satisfying to watch. Subscribed. How much do you charge for a service like this?
Hello again and thank you for the video(s). Love this bike. I have a couple Allez Sprint models from around this year. I am a fan of torque specs and was wondering if you could start mentioning in passing the spec on the component you have the wrench on? Would love to hear the torque spec of a brake cable pinch bolt.
Usually components have their torque setting written on them which is why we never mention it, bike models can vary so much you’re just best of checking your own bike! Thanks again for joining us 🧡⚙️
great service as usual and what a great bike that is! was surprised to see a shimano lock on a cassette - or a whole shimano cassette - with sram groupset
Our grease selections come with a guide when you buy them but in general, copper for metal on metal, oil on pivot points, premium grease on premium parts and general purpose grease everywhere else 🧡
I have 3 bikes, Trek Domane DI2 & BMC MTB both work like a charm. But I have A Scott Foil RC20 2022 and that’s my race bike, but had been a nightmare regarding the brakes. The SRAM Rival AXS levers are making this peeping noice, brake rotors keep touching and making this horrible noice. The bike has been in multiple bike shops, the issues are still there. If I would be in the UK I would bring my bike in for service at your store just because I feel it’s going to be in very good hands (issues would be fixed).
Can a motivated beginner use a 2nd hand Venge like this to start riding? I'm in love with the Venge and found one in great condition. Thinkin about using it as my 1st real road bike.
Just curious you torque all the bolts but you use copper grease on the bolts which is good but do the settings you use take the grease into consideration as grease can alter the torque settings
In general torque fastener talk, that is the case, but I've torqued multiple greased bolts according to labeled specs and damaged nothing. Torquing fasteners dry is asking for trouble in the future, like getting them seized. Instructions will tell you when not to grease a fastener.
Hello bikespeeds I'm a student in India who commutes to college on my bike... Do you have any suggestions or tips for bike maintenance?... btw big fan of your work!❤
I wash the frame before i build it back up again. Saying about your website sales 3 weeks ago i asked for your email for sales contact but i don’t seem to have any response
As a detailer, I cringe a little everytime I see you "polishing" matte paint. What you're doing is bringing that finish closer to a satin finish and smoothing it out which is the exact opposite of the intended effect of matte finishes. The best thing you can do with matte paint is to decomtamite it as much as possible with soap that doesn't contain any gloss effects (waxes) and then use a matte paint coating to protect it. As always... LOVELY job on these videos!
I always think it strange that people buy expensive bikes and seem to know absolutely nothing about maintaining them. The same applies to cars - is it that the things themselves have become too complicated (by design of the manufacturers) or is it that people have just become too lazy to learn how to look after their own stuff?
There are various reasons, one of them being that some of them don't have mechanical aptitude. Some don't even know how to remove a rear quick-release wheel from a frame because they don't know how to pivot the rear derailleur out of the way. One of my customers didn't know how to align the skewer levers properly until I taught him (the levers were lined up with the frame tubes before this, making them difficult to flip open and doesn't guarantee full clamping force).
