Ultimate Giant Propel Service! Rusted Solid Cables! Road Bike Rebuild! 

Oh my giddy aunt, don't you wish every bike shop would be as thorough as you guys. Most of the shops I've ever used can't be arsed and even sometimes come back worse

This is the best channel for bike restoration, cleaning, detailing, and repairs on You Tube. Thanks again Lee for another wonderful video. A special thanks to Simon for all the work behind the camera. The father son teamwork is appreciated by your loyal fans. 👍👏

We love Simon.

That 6800 Ultegra is still an awesome groupset. 👍👍I have the same groupset and I recently had all my cables overhauled (inners and outers) and stock pulley wheels replaced with some from BBB Rollerboys. It feels like a new bike! shifting is very crisp and effortless.

Thanks Simon!

Great service guys ! Wednesdays wouldn't be the same without a video dropping in 👍

The thing I love about the videos you guys do is consistency. Consistency in uploading, but also in quality of the finished product, video and bike both!

The customer will be pleased with that result!

That cassette went from coal black to mercury silver. Amazing transform! Great stuff 😊

You mention giving a like for the editor, for anyone who has never edited a video, it usually takes about 3 times longer than the video is long. But something for the viewer to consider, they film this over a few days, meaning that there is hours of video to go through and the editor picks out the parts they want and does the editing magic to it, then the voice over needs to be added to the video and also the music. All those parts need to match up right to have a smooth video, and most viewers who don’t edit video will never realize that editing takes a lot of patience and an eye for details. I not only give you a like but also huge applause 👏 👏 👏 for your efforts. On top of that, your group effort is why I drop a like and a comment on every video you put out, you deserve every view and more.

Simon, we watch!😁

Bike speeds gets better and better each week .

Go Simon go!

I might have mentioned this before but I always like the video and every comment, hope it helps the algorithm. 😀

I hope you are feeling better you sound a bit sick or tired.... and good job Simon.

Thanks Simon for my Bikespeeds video fix. Great service especially on these bikes with cables running through the frame. That's an odd design routing the cables behind the headtube. Cracking job as usual.

I bet that was one happy customer!!! Love watching you clean them up.

Top job Simon and your getting close to 20k subscribers I remember when you was looking for 10k. It’s worth the effort and cannot wait for Wednesday 👍

Great job SIMON & for you as well 👏👍

Great job Simon 👍

As always awesome job simon.

Shout out to Simon. I love these videos

I love the editing on these videos with the combination of normal speed and fast forward. Keep up the great work Simon!

Brilliant guys, great video. I love the look of the new chain on the clean cluster. Thanks heaps.

Another happy bike. Love the brake detail I see in the future a bike speed detail kit 😎

Well done Simon!!. Great work.

Boom.! Another Propel, old Sokol one. That’s come up beautifully great job and also fantastic filming and editing 🙌😎🇫🇮

Simon you're doing a wonderful job! Cheers from across the pond in California! Thanks for another great detailing video!

Thank you Lee and Simon your videos are just great so glad I found your channel , always look forward to Wednesday's. 👍

Champion Simon

Really pops after the detailing!👌

Nice going once again 😁 this is the time bike shops can get busy as people are looking to get there racing bike ready for the new season starting in march 😁

Great work and another great video. Well done Simon.

Nice work Simon! Your work is greatly appreciated from Cincinnati, OH USA! I enjoy all your videos! Can you all do a video on how to properly index a bike gears? I’ve seen other videos present this (from GCN) but I think you guys will explain it better! Thank you!

Simon, my man! Your work is much appreciated, stellar performance, both from you and your old man. Being a senior citizen myself I can almost get emotional over the father/son project you guys share. Keep up the good work!💪🏻

Hy guys, as always a perfect job, video and a nice bike. Take your rest tonight and I will be watching again next week! Greetings from Germany 👍😘☀️🍀🌞

A huge thank you for this video. This is the bike frame I'm on currently. I am resisting upgrading, as my Propel is solid and rides well in the group, full of much more expensive bikes. I have done a good job of keeping it clean and serviced, but watching you has given me some ideas on where I can improve. I will definitely invest some time in waxing and protective coating it.

I only found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been watching these videos at a good pace and I already love the work you and Simon do! Thank you!

You've earned another subscriber, Simon!

My bike would so love to come to your shop!

Simon, thank you for your time!

Simon, you do amazing work with these videos. Your work is so appreciated as we learn from Bikespeeds!

Thanks Simon😊

I've never seen V-brakes like these before. I would imagine they work really well.

Turning wrenches with a Rolex! Life is good in the bike maintenace world!

Super work Simon!

We should all be so lucky as to have a shop man like this! Great work. 🙂

Keep it up Simon! Great work, really enjoy these videos, great editing, great narrating and explaining.

Excellent bike for a very reasonable price.

Just found this video and subscribed. Learned a ton that I can apply to my bike. Thanks.

Stunning bike and well done Simon for your great work .

Subscribed for Simon!

Hey, hey!! nearly 20k subs!!! well done!!. These few minutes are so relaxing for me. Thank you. Plus I love to learn stuff.

Great rebuild except for the shoddy bar tape. Otherwise immaculate. Thanks for this excellent video

Wow, this was a beautiful detailing and all of the little details really came together to make the frame and group set look immaculate! 👌👏👏👏

Giant revised the cable routing design a couple of times since the gen 1 propel, the gen 2 had the gear and hydraulic brake cables still going over the stem but tucked in under a cover and through the headset bearings. The gen 3 now routes the cables under the stem through the headset bearings in a much sleeker design. All designs trying to improve on the issue picked up in this service. In the near future solving for cable routing will be a thing of the past with di2 now so affordable on the Shimano 105 product.

Another great video guys. Well done for the 1st class video editing Simon, as always, lots of support and appreciation for you on here and rightly so. Know from Lee how much you put into it and how much attention to detail you have, even knowing when your dad is saying certain phrases when using the editing software. Good work lads, 20k subs soon 👍

Well done Simon! Thank you both for this great video, very satisfying!🤙

Another fabulous video and well worth the time the took to record. Learning so much about maintenance from this channel. Thank you👏

Another great video. Love learning how to take care of a quality bike, and love the care you put in. Thanks BikeSpeeds team

Great service!

We're watching Simon ! (from Australia, every Thursday) - great work guys, your passion is inspiring. Looking forward to seeing the website!

Nicely done 👍

I love your attention to detail @2024

Good job Simon

The cable routing on the propel is the worst I've experienced on any road bike. I'd love to garotte the designer with one of his springy cable guides. Extra gratuitous bends for extra friction, springback from cable guides needing to be overcome and cable guide cover that relies on tension from front derailleur to keep in place. Could never shift into the smallest two cogs because of all this. Ended up drilling though the cover and running a continuous length of housing through from right shifter to rear derailleur in order to get acceptable shifting. The other problems with the prople is the brakes are lousy. Giant/TRP have gone through five different V-brake designs and they're all lousy. After warrantying a couple of generations I gave in and bought Fouriers, which actually work and have more clearance. Two things I thought you'd mention - the brass bushings on the brake pivots need regular cleaning and maintenance or the brakes will seize. Much more often than on sidepull calipers. Very surprised you didn't show this. Secondly, assuming it's a carbon fork steerer, the stem should be supported by the internal steerer expander and this doesn't appear to be the case here unless it's very long. Giant tend to overbuild their carbon frames and parts (a good thing) so I'd trust their carbon more than any other manufacturer, but I'd like to see that stem supported internally. Sorry if this appears harsh, but I've spent dozens of hours on my Propel trying to get stuff to work acceptably that should require only a few minutes on other bikes.

We appreciate your efforts Simon! Hopefully the day when you get some retribution for these videos will come soon! This is top notch content! 💪🔧

Great work both of you. Keep em coming👍

Fab video amazing what goes into a bike service well done Lee and well done Simon for the camera work we all appreciate your work xx

Great work as always 👍

Brilliant (again).

Great job Simon! 👍

Nice work on a nice bike 😊👍🏻👍🏻

Hi Simon, it is really nice to see you working such a cool bike. I currently own a Giant Propel Advanced and learned a lot about how you can replace the inner cables for shifting and braking. Thx!

Tip top 😊

Extremely satisfying to see the results in all your videos. I could literally watch them for hours! As others have said, Wednesdays wouldn't be as good without a Bikespeeds vid. looking forward to your upcoming website too.

Always enjoy your videos and look forward to each one. I've learned a lot about bike cleaning and maintenance.

I always appreciate the effort that you and Simon always put into giving us this great videos.. Much love from Kenya Nairobi 🇰🇪🇰🇪.. Keep up the good work..

Great job👏

Great job. Bike looks brand new. Owner must be so pleased?

Great video!! Thanks!!!

Cheers Simon.

Amazing job, great video, I wish a service like this is available in my country. Owner of this propel is for jail 😁 I think he never cleaned a chain or casette 😁

I look forward to your videos every week. I like the variety of bikes you choose to show. Super nice road bikes, to budget hybrid bikes, you always give the same attention to detail and they all come out looking fantastic. As I've said before, I find your content almost meditative with he way you shoot these videos and your calming voice. You also inspire me to work on my own aging fleet of bikes. Great stuff!

Another triumph lads, great stuff. Thanks to you both for all the hard work and wider commitment to the cycling world. Your passion is exemplary 👏👏👏. Chapeau

Another great job lads. Its an eye opener seeing the the various lubricants specific for each component. Really satisfying to watch this video, the level of care and conciencious mindset is on another level. As ever, your videos continue to inspire me to care for my bikes. Keep 'em coming

Amazing job as always. Wednesday's are always a little bit better with a bikespeeds video. Keep up the great work, guys!

Always appreciate these vids ,cheers

Excellent work, attention to detail, pride 💪🏽...

Lovely videos! Always enjoying watching your videos.

Lovely stuff 👌🏻

Nice work

Awesome video 🇬🇧👍🏻and iv just got a second hand giant propel and this is a great help thanks guys 👍🏻

I always look forward to Wednesday for these videos.

Love your videos, have been doing what you guys do for years, full service + polishing. I use a Proxxon Micomot WP/E polisher it makes such a good result on paint.

+1 for Simon face reveal!

Nice one Simon. Good work.

Great one as usual gents. Love the attention to detail you do. But I'd hate to deal with internal cabling!

Nice job 👍🏼 awesome 🚴🏼‍♂️

Light materials but works very well