Vintage bike full resto (DIY) 80’s Saracen Conquest MTB 

Thanks heaps to MonkeyShred for sending the frame all the way from the UK, Benny(Bennys Bike Shop) and Dave Benson for fixing the fork, NekoCycles for the cool custom reflectors! Appreciate you all for checking out the video, have a great weekend!

Forget the like button. Where’s the love button?! That came out so good! Much better than I could have done with it 😅 Bloody good job! Love that crankset too! How green and lush is NZ?! You’ve got some views there eh!

It's always people who ride in high vis vests who are most dangerous on the trails 😂. Beautiful build.

I've been waiting patiently (almost 😋😁) for the outcome of this beautifully built classic British mountain bike. As you know, I bought one in 1985 for the princely sum of £750. It was my second MTB after my rather disappointing Ridgeback XT, but that was a £280 bike 😵‍💫. I'm such a snob 😅😂. I have to say, I'm over the moon. Your choice of components is superb. The Suntour ratchet levers were far superior than the Shimano ones. And those bear traps 👍. My shins approve, not! 😂. I kind of knew that once you got your hands on it, it was never going to be black with the go-faster red decals 😢, but it looks beautiful, bless you. It does remind me of the Overbury with that colour scheme and the TA copy chainset, and the B17 of course. The Conquest had the B66 with red springs. Soooo comfortable. Really enjoyed your ride. Made me giggle. "I'M A SARACEN CONQUEST, GET OUT OF MY WAY PEASANTS". 🤣🤣🤣. I attended a book tour by Richard Crane at Bangor university of their 'Bicycles up Kilimanjaro' jaunt. They shouldered the bikes all the way to the top and rode them all the way down. Bought a signed book and collared Richard outside with my bike 😅. Lovely fella. Rode it up and down Snowdon many times. Rode it all over Snowdonia and did a weeks offroad tour in mid Wales ( fully kitted out with Jim Blackburn front low riders, Blackburn 4 point rear carrier, Blackburn bottle cage [told you I was a snob😅], and the old Carradice cotton duck panniers x4 and Carradice cotton duck long flap saddlebag). Awesome bike. Absolutely bullet proof. This is why I had a particular interest in this build. ❤ Fantastic job mate. Well worth waiting for 👍

While watching this, I got thirsty, so I got me a glass of wooder…….😉😘 Greetings from Southern California ✌️

Really nice! I forgot that Mark mentioned that frame, glad to see it's being put to good use!

Such a sweet build...thanks as always for sharing!

Fantastic job! .. great to see these older bikes getting a bit of 'Luvin'

I’ve got a Dawes Cougar with the 531 All Terrain tubing.I converted it to a trans Continental touring bike with a Rohloff hub.20,000 kms laters it’s still brilliant

Nice job! I had the same wrinkle issue when refinishing a vintage sewing machine and called the manufacturer support line, and after a few questions, we determined that i sprayed too far past the window of time for recoating, and i should have waited 48 hours. It was either recoat within 15 minutes or wait 48

Hi TRs, I'm a recent subscriber, thanks for your channel. It's a gentile, much needed alternative to the white noise of modern 'you must buy this' cycling culture. 👍

Always a pleasure to watch your videos man. It's the little tricks and cheats I'm enjoying the most. Like the drill-polish-thing. I'll try that next time!

Beautiful build with a lot of attention to detail (and some extra love, I guess). That crankset is the perfect match for this bike! I did a restomod on a French touring bike just now, also Reynolds 531, and it came out with this excellent ride quality only high quality steel tubing can deliver.

This is a great build,really nice!!Great job Adam!,always look forward to your videos!💯👋

Great restoration and what a beautiful place to go for a ride!

Perfect and beautiful bike!

Sick bike and cool vid. Cheers for sharing👍

Great job!

Another nice restoration build😍

A perfect watch for a slow Sunday morning start here in the UK. Thank you for your efforts All the best Andy

Excellent job, beautiful bike

I am getting Crust vibes, fantastic job she's a real looker now. Thanks for sharing 👍

very nice!!!! another great build!!

Mate, the ride at the end was just amazing to watch and join. Those trails are so sick! Also, sweet build of course ;)

Looks amazing

omg this bike is so beautiful

build and ride were great!

Lovely restoration. A Toasty Rides + Monkeyshred cross-pollination.

Love it ! Dig Those tires too !!

Nice resto! I had one of these but sold it as it was just that but too small for me.. Shame as they ride beautifully! Great vid as always! Enjoy the bike 😊

Very cool build. The gold lining was a nice touch. By the way, I was inspired by one of your previous videos to give JB Weld steelstik a try with repairing an old mudguard - it turned out quite well, though I need to get better quality paints next time!

Video quality appears to drop off with the ride, different video camera used? Always nice to see a Saracen bike build, whether original or custom build. Thanks for sharing.

Nice bike

Nice frame although I'm thinking it could have been a better road bike build. Nonetheless as always amazing builds! Love your channel, a gem of RU-vid for sure!

nicely done. the handlebars look as if they would be comfortable for me and my stiff old wrists. Enjoyed your test ride; looks as if it dodges oncoming bikers pretty well. What a group, eh? Thanks.

Вы волшебник, браво👏👏👏

Wow! What a superb build! And that paint job, really nice! What brand primer, paint and clear coat do you use/recommend?

Very nice! Period appropriate components. Personally I would have just got it grit blasted to get all the paint and rust off. I picked up a Raleigh road bike and a Cannondale e-bike (for her) 2 years back in the Isle of Man and the first thing I had to do was switch the brakes over to the Continental/US sides. Even the hydraulic ones were simple to do myself.

Absolutly georgeous overall, the 80s mtb frames had better finish than the 90s mtb, I really love the segmented fork

Love the build and the soothing edit as usual, thanks! Quick question but where do you order decals? I'm restoring a 70's bike and am having trouble with finding some decals that fit the bike. Thanks in advance!

I love that you have the equivalent of US rail trail riders.

Fantastic Job. The paint looks amazing. Please share paint and the paint pen used.

this build is so good, did you take some inspo from a rivbike?

Belíssima my friend stunning

Tjoho nice bike

6:14 a fellow counter strike enjoyer :)

Buena bicicleta Saludos desde Perú

Jesus christ that looks mint lmao

I was wondering what you were up to 😊

10:14 What's that Pen lookin' thingie majiggy you're using in the bottom headset cup there matey?

Nice Bke! What art of Paintroller is that for the lug line paint?

Judging by your comments about Deer Head, I guess I did OK with the purchase of a very early RockHopper… The bike is in good shape. It comes with full Deer Head, even the pedals. I paid $60 US. That works?

I've just put closed captions on to check what you said about the handlebars. It says Neto Bomber handlebars, any links for the handlebar & quill adapter used Thanks.

My friend has a univega bike that he got for free it also has nice parts.

Where do I get that color, I have Avery similar bike to this I'm doing up and I wanted something like the pink v can

what site did you buy these tyres from

It would be nice if you stopped for a second to let these old folks pass, specially when they are taking the curve. You didn't even slow down. No consideration