Restoring the Galaxy - Rusty Bike Restoration - Part 2 Paint & Parts Referb!
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2021
- Welcome to this total restoration of a 1980 Dawes Galaxy.
This bike was brought through cheaply through eBay, and its condition required each and every part to be restored.
This rusty bike will be given its life back over the episodes of this mini series.
In Part 2 we finish stripping frame of paint and give it a stunning new coat of paint. Also during this time we clean and lubricate parts ready for refitting - this video covers extended restoration of the pedals and bottom bracket amongst others.
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Stay with us as we finish this off and show you the finished bike - this is a full restoration and not some kind of pimp up.... so where possible every part taken off will go back on once restored.
We hope you like it!
Take care and happy cycling!
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FYI soaking in vinegar for rust works well. For forks wrap in vinegar soaked paper towel.
With the tin foil you can use water, wd40 or vinegar.
A great build thankyou for sharing.
@@terrynye7034 thankyou for sharing. Take care and happy cycling 🙂👍
Great stuff, enjoyed both videos and look forward to see what you do with the wheels. That’s usually the part I usually struggle with. Some great lugs on that frame, a proper classic!
Thanks for your great comment. And interest in the what will be happening next. The filming is finished but editing is still underway - should be out in the next week so make sure your subscribed, and have hit the alarm bell to be notified when it's posted. The section on wheels is limited as the method I used took a lot of concentration, and if I am honest I follwed instructions from Jim Langley's CZcams channel - I will post the link to really useful clip I used to replace spokes and true the rear wheel. Take care and happy cycling!
Great vidio great bike please turn the music down off when you are speaking and place the cchannel locks in another room so you are not tempted to use them
Thanks for the feedback, when this was made I was more of a newbee to it all. Hopefully the sound has improved a little since then. Take care and happy cycling 🙂👍
A tip: when you are mixing spoken dialogue with music, make sure your levels are the same, otherwise your viewers will get fedup having to change their volume levels all the time.
Thanks for the comment. I have received another comment about this recently and have promised to look at this point for future videos. Always happy for constructive comments to improve the experience for the viewer. Take care and happy cycling 🙂👍
Nice build. Just a few remarks. The pedals may have a tiny bit of play on the bearings, because the axle bends a little bit under pressure. And, imho, it is usually not necessary to replace the {inner} cables, if they are not rusty or bent. They don't really wear in any way, do they?
Hi, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. You have some good points. The pedals had a little bit of play in even when not under pressure, and I always try to replace the cables to make gears and brakes that little bit smoother and hopefully more reliable in the long run. Thanks for the nice words. I loved doing this bike! Take care and happy cycling!!! 🙂👍
Did you wet sand between primer, base coat and finish coat.. then lacquer?
Hi Chris , thanks for commenting. During this repaint I did not sand between coats, however I would highly recommend that you do. Also I would say don't spray over decals. The paint can react with the decals and cause issues. This bike was kind of my training as it had been years since doing anything similar. I hope that helps. My next project where I spray a frame will be by debossing any decals as it looks way better. Take. Care and happy cycling! 🙂👍
Where's Part 3?
Thanks for the comment. Part three is almost finished but I had to wait until lockdown was finished to get some final footage. Sorry for the delay. If you subscribe and hit the bell icon then you will be alerted when part three is posted. Take care and happy cycling!
The 3rd episode is available now, check out the channel page. Cheers
Hey, great vid but a question or 2. Why would you reuse old bearings? Isn't it easier to just replace them? Also, not seen in this vid still wondering. You mentioned that the chain was scrap in the previous video. How do you manage to pair new chain with old cassette/free wheel and chain rings without the chain skipping?
So this bike was really surprising in terms of the condition of the bearings. Generally really good. You can check the condition enough and make a decision. Mine were in good shape and would just add a little extra expense that was not needed. Also I think it's great to show people what can be done. The headset bearing did get replaced because I lost a couple!!! So I though I may as well replace all - you will see that in the next program. On the point of the chain. Usually you can get a cassette to last for about three chains. The trick is to use a chain wear tool to asses the condition of the chain and replace before excess wear (streach) in the chain damages the cadette. If you are not doing that right now I would urge you to pay the little bit of money on that tool and use it regularly to help replace chains before you have to fork out for a new cadette due to avoidable and premature wear. My chain was just too rusty to bother spending time on as it had wear on it and would have needed replacing on around 500 to 1000 miles. At less than £8, it was worth changing! Hope that answers your questions? Take care and happy cycling my friend. :)