Upgrading the eBay Bike with New Parts
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Thank you Francis...most channels show new , high tech , and expensive.....everything ! Cycling can be too expensive for a lot of folks , and you showing alternatives to this is HUGE .
May I introduce you to: Oldshovel, Spindatt and Toasty Rides, sir?
If the “give a new life to old frames” is something that interest you I highly recommend you to check them out!
There are many more quality channels as well, but those are my favorites!
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And. You’ve discovered my nicknames
@@cb6866 it’s always a pleasure to meet like minded people!
@@CM-fi6tu i'll check Spindatt out thanx, new one on me.
The other 2, concur, both do great work on old Steel Is Real bikes, great channels.
Path Less Pedalled another pretty good US channel for UnSerious Cyclists.
Keep Cycling Weird!
26 resurgence is a big welcome, 26 bikes are much more fun to ride on simple technical stuff, make everything simple feels challenging. excellent content my dude
That would be a great bike to donate to a charity for people that need basic bike builds.
All of my bikes were used and upgraded except my Brompton. By far happier with getting a bike that way. I look at what I spent and what I got and I got so much more than I could have afforded at the time. The Brompton was purchased by me when I realized it was the best for my commute and that I just needed to spend that for my own comfort.
Every bike is good, and every bike handed down, better. Every day on a bike is a good day. I guess... Everything about this is good.
If you want to upgrade the brakes on such a bike I would highly recommend the Magura Hydraulik rim brakes
I use them on the bike I use for hauling heavy trailer and it's really efficient and not much expensive than an good set of vbrake. (It will eat trough your rims quite fast so It's important to check the width of the braking surface regularly)
Whole community of retro mtb builders out there thinking “nice build but I’d do it up even cheaper” or “man that Scott deserves some XTR.”
I do that! Functionally, there's really no reason to buy anything better than XT ... but XTR is like jewellery for your bike! lolz
I restored an old Ritchey MTB from the mid 80s. Set it up with 1X on a 11-46 Suntour cassette. It’s absolutely amazing and still feels like a retro bike with a modern twist! I am a huge fan of these restro mods builds, it’s so important to keep these old beasts rolling into the future!
I recently bought a 1980s Carlton Pro AM12 and a 1970's Raleigh both drop bars.
Never ridden a road bike before so it was quite an experience, especially with the gears on levers between your legs!
Found this video great especially as I'm trying to improve them on a budget!
Thank you!
I've got an old 26er rigid giant iguana. I put drops on it and turned it into a gravel bike. Absolutely love it!
I love the paintjob on this frame
Did something similar last year - Specialized Rockhopper with a cheap old groupset for 60€, now rebuild with 1x8 and bigger tyres. I can relate with not touching the brake system 😅
I did a similar thing, I picked up a pair of second-hand Mavic Crossmax Pros from eBay for less than £200 which totally transformed the bike. I could not believe the difference decent wheels made!
As a happy bonus, the Mavics are tubeless ready, so I am running the bike in a tubless setup.
Good fun to be had with little outlay! Win.
Short stem with adapter, 72cm riser bar, and some old Madura HS33s so that it will actually stop
Southern Californian here. 27c is a gorgeous day. its currently 32c at 8am. Its going to get to 42c today.
love this bike 80's gold.
I challenge you to build a sub £500 road race bike on ebay. Then race it for a top 10. in a cat 3+ race. This is the affordable content we need in these tough times!
Second-hand bikes are my life on bikes and I just got home from work, an hour-plus over hill and dale on a 26" mountain bike modified for fun and functionality--including a 250-watt front-hub motor, a conversion kit by Green Zone Bikes and talk about simple, just the wheel and a Samsung battery and a thumb-paddle shifter, no sensors and no gizmos. And you did great with this bike and upgrades, Francis, that's a clean and classy build. And yeah, you could spend more but if you did, I'd suggest a rear rack and panniers and lights and fenders. And just get new wheels when the spokes start snapping. That's usually when I realize, hmm, time for new wheels. :)
90's purple cool 😎 💜 from Scott. They don't make bike frames like that anymore. Bomb proof frame, sensible spec upgrade, nice one Francis 👍
Such a beauty of a little bike
Love this. Fun, environmental, affordable. Too many channels just banging on about expensive new stuff (or demonstrating crap used/budget bikes).
very cool. Nice to see with some vintage stuff ;)
I can recommend the Advent groupset as easy fairly priced drive update
('90s Marin Palisades Trail & Trek 7000 ZX in use here)
Nice little build for commuting 😁
Just shorten the bridge wire a bit and keep using the cantis. Tradition! Love it.
Sickest paint job.
I actually like that color scheme 🙂
Completely agree. Keep the forks but get an adapter, stem and bars. Will look fire
Be careful with that Toopre chain. The minimum km you can get out of that chain is like 500km.
Spot on Francis great refreshing vlog, just built up a 2006 sworks m5 hardtail for my son with a secondhand frame 26inch mavic disc wheels with Hope hubs which was a great fun building, by the way you sent me a message last week but couldn’t open it 🤷♂️🤷♂️
That message probably wasn't from me but from a spam account, there has a lot been going around CZcams recently! :(
28C? I’ll take that! We’ll be 38-39C today with fairly high humidity. Ick.
Sweet!! Now hit the trails on that thing and see what it was like in the ‘80s when I started mountain biking!! It was a different sport 😆
HARD
It's the middle of winter where I'm from in South Africa and it reached 27 degrees over the last 2 days.
also if you want to upgrade wheels, idk what the shipping is like, but crustbikes sells 26 inch tubeless ready wheelsets, you can also get them with son hubs
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Budget upgrades nice, you could always go for a carbon cycles fork they do them with an inch steerer v-brake compatible not exactly budget upgrade. Brake wise Magura's or a decent set of V-brakes. My old bike was XTR v-brakes till it's final outing in wales when I retro fitted it with discs. Also was feeling tired today must be the heat. :)
Why did we never see this gem again
you don't appear to have the usual ;spring' in your voice.
in face you sound like me having just completed the 2022PCR - drained.
useful video - hope you recover soon.
Looking sweet
I've got all the old tools that don't get used these days but you never know. Put a used fork like an old Rockshox mag21 or manitou 2 it'll do that bike justice. Those old 26ers are fun still and people have travelled the world on those old steel MTBs.
26inch Lifestyles, love to see it.
I've just built a bergamont dolce for £350 including frameset, wheels, sensah empire groupset, bat tape and cable set and its a vast improvement on my old viking xrr road bike 👌🏻 between this and @tracevelo you sold me on sensah 😁
I know you mention plans to not upgrade it further but I would love to see what kind of modifications you would do to modernize a vintage bike like that Scott.
They still use those square taper bottom brackets in some modern mtb bikes. I know that Specialised used one in 2021 fuse model. Its perfectly good system still.
Stick some Fibrax red pad on, I love these with my resto mods, super soft but super cheap.
Id swap the square taper bb out for a hollowtech or something much lighter. Save half a kilo maybe
This is exactly what I’m doing with a really old 90s stumpjumper. Only issue I need wheels because i only got the frame. :(
That bike need a Scott Unishock suspension fork. 100% period correct upgrade. It will work with your brakes and wheels. 😁
A modern negative rise 100mm stem would make it look really really cool.
Slammalamma
I've still got my Scott Windriver, it has a new front crank and front wheel (original stolen), best comment I ever had was, this is light what is it made from. He was gobsmacked when I said steel.
Love the channel. 👍🏼 Just thinking after watching this. As many of us home mechanics have done, changed some if not all components on a certain brands frame. At what point can a bike still be called after it’s original make and model? As long as it’s the original frame?? Some brands have the same frame and it’s the components that change the model!? 🤔
It's like triggers broom ;)
90s MTB gang 👊
Oh Yes!
Francis is getting into older steel tube bikes.
90's mtb's is where its at.
Or early to mid 2000 bikes with cable discs....
Keep Cycling Weird.
The special tool i needed in the end was a dremel with a cutting wheel...
Great bike man!! You going to be doing anymore videos with brownsbikes soon?
I wish my ftp was so high that my first ride on a bike I break the derailer. It takes me at least three rides and two crashes before I do that.
take an antihistamine before sleeping, the effect will carry over to the next day and u won't feel sleepy/after baked.
Nice one, must pop in and see Nicky been too long
Upgrades people ….. upgrades
That bike is really cool. Are you considering a few more aliexpress purchases to get it running a modern drivetrain?
Good question, it works pretty well as it is right now!
Can we get an update on this nifty little nostalgia project? :)
What more do you need? Mudguards...
Wondering what the alternative smaller tyres are that you've ordered? Seems to me that 26er stuff is a bit thin on the ground.
2.1 versions of the same tyre, Hutchinson pythons
This has got me thinking. I currently have a Triban 120 road bike from Decathlon. It has micro shifters and shimano tourney groupset.
Question: it is worth upgrading the groupset and other components or simply get a new bike? (Such as a Trek Dolmane AL 2). Any comments welcome… thanks.
Hey Daniel, I also have a Triban road bike, but it's an RC520 in my case.
The RC520 has a drivetrain, which is partially 105, so I have 11 speeds and 2-by in the front.
Replacing your Tourney and going full 105 would cost you about 500 euro in parts, but I would suggest also going for a partial 105 with a 105 rear derailleur, shifters, 11-speed cassette and chain.
You will also probably need to change the hubs of your wheels (or maybe just some Decathlon wheels to save you some trouble), since Tourney is 6 or 7 speed, and the 11-speed cassette might not fit.
In the end that could cost you somewhere around 300 euro.
Only you can say if that price tag is worth it.
You can always set a goal for yourself, and if you reach it, reward yourself with that new gear!
27C is only 80F? That's like the coldest it gets here in the summer. Hell the tour is 40C in the mountains right now.
40C today, toasty for the UK
@@Cade_Media Whoa, quite toasty indeed! But the question is, are you out riding in it?
@@chicagoan absolutely not!
It's more than 30 degrees here in Asia.....27 degrees is fine...😅
38 tomorrow here!
@@Cade_Media 😳😳😳😳😳
Kanto bars :)
Upgrading older bikes is the most expensive endeavor. I have an old Cannondale that I’ve been tinkering with. I absolutely love it and SRAM eTap makes turning old bikes into modern feeling machines so easy.
You should only upgrade old bikes if you really like the frame. Like this Scott. Otherwise you'll just be spending stupid amount of money on an old frame that isn't really worth it.
Wait... swapping to 1x is as easy and cheap as that, why have I not done it yet! 🤦🏻♂️
Nick is silly. Don't listen to him XD. V-brakes yes but group upgrade is too much. Do a nice sweep back bar and you're sweet
Bottom line Francis. An old 1980’s or 90’s decent mtb will be perfect for many uses. Great stuff.
27C and an antihistamine? yeah you're falling asleep for sure my boy! Thanks for showing what you can do with a secondhand bike without breaking the wallet!
Instead of the low quality and ugly Tourney rear derailleur, I would've opted for a nice vintage Deore XT derailleur in good condition. Would've probably been the same price, looks/fits better and would last you much longer
Upgrade and Tourney don't go together, unless upgrading from Tourney.
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Bro, where is the LTwoo test ?
what is your bike workstand please and thank you!
Tacx!
Gotta fit drop bars with a 2nd hand 9 speed Sora shifters fitted.
Yew! That's a terrible idea. Frames designed for drops and frames designed for flat bars have different length top tubes. It's why the best flat bar gravel bikes tned to have a different frame to the rest of the range (see Specialized Diverge EVO). So I can't see that the geometry would work, but also why would you want drop bars on a gravel bike anyway? Drop bars are fine for the road, but the one place drop bars don't work is on gravel! They compromise both steering and brake control, and limit your ability to shift your weight around, and off-road you are seldom going fast enough to get any aero benefit. Drop bars off-road are a dreadful idea. IMO, obvs.
dude are you really putting a 1-by on like a 7speed
with respect its kinda funny you guys are complaining 27 to 30 degrees here in the Philippines we go for long rides at 40 degrees
Using old small range cassete with 1by system is nonsense. Old rear deraileur is better quality than newer plastic tourney crap imo.
magura hs brakes
Hellooo
hello!
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