Cheap Bike Build Off | Raleigh Superbe Franken-bike | 2 years No Beers
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Today is 2 years No Beers for me, so we'll make a halfhearted attempt at going over the basket case Raleigh to see where we stand. Check the frame to see if it's bent, clean a few parts, and lay out what we have, and completely forget to make a list of what's missing. Oh well. Might have a donor bike lined up, so we can follow up on that later in the week.
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21:30 The eclectic, stream of consciousness vibe is part of the greatness of these vids. Congratulations on 2 years.
Thanks so much! Some of them I just run with the brain dump. When there’s time enough, I’ll get to all the fancy edit jazz.
Happy weekend my friend.
Your approach to all of this feels like home to me!
That might be the nicest thing anyone has said to me in a long time. Thank you so very kindly! Grateful for your kind words!!!
2 years, brother. That’s no joke. Good for you. 21 years here and so grateful.
Hi friend! Thanks for your continued support and encouragement! It is greatly appreciated!!!
Congratulations on the 2 years no beers! Recently stumbled upon this channel as a returning cyclist myself after being off the bike for 18 years since i was a kid. Videos are great especially the 'saved from trash' bikes and built from bits you have lying around. Keep up the great content. Your friend Stu, from South Australia
Hey Stu! Thanks a bunch. I’ll bet you had a similar experience when you got back on a bike and- “OHHHH YEAH!!! This is why I loved this when I was young!”
All the best from Lake Erie.
That’s a great accomplishment. Just hit 3 years myself. Basically put down the bottle and picked up a bike and couldn’t be happier. Wrenching and riding bikes is much more intoxicating than any drink out there. Keep up the good work. Diggin’ your channel. Just subscribed 👍
Congrats on your 3 years! I agree, best thing I’ve ever done is to give up the booze.
Thanks so much!
All the best from Lake Erie!
Congratulations Josh on 2 years ! Happy for your personal success . Chuck
Thank you Chuck!!! Much gratitude!
2 years, fantastic. That's a big deal ! Can't wait to ride soon
Thanks a bunch.
I just spent about 45 minutes aligning the dropouts and then aligning the derailleur hanger on my 1986 restomod Specialized Allez. I was having a bit of hesitation on shifting, now it's instant.
Amazing much of a difference that can make!
Love old lugged frames. My old Scwhinn Traveler road bike and Schwinn High Sierra (one of the first commercial mountain bikes) had sweet lugs on them. The steel frames were heavy as hell but fun to ride.
I feel like I remember your high Sierra.
Congrats on the two years.
Thanks so much! Best thing I’ve ever done for myself and those around me.
Hi Josh, absolutely loving the bike build videos. You cannot go wrong with a bike called the "Su...perb"! (one of my favourite words😂).
Raleigh was the brand I grew up with in the 60s & 70s and I remember my dad singing their praises back then. Like you, he would do bike builds in his garage from all the stuff he had lying around or was given, but sadly his engineering skills skipped a generation and didn't get handed down to me. If it's beyond changing a chain or fixing a puncture I tend to use my local bike shop (helps to keep them in business I suppose).
I particularly enjoyed your explanation of the frame alignment tool, and great videography skills there as well...👏🏻
I had a look at Raleigh on Wiki, and in the historic models tab there's a photo of a green Superbe complete with a massive front dynamo light. Maybe you could hang one of your big lanterns on the light holder instead...😂
All the best, Dave
Hi Dave!!! I absolutely read that first part in your voice. You have some sort of magic charm that makes me smile every time you say that (Su...perb.)
Thanks so much for the kind words. Interesting story about your father. While you may not have received his mechanical skills, you did seem to pick up his love of bicycles.
I do have a kerosene bicycle lamp... but I do not have the clamp to attach it to the bike. My intentions are to eventually build a wheel set with a modern (or vintage if I can find it) dynamo hub to have a vintage bike with a modern lighting system.
Thanks always, Dave! All the best from Lake Erie.
Sweet man! Congrats on the 2 yrs and the straight A's. That Raleigh is going to be a fun build!
Thanks homie! Always wanted a Raleigh… I guess it should have expected it would be a hassle/rat rod kind of bike. That’s where the fun and excitement seems to live.
@EriebyCycle yeah, but you have all the original parts for a full restore. Hopefully it goes well and there's no hiccups.
At first glance, I said to myself, I'd make that fixie, but then you dug through the box and then I knew it has to be a full restore. Should be fun to do!!
Well, I have parts to make it a mish mash of off colored Raleigh parts... so I don't think I'd call it a restore. (maybe I'm just thinking of the word "restore" differently?) I definitely want to keep it as close to original Raleigh parts as possible. Going to see about that step through donor bike tomorrow. We shall see how it goes.
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My hat is off to you on 2 years. 3.5 here. I remember cleaning and polishing bike parts in the first month in my basement bike cave. Bikes and riding saved me and me going.
Best to you.
Awesome! I’m finding there are a lot more of us than folks might think.
Congrats on your 3-1/2!
Thanks so much for the kind words!!!
Hey man, thanks for the video.
we dont need famous tool brands for doing this 👍
2 years 👍 well done, congrats.
thanks for show me some tips about bycicle build 🙏
Success for you and your channel.
I suscribe today
i like frankenbici😀
Hi friend. Glad you found it useful! All the best from Lake Erie!
Bikes not beers for me too, man. Good job. Keep going. I'm at 3 1/2 years.
Hell yeah, man! Best decision I’ve ever made. Congrats on your success as well!
Enjoyed the videos. Congrats on the 2 years no beers, that's an accomplishment to be proud of!
Thanks homie! I hope and trust all is well!
Congratulations on two years beer free. Keep at it!
BTW, I had a Raleigh Suberb as a townie back in the 1990s, and somebody swiped it. I was bummed. This will be a great build!
Thank you my friend! I’ve never had one before. Been interested in them for a few years now.
Going on 9.5 years, beer and alcohol free. Bikes, not booze!
@@gilabear11 that’s great! I quit for 3 years once, but didn’t realize at the time that if I started again it would just go right back to the same problems as before
new subs here. great job! congrats for your milestone
Greetings from Lake Erie! Thanks so much for your kind words!
You, sir, you are an absolute awesome bloke! Wish you were mh next door nabour ❤ dude well done on two years 👏 stay strong 💪 I love mh beers and the wife aways says a little to much😮. Just found you during the #cheapbikebuildoff and no regrets ❤❤❤ hope to talk to you at some point on a personal level 👌
Thanks so much! I found you the same way. What a brilliant idea. Really a great thing for the bike tinkering community.
I liked your professional approach to the shop installing the wrong bottom bracket.
All the best from Lake Erie my friend!
@EriebyCycle I am looking forward to all the great friendships and building a family surrounding saving old bikes! Stay strong, mate, and all the best 👍
Hey hey. Clamp on your crescent wrench to the bearing cup, then clamp the wrench in your table vice, turn the frame to undo the bearing cup. Hope that helps. Worked for me.
Hey James… that’s a great idea! My problem is mostly that these cups turn into the frame far enough that it’s tough to get a solid bite on it. That and I’d have 6 tons of shit falling off my bench that isn’t bolted to the floor. I work at a local bike shop on Saturdays (seasonally.) I’ll head over there and see if they have the correct tool.
Still… a great idea! I’m going to keep that one in my back pocket. Thank you for sharing it!!!
@@EriebyCycle nice one brother, good luck.
Great job on the two years no beers! Also I never saw the forks like that,now I’ll know what kind of bike it is if I see some.. That color should look great as a ratty bike
Thanks friend! That’s the only way I knew what they were.
just watched the yesterday video.. start got me worked up with that expensive bike... oh yeah this is better.
I have crackheads down the street who steal and abandon bikes.. cops often let me keep parts so they don't have to deal with them. I have a 930 with a 99 XT-deore LX build and a Manitou fork I think I'm about $137 in on it but I'm not posting about...
I got a Nishiki rockhound with a stuck BB and a mismatched freewheel 7 speed a golden arrow 105 and luckily a SAKAE RINGYO mts-101 and MT mini bar
I use a steak knife on crown races. they come off super easy..
this bike is gonna look cool
hahahaha. I was building that up before the build off started so I thought I'd see if I could squeeze in... then this magnificent pile of trash came along and fell in my lap.
@@EriebyCycle we got a bunch in common. I got six bikes in a room rental.. all cost less than $150
@@the_nondrive_side Nice! I love the cheap stuff.
Hell yeah man
YO! Thanks a bunch!!!
Congrats mate for not drinking for 2 years
Thank you so very much!
The grey stuff sounds like it might be anti-seize, not the same as grease but used by some folks 😁
I get where you’re coming from but I’ve made my living in industrial maintenance for many years. This was definitely a petroleum based something nasty and sticky.
Good call though.
Those dropouts are so thin! Not sure I’d want to mess with them even if they are (I’m assuming) hi-ten.
I think these were indeed gas pipe tubes. They’ll tweak back into shape easily.
2 years no beers❤ 1 years no beers 4 me
Jeff- congrats!!! I hope and trust your life is better for it!!! Keep at it my friend!!!
Thats good i stopped also alcoholism is bad deadly
Amen!
alcoholism terrible sickness drink soda work on bikes anything dont die
I’m going to repeat/steal that. “ drink soda, work on bikes, don’t die.” I love it. Thanks so much!