Cheap Bike Build Off - Diamondback Traverse Restoration - parts bin Commuter bike build vintage MTB
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2024
- Welcome to Part 2 of the cheap bike build off!
Today we finally see a bike start to form!
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Hmm.. Of course it's only my personal opinion but such a Challenge only makes sense to me if everyone prices their parts for what it would cost them if they had to source each part right now. Otherwise it's not relatable. Discounting prices based on time of use and deals you made years back just isn't representative if the goal is to show what bike can be built (by anyone) with 120 USD. However this is just a technicality and I do appreciate the budget friendly approach as well as all of your videos. Thanks you for the time you're dedicating to this channel!
Free cause I have it doesn’t count mate, give it a cost if it didn’t come with the bike. Thus the challenge!
I think it's fair enough. If I'm building a cheap bike it happens over time, I get parts when they're cheap. If you just splurge in one go, it could be a cheap bike, but it'll be crap.
Yeah I get what you are saying. I do the same thing. Always looking for parts online and making good deals along the way. For the sake of a challenge I do however still think that this approach is not representative since it could give someone who is new to the whole bike building thing the impression that he or she can build a bike like the one in the video for 120 USD which is not possible if you have to source all the parts instead of being able to discount used parts from your home inventory. 200 USD would have been a realistic and relatable target in my opinion. @@andysmith1968
Yeah he's just thumb sucking numbers to suit the budget
I laughed way too hard at that Toasty shot 😂
I love the cold cuts, just makes me giggle.
"It's not broken, its just dirty". So true.
I ve found 30 year old tubes sometimes hold
Air better and longer than new ones.
not the two I pumped up on a project raleigh recently :D
Yes! Finish that bad boy, or I’ll send you pics of me enjoying the sunshine here in Auckland, and ice lollies on beaches! 😅😅
I am just joking, I know you’ll get it done.
You did a beautiful job with the cleanup. I had my worries from the outset about whether the old BB would work with a sensible-sized chainring. Those bars look glorious 😅
A saddle and tyres would be the first upgrades I’d make to a newly-acquired bike, so I agree with others who recommend going cheap on those to keep on budget.
Pedals you gotta open them up to adjust bearings
Nice content! I like the tyres and purple chain ring, they give personality to the bike. You could open a side-business where people bring you their old bike and you update it. It's a shame I live in Spain. If was was close to London I would hire you to update my 2003 MTB from BH to a modern gravel/conmute bike. Enjoy the rides!
Those BB are quite hard to get seated right. love this build!
The bike is looking great so far 👌 I have collected the bike I am using for this challenge and am looking forward to the build.
It’s looking good mate
how did not notice those holographic decals, so sick.
If I were you, I'd cheap out on anything but the tires and saddle. Maybe see if there's a cheap Superstore bike somebody just wants to get rid of off the side of the road - that could be a parts donor.
Also, I run a pretty simple spreadsheet of my bike parts, just a basic list of what it is and how I got it/how much I got it for. That might help keeping track of costs for stuff like this. The hardest part is starting it up tbh.
I like the idea of a parts spreadsheet! A new means of tinkering with bikes but it looks to anyone else as if you’re working on the household budget 😂
@@1972hermanoben There's also that spreadsheet, and the spreadsheet for batches of homebrew that I keep running for stuff that I learn to carry forward.
As silly as it is, it's been a tool that works for me.
I would rather not know how I spent for the old trash. 😂 I would need to smack myself😂
I just serviced a Shimano Parallax that had no prior service. The grease was caked and dried in the dust cap. It looked like a burnt Cashew. It made a thump as it hit the trash.
Love the vids man I'm happy there was many mentions of Billy bonkers my 6year old associates it with willy Wonka when he hears it 😂
I can really feel the cold by just looking at you working this bike, it almost hurts. You gotta put on some more clothes!
Looking nice! Colour coordination would be a blue chain ring for me, but budget limitations say otherwise.
Also... AliExpress is your friend for parts! Tyres included 😂
Looking pretty Rad, awesome job cleaning everything up! Hay, are you going to do stickers again anytime soon? Id love a bunch of the purple and silver "Save Old Bikes", stickers.
I’d second the £10 for the saddle and would definitely change the tyres. Some Schwalbe Land Cruisers would look alright on it 👍🏼
I think I bought a lightly used charge spoon for £10. Seems right
Think my comment might have got hit by the spam filter so I’m not going to mention that online auction site but…. Tredz regularly sell the standard Spoon for £20+ so £10 for a used one is fair, although if you look on that online auction site used ones sometimes sell for more than Tredz 😂
I like those handlebars, where can i find a bar like that?
builds coming on nicely! any idea what those bars are?
I just bought a charge spoon ltd edition for £14. Those brown ones were about £12 from Tredz last week. So you can probably chop that to around £6 seconds hand? But then, you're CZcams famous so that charge brings it up to at least £6.50 £7
Sooooooo, what happened to the Titanium Raleigh M-Trax?
Hey, this isn’t Sunday!😂 a new set of mtb baldies 26” brown wall cost £30. Build looking good!
Great tyres, got some on my Maverick! 👍
I bought one of them there shiney Sunrace cassettes for a build. It didn't like the 1990 Shimano SIS system so ended up putting it on a road bike with down tube manual gear levers instead 😪
Are you allowed to sell off the various parts that came with the bike to offset the cost?
Great channel! I’m building a bike along with you guys. My local shops that deal in second hand parts are $5-$10 a saddle. I like buying dirt cheap thrift store bikes and scavenging parts as well. Sometimes a department store or other low quality bike can yield tires, pedals, brakes, levers etc. and the whole bike cost $20. Also any credit given for for parts taken off and resold from the original bike?
Hey....yer 2nd hand charge seat...probrably about 12 quid....
Could've saved a bit by using the old cassette instead of the new one.
I would put the saddle at $5 with all it's use etc. i think my local co-op sells old saddles for $5 US, so that's something like £3 right?
Just bought 2 billy bonkers new for 30€ :)
Bikeshedboy just joined up for it just seem what he is using.
Tredz were selling Charge Spoon saddles for £13.49 brand new a couple weeks back. Call yours £10?
Penetrating oil seems like such a dirty moniker.
Personally, I think most used tires are over priced, so truthfully the Bonkers might be really worth £10 each since they have worn tread and they're over a year old. I think the rules should allow some leeway, especially if you are using parts you already own and have previously used....they shouldn't be part of the price.
I agree but I think the idea is to show that even if you have nothing; no used parts or things laying around or given to you by a friend, you can still get rolling for a great price and a little bit of work
Fck yeah! Save old games!,
Ayoo
Can your sell off old parts to pay for others? I would not not value a saddle with 100 miles of flatulation over $5 usd. Keep going your build is great!
Flatulated saddle😂
Then he’s gonna call it vintage and sell it for $1,000 😂😂😂😂😂
I’d love to be able to sell rusty “vintage” bikes for $1,000 but that’s never gunna happen nor it should.
The whole point of this series is about building something in a budget trying my best to show how you can too.
I will sell this bike as it’s a little small for me but I’d be lucky to get more than £200. Which I’m very happy with, wouldn’t want more.
Thanks for the comment, this has given me a good opportunity to talk about this in the next episode.
These old bikes almost always need. New brake pads, chain, cables and Tires. Thats like $100. Not worth it fix these cheaper model imo
100bucks to not create more waste is definitely worth it...
It's always worth it to keep it out of a landfill
Completely wrong attitude dude. It's only not worth it if you're dumb enough to be trying to make money out of fixing old bikes
Hey, @2NDLIFEBIKES, do you need instagram to throw your hat in the ring for #cheapbikebuildoff ? Or would CZcams videos work?