Vintage Claud Butler Odyssey Restoration! 1998 Bike Rebuild Service!
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2023
- In todays episode we rebuild this retro Claud Butler bike. We regreased the bottom bracket, fitted new brakes, adjusted the headset and much more throughout the service...
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This is the sort of bike more people should be riding around town and in day to day life, not trying to commute on cheap full suspension bikes...
Definitely, they’re under appreciated gems 🧡
I love my ClaudeButler legend. Best bike ive ever owned.
What a superb job, mate! I live in Brazil and I own a Claud Butler Regent, she's been with me for over 13k KM and I love it! Amazing overall transformation.
Enjoy it!🧡
I love these workhorse bikes. Built to last. Love the story behind this one. You've 100% strengthened the partnership between bike and rider here. Exemplary work, as ever.
Thanks again Allan. It was great to work on this one knowing what it meant to the owner and a pleasure to get him the video as well🧡
V-brakes and cantilever brake levers 😱
Have noticed the same thing and been thinking how this really works...🤔🤔
Two questions :
- You changed from cantis to V brakes without changing the levers. How's that? They do have different pull ratios right?
- What brand of chain are you using? We have been looking for a high quality 5-6 speeds chain for a long time with no luck.
+1 on your brake lever question. As far as I know, you can use 6 sp chains on 5 sp freewheels. KMC in fact markets a chain as a 6/7/8 speed. The space between cogs remained the same. Not sure if you could use a chain meant for more speeds, although I would think you could. Cheers.
Came here for the brake lever non-switch. It's possible they were already high-pull levers, which, from experience, make cantilevers... touchy... Nice service!!
I've been watching many of your videos and find so many aspects about them and your work that I love. Your videos are in standardised, familiar format, no clickbait, no exaggerations, no ridiculous bandwagon trends (big mouth thumbnails, sensationalism, "ASMR", ...) and very soothing to watch. And your work is top-noch, too! Sure, we cannot expect the last nut and bolt to be shiny like in those "dream build" videos; you're a professional shop after all. But everything is diligent, honest, well thought out, informative, and unpretentious. I am so tired of watching/reading stuff like "I don't need a torque wrench, I know how to tighten bolts", "a chain protector is a dork disc and needs to go", etc.
This channel is one of the rare gems of this otherwise pretty much ruined video streaming platform. I can only congratulate and encourage you to keep doing your work as you do, because it's great and a real pleasure to watch.
We really appreciated this comment and have a lengthy conversation over it. We’ve worked very hard over these 2 years and currently things are moving slowly but we believe our videos will build and build with lots of longevity and will rise up in the ranks of CZcams. Thanks very much for supporting us along the way🧡
When a bike becomes a heirloom, it MUST be STEEL!
Haha yes the best bikes all are 🧡
I still have my Youngs road bike from the mid 1960s. I'm having it shipped to me from storage in Texas.
Being able to enjoy riding it once more is my aim, after some restoration work.
Campag Record gears, hubs, headset plus Mafac brakes, Williams chainset and Unica saddle
Wow that’s awesome! Enjoy working and riding on it🧡
I'm having difficulty sourcing Universal brake lever hoods, the brown translucent ones
I Got my first bike from Clauds place near Hendon, in 1976 a Viking Viscount 10 speed,
Notification ping and my evening is complete. 👍🚴🚴
Thanks for joining us tonight!🧡⚙️
Would love to see (or hear for those who are camera shy) customer reactions on collection of their bikes. I bet they are very appreciative of your hard work.
Ah Wednesdays………..👍👍👍. Thanks lads
Thanks Kevin, we’ll see you again after our Easter break with the regular videos 🧡⚙️
your bike servicing videos are very very very relaxing. Thanks for making these
Thank you! We appreciate the support 🧡⚙️
Nice back story and a cracking good bike for plenty more use.
Absolutely!🧡
Hey Bikespeeds - any chance you can do a video on a gravel bike? I ask because they seem to go through a lot of abuse and it'd be interesting to see the process. Cheers!
Definitely we’ll get some more on the channel when they come in🧡
HOLY smokes...... that looks and rides like a BRAND new bike
great job as always....... id love to put some miles on that
We really enjoyed brining this one up, thanks for joining us in the comments again 🧡
Excellent job. My winter bike, a 2007 CB, will one day become vintage; hope it looks as good as this one does.
Awesome! You will have enjoyed this one then!🧡⚙️
Absolutely brilliant videos,, I love watching these, just wished you added more videos 👍👍👍👍👍💡💡💡🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
Thank you Robert! More on the way🧡⚙️
OK excellent
OK excellent 👌👌👌
Love the paint job on this one. Polish really finished it off. Slightly sad to see the cantilever brakes being replaced with V-brakes 😢
The V brakes were the most affordable option for the customer but we gave him the original cantilever brakes back for future fixing🧡⚙️
Loving how you keep altering the bikes you show us, it's never the same old same old.
Thanks John, we really don’t get much say in the matter, we get what we get in and this really is our day to day in the shop. Sometimes we’re servicing our local communities daily work bikes and sometimes it’s our local riders so we see a bit of everything in the shop🧡
The parts cleaned up so nicely, because bikes of that age were built up to a standard, not down to the cheapest price possible.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching 🧡
wow great job nice memory
Great video, very relaxing. I have a Dawes Impulse racer 531 steel, that I've also enjoyed servicing. No hydraulic hassle!
Awesome! They’re great to work on🧡
Sealed bearing vs old school cup-n-cone! Nostalgia wins!
Amen!
Lovely sentimental restore with the nice touch of the crank caps. 👏🏼
Thank you!🧡⚙️
You put new Linear pull brakes, replacing the cantilever brakes. Did the levers have adjustments for the difference needed in pull? (long pull vs short pull). Nice job cleaning this one up!
I was thinking that myself, I remember when v-brakes first appeared in the late 90s and I tried to use them with standard SLX brake levers - they pulled all the way to the bars before biting! Still got the dents on the back of my fingers 25yrs later… 😄
My thought exactly! Wouldn't be a problem with mini v-brakes, but this mismatched setup raises question about performance and modulation of the brakes. Interested to hear a comment from @bikespeeds. Cantilever brakes that are set up properly are plenty strong for city riding in my experience.
These were simply fine, we tested them and they just worked. This customer was looking for an affordable service so we adjusted them up and replaced as little as possible. Thanks guys🧡
Great to see a Claud Butler oddesy, I came across one (a couple of years older than this one) purely by chance last year, but they are a great do it all hybrid, and well worth the effort. Many more years in this one, great job!
Thanks Phil! Enjoy your tinkering! 🧡⚙️
Great to see the old bikes there brilliant
It was a great bike to work on🧡
Love these old bike fix-ups!
Thanks!🧡
Love the story behind the bike and the fountain of youth given to it by Bike Speeds ❤
It was a pleasure to work on for that reason, thanks nagak🧡
The Cedar Cycles sticker, brought back some memories, was always a treat as a kid to walk round looking at the new bikes.
That’s what we love about these videos🧡
Great as always. Bravo from Greece.
Thanks for the support bigmike!🧡⚙️
A bike for generations, I wish bikes (Parts) like these would still be manufactured.
Came out very nice!
The biggest shame in cycling is obsolete parts, it makes it very hard to keep older bikes running, thanks again for watching Rainer!🧡⚙️
Stunning work on this old bike 🙌😎🇫🇮
Cant beat them! You know how much we love them by now🧡
Reminds me of my old Raleigh Pioneer hybrid from many moons ago. So good to see that the latest all singing all dancing top of the range are NOT the end all and be all!! That bottom bracket span so nicely. Really enjoyed this strip and clean. Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Thank you very much Phil. We agree with your sentiment on the older stuff it’s very enjoyable. 🧡⚙️
Wow, how great was that! The older bikes are so bombproof, unlike the disposable new stuff we get today. Brilliant video, had a ball watching it, thanks.
Cheers David!🧡⚙️
That was a great era for bicycles and cycling. Comfortable materials, easy enough to service, meant to last. I too daydream of hand machined components 😅 and I'm lucky enough to have a few (apparently indestructible) 90's Alessa wheelsets engraved "handmade in Belgium". Top video and refurbishment and, gosh, that bottom bracket is alien technology 😆.
Oh. I have had luck using 3D printed plastic spring housings for old shimano 200 brakes. I was tempted to upgrade to V-brakes but could afford the wait (and risk) to keep it closer to original. Thanks for the videos 😊
We did investigate that but without access to a 3D printer ourselves getting them to the UK from someone who makes them was to timely and costly, but a very interesting concept. Nice wheels also Carlos!
Great job buddy I love my old vintage bikes🇬🇧👍
As do we, thanks again Leslie🧡⚙️
This is the best channel ive come across in years
Thanks very much🧡⚙️
These vintage services show just how robust those old components were made. Just bulletproof, even if they weren't the fastest things in the world.
Absolutely! Built to last🧡
Classic!
Beautiful transformation well done👍
Great upload. Love my Free Spirit Meteor10 and would never sell it. Retro bikes rock.
Retro bikes do rock! Thanks John🧡
Nice to see that bike brought back to life and appreciated. Those tires (tyres for you UK folks) looked a bit perished. Am I wrong?
What a lovely bike. Truly the kind of bikes I really enjoy. One thing, though, I understand you had to change the brakes, but I would have preferred a new pair of cantilevers.
Great job chaps. Agree with your sentiments about people years back manufacturing these old workhorse bikes. I reckon many cyclists today wouldnt be familiar with the term " 6 speed block", made me chuckle! Proper bike service/ renovation always worth it. My wife has a 3x6 gear set up and cross chains constantly so i adjusted the front mech stop screws , now its 1x6 middle ring only. She said its a huge improvement😂
A fix is a fix lol🧡
7-speed is still the standard for DH. 6-speed that foreign of a concept...
You should have tossed the whole damn thing into the ultrasonic cleaner! Jokes aside, great work on this one 👏
We got there with a bit of elbow work! Thanks for watching 🧡
Nice work 😊👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks!🧡⚙️
Amazing video! Thanks!
Our pleasure, thank you as always 🧡
Another lovely job! Well done!! It is amazing how well older bike clean up!
These are really nice bikes. If you ever want a ‘do it all’ bike they are perfect, especially after a service like this.
The components are awesome! Thanks for watching🧡
Thanks for sharing the story behind this bike. That story makes the service even more meaningful and necessary. I bet you had a good feeling helping this customer get this bike back to a road worthy condition. Nice work as always Lee.
This was a very enjoyable service!🧡⚙️
9:54 ha! I really loved that part, Amazing job on this!
Thanks very much for watching!🧡
Lovely job as per usual.
Thank you very much again and again🧡⚙️
Brilliant informative videos.
Thank you Richard!🧡
Great watching loved it! Amazing to see old bikes come back to life
only in uk never else people restore rubish worth 1£ :/ check on scrap how many of this bikes is out there :/
Thank you Jimbo!🧡⚙️💪🏼
Ahhh if only these bikes were still made! Don’t get me wrong, modern hybrids are nice, but most of them aren’t steel workhorses like this!
We share your feelings there. Old but gold!🧡⚙️
Lovely service. Thanks for making these videos, I really enjoy them.
Thank you for watching, we really appreciate it🧡
Nice job!
Thank you!🧡
Wow Nice job 👍
Thanks!🧡⚙️
Well worth a comment and a thumbs up. I am with you on the mechanical aspects of the older bikes plus they do come up lovely with a bit of elbow grease and wire wool or dura glit. Another very watchable video yet again !
Thanks again and again🧡
@@Bikespeeds it was a wet play day yesterday up here in the Pennines so I stripped the Frankenstein hybrid hardtail commuter bike ( call it what you like ) down and gave it a proper overhaul. It was disgusting but has got me through winter. Spent a full 10 hours on it, no sonic cleaner, just thinners and a toothbrush and a lot of oily rag stuff.
I think this is why your videos are so appealing. It's like a second language where I appreciate and understand what you are conveying in them.
Thanks for the reply, you must get hundreds of em every week !👍
And no doubt busy busy
The passion comes through my friend :)
Thank you very much for the generous super thanks, we really appreciate your support mellevein🧡
Love this "old" bikes, as you maybe know I have a 1963 Dawes which is old (in my terms). I would love to have my bike serviced by you but I am in North Cornwall so it would not be possible, but in previous comments you are my calm in a mad world. I love all the bikes you do, modern or old, it's just satisfying.
I so look forward to Wednesday’s for a new video from Bike Speeds. The older bikes just seem to have a better build quality’s. Anyway,s great job as always you must let me know when you’re open a satellite shop here in Toronto 🎉
Thank you Kevin! Glad to be a part of your week🧡🇨🇦
Great to see how a bike can be restored and given new life, well done 👏
Thank you!🧡⚙️
Spins for England!
Old bikes are classy, great job
Thanks very much!🧡⚙️
Another superb job i dont a vintage bike but would love to someday.😊😊
They’re great bikes!🧡
This was really quite enjoyable. I agree with you that its better to see these tried and trues come back to life. A pleasure as always gentlemen.
Cheers as always Terry, we appreciate the kind words 🧡
Thank you Simon and Lee! A1 service as always.
Thank you Rodney we appreciate all the support🧡⚙️
I just love these all steel bikes. My British Eagle touristique 531st frame was almost like this bike but with time affort and a little bit of money I now have a superb everyday bike that I just love to ride. Keep up the good work
They’re really great bikes, a very nostalgic era. Thanks for watching!🧡
Suntour group set?
No it's Shimano
@@rupertcreek7101 guess most are, I'm always rooting for the underdog though. About to snap up a bike with suntour xce, I think some British eagle bikes had those too...
I have exactly the same bike. Rebuilding all too.
Good luck!🧡⚙️
Love your videos
Thank you very much, we both appreciate the support and hearing what you think🧡
Like your videos - just a correction as you've said the same thing on a few videos.
An unloaded spin test on a crank is fairly meaningless and is certainly not indicative of how 'efficient' a bottom bracket is. The way contact seals work is that seals lift above a certain RPM. I would take a modern threaded BB over these old heavy/ingress prone BBs any day of the week: they would maintain their efficiency longer and doesn't require like 3-4 tools to disassemble.
Beautiful bike, and a perfect, lovely, job! For this old bikes, would be very nice if you could show it being returned to the owners, and their reactions!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed this one🧡
I've got a very similar claud butler to this one!
Awesome🧡
My bike is the first bike I’ve felt confident on since going over my bars as a kid, messed up teeth still, gone over the bars twice on this one, not knocked my confidence, I built it up completely myself, wheels and all, never done it before, it still feels beautiful
That’s great to hear!🧡
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what about different pull ratios after brake switch, was customer ok with it?
bike cost 1£ who give a shit :/
We gave it some adjustment and it pulled perfectly🧡
Looks like they need new tires. Though, I guess it could just be a sentimental kind of thing.
Lovely restoration, but why did you decide to replace the cantilever brakes with v-brakes? Cost, preference, convenience? Cheers
This was a cost preference 🧡
Excellent videos, I loved watching this video,, I've got a Raleigh marauder retro mountain bike and the crank arm, left side has just decided to break,, lasted ages considering its over 30 years old, but I replaced it with a 2 speed front crank arm I had,, instead of the 3 cog set up it used to be,, only downfall it's harder to set off due to the higher gearing
Can you still purchase the old cranks from the 90s,,where the crank is put through the whole of the frame?
Not like the newer bikes whicker are cylinder cranks,, so no way of greasing up the bearings 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the great videos
Keep up the good work👍👍👍
That’s the tricky problem with old bikes. You’re best to get searching on eBay and just regularly checking to try find one. Good luck with your quest!🧡⚙️
Thanks for the reply
Nice restore! Currently re-doing a Saracen Traverse from somewhere around this era - got many of the same parts. Just wished the BB would come off as easy as the filmed one seemed to
so true, can be a real fight... penetraiting oil + heat + good tools may help you
It’s usually a problem for us. This is the rare case that it wasn’t. Thanks for watching and enjoy working on your Saracen!🧡
Hi,
Great vid, what’s the name of the green grease that you applied to the jockey wheels?
Thanks
This is our own premium grease that we will soon be listing on our website for sale so stay tuned!🧡
These kind of bikes just ride so nice. Even with the budget groupset. And great work as always.
But may i ask why not a new set of canti brakes?
joke ?
This bike was for a customer who wanted this work done as affordable as possible so we simply fitted the best affordable brakes we had in the shop🧡
When are you opening a shop stateside? We need you!
We just about plod along where we are so maybe one day!🧡
don’t you need v-brake levers when replacing cantilever with v-brakes?
Nice bike but dangerous brakes unless you also swapped the levers? They’ll feel great on the stand but no stopping power on the road
Very nicely presented video⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Where are you located?
Regards
Yusuf
Thank you! Suffolk, England 🧡
Short pull levers with v-brakes?
Can you possibly do a video of stripping and servicing Threadless mountain bike forks,, please
All the best rob
Keep up the good work, rob
From Sittingbourne kent
Thanks Rob🧡
Hey, I've never seen you use that lube on the chain before. I have the same one, but I find it really makes my chain go all black even after one ride. What is your experience with it?
This was one of our first times using the tf2 lube so currently we don’t have an experience to report on it!🧡
I have a matte finish on my bike, AutoGlym polish ok or just the ceramic?
Both won’t be a problem🧡
what do you have on the floor as you seem to clean the bikes indoors.
Nothing, we mop up regularly 🧡
High viscquose oil creates a lot of probelms
Why don't you do lubrications of hubs and pedals?They are so vital to the running of the bike.
With the change to v-brakes from canti's, did the brake levers have an adjustment to cater for the change?
They were almost identical pull, of course it needed some adjustment but it was a good fit🧡
@@Bikespeeds V-brakes pull more cable, so I've always had to change levers when I've done the conversion, although short V-brakes are about the same pull as canti's.
The brakes squeak on my mountain bike front and rear?
Hello, can you please tell me what brake cables you guys use on your rebuilds? i cant seem to find anything with the description you use.
We will soon be listing them on our coming website for purchase🧡⚙️
Do you have any tips for lightly rusted spokes on an older bike to spruce them up?
nope even when you clean them will be worst after weeks
Aluminium foil takes off light surface rust, leaves original patina.
Wire wool can bring them up🧡
What is the purpose of partially greasing the springs of the derailleurs?
Greasing the springs stops them going rusty🧡