bro the amount of stoke i feel when you CHUCK parts on bikes. Chucking parts on bikes is a state of mind

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

hahah just gotta chuck it on and see what happens

That’s why I like watching gary’s videos which tell me how to fix my bike instead of buying a new one🎉

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Jason ! Thanks for watching :)

So many hacks on this, 90s mullet is a total mind blower. Would love to tske this for a spin!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers my dude , hahah yea its super fun!! good to switch it up sometimes

@brrrt6666

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects Love the silver parts btw it's just classy

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@brrrt6666 cheers mate I think so too !

This bike looks really nice. One of the better clean ups I have seen. Very nice.

@garysprojects

22 күн бұрын

Thank you very much i appreciate that !

Hey Gary i learn so much of your vids even the black house paint trick is gold ! And the shim in the headtube ....brilliant brother i dont think people realise how skillful ,resourceful these tips are thank you brother !

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thats awesome! glad to hear it. just a few tips to get your bike running again👍👍👍

@cezrok5405

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects thanks gary i flip refurbish old bikes as a hobby love your stuff

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@@cezrok5405 that’s great !! Save those old bikes ♻️😊✌️

Truly beautiful build. New skool MTBs might be better for shredding the gnar, but having grown up with '90s MTBs, their 'look' gets me right in the feels. Thanks, Gary, for making me smile. Love seeing your bike build journeys.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much I appreciate that ! Ya the old school mtbs have more of a “racing “ profile I think! Looks cool

@sertaoexpedicoes

3 ай бұрын

Same with me, growing up as as teenager in the '90s... I hava an irrational love for those bikes...

Great looking bike. So much problem solving!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you mate! Haha yes had to sort out a few for this bike! Happy I got there at the end 😆

That's a looker. The color and contrast, stance and parts list prove this to be a labour of love. Also, love your approach to problem solving. 👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers my dude i appreciate that! it was fun getting everything together and having it finally work haha. happy with how it turned out. cheers!

Absolutely epic build mate ..... Love this one ... Keep up the great work

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you my dude I appreciate that , will do my best 👍

When working on bikes, always have a pile of pumpkin seeds by your side for both you and the birds! Very important!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha my kid was trying to lure birds

Nice shifters! Never seen them before. I really enjoy watching your build, makes me want to dismantle my bike for no reason :)

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

haha cheers! they are nice for saving some handle bar room with the integrated shifters. thank you i appreciate that! you should give it a try quite fun haha

Omigosh! I had that exact same Mountain LX grouppo on my 1st MTB! Down to the Biopace triple! Fantastic build. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the entire thing. Thanks for sharing! 👏🏻👌🏼

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

wow awesome! its a classic groupset, very nice. cheers my dude glad you like the video!

your bike builds are incredible man. I did one last summer it was a 1999 specialized emerald green hard rock, it came out pretty good and I ended up selling it.

@garysprojects

Ай бұрын

wow thank you very much ! that sounds like a cool bike with a cool color

impeccably demonstrated & explained ✨ meticulous man ! thanx

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much !! Haha do my best to explain. Cheers thanks for watching !

Ibis mountain trials,endless lifetime,cannondale beast of the east,love it!!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

yessss old school mullets!! would love to try those too. cheers!

Nice attention to detail and some serious effort on the lever clamps. Cool build!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you I appreciate that !! Haha the brakes were a huge mission ngl 🙌🙌

Love this build l, I made a 26-29 mullet due to that being the only back wheel I had to replace a broken 29 and I loved it

@garysprojects

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much ! Ya the back wheel makes it quite fun !! Super playful well done 👍

Discovered your channel a few months back, really enjoy your videos dude! Inspired me to fix up my beat up old Giant Yukon which has been sitting at my parents for the last 10 years!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you my dude I appreciate that! You should do it up that’s a solid bike, will be fun !

your vids inspired me to look for an old skool mtb frame for gravel conversion

@garysprojects

2 ай бұрын

Hell ya do it up! Heaps fun

for pushing in the star nut on install you can use the cassette removal tool - it is the perfect size.

@garysprojects

2 ай бұрын

Oh damn ! That’s a good tip I will try that next time thanks !

In the first days Shimano only manufactured sprockets by stamping them out, later they were deep drawn to produce the Hyperglide profiles and also to strengthen the sprockets through the forging process, the older cranks still had the old distance, so they were mounted with washers to correct the position .

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Ahhhhh I see !! Thank you so much for that info !

Thanks for the extended cabling footage. I have a frame with identical stops that I am re-cabling later today. Perfect timing. Nice build.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you my dude I’m glad to be of help ! Good luck with the bike, cheers !

Upcycling at its best 👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

great to get this old frame running again!!

turned out excellent

@garysprojects

Ай бұрын

cheers my dude

Looks great - nice problem solving for the rear brake 41:35 - patience pays off👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you very much ! hahah yes it too quite a bit of work but got there in the end, thank you!

This one is super sick. Love the Mountain components.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you my dude! yes i agree , the mountain lx is a nice group :)

After my saturday morning bike ride, a new bike build video! 😊 Very very nice old school/mid school build! Love the 26/24 mullet set up, i got also one bike in 26/24 set up, an Astrix Union... Too bad here in our place, its very hard to find a 24 tires and rims... Btw, that v-brake adaptor a hard to find here too, first time seeing that in your video. 😅 Anyways, very nice vid! Have a great day. 😎🚴

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers mate i appreciate that! its hard to find 24 rims and tyres here too, not really a common size. the brake adaptors i got from ebay, maybe they send to your country! cheers !

Those must be the first Mountain LX thumbshifters in history to have survived this long without the mounting pins shearing? A true unicorn! You might remember the hours I had to spend on mine in the recent Marin Palisades vid. Looking crispy as always my man.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

hahah i gotta admit i check the mounting screw at the bottom to make sure they were secure when i got them, needless to say they needed a couple of turns. haha yes i remember you fixing yours! great job. Cheers my dude thanks for stopping by! :)

I love watching the build, but i always wanna see more shred vids like back in the day. These bikes look best on the streets 😁 love your work as always and learnt about top and bottom pull derailleurs. Something to look out for

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Haha cheers mate ! Do you mean the riding videos or the bikepacking sucks series I did ? Glad you liked the video ! Thank you

@ARandomATube

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects just riding around the city kinda thing. Always sick to see these bikes do a loop, and rides with mates etc

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@@ARandomATube ahhh true the go pro vids , ya I never worked out how to make them interesting so they didn’t do as well , but maybe I’ll post some in the future! thx for the feedback !

@ARandomATube

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects I always thought they were cool, but maybe it appeals to me more since it's my own city. 3rd person shit could be fun if you rig up a cam to a rear rack high enough

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@@ARandomATube ya that would be cool ! GTA style 😆

Love the build! But those low bars would have me tapping out in ten minutes 😂....i need some rise and sweep for my old azz.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

hahahah yes sweeps would definitely help out the old back! cheers my dude !

Always enjoy your little rides at the end of your builds, Garry! The Bike looks sick ✌️

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you Jon i appreciate that! always fun to test out a new build haha! cheers

Fantastic build my dude! Mullet bikes just look so cool. I recently converted a 26” fat bike over to a 24/26 mullet and was surprised at how “chuckable” it became on the trails. I think that you made a great choice with the wheels and you’ll love the feel of this bike after a few rides. Thanks for this video!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you my dude i appreciate that! ya the 24 wheel makes it so whippy , so fun! my kona bike has a 24 rear as well so was fun to try it on a rigid too - def keen to ride it bit more to get used to it. Cheers!

Finally after 9999 years another vid ❤️

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

hahah hopefully the next one is sooner 🙏

thanks Gary for another great bike build, great stuff

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Reece i appreciate that ! 😊

Very cool build, simple and smooth looking bike.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much !

Nice build. Looks very clean

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Harry!

Nice looking bike. Thanks for posting

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Andy thanks for watching!

Good video, loves 90s MTBs, love one you built, keep on grindin.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you mate I appreciate that !! Will do my best cheers 😊

Thank you for the nice video. If I may, two little pieces of advice from me: 1. When you use detergents to clean your derailleur, you should deassembly the entire part and lubricate it (especially the mainspring and derailleur cage spring). 2. It would be a good idea if you level the ends of the cables with a locksmith's file or an angle grinder to prevent damage to the Cable End Crimps

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tips ! Sometimes I use a bit of lube in the derailleur after - that helps too ! Cheers 😊

Great looking build like always Gary!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Nate I appreciate that!

Another top build - well done!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you Ken i appreciate that!

All set for another 30 years of service!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha yes built to last !

That groupset is 🔥 Clean build, man.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you my dude i appreciate that ! nice groupset for sure

That’s a great looking build!!! 👍👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you my dude i appreciate that!

sick build Gary, nice work

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate I appreciate that !

Always informative 🎉

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you ! 😊

Sweet ride

@garysprojects

2 ай бұрын

Cheers ben !

A labor of love❤

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers my dude! worked out :D

@steelisreal4313

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects Cheboygan Michigan

Shimano XT shifters and brake levers🤘🤘

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

yeeeeeee

I've never seen these V-brake adapters before; kinda cool🤘🤘. Hopefully, you went with the XT V-brake levers and 7spd. Rap!d F!re shifters 🤘🤘over those Shimano exage ones. "YEAH❗️"

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers my dude, ya i think they are a newer thing. i ended up using the friction ones cheers

lookin good!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Cheers my dude !

I bet you need that 11 tooth cog with that little back tire. That stem seems to fit you well. Nice easy bike, lower gear inch, big flat bars, cruiser.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you mate ! The gearing definitely helps! Cheers

A Shimano XT M770 and M772 groupset along with Thomson 7000 series aluminum Elite post and stem would look Great on this Giant🤘🤘. And the "wishbone" frame looks good too👍👍. My 2006/07 6061 aluminum Trek 4300 is one, and it has Shimano 739 XT V-brake levers, 760 XT V-brakes, M770 XT HallowTek 2 crank, a 750 XT front derailer, M770 XT 9spd rear derailer; and XT M772 Rap!d F!re Plus shifters🤘🤘

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

wow thats cool alll decked out, sounds like a cool bike. cheers!

@glen3509

3 ай бұрын

@garysprojects All after purchase components/parts. I also put a 💰200.00+taxes and lab.🍁 7075-T6 aluminum Chris King headset on it😁👍👍. The owner of the shop (which closed in 2020) told me I could have gotten a better bike for less, but I did what I wanted ; a customization if you will. Enjoy your riding👍👍

my men, this´s very amazing !!!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you very much Martin!!

Neat build bro

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you my dude 🙏

instead of the beer can use some lock tight unless its too far gone 🤣

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate ! A few people have mentioned that , will need to give it a try for the next one !

Damn, Gary!!🔥🔥 Nice and rad. build. Though initially the silver wheels would be best for this build, with all the silver components, but you nailed it with a mullet set up! 😎🤙 I never considered 24" before you droped this video. And this frame probably had hydraulic Magura v-brakes, hence the hydraulic brake routing and the chain stay protector. Hot, hot, hot. 🤩

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you very much i appreciate that. haha yeah the silver wheels would have done the job nicely. fun to switch it up with the 24s ! youre right about the magura hyro brakes that is exactly what it was for - as i was told some bikes came stock with frame. cheers!

Love your vids bro. I for one am having hell trying to do my rebuilt but i ain't quittin. Thanls for the inspiration. Take care.

@garysprojects

Ай бұрын

Thank you my dude I appreciate that. Just keep doing one bit at a time and before you know it it will be finished 💪

cheers to you gary

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you mate 🙏

Nice Bike 😊

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much 😊

Still as good as a new bike

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

That’s right ! Ended up pretty light too

that pedros spring is siiick

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Very useful! Cheers

that is RAD WEIRDD!!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

haha cheers my dude!

Awesome ride! That ATX frame fits the dimensions well. Any plans to switch it up in the future with a moto bar setup?

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you ! yes maybe switch it up in the future as the stem is a tad bit long, will see how i go. cheers!

Gary, have you ever done a 26” to 650b conversion? Would those adapters work? as opposed to spending big on Paul Motolites or similar… Sweet build once again ❤

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

I have never ! But I think they would work because they are designed to go up in size vs down, I’d just double check tyre/ wheel clearance. Cheers my dude I appreciate that !

sick build, but i think you should do something with magura sticker like ad "not" to it or something

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you my dude ! Haha that would be funny

Beautiful build. Bringing the old ones back to life. Congrats, like it a lot.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

thank you my dude i appreciate that. was great to get this old frame running again! cheers

Man this makes we wanna buy this 80s Cannondale near me that was 24/26 from the factory. Guy wants $350 tho and it looks like a beater 😵‍💫 it’s pepto bismol pink tho 😩

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Damn!! That sounds like a super cool bike 😭😭😭

@tblakemusic

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects roller cam brakes and all that man. Think he’ll take a lowball? 😅 been up for 27 weeks 😂

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahah only one way to find out

Maxwell Smart: "The old.....dead moth!".

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Haha wow classic

the bike looks solid. like nokia solid.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha what a compliment! Also I played snake so much

Subbed.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers mate!

Honestly I'd be cool with the primer grey that laid down real nice on the frame. If I started sending it down I already broke the seal so anything goes I got one I can't save the paint on right now I don't have the confidence to reproduce the factory colors. But I will spray the hell out of it with some primer and ride the s*** out of it. And occasionally have to explain to the cops why I'm riding a painted bike😅 I was pretty naive back in the day a drugged out homeless guy try to sell me a bike I'd be like hold on a minute did you steal it 🤔? Oh really your mom gave it to you? I got 10 bucks for it right now.😮

@garysprojects

2 ай бұрын

Hahah the cops will pull you over for a painted bike ? Seems a bit extreme

Looks like the cable stops and Magura sticker indicate it originally had HS33 hydraulic rim brakes.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

yes ! tim actually just told me that some of the bikes came fitted with maguras thats definitely the reason ! cheers

Oooh FUN! Mullets are so ugly and yet so cool.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahah that’s a nice way to put it 😆

KORE, a good 🍁 company👍👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

they made some cool old school stuff!

You can't use V-brakes with an old 1989 cantilever brake lever, they take different cable pull. The levers will pretty much bottom-out the same time as the pads hit the rim.

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

I explain it in the video about the pull ratio , it works depending on that , for these specific levers it does

Measure twice, cut once

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

That’s right !

One thing ive noticed is that over the decades the limit screw quality has gone down . Older 90s are good but newer limit screws on entry level MTB strip easily😢 aluminum?

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

ya seems like getting worse and worse for some reason, newer bolts must be of weaker material

Well done bro, I am thinking to do some simililar with a GF kaitai, but 26 rear and 27.5 front because I have a fork 27.5 with 100 mm travel, do you think is a good idea? To try to keep the geometry I pretend to put a 26 fat rear and 27.5 skinny in the front.

@garysprojects

29 күн бұрын

ya i think thats a good idea , should work well

I’ve heard about also using blue loctite to fix a loose bottom cup caused by an ovaled head tube. Do you think a shim is moreso the way to go to fix this?

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

i think the shim will probably be a tighter fit, but i havent used the loctite method before so i dont know if its better or not ! cheers

yerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thx u g 💕🙏

those brake levers will also let you run u-brakes which iirc only bmx levers will let you do now. By that same logic as well they should also work for disc brakes too right?

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Mmm not sure it depends on the pull ratio of the disc brakes , road disc are short and mtb are long , it’s best to match the lever pull with caliper

Hi! nice build! you mentioned painting the rims, does it influence breaking power negatively at all? what paint are you using? cheers!

@garysprojects

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much ! I painted that rim in my Kona chute video more details , it was just cosmetic at the time , I don’t think it does anything to the rim. Braking wise nothing has really happened function wise , I think a little paint came off that’s all. Paint is black exterior house latex based Hope that helps , Cheers !

@bofud

2 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects Awesome thanks, I'll check out that video:) I have some crusty old semi-deep rims that are in okay condition but have seen a ton of use and just look really beat up. Want to give them a second life but was worried the paint might reduce friction too much or whatever.

Very nice rig! What are those V brake adapters? Could you tell the name and where to find them , Thank you!

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate ! I just got the adapters off eBay “mi xim” brand

@user-cq4nq8ci9o

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojectsI need them for my1995 Trek 7000 Alu frame. Thanks a lot!

That red tool at 20:30 is so sweet what brand is that

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

prestacycle torque wrench! available from www.beautbike.com.au/ cheers!

I was working on a customers bike the other day, a Kona Lanai, it had a front 3x8 derailleur, a top pull shimano altus, the limit screws had to get spun out pretty far for the limits to work, is that normal for some older derailleurs? Just looked kind of .. weird to see 2 tall limit screws standing up from the derailleur

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Mmm sometimes I guess it depends on how far the cranks are from the frame , usually they are about half way in.

@_Zane__

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects hmm, yeah they were about 85% out, I wonder if there was a wider, incorrect sized BB Installed at one point and pushed the chain line out... ..

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@@_Zane__ ya that usually does it

7075 aluminum 🤘🤘

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

oh thats it ! good to know thanks

@glen3509

3 ай бұрын

@@garysprojects Not your frame, the V-Brake adaptors; it says it right on them😁👍👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@@glen3509 oh hahaha thank you!

@glen3509

3 ай бұрын

@garysprojects The reason you don't see 7075 frames is because they can't be welded, the zinc is the reason. Now someone actually did make a 7075 aluminum frame, but it's held together with bolts and some sort of adhesive 👍👍

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

@@glen3509 wow that is crazy, thanks for sharing, very informative

Bet climbs good

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

It sure does !

Hi friend, what is the width of this Maxxis tire?

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

26 x 2.25 ✌️

Amor

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Why 24 on the back ? Bigger wheels better ride

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

bigger wheels make for better rolling, smaller wheels are more nimble - fun to corner /accelerate etc

I could Google it, but lazy, what does the word mullet refer to?

@garysprojects

4 күн бұрын

different size front & back

those are some fat ass tyres

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

True that

setting up a rear disc conversion would have been cheaper and easier... possibly not as good.. same name IG I've done two. one great one meh

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahah true true , I’m a glutton for punishment 🤣🤣

give me my used goods as a beginner will be very happy

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

True that

Sorry

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

All good 👍

mullet r gax

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers !

ugly mtb type beat

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

Hahahah true

Cool combination of old school frame and parts with a modern look by the anthracite paintjob and mixed up silver and black parts🌟🌟🌟😎

@garysprojects

3 ай бұрын

cheers my dude, happy with how the colors turned out for the bike!