Does it have cop tires and cop shocks?

@andrewsteere8829

27 күн бұрын

fortunately it is a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.

@moosehand8721

27 күн бұрын

Cigarette lighter doesn't work.😂

@scottrok13

26 күн бұрын

Fix the cigarette lighter😂

@paulmaurice4491

26 күн бұрын

We’re on a mission from god!

@DaemonLlama76

26 күн бұрын

He traded it for a microphone.

Squeek squeek, that's da sound of da police!

I never even relubed cables, just replaced them, your videos made me think about that

@MuvoTX

26 күн бұрын

I just put some fresh tri flow on my shifter cables today... it makes a noticeable difference. Its a 3x8 and shifts more crisp and snappy now. give it a try.

@exothermal.sprocket

26 күн бұрын

If the cables aren't caked in rust, or the sheaths are all gunked up with corrosion, they can be brought back to life.

As one who overhauled my first real bike (1973 Raleigh International, (RIP)) numerous times, I find that there is something therapeutic about watching you bring an old bike back into service. I always pick up new diagnostic and service tricks from your videos. Also, I really want to add a pair of Park Tool shop scissors to my tool kit. If you can link that item to you channel, I would be happy to support it. Finally. my daughter just moved to Madison for work, and I sent her a copy of your wife's book, as part of her WI "onboarding".

@de362

22 күн бұрын

I had a Raleigh International for a while. Then a Motobecane Gran Jubilee which I purchased new for $240. Those were the days.

I like your style, where I live the bike shops do overcharge people and some not honest, your community are lucky to have you around.

You are the Bob Ross of bike restoration

@jeremyharding1959

25 күн бұрын

LOL! I was just thinking how watching this was giving me anxiety. Knocking stuff around. I feel like nuts and washers and bearings etc.. would be flying all over the place. That being said. I think I'm going to stop replacing so much cable and housing. I feel like I'll learn a few things watching more videos here.

Great service. I would check the suspension, too. Rust and lack of lubrication inside it are common on these neglected bikes.

only you would use Tri-flow as spray paint

@mcgrimus1455

27 күн бұрын

So Quad-flow.

Looks so much better with that second saddle on.

@MuvoTX

26 күн бұрын

Yeah that first saddle looked like it was made for a hippo or something... lol!!

@steelisreal4313

26 күн бұрын

A hungry hungry hippo​@@MuvoTX

I’m just beginning to take an interest in biking more seriously, and I just wanted to say thank you for the wealth of knowledge and humor you put out here for us, newbies and veteran riders alike. Your videos have been immensely helpful to me in figuring out how to choose and take proper care of a bike.

@bkefrmr

26 күн бұрын

Wow!! Thanks hey!

I have an old Trek that had spongy brakes. I took the noodle to the local Trek store to ask about it. They did not seem to know what I was talking about. But they did sell me one without the spring. I thought I fling nuts. Nice to see that it is real.

@Drive-Dude

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, some new bike stores have no knowledge. I asked one times if they have brake pads for Cantilever brakes and they respond with “what”😂

its a trek 4500. i was a security officer , and we had a couple just like it. I had a trek 4500, but it was a blue one. i rode that thing all over moab utah. that is a really nice police bike.

Tonight I nearly lost my mind trying to fit some new schwalbe marathons to my bike they were so tight! Luckily I had some zip ties in my toolbox so I could seat the tire inside the rim at the valve and the opposite side nice and tight making me just able to fit them. It did make me very frustrated! Then it took me 20 minutes to put the rear wheel back on as I’ve only done it once before and man I feel like a complete idiot! I learn something new when I watch your videos though each time so I hope to get better!

@alanmoore9438

9 сағат бұрын

I use Talcum powder on the tyre rims to help ease them on to the wheels and also give the tubes a dusting with it too as I find it helps to prevent the tube from sticking to the inside of the tyre once it's on.

I always try to line my valve hole with the pressure recommendations, that way I know where to look for it. Different strokes I suppose.

@manonthebike2205

18 күн бұрын

A far better suggestion than the usual vanity suggestions involving the tyre(tire!?) brand name suggestions usually made. I'm changing from now. Cheers from NZ/Aotearoa.

Just got my Giant Sedona back from the shop , had a Zoom adjustable handle bar stem extender and Kenda 26 x 2.125 tires and it rides so much better and my hands dont go numb after 20 mins anymore . That Trex looks like a nice bike but I would have to go with the comfort seat cause Im old and fat lol.

I love your total Bob Ross tribute at 25:04

Great episode... Learned a few new things today, this will go a long way for my 98 gary fisher 3x8.

Great vid. Love the love you give on these old steeds.

So I sort of acquired an old Nishiki with 27” wheels, Diacompe calipers, 2x6. It’s blue, a little rusty. Could be restored. Would be more better hey? It has a chrome dork disk even. I’m all in on the restoration.

Thanks! I enjoy your channel. Very relaxing. Much appreciated.

My brain exploded when I first saw your DPW + Furniture Polish wash method. I tried it & it works great-even for caked nether regions! My brain just exploded again: Tri-flo on break pads!?!? I’ll give it a try on an old bike, in the parking lot, at VERY LOW SPEED. Flight of fancy: one blue & one red pedal. With the black frame & white logo it’d have the complete cop car color scheme.

@exothermal.sprocket

26 күн бұрын

More than likely it works to slightly soften the pad material compounds chemically, which eliminates squealing (high frequency oscillation) and makes the pad slightly more pliable to bite into the wheel. Gotta remember, motorcycles sling wads of synthetic motor oil all through the clutch packs in transmissions and they bite plenty good.

@fallenshallrise

26 күн бұрын

I've never tried Tri-Flo on brake pads but I usually use it or 3-1 oil to put grips on. They slide right on the bars and then the rubber eats up the oil. Your results may vary lol.

It doesn't look that bad for five years sitting outside. We live next to the ocean. Five years outside around here and much of the hardware would be rusted or destroyed. On a side note; local news showed police using bikes like this one during recent college protests turned sideways and held up to push the crowd back. Maybe old news for some but I'd never seen police bikes used that way. I thought they just rode them. Dual purpose, lol. Maybe his sentimental connection to the bike was riding it while in uniform? Another good one here. Cheers. 👍

@dacugna567

25 күн бұрын

you bet, here in Portugal it would be almost too far gone, my Hardrock sure is proof of that but i still dream of making it clean and good again

@jimp.7286

25 күн бұрын

@@dacugna567 Make it clean again?? Steal-wool is the trick. Sometimes soaked in oil or metal polish. It gets the rust off if the hardware isn't too far gone. I live on the west coast of California in an area that has a spain-like Mediterranean climate. Part of Spain once and people from Portugal settled here to fish. Small world huh? Outside for even a few days and the rust appears along with a briny film on painted things. Add to that - hardware coming from the pacific rim isn't the same quality as years ago. My opinion anyway. Warm, wet fog this morning. Some folks don't care for it but I do. It'll be sunny in a couple hours. Cheers!

With all the oil you sprayed around, I wouldn't be surprised if some of it went into the brakes ;)

@monoseven

27 күн бұрын

If he didn't coat the pads with the tri flow, he made sure he did with the furniture polish.

@mbso1a644

27 күн бұрын

Classic bike farmer stuff - love it nonetheless

@johnhenrick2298

24 күн бұрын

I use spray polish on my bikes and it goes into the brakes, but as he said, it burns off quickly. It never affected either rim brake pads or disc brake pads.

Very beautifully done too!!

Paint scheme on that bike is really cool. Awesome looking bike. I wish I had one, but one that was not left out and looked like new.

Man I love this channel. It's so cozy.

@bkefrmr

26 күн бұрын

This video was extraordinarily cozy. I found some new guitar tracks that really set the mood.

@exothermal.sprocket

26 күн бұрын

The peaceful music is great. Too many channels are using chaos and noise.

In the netherlands it's different: 6 months outside and some parts look worse than on this bike. like a complete brown noodle, all the new metal whatever vbrake parts are crusty and the chain was just barely salvageable. For me, anything can be used as rimtape, I just used 17mm electrical tape on a 24mm rim and as long as it covers the holes, it's fine. I just use a screwdriver to poke a hole when I'm done. If you never struggled with a tyre for a few days, you either know it all, are lucky or just don't experiment at all. Try fitting a 2.25 racing ralph to a 17mm rim and use a tannus armour insert designed for 2.25 or bigger without cutting it to size. I learned so much from that struggle. I kinda wanna put my hands to the test..I usually don't need a tyre lever to get it on. And the racing ralph, just the cheap model is strong AF.

Nice rehab. Started building bikes from curb throwaways circa 1973. Just refurbished my mid-aughts Bianchi Volpe, and thanks for the tips. Last summer I bought a Priority Continuum Onyx (look it up) with the CVT rear hub and the front dynamo hub that powers the headlight and taillight. Jury's out on the disc brakes for a city bike. Just saying thanks for the channel and the tips. Oh, found a really old Nishiki mixte frame bike that's been sitting forever. Next project?

Neat! I finished a well corroded Trek Navigator 100 recently. 1982 by component dating. Had to spend a bit on a few replacement parts but it's ended up more than half decent.

I've been putting in tubes wrong all my life. I see that with a little air they go in smoothly and won't pinch.

Your a good bike mechanic I like your work

I think I mentioned on another video dealing with 26" MTB tires - get a Kool Stop Tire Jack. I work on the police/security bikes at work and the 26" tires are a nightmare when I have to fix a flat. The 29ers are a piece of cake, though.

could you hit the paint with a little rubbing compound?

You can sometimes clean that silly little shifter window, using some metal polish like autosol or Wenol. It can’t fix crazing but will polish out yellowed clear plastics

I learn something from each of your videos

great explaination of setting up a derallieur

This was nice to see. Thank you 👍

Really cool Trek Police I saw this in an old Trek catalog a couple of days ago and thought if they are also sold to private persons. It really coms good around. Great work.👍

Another one ready for the road. Good job!

You did a nice job. Fun to watch! ( But the saddle, it looked really chunky on this bike, nice you switched it in the end )

The music is really relaxing

Very cool bike, i got hold of an older trek police with a cromoly fork - weirdest thing is i'm from Denmark and somehow it ended up here at a bicycle co-op. It restored quite nicely

Thanks!

Well done relaxing video.

Good video as are the others of yours that I've watched. Didn't register time so may have been in the flow state. Cheers from NZ/Aotearoa.

Great video.

Thanks for another great video. Suggestion: maybe the video speedups are not necessary, because the slower parts are part of the relaxing watching experience.

Great job. Salvaged another. Keep 'em out of the dust bin. Bikes need to be ridden, not junked.

Awesome! keep it up!

I have had bikes the such rusty chain you can hold the out straight. One thing I do when I get to a bare frame is a wipe with gasoline the hard factory paint can take it just be careful on the decals. I use Amor All or other tire black products on the frame and let it sit overnight at least. It's a great way to make a frame shine. You can also use it on black parts, new tires and seats. I highly recommend it. Tire black makes a great rubber lube when removing tires too. Or detergent. I'm telling you, use a 5 gallon bucket as your work stand when mounting tires. Trust me.

If the steering yoke was turned 180' rearward, how would this affect the steering? "Handle bars rear of the head tube axis point"

How about a video on tire levers? I see the ones in the police bike video are not the small ones advertised for your bike pack. I hate the "3 by". I am one day going to a "1 by" front. I know I must change ratios in the back but haven't decided yet. I have it on my Specialized Sirrus but that bike started with a 20 speed. Never used all the gear ratios available. The 1 x 10 conversion I use the ratios more.

@ericsande5345

24 күн бұрын

I have two old MTBs set up as commuters and set them up as 40T 1x a while back. I don't miss the extra chainrings one bit. Even when I did have 3x I had the derailleur adjusted to ignore the granny ring.

@chuchuchip

24 күн бұрын

@@ericsande5345 Yeah, I never shift the font from the large ring. Most of my riding is on local streets, no "off road" near me.

Awesome stuff man!! You are a great teacher.. and.. I 100% beleve people are just stupid..you asked 😁

Do you bother to lube seat past and head tube?

Curious... is it possible to DIY make "tri-flow", PTFE based lube?... get a light oil and mix in some PTFE powder? Tri flow is hard to get in my local area but I can easily get light oils and PTFE powder.

Wishbone frames🤘🤘

where did you get your flexible tip for your tri flow bottle?

@mattgies

26 күн бұрын

it comes with it

Ahhh this was a nice one

Shimano XT 🤘🤘

Was bought in Platteville WI. I wonder how many drunk college kids were chased down on this bike?

@elliotschumann6850

20 күн бұрын

You're right! How the hell did you know it came from Platteville?!

@f1hotrod527

20 күн бұрын

@@elliotschumann6850 there is a sticker on the frame from the bike dealer.

that's a nice bike it even has a 8 speed cassette easily upgradable with bigger cogs on the back and u can climb anything with it i love old mtbs

On the one hand, it's inspiring to see you take such care with these Waterloo Trek (even though it's shocking you do tune-ups with old cables/housing)....but on the other hand, all i want to do is pull all the XT off that beercan before putting the frame/fork on eBay.

@bkefrmr

26 күн бұрын

I know you don’t work for me, but YOU’RE FIRED!

@fatrobdouble

26 күн бұрын

@@bkefrmr 🤣😂🤣

Dude you need to be way more carefull with that utility blade, even more considering you get so many "opes" per video...

@bkefrmr

26 күн бұрын

That’s so funny, I saw that during editing, and then I thought to myself, hey, this is some riveting content!

Blues Brothers Bike😂

Hey BF, Did you do a vid with the tools you usually use? 😊

The other day I was able to purchase a bike that I’ve always wanted a Trek 930 steel bike with a Rockshox. Thank you Andy for a great video today really enjoyed it. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there.

There was a police auction with several police bikes near me. I wanted a couple, but I’m running out of bike space

The bike farmer is an agent of chaos.

So is it actually used by the police, or it’s just the name? Love these longer videos btw!

@bkefrmr

26 күн бұрын

I think I like the longer videos too. But I don’t always get great projects like this.

Does it have the SILENT hub?

@bkefrmr

25 күн бұрын

The fleet of paramedic bikes from Green Bay I bought all have the black, 8sp silent clutch hubs.

Swiss guy here, we did snowflakes in kindergarten as well 🙂

I worked at a bike shop in Minnesota and we built a bunch of these for the Police. I wanted one for fun but they wouldn't part with them becuase it said Police on the frames, etc. Sad where this one ended up!

My bike riding buddy (retired police) had one of those. I went through it, got it all cleaned up and sold it to a guy who won't really appreciate it. Kind of sad.

When in doubt…TriFlow!

That is why you need bar-end plugs. Just imagine being cut into like the end of those grips. 🤪

Where's the Track Bikes and Fixxxies?

I heard from [retired Chief] how he was kinda disappointed in the bike experiment. The set-up policies and procedures, extra training for officers who wanted to ride, even approving uniform.changes. Then, it all just fell away. Limited use opportunities and not everyone willing to ride versus drive. Maybe he already shared that with you

SLR frames are good

Did you check that saddle bag for stuff ? Maybe money ?

@steelisreal4313

26 күн бұрын

Or weed😂😂😂😂😂😂

Have you ever considered keeping a vat of Evaporust around to just submerge all the rusty parts in? Seems to work wonders for Hand Tool Rescue and similar restauration people.

I'm sure they could operate their cycle computer.

It has to squeak you took the bell off

Im glad you replaced the dork disc . Think i will also emulate the cable steel wool triflow regimen.

I found that big to big gears if you literally rotate the front derailleur about 1-2mm it can sometimes stop catching issues, I tried explaining this to a bike shop and they didn't believe me as they were the "trained professionals" soon ate their words when I took the bike in and showed them.

I really enjoy your videos but watching you work I sometimes wonder if you're aware that Triflow is basically just PFAS suspended in a solvent. It may work really well and smell like artificial banana flavor but it's pretty gnarly stuff in that it doesn't break down in the environment and we're really only beginning to understand all the potential health effects. I sometimes worry when I think about how much of that stuff I've absorbed through my skin over the years. I've personally switched to Boeshield T9 which is paraffin based and makes a pretty effective replacement. Sorry, I've been biting my tongue for awhile now but watching you spray that rack down was my breaking point 😬

Just wondering why dont you get a little metal polish for rusty bolts just give them a quick shine with some polish really bring the bike back I bought a track style bike from the police unclaimed auction A little bit of polish and cleaning my buddy cant believe its the same bike

@garyfleischman7555

27 күн бұрын

Easier to just use new bolts...2 cents each

@kylenorris5391

27 күн бұрын

Hes using the same bolt anyway instead of just usijg oil to polish

For rim tape, I just put the tape on over the valve hole and cut it to size with a thin Exacto scalpel or a Stanley box cutter blade. The "Bike Nazi" bike is back on the road!

Bar ends! Yay!

I think you could resuse at least one of those old tires, they werent that bad, if change, I would change only the front one

The accessories were toasted. I’m glad you took them off. The bar ends were hideous. You should’ve left them off. I would have ditched the rack. The dork-disk gave me gall stones. I think I would’ve more rather liked to see an entire series of pulling apart the entire bike and restoring it, but I understand maybe the customer didn’t want all that. I also would’ve liked to see a solid fork put on the bike, but otherwise, it was somewhat of a nice job.

I'd love to have a dank disk on my bike. Don't understand why people remove them, they're a good insurance against malfunctions.

They try to make snow flakes in high school now, but it's a little complicated for the kids. Great video Andy.

"...now you're wanted by the po-leeece, and my bike thinks you're dead...". Apologies to Junior Brown.

The chain 🫢😢

What is triflow?

@isaiahwelch8066

26 күн бұрын

A light oil used as lubricant. Andy uses it as a protectant as well to keep steel surfaces from rusting.

@cbailey2376

26 күн бұрын

Thanks. 😊

@isaiahwelch8066

26 күн бұрын

@@cbailey2376 : You are welcome, friend. Glad I could be of assistance.

Thanks to our sponsor Dunkin’ Doughnuts for making this video possible.

Disk brakes are good for extra long cables and or cables that move a lot, like in suspension bikes.

The master link looks alright. One could build a whole new chain from master links from old rusty chains.

29:04 "So, either I'm a bad explainer, or everybody's just kinda dumb..." In my experience, it's mostly the latter... Paired with lacking interest of expanding one's own horizon over more than the city limits 🤣🤣🤣

@manonthebike2205

18 күн бұрын

Good to see someone else noticed that comment he made. I help at a local bike repair co-op and the price people "pay" (many ask how much our help will cost, expecting an answer in $) is learning how to do it themselves. Usually following some blank looks, most are up for this. A verbal explanation, demo, then getting them doing it ("hands on") gets the message through for most people. Patience is key, most are up for it, and when they "get it", love what they've learned. So back to the BF's comment - can be a challenge when there's no feedback mechanism to see if people "get it" which is what happens with a YT video. That said, I reckon he does a great job though it does help that he's dealing with a very interested viewer in me. I barely noticed that this video was over an hour - great job BF! Kia Kaha ("stay strong") from New Zealand/Aotearoa.

28:45 Your not a bad explainer, it's that most adults in 2024 dont know what an allen wrench is, how to change a tire, or have the remotest idea of what preload could possibly be. Theyre not dumb either, they just have little to no desire to learn any of these things as long as you take Visa, Master Card, or American Express