Great job. Those rusty bolts and brake handles would drive my OCD crazy

I'm doing the same thing to a Trek 4300 that was used up and then tossed away. Very satisfying to bring it back to rideable condition.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Enhoy your work!🧡⚙️

I'll be honest, I enjoyed the video but I was mesmerised by your rack of neatly-organised lubricant syringes. Brilliant idea 👍👌

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kimbo!🧡⚙️

love these "bring back from the dead" videos...... bet that bike runs better than a BRAND new bike......... nice work (shout out to your son for great videos)

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dago Simon works hard on these and always appreciates a mention in the comments! We love to see the variety of what people enjoy on the channel, we love the vintage, some people love the high end stuff, some people love the everyday stuff and that’s fun to see for us🧡

Transformed! Nice

The bike absolutely looks brand spanking new.

I'm looking forward to the day, when finally one of your customers decides having replaced all rusty bolts when having the bike serviced. Anyway, again a brilliant video and perfectly done service 🙂

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Lol we all have our own ocd’s🧡⚙️

@oreocarlton3343

Жыл бұрын

Ive notice that too but just a little pump of wd40 could remove a lot of rust on bolts

@luckyirvin

Жыл бұрын

maybe you replace all hardware if ya overhauling Flight Critical DC-10 Ram Air Turbines.... but a fresh stainless steel wire brush and copious Tri-Flow adds years between tuneups and saves the trouble of sourcing metric and SAE screws and bolts

such great therapy as the working day winds down....Cheers gents! Great start to 2023

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!🧡⚙️

Ugly duckling turns into a swan…….well done men ………..absolutely awesome ! 👏👏👏

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin!🧡💪🏼⚙️

The Voodoo rises Phoenix-like from the ashes under Lee's astute care.

Going one by might’ve been a good option. Also wrap the old tube around the chain stay for anti ding and rattle.

2023!!! Thank you for another amazing video! Glad to be first!!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

First! Awesome!🧡⚙️

Amazing how people treat things.

Brilliant, Happy New Year to you. Voodoo Magic, looks fabulous, thanks for the share again. Dave, Mooloolaba, Australia

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Happy late new year! Glad you enjoyed it Dave and thanks for dropping us a comment 🧡⚙️

Wow, Outstanding Restoration Save on this bike.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

It was a huge transformation to get it going again🧡

Literally a new bike. Looks great brilliant work

@Bikespeeds

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much🧡

Wow, this is just about new bike territory. Amazing job. Fun to watch on the trainer :)

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason!🧡⚙️

Anti seize on the back of brake pads is a standard thing on cars, so it makes sense to do it on bikes as well. Such a good transformation. I hope the owner is now out and about on it regularly

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🧡⚙️

The rustier they come in, the better! Loved watching this video this week!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Haha we see a bike like this come in and think the same. We know we have a good video on the way when they come in like this😂🧡

Amazing job on that one chaps! V impressed. .

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew! Was a huge job this one 🧡⚙️

Another happy bike 😎

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Another happy bike! In the true KZread fast paced spirit it’s straight onto the next one!🧡⚙️

You should do 'How to' videos. Like full length videos on how to change gear cables and re index the bike and many other things. Great channel though

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

There are so many great videos on how to that we think we’d get lost in the sea of many. We like to think this kind of infotainment is a unique take in the world of KZread 🧡⚙️

Over here in Seattle, you have a soulmate. Damn fine website, Sir. I like to call it laying on hands. So satisfying to resurrect an old bike. I loved to make it better than new, usually by shorter cables and housing, and tweaking the hell out of the brake caliper free play and seriously fixated attention to brake pad alignment. Even when i was building new ones outta the box. Great brakes have saved me many times on my Sekai and Eddy Merckx.

@KarlosEPM

Жыл бұрын

I too pimp out brakes before anything else. Funny, I never hear of people shortening cable housing (I do it too) and I feel actuation becomes smoother 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

@luckyirvin

Жыл бұрын

@@KarlosEPM shortening cable housing and lubing the hell out of those cables helped me feel like I made the bike better. Like i made a bike safer. Like i made a good one

the Voodoo has been resurrected!

Amazing. What a great turnaround. Likely wasn't cheap but the voodoo frames are decent. Shame about the saddle... CRUSTY!!!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a new saddle going on down the line! Thanks for the love 🧡⚙️

Another bike brought back from death's door by yourselves. Great video production too. Hope you have a great 2023.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul! We will see you soon across all the new videos!🧡⚙️

The rust on the fork stanchions.... hurt to look at. Great job on this restoration! Always a pleasure to watch you guys work.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

We get excited when we see a rusty bike because it means we get to do this! Nothing more satisfying🧡⚙️

One of your best service/restoration yet.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

This one was incredibly in depth really, when we were filming it it just went on and on so glad you liked it!🧡⚙️

Lee, you are a magician. The only thing missing from this magic show is a good card trick!😂😂. Another wonderful job making a tired bike road worthy again. Thanks for this video and thanks Simon for a great edit!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks from us both! This one was a lot of work to get it rolling again🧡

Great to watch over a coffee this rainy weekend. ☕🚲 Thanks for your constant hard work on these vids, it feels like cheating at life to have this content for free 🤯

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

It really is non stop for us. We’re currently working on an online store as hopefully a way to get something back from the videos. We love making them and would love to get a little extra back on top!🧡⚙️

Nice work 😊👍🏻👍🏻

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🧡⚙️

Nine Yards of deterioration is a nice description of the state of this poor bicycle. I would have probably used a hand grenade to put it out of its misery, but with your experience and professionalism you worked your magic as always! ❤

@benjaminfriederichs3189

Жыл бұрын

And i appreciate, that the customer stretched the chain, which shows that he really liked the bike sometimes, before the maintenance issues got out of hand.

@benjaminfriederichs3189

Жыл бұрын

Tbh I had myself a bike in a similar state some time ago, before I started to rebuilt it myself, because it was always flat when I wanted to ride it and in the end it was only the cheap Dunlop valves which leaked, so I fully understand, that sometimes you can loose the enjoyment of your bike and a service like this can make a world of a difference!

@benjaminfriederichs3189

Жыл бұрын

I really love how much you salvage of a bike instead of replacing complete sets. I probably just would have changed the brakes for a new set including levers, new pads etc. but as you showed it was serviceable and why put it in the landfill if it‘s still working!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Benjamin glad you liked this one! Often bikes look far far worse than they necessarily are and they can always be brought back with a little work🧡⚙️

I watched all of your videos between your last upload and this one. I watch a lot of channels that build bikes, but I like your meticulousness, especially with the multiple torque wrenches. I am a motorcycle mechanic, and I'm a stickler for using them too.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s something we pride ourselves on is leaving no stone unturned 🧡⚙️

Great job, I'd say your customer was delighted.

Looks like a new bike .... but with patina. Quite a cool look.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Ridden bikes always beat new bikes 🧡⚙️

Just ordered my bizango and can’t wait to ride it

You did an amazing job Lee. It was very grim before you worked your magic on it. (Bit of a shame the customer didn't want a nice new saddle)

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!🧡⚙️

Really do love watching bike speeds KZread channel. Very informative , I've learnt alot by watching. Keep up with the good work.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Roy we appreciate you watching and supporting us! It’s great that you can take something away from the videos🧡⚙️

Amazing dedication and effort for a mid to low end bike. My Voodoo Bizango is 9 years old. Been servicing and replacing bits. But whole drivetrain now needs replacing which I have never done. And I want to change the 3x drivetrain to 1x ,but sure I'll get there with some help from youtube.

Different bike at the end guys ! Fantastic job as always 👍

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian. The support never goes unnoticed 🧡⚙️

Always impressed by these videos, the attention to detail. I love the 2D charts showing the spoke tensions. Keep it the great work!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!🧡⚙️

Amazed

Great service Lee 👍

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🧡⚙️

Would be really interested to know the cost of this service with parts versus buying the bike new again seeing as it is more budget/entry level. Great video as always!

@andrewhayes7055

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same

@selvaratnam

Жыл бұрын

with all the parts I assume £250+ new bike is around £575 . I think still worth it, this bike will ride better. Also being green and all that

@munro12345

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewhayes7055 I was trying to do a rough estimate in my head: - cassette £25 - chain £15 - bottom br £15 - cables £20 - chainset £40 - jockey whls £10 - headset £30 - inner tubes £ 8 = £133 That's retail for 9 speed Shimano parts (FSA headset). Then the labour for spoke/wheels, brake bleeds, detail and fitting the parts. I'd guess about £220 - £250 all in for a bike that cost £5/600? I would be happy with that - you can see he does everything thoroughly (getting the wheels to within 10% on the Park Tool app is impressive!) and genuinely enjoys doing it.

@ellipticalsoul

Жыл бұрын

@@selvaratnam Yeah a new bike in the price range will probably have been put together as quickly as possible in the factory, nowhere near this level of service when it comes to lubricating parts etc.

Very nice rebuild, great job. That bike was worth saving. The chain stretch level on that old chain is almost to the point that the chain checker would not fit.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! It was incredibly worn out!🧡

hey, if you get a dual-suspension mtb could you show a service of it please? I'm really glad i found your channel, I've learnt a lot about bikes from you.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

If we can we will! It all depends on what’s in at the right time. Glad you’re enjoying the channel and we’ll see you again soon🧡

Loving it, as always.

Done amazing work it see how far gone it was to been fully restored its a nice pretty bike I love it x

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and dropping us another comment 🧡⚙️

Grand job on a decent frame if low spec parts bike. From rust bucket to mostly shiny once again.

This bike had to be satisfying to work on. Just watching the transformation through the video was great but feeling it through your hands must have been amazing.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

We often say the camera doesn’t pickup just the before and after of the bike. Seeing it doesn’t do it justice of how it feels and performs 🧡

Another good one. Happy new year gentlemen. Sending you warm regards from California

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Sending you cold uk regards back lol! Thanks Keny🧡

Always good to see another bike given a new life. My paper route bike back in the 70's was a Schwinn Sting Ray single speed coaster brake with banana seat. I would be curious as you do each of the restorations what the cost was in the end to the customer? Wishing you and yours the best in 2023, I know you will be bringing many bikes back to life in 2023.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob! We don’t post our prices so can’t answer that one but glad you enjoyed the video! Hopefully we’ll see you again across the year 🧡⚙️

Scary Voodoo turned into a beauty, rebuilt to serve the customer well. Admire the honest communication you folks have with your customers based on the bike and budgetary needs & constraints. P.S. I started to grease my QR skewer after watching your videos, thank you Lee and Simon.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Honesty is always the best policy that’s what we’ve believed since day 1. The skewer is an absolute essential we’ve seen tens of wheels completely seized up⚙️🧡

Amazing video. This makes me want to clean my bike.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Makes you go faster!

Wednesday nights are still the highlight of my week. Fantastic job once again, real stunner this one. Also big thumbs up to your son as always for the amazing filming/editing work! 10/10 guys!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks as always Jack! It’s great for us to hear comments like that and it blows our mind how far the channel has reached 🧡⚙️💪🏼

Awesome job!!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🧡⚙️

Bicycles with history are my favorites. Thank you Lee and Simon. Always look forward to the latest content.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Nothing better than a well ridden bike! Thanks very much Rodney🧡⚙️

very nice work. I hate to see a bike rusted and forgotten when it is so easy to rebuild it.

@Bikespeeds

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!🧡

Learnt a lot from your vids mate , recently started rebuilding old bikes as a hobby loving it lol. Amazing video as always hope to own my own bike shop one day!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s great to hear! Enjoy all your work and glad we could help you along the way🧡⚙️

Wow I had the same colourway Voodoo 'Nakisi' as gravel bike about 5-6 years ago... ended up getting rid of it due to constant mechanical issues. If you'd been my mechanic I reckon I'd still be riding it today. It looked awesome though, especially with that paintjob reflective pattern at night under lights. Thanks for all the work making these videos, they're really enjoyable.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke interesting read there. Glad you enjoy the videos we do get voodoo bikes in and out the shop so I’m sure there’ll be another video to come down the line🧡⚙️

@jase6709

Жыл бұрын

I have the grey and neon yellow Voodoo Aizan from the same year. It's the XC bike, but I've heavily upgraded it to be more of an aggressive trail bike.

A very thorough job.

@Bikespeeds

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!🧡⚙️

Another great job fellas. I always like watching your channel as it motivates me to keep my bike in nice condition and I've picked up some good tips from you. I'm always glad to see these kind of bikes get a new lease of life too, it had obviously been well used before!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

This kind of work is the most rewarding for sure. Thanks for all the support as always Nick and we will see you again soon!🧡⚙️

I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from watching! You wear some beautiful watches but you never hold your hands still enough to get a good look. I’d love to see you mention what watch you’re wearing on a given video 😀

Great work as always!!! Thanks for interesting video!!!

Fun to watch but makes me very glad to live in a dry environment (and i keep my bikes inside)

@Bikespeeds

9 ай бұрын

Lol yes the coastal weather can be brutal here 🧡

The nice thing about these vids is that the customer can see that there was no attempt to replace unnecessarily. Which I have come across before.

@Bikespeeds

3 ай бұрын

That’s what we aim for!🧡⚙️

So satisfying!

@Bikespeeds

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Definitely subscribed! Love watching bikes get some tlc

@Bikespeeds

Ай бұрын

Thanks for joining us!🧡

Customer will think Santa has been lol

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Haha yes something like that lol🧡⚙️

See how you had to replace the chainrings and cassette, how much more would it have cost to update the drivetrain to 1x? I'd love to see you do this on a mountain bike.

Great job - like a new bike!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thank Andy!🧡⚙️

A friend of mine had one the same in near enough same condition 😂😂

Hello I love watching keep it up and I’ve got a voodoo and I just love seeing them being brought back to life best wishes T

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and enjoy the voodoo!🧡⚙️

Kicks of 23 with a great one! People get their papers quicker now.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

lol yes they do🧡⚙️

Lee, I have always wanted to know why British bikes are set up with right hand operating the front brake and left hand the rear brake? Great service as usual.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

For no reason at all. Our cars are right hand drive so it’s something along those lines but it’s just the way it is over here lol🧡⚙️

nice one

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony!🧡⚙️

Looks like new! Great work as always.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks you! This one was a lot of work for a great transformation! 🧡⚙️

I don't think those Clark brakes were the ones it originally came with (sure they had base Shimano ones, or possibly Tektro). Did I see it right, were the pads metallic? No wonder they were squealing. Would the rotors be okay for metallic pads?

@danashmore4765

Жыл бұрын

The Bantu does come with basic clarkes hydraulic brakes as standard, I upgraded mine to clarkes m2

Having watched you do some amazing restorations/servicing it just shows if you can spend a little time on your bike how different it can be. It seams a shame to say the least that at this time of the year if you go to your local dump/recycling centre you will see so many bikes that could live again.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Definitely bikes deserve more care than they get! 🧡⚙️

@nyemartin5737

Жыл бұрын

Could be a good business venture to salvage dumped bikes, restore them and flip them on evilbay 🤔😀

@sweepsp8468

Жыл бұрын

@@nyemartin5737 I have thought of that but second hand prices are not good, it would be nice as shown on BBC to do kids bikes for xmas for the less fortunate.

Nice work awesome 👏

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again! Glad you’re enjoying all the content 🧡

Great job thanks for sharing

@Bikespeeds

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!🧡

Another superb service.! I do have one question: on the cable for the rear derailleur you didn’t use your standard cable length as a guide to cut it, or did I miss something 😎🇫🇮

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

We actually more often than not don’t use our cable guide. Most derailleurs are so close to the wheel the cables need cutting short to clear it. So we use the cable guide when we can but often cables need to be cut quite short🧡⚙️

Great first video of the year! Your work always inspires me to improve my bike cleaning and what to lube with what lubricant! Brilliant work!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! That’s great to hear, enjoy working on your bike and enjoy the videos🧡⚙️

Inspiration

Brilliant restoration as always!!

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks! It was a lot of work but we think it came out great!🧡⚙️

Great job on the rebuild! It takes a lot of talent and effort to bring a bike back to life. You are one of the most skilled mechanics I have ever witnessed in any industry. Also, as a watch collector, I can't help but notice that you appear to be wearing a Rolex a vintage 2-tone oysterquartz in most of your videos. Is this right? I also noticed you wearing a fantastic looking jump date watch in one of your videos; if so, what brand was it?

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Amaiwan yes I’m into my watches that is a gucci jumper watch🧡

@AmaiwanTraveler

Жыл бұрын

@@Bikespeeds Very cool thanks again for your great videos....

Nice work.

Brilliant Channel...🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much superdan!🧡⚙️

@superdan43

Жыл бұрын

@@Bikespeeds 🙂...🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Question: I see a lot of relatively cheap bikes on your channel (where there have been some obvious compromises to spec). E.g. a MTB in this price bracket doesn't get the 1x treatment. I've noted that your customers almost never take the opportunity of replacing worn parts and spending a touch more $ for an upgrade. In this instance, I'd argue a Deore 1x10 with an 11-46 (or even Deore 11) would have cost barely any more (the cassettes would have been maybe 20 quid difference, 9sp and 10sp chains more about the same price, the Deore derailleur minus the cost of the labor to service the FD and RD (+ cost of replacement jockey wheels) maybe be another 10 quid vs the replacement Shimano square taper crank and BB's would have again been more or less the same price. The customer then gets a much better drivetrain (functionally for a MTB), with an actual increase in resale value and a decent chunk of weight dropped. Do you ever persuade customers to go this route?

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Often these jobs are already on the limit of budget. Usually these bikes are needed as cheap as possible and as quick as possible so customers take the cheapest option we offer them🧡

Hey there. Great video as always. Short question: Does the lubricant in the b-tension spring in the derailleur wash out during ultrasonic cleaning? Does it need re-lubrication at some point?

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

We have never found it a problem, if we feel it needs doing we do go ahead and do it but often it’s perfectly fine 🧡⚙️

Nice Job, looks great!

@Bikespeeds

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Joseph!🧡

If you want to go crazy on a bike, orange cable ends and jockey wheels would fit that bike well. Do you mount greased jokey wheels or ones with bearings?

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

These were like for like replacements so they weren’t bearings they were greased🧡⚙️

What program or app did you use for getting proper tension on the wheel? Looked like it could be very helpful.

nice work, too bad the customer didn’t get the seat and grips replaced as well

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

This was really on the limit of the budget just to get the bike actually able to roll again so maybe by next service 🧡⚙️

Great video but there wasnt a shot where you zoom out and see the whole bike.

Would it be possible to do a bit of a guide on the types/brands of grease which you use for different jobs? Starting to do more diy work and never sure about what grease to use and how to tell the difference between a light, medium, "premium" grease etc

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

We have done a guide. It’s slightly outdated production wise now but the information is all there. We’re actually working on an online store where you can purchase the greases, it’s a few months away but it’s in the works 🧡⚙️

@tomizent

Жыл бұрын

@@Bikespeeds thanks! Went back and found it. Was really helpful and cleared up a lot :)

What kind of "super slip shifting cables" do you use? Is this a Shimano or something else? Love to watch your channel. You're doing great work. Cheers from Poland.

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

These aren’t shiamano these are a cable exclusive to our suppliers! Thanks for the love Thomas and sorry we couldn’t get you a great answer on that one🧡⚙️

No stone left unturned as per👌did the brake levers clean up as good as the fork crown?

@Bikespeeds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! They were slightly rusted but nothing to bad in our eyes 🧡⚙️

You have some patience to do all that i commend you id want like 600 quid to do a job of that calibre and time so detailed and its alot of work. Well done im so impressed

@Bikespeeds

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!🧡

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