Sometimes the stars align! And when a viewer mailed me a box of road bike parts they took off their wife’s bike, everything clicked together and I built up a pretty sick road bike! In true BikeFarmer fashion, we’re just working with what we have to make something great from nothing much at all!
Check out the other videos all sorts of bicycle repair as we refurbish and restore used bicycles or tune up customer bikes from all major brands including (but not limited to) Trek, Fuji, Specialized, Giant, Raleigh, Mongoose, GT, Schwinn, Rivendell, Waterford, Cervelo, Felt, Kona, Cannondale, Bianchi, Marin, Canyon, Scott, Salsa, Surly, All-City, etc. We will fix skipping gears, noisy chains, flat tires, presta valves, bent rims, numbness in hands, sticky shifters, squeaky brakes, uncomfortable saddles, upright handlebars by adjusting derailleurs, brake adjustments, new cables, new chain and cassette, freewheels, shifter overhauls, changing brake pads, lubrication, adjusting hubs, headsets and bottom bracket replacements, etc. or even just the easy way to tuneup your road, hybrid, mountain, MTB, ATB gravel, comfort or ebike bicycle! Heck you might even see some randonneur bikes for randonneuring or bike packing or touring or camping or single track or rail to trail or bike path style tours with urban cycling mixed in!
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Get better lighting please!!
Another great video, I've been watching some of your older uploads , also all good. Ride safe everyone ! Thanks.
Really liking this channel. Thanks for the lesson.
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Great video. I'm really enjoying your channel.
Have ridden and wrenched since the 80s. Watching you work on all the old stuff is great. I play with not so old hard tails and e-ify them. A high end e-hard tail is an awesome thing. Thanks for the inspiration!
very delight full to watch!
There is so much joy in serviceable and durable bikes. The golden age of bike tech from a casual/touring perspective. Good luck changing anything with fully integrated housing and propriety handlebar-stem combos that they want to sell you for over 10.000$
Great video. I'm such a fan of this channel. Loved, "he was such a wizard his name was Merlin." Time well spent.
Please take the dork disc off 😭
The reason you put a spacer on top is so the top stem pinch bolt is entirely beneath the top of the steer tube. Not dumb and very important when assembling lightweight components.
Some thing I wanna bring up for anybody in the crowd on titanium you should use anti-seize instead of grease on the threads and components that touch together. Keep the parts from galling
That’s a gorgeous bike even with the crushed chainstays.
I want that bike 😏
pretty pretty pretty pretty good bike
i couldnt live with those drop outs, i bet who ever did that felt instant regret, smh. either sell it or pay a professional, why ruin such a beautiful, classic, expensive piece of art
Awesome bike
Your front derailleur outside cage is not lined up with the chainring, so that is the issue with your shifting The rear derailleur looks as though you need to adjust the b screw. It looks as though you do not use grease or is that something that you did and not show on the video? NO grease on pedals, seatpost, freehub body, and brake caliper bolts, crank and bearings. Lastly, do you really ride with the nose of the saddle like that? Thanks for sharing!
I set up the hanger alignment as my first pretty much during inspection and cleaning.
Dude, you making a progress here.
Thanks for the split screen it helped a layman like me understand how the mechanics work a little better. Im an auto tech that just refound the enjoyment of riding again, and the mechanics of a car and a bike are 2 different animals. Don't get me wrong, if you have mechanical aptitude, it's fairly simple to do most of it, but the derailleur system has always been an area I tended to stay away from. I now feel confident i could do it myself after much frustration, lol. Thanks for the videos im really enjoying them.
I like the build! Thanks for the more in-depth drivetrain adjustment. JR
That's an elite frame. Please put elite components
I’ve been riding a LeMond Zurich for over 20 years. Love it and consequently, never been motivated to replace it. Great bikes.
Love it…FANTASTIC frame. Even though am-a Campy Record person …just a lovely build. My pet hate is flipped stems…but STILL love this build. Recently built an old Argos (UK built) 531 race frame from 1970’s with 2012 Campy Record 11 speed and also managed to squeeze in some Conti Grand Prix 28c tyres. Really good,smooth,fast,comfortable ride.
I was going to take out my Derosa campy 11 speed bike out for a Sunday ride but your video came across ,,, now I’m taking the Merlin titanium with Shimano Dura ace 7 speed shifters with 23 cm tires……old school,,, hell yeah,,,,
It was a relaxing build to watch. Much like Bob Ross painting a landscape before your eyes.
Thanks wonderful video I ride Titanium and will never go back to any other frame material!
I went old time friction shifters for my main bike and back up bike. I just found getting the clicks to sync with the gears bothersome. I can set up and tune or fix click shift but I only bother with bikes I'm selling. I use a Sun Tour stem shifter on my main bike with upright cruiser bars. Its a bit of pain to always be reaching to the stem to shift but it's what worked when I rebuilt the bike.
dick wilder lol
Oh heck yes.
Fix the stays