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    Restoring this 1982 bike before it gets scrapped! vintage rebuild!



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    In todays episode we fully restore this vintage 1982 Elswick Targa. We fitted all new bearings, new cables, new tyres, new bar tape, and detailed everything in between…

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    2. @kennethpaquin6692 on

      I like working on bikes. I have at times been tempted to work on some vintage bikes, but this video illustrates why I haven't. The bikes I work on are typically my own bikes that I know go through regular maintenance, so I have little worry about seized bolts or other frustrations that are the result of neglect. All my bikes are also all from this century. Bike standards have coalesced to a some extent so that assembly techniques and the tools required are confined to a manageable number. When this presenter stated that the pedal spanners are neither imperial nor metric I felt my blood pressure go up. It is hard enough locating vintage parts, I don't want to also have to locate vintage tools.

    4. @panjang4709 on

      Hi, good job on an old bike. It has pressed steel drop outs so, probably right not to spend much on restoring it. Many will argue obsessively that the square tapers on the bottom bracket spindles should bot be greased. Do you have a view on this?

    5. @systemBuilder on

      1:55 – hammering on a pedal spanner without supporting the crankarm is essentially pounding on the ball bearings in the bottom bracket! That's not professional!!! Please do better – do not set a bad example for your Junior viewers!! Get a piece of wood that you can stand on the floor that reaches the pedal !!!

    6. @systemBuilder on

      9:05 Weinmann barrel adjusters are a little bit higher quality than most Asian after market parts – I have many of both of my garage – its nicer if you could free the adjuster nut with a bench vise and reuse the Weinmann barrel adjuster with a more generous helping of gease …

    7. @systemBuilder on

      7:39 – 17:01 – original Weinman 610/750 centerpull brakes have replaceable pad holders. This bike somebody had already thrown away those replaceable pad holders.

      The originals were aluminum and lighter than the steel Jagwire X-pads. If you have the original pad holders that are open at one end to slide the pad out of the pad holder, you can put both the old (Weinmann) and new (Jagwire x-pad) holders in a vise, and using a two position adjustable wrench – rip the Jagwire pads out of the new holders – soap them up – and slide them into the old original holders. Weinmann holders also used aluminum dome nuts which are higher quality than the steel dome nuts on all after market pads (incl jagwire).

      Someone had already messed up this bicycle by throwing away the higher quality Weinmann pads and holders so I'm not criticizing your work here…

      I do think you used Jagwire X-pads which is really good choice because X-pads are a Weinmann design, 42mm in Weinmann and 40mm in Jagwire which are pretty close reproductions ..

    9. @lewis72 on

      Fabulous renovation.

      39:27
      Whenever I put new bar tape on, I've always started in the centre and gone to the bar ends, using the end cap to secure the tape end in place.
      This does, IMO, look neater as you done need any adhesive tape to hold the end down as when done ending at the bar centre, however, it does mean the the tape edges re towards the bar centre, so when riding, it's easier to ride up the edges.

    14. @daltonbedore8396 on

      this is perfect – these steel bikes – even forgotten brands, mass-produced, with nothing fancy – will outlive us all, and with your service it will ride great as well. real value these have

    18. @qdusen on

      I enjoy watching these videos and the attention to detail, but one thing that doesn't make sense to me is that you do all of the headset work before washing the frame. It makes much more sense to me to wash the frame first so that any cleaning products won't work their way into the headset bearings.

    19. @MotherFarquhar on

      In 1982, I had a Viscount Grand Prix, which was fabulous, later I found out they called it the death fork because the front forks used to shear, killing the rider. Now I've got a B'twin Triban 500SE, which I want to convert to flat from drops.

    20. @Paradave10 on

      In 1959, for my eleventh birthday, I was lucky enough to be presented with an Elswick racing bicycle. I had it for many years after I had outgrown it, as it meant so much to me.

    24. @mustangj0hn on

      I had a Green Elswick Sovereign 10 speed when I was a teenager, was my only way to get around and clocked up many miles on it, till some scumbag stole it. Replaced by a Townsend Triathlon, never like it as much as the Elswick. Awesome video, great work.

    25. @kippen64 on

      This video is a wonderful advertisement for your skills. Plus an older bike was restored and we the viewers were entertained by an excellent video.

    26. @xy8691 on

      You really shouldn't use penetrating oil and blunt force like you did on the pedals. Heat is always the best solution if you want to avoid damaging the components. I tend to use my trusty MAP burner, and sometimes a regular heat gun does the job (though it's very unlikely if things are really stuck).

      It takes just a few barrages to drain the grease from most threads not protected with seals. Pair that with living in old crusty, salty Blighty..

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