1989 Carerra Katmandu - Retro MTB Rebuild - Shimano Deore LX

[@BruceChastain]

yeah that paint is totally awesome, honestly I'd love to ride this bike.

[@chrislukes9037]

Nice build. Love how you intermingled the voiceover/explanation segments with the fast-mo musical interludes of you sloppin' on the grease, all over artfully shot but straightforward close-ups. Sweet paint job.

[@meadows408]

Nice. Everytime I have a mountain bike I end up selling it or donating it. I think I have one now that I may be able to keep, if it fits. No seat, flat tires, no brake pads, rusty chain but good tires. The front has been holding air overnight. If I get busy today I may be riding it before sundown. Its an old Cannondale. Thanks for the tips.

[@MonkeyShred]

Good luck! Hope it comes together!

[@TheRokko66]

Back then i didnt like this kind of painting, but nowadays i think it has something special and i like it :)

[@stockton350]

Vintage mountain bikes are quality all the way.

[@redwallace7934]

Love the 90's paint job

[@van_demonium]

awesome! great save and really nice build. love that splatter paint neon era stuff! they look awesome and make great light trail/aggressive commuters in my area. this carrera would be a gem to have.

[@rogerbagley791]

Excellent vid.. just scored a katmandu frame and building up soon. This vid is a great help. 👍

[@MonkeyShred]

Good luck with it! Enjoy!

[@alisonhill2210]

Good job. Elbow Grease spray from Poundstretcher is quite an effective non-aggressive degreaser.

[@bikermonster8354]

Great restoratiin. I know how difficult it is to get the right parts for the project. But it looks cool. Best wishes from Germany

[@anthonylanemusic]

I had one of these! I was going to do a restoration, but the seat post was welded into the frame, and no amount of soaking in penetrating oil was going to budge it, so in the end I parted it out and put the frame in a skip. Such a shame as they're nice looking bikes. Good to see yours came together so well. I've never seen those magnum tubes anywhere else either.

[@MonkeyShred]

Shame that! Sometimes you have to weigh up whether the fight is worth it though :(

[@anthonylanemusic]

@Robert Trageser I've come across this method before, but I don't have anywhere I can safely use anything toxic like that without risking my dogs coming into contact with it, so unfortunately, it had to be the skip. Even on a really rare or high quality frame, it's a fairly drastic solution.

[@kcrymble]

VintageShimano / Bobby is a good lad. Just picked up some Golden Arrow/105 brakes off him last night.

[@BruceChastain]

great job. Really you could ride this bike anywhere.

[@ryanoldeheuvel2158]

Great job love the retro mtb builds

[@cspower7259]

Yea thats how i remember Carrera bikes not this 'one hung low brand' that they are now. They rode well too. Love looking at old bikes.

[@MonkeyShred]

My first brand new buy was a Carrera Vulcan in 2008. I thought it was a good bike at £300 haha. Yeh... It fell apart and turned in to my first ever bike build.

[@cspower7259]

@@MonkeyShred haha yea fixed a few. Red ones. I had a silver one that seemed to last an age.

[@leecollins390]

Good vid fella,the paint reminds me of the GT timberline and tequesta of the early 90's.I rode a singlespeed tequesta with skinny tyres and a backrack to work for years,bon continu

[@MonkeyShred]

Ah GT... I'll have to get one of those for the collection at some point...

[@tomvghn5311]

Yeah, love this, nice one. I'm just finishing up a build, 87 (I think) Muddy Fox Courier. Got the retro LX mechs (the blue ones from 99ish) with new Deore hubs and Vs and a nice new Sugino crank, and old DX thumb shifters. Cold set the stays and running it 8 speed. Planning to use it as a heavy duty tourer and also something to explore the local trails and mountains on. Been wanting another old MTB frame since I got rid of my old 91 Hardrock, I toured and commuted on that and it never missed a beat. Can't believe how much the thing weighs, though. Also have a Cross Check, which I thought was a tank, but this thing's on another level. Might have something to do with the 2.15 rubber I jammed in there. On that note - a video on cold setting would be interesting if you ever fancied it.

[@MonkeyShred]

It is something I have to do. I've got frames ready, I just need to clear some space before I build another bike... ahhhh.

[@ziemowit5362]

Nice! Would make a great long distance touring bike. I love the paint job on that one. I might be mistaken, but i think it has an oversized 1 1/8" steerer, which would make it easly convertible to ahead. I built a similar bike in 2017 using using 1993 Trek 930 frameset, 1995 Deore LX derailleurs and levers operated with ultegra 8 speed bar end shifters with flat handlebar adapters. I rode it 8000km to Kirgyzstan without any issues at all. The rear derailleur is still running strong on my friends bike. Old LX was a great groupset.

[@arend3669]

amazing!!!

[@MonkeyShred]

8000km long trip? Nice one! You are right it has a 1 1/8" headset and would be easy to convert too!

[@Shoichigo]

Hello from Japan. If Kathmandu's original derailleur is M550 LX, it's probably a post-1990 bike. Because Shimano says the LX was released in 1990.

[@MonkeyShred]

Yeah I’m not sure why I labelled it as an 89 back when I made this video!

[@kaceyandroxannachristensen4890]

great build! im glad you stick with the classic 3 by s.... i have a similar hobby and i just want to turn everything into a 1 by.

[@MonkeyShred]

It's becoming the "norm" isn't it? I have a 1x retro ride and it's great... and the 1x CX... 1x hardtail and 1x full sus. I'll have to do the 1x road next.

[@kaceyandroxannachristensen4890]

@Robert Trageser ha! yeah i have three single speed vintage upgrades... i keep telling myself that some trendy college commuter will buy em. but they dont and they keep stacking up. but what am supposed to do stop wrenching these finds??

[@stuartquinn-harvie5327]

I worked for Halfords back then and the MTB line went : Quattro Comp ( 531/XT ) Kathmandu ( 501/LX) Waikaloa ( 501/Suntour X1 there was a step through version as well, but I can't remember it's name as I only ever sold one) Krakatoa (4130 main triangle, 300LX) Later they introduced more models, and the following year's Quattro Pro ( replacing the QC) came with Suntour XC Pro and SE brakes and the final version being a 531 E stay bike with a flexstem and a return to XT. In my opinion the last good ones were around 92/9, some of which were made by Saracen. They even came with pots of touch up paint. Much better bikes, made with much more care than the ones that followed. The marketing clearly took cues from Kona in some of the naming and GT / Kona for some of the paint jobs. There were earlier Carreras too - the Quattro I think being top of the earlier line with Mountain LX. Lovely resto job there :-)

[@computerbob06]

I have my 88/89 Quattro or Quattro 2, with just about everything original still on it - including the Mountain Lx set (with black crank cogs and silver arms)! Still ride it everywhere, built like a brick outhouse - good old CroMo!

[@C345OFR]

The predecessor of the Carerra Subway? Either way, solid build and like you say, another one back on the road :-) .

[@MonkeyShred]

I'm not actually sure how the Carrera line progressed. I can't actually find brochures like I have done for Diamondback, Specialized etc.

[@benspeedschannel888]

Fantastic job😍

[@JFRides]

Cool 👍

[@markbudd8432]

Nice rebuild as usual. Curious to know if it's your grand-dad's beard you were using at 11.40 to clean up the mounts....

[@WingmanLive]

Ive noticed every time you do a Deore LX you never do the IG interactive glide version, i have read some conflicting stuff about that system but i cant help but the think it looks sweet. Any thoughts on Shimano Interactive glide as am upgrade? There is a IG2 system aswell?

[@MonkeyShred]

If my memory serves me right the IG stuff was a bit later. I haven’t used the later 90s gear too much.

[@mixtemixte2545]

hello, great build. I am just curious - what grease do You use? Is it shimano grease? best wishes

[@MonkeyShred]

It's Weldtite grease. I was using the red Teflon grease before from the tube but I've found the white grease from the tub is easier to work with,

[@mixtemixte2545]

@@MonkeyShred thank You

[@pmd7914]

What grease do you use for your rebuilds?

[@MonkeyShred]

Weldtite TF2 Lithium

[@Loz20365]

whats the rear OLN for old frames like this?

[@MonkeyShred]

Good question. I think It's 130mm although I'd have to check.

[@tomvghn5311]

It would probably be 130mm for the 7 speed hubs that they used at the time. Old road bikes that were 8/9 speed had 130 spacing as well. I just spread a MTB frame from about this era (with the Sheldon method you linked, which worked great) from a shade under 130 to 135. Surly still does the 132.5 thing.

[@tomvghn5311]

@Robert Trageser 'nope' www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html See also here www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=124869 No need to patronise especially if you're not correct. Late 80s/early 90s MTBs were very often 130mm and then 135mm became more common around the mid-90s when 8 speed became more popular. Some 7-speeds were 135, but that wasn't the standard for quite a while.

[@DevonNroos]

just need some bar ends now

[@DanangSulistyo]

#demamduaenam #fevertwosixinc

[@jonienglish3231]

mosso fork - vintage disc brake build :kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqm7f4OhocuWa8k