3 Reasons To Restore A Bike

[@labcoattheater6161]

The first tool I ever used as a young man was likely on my bike. Still to this day, working on these incredible machines gives me joy. Great stuff. Thanks. 🚲🚲🚲

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[@retrobicyclejunkie]

The joy is seeing an unwanted bike left on the curb or given away and seeing the transformation it takes along the way. Seeing a new owner fall in love with the bike is priceless! Keep up the good work 👍🏽😎!

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Thank you!

[@jstar1000]

I started buying and flipping bikes off of craigslist way back when it first started getting popular. I would buy older complete bikes for like $20 and could rebuild them and sell them for anywhere from $100 to $200 back then. I was making money hand over fist on the side. It was a ton of fun and I learned a lot. Over the years I have had well over 200 different bikes. I have photos of pretty much all of them except maybe 10 or so. Now days its almost impossible to get a bike even for free, fix it up and sell it for a profit as bikes are just super hard to sell unless your giving them away for nothing. There are exceptions but its still awfully hard to make money at it and typically you will loose money. The market is just saturated with bikes and everyone is broke it seems. I will say if your wanting to buy a bike and know your stuff you can snag some awesome deals. I just bought a 9 year old Norco Cabot that was never ridden and is about a $2k bike at todays prices and I snagged it for $200. Its pretty much just like a Surly Long Haul Trucker but Norco's version. It was a disc brake ready bike with hubs and all I just needed rotors and calipers which I had lying around already. It fits me perfect and is so sweet I still can't believe I snagged it for so cheap. My main bike is a 2020 Rivendell Roadie I bought the frame and fork from them and built it up with a 9 speed Dura Ace component set I had already. Most of my bikes are old steel frame bikes and mostly Japan made. I love Miyata, Bridgestone, Fuji pretty much any of the high end Japan made bicycles from the late 70s into the early to mid 90s. I also love most anything from that era that Trek and Specialized made as well. Never got to into the Italian bikes as they were just stupid expensive.

[@mkrug1149]

Thanks Ed for the 3 good reasons, I restore several road bikes a yr. and find great satisfaction in rebuilding them, and the hunt is always fun as well. Sellling them helps pay for my own cycling.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Neat! It's a great hobby for sure. Thanks for sharing.

[@deanchaffee6960]

Amazing video, keep up the good work! There is something truly incredible about bringing something back to its former glory.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

It truly is! Thanks for watching.

[@KILLA-J]

I'm interested in creating a non-profit bike flipping shop because I think it would be a very enjoyable (even though sometimes frustrating) experience - thanks for the video

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I wish you luck!

[@jstar1000]

When I get an old bike to restore I grab a box and take everything off the frame, everything, headset and all. I then clean, degrease the frame, polish it and wax it and one by one take each part out of the box and do the same with it as I put it back on the bike. Anything that is bad like cables, brake pads etc. I replace with new stuff. When finished I have an old bike that is in the best possible shape it can be in. I only do this with high end bikes though, never mess with super low end Walmart type bikes. I take a hard pass on those. I also typically wont mess with anything that was left outside and has major rust of any kind on them. There are too many nice bikes that were left for dead indoors so I only mess with those.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

When I buy a bike for me, I do what you do. But for the rusty Walmart bikes that have been sitting outside for awhile that I'm going to donate for charity, I clean and polish them and do the minimum to make them safe and rideable. I love working on bikes and this gives me an outlet.

[@jstar1000]

@@edscyclingwithcoyotes I hear you but to me friends don't let friends ride junk lol. I hate Walmart bikes, at least the old ones, some of the newer ones are a lot better but man the old ones you fall down a rabbit hole of trying to fix junk you cant stop from falling apart as you go, you fix one thing to find something else is broke so I just avoid them.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I know. I see the same things failing on all the bikes ... broken twist shifters, bent derailleurs, etc. It's like Groundhog Day. I fix an old cheap bike. People ride it for awhile. It sits in the backyard collecting rust. I get it. I fix it. The cycle starts over. What can I say? It keeps me busy.

[@jstar1000]

@@edscyclingwithcoyotes Its certainly better then watching TV or MSM news for sure. I get it, I love wrenching on bikes.

[@yardsalecycles]

Also keeps them out the landfills

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Yep, it does. 🙂

[@Mr.JuhobAdventure]

Nice info

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Thank you.