Triumph Road Bike Restoration! FULL VINTAGE REBUILD!

[@2pacjordan]

Just stopped by to say that you guys are one of my favorite channels on KZbin. And that says a lot.

[@Bikespeeds]

We always always appreciate comments like that, so thanks a bunch for the support!🧡⚙️

[@johnnydwicked]

I find the timeplaspe bike restoration videos with the lofi music and gentle voice commentary, very therapeutic to watch.

[@johnykryll]

If that was mine I think I'd cry with emotion in the way you gave it a new life

[@dannyjamison8337]

This has been my favorite episode. I love the old, lugged steel frames. Now that it's been refurbished and fitted with a Brooks saddle, it surely will provide a magical ride!

[@Bikespeeds]

This was one of our favourite as well, we loved Doing this bike, glad you enjoyed it🧡

[@lordvalentine471]

I love doing this kind of stuff the old bikes go down the rabbit hole

[@charlieamos6640]

Nice restoration i just restored some pedals very therapuetic

[@Bikespeeds]

Enjoy your work!🧡⚙️

[@kevinfrost1579]

Great vid instantly took me back almost 50 yrs, to 12 years old and working on my Raleigh bike. Cotter pins haven’t thought about those for years ! Chapeau for another classy and sympathetic rejuvenation, such a joy to see. Well done Lee, Simon (and owner). Nice touch fitting a period appropriate saddle. All truly classy 👏👏👏

[@Bikespeeds]

It’s great hearing everyone’s various Raleigh stories. They really do have great history. Glad you enjoyed this one specifically and thanks for watching!🧡⚙️

[@smileyionut4604]

Where has this product been all my life?! Works like a charm!

[@pokey764ids]

I love patina like that! Perfect! You brought out all the character in the bike! Great job

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching!🧡⚙️

[@zaccowie4862]

Fantastic transformation of bike! 👍 Great Job. Recommendation next video - Muc off Bicycle pressure washer & how to Wash your Bike .

[@Luks-abc]

Hey, this Channel is amazing! Really appreciate your in depth voiceovers on these wonderfull bike restoration videos! Really learned a lot over the last weeks, since i found you on youtube! Keep on the nice work! Hugs from Berlin

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you! We appreciate you joining and supporting us!🧡

[@bengt_axle]

I remember having a bike of this era. Many were made in Europe with components from France, Germany and the UK. You restored this one to its original glory! Most people would not go through the trouble of replacing the bearings and chain, yet this is what is going to make it ride like new.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching! This is favourite era of bikes, they don’t make them like they used too🧡

[@mynamesnotfkinwarren]

great video...awesome work as usual...i love retro bikes,i have a triumph palm beach sitting in my front garden like a ornament lol

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching Warren👌🏼

[@stickmenkissarmy6907]

Fantastic job on this bicycle 🚲

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡

[@dgillies5420]

I am pretty sure the bike is early 1960s. Look at the seatstay caps those are 1950s actually. Cottor pins were finished by the mid 1970s. If you can find a serial number on the bottom bracket or the rear dropout, I think you can look it up because it was probably built by Carlton in Worksop.

[@markpdouglas]

You do really good and thorough work. I'm enjoying these videos. I brought a 1969 Flying Scot back to life with Mafac centre pulls, Campag Nuovo record and bar end shifters and had many of the challenges you had on this Triumph. I'm personally not a huge fan of copper grease - I really dislike the appearance of it. From my days of BMW motorbike ownership, I became familiar with an alternative anti-seize product that is a bit thicker, and silver in colour - Castrol Optimol TA. I use that now - it lasts longer and is visibly more appealing. It's readily available and comes in squeezable tubes. You should give it a try. It works very well (designed for motorbikes, road salt and lots of very corrosive alloys).

[@a1yallop]

Absolutely brilliant, love these beautiful old bikes being given a new lease of life.

[@Bikespeeds]

As do we!🧡

[@yankeepalu8627]

I really like these overhauling of antique bikes. Great video

[@Bikespeeds]

We have another vintage triumph coming out tomorrow! You may enjoy that one🧡⚙️

[@jonnyhawes4410]

Another mesmerising video 😊 Great work as always 👍

[@ahick]

Great videos!!!!! You provide great explanation and keep the videos tight. I do some restorations videos nothing as good as yours. I wish I would have discovered your channel months ago. Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching, we’re glad you found us🧡🚲

[@Daimler6743]

Really love your oyster quartz

[@karlnorgaard6077]

Oh boy, a real knuckle buster, haha. Yeah, looks to be 72-74, though here in western Canada the English stuff not as common, so no expert. I admire anyone taking on a project like this. Thanks for addressing the variety of bolt sizes, this is maddening. Thought I was losing my mind several years ago upon first encountering this condition. I'd sure like to see a high end 1960's road bike restoration.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching and commenting! All about the attention to detail😉🧡

[@martinwilliams3365]

Great job Guys!

[@nicklabelle9573]

Awesome job

[@johnathanguarnerosjones2698]

Awesome video Thankyou very much! Love the look of leaving the original paint and old style, maybe adding a clear coat to the paint would be good to protect the exposed metal, cheers!

[@Bikespeeds]

We agree! But you have to remember we are a commercial business. If a customer wanted this too we’d have sorted it, but everyone has to draw their own line at times! Thanks for watching 🧡

[@joannelouiserodriguez5966]

Love retro bikes good job keep em coming

[@Bikespeeds]

As do we🧡🚲

[@breathestrongcycling3672]

Some mudguards would be a nice finishing touch on that. Lovely old bike and glad you kept it so original, patina and all 👍

[@Bikespeeds]

We try to keep the bikes original that’s our personal taste, but we did think the mudguards on this were completely buckled so in the end we removed them, thanks for watching!🧡

[@rickychan9782]

Your work is amazing 👍🏻👍🏻 Learned so much from your videos

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Ricky!

[@schrodingerthecat]

Restoring the bike is a true triumph.

[@jinbeiktr208]

Le hice la Vida feliz a mi hijo con este regalo!!!

[@osoeduardo]

Beautiful job!!!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡⚙️

[@markbattista6857]

It looks like you have been doing this your entire life , great job

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for taking the time to comment Mark!🚲

[@rodbrown8306]

Love the work,

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Rod!🧡⚙️

[@darekkowalski2658]

Great job!

[@pwood5733]

Beautiful. I wish i had the skills

[@josephbell7994]

Painting the bike and replacing logos, would be crazy expensive? A vintage bike like this would be worth it, IMHO. Great job!!

[@aitorbleda8267]

Depends on where you live. With a clean frame, repaint can be about £100 in Scotland, maybe a bit less. I don't remember how much for the decals.

[@markbattista6857]

As usual great job , I had a Triumph very similar to your feature bicycle in 1972 or73 & being six speed denotes it is probably post 72 . I enjoy watching your restoration' s very much , hope you do more of the 70 s and down . Thanks

[@Bikespeeds]

We do have a big vintage bsa restoration in, it’s a Tour de France bike we’re saving for release then, and hopefully some more in the meantime, it’s some of our favourite bikes to work on!

[@carywatmore]

Another tastefully done rebuild

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡⚙️

[@matthewlewis9356]

Beautiful job

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡⚙️

[@paulburns3016]

Brilliant

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Paul🧡💪🏼

[@sweepsp8468]

Really nice work and agree with you the old bikes to stand the test of time, I have a 'new' mtb which cost £600 and it's good but I also have a 1963 Dawes bike which I have had since 1967 and had been at the back of the garage for a few years, I now have just restored it. Most parts just needed a good clean, fresh grease and care putting it together. I was amazed how well it rode and is as good if not better than my mtb. I love watching you work on the modern stuff but if you can put in a few old one's it would add a little spice.

[@Bikespeeds]

Did you watch last weeks Raleigh video? I actually kept that one for myself! It’s been a joy the last week riding it about

[@sweepsp8468]

@@Bikespeeds Just watched it, as with all stuff from that period, quality. My original chain showed no stretch and the only reason I did not us again was I up-graded from 3 speed to 5

[@methinjgti1]

Love your videos

[@zdravo4]

Hello there, I recently bought one old german road bike for cheap and decided to restore it the best I can for myself. It’s some almost unknown brand “Jungherz”, model is Marathon, 2x5 speeds, shimano Positron shifters and mechs, weinmann brakes and levers, levers are also dual (aka sucide levers), I decided to keep it because they look so cool to me. Craknset and BB are SR Sakae 42/52 and they look great, casette is Shimano and chain too, rims are weinmann and hubs are Maillard with WWS steel spokes (they have four leaf clover logo), stem is Uno and handlebar is Friko branded. So I stripped all the parts, and sent the bike to sandblasting and powdercoating in matte black (yes I heard you don’t like it but I do). Frame was in decent shape, without scratches and dents and I got it back today. It looks lovely and in combination with silver aluminium and chromed parts it will look fantastic. I already cleaned all the parts, regreased the bearings in hubs and freehub, taped the rims, cleaned the brakes, brake levers, crankset, bottom bracket, shifters, mechs and chain. Chain is shimano UG in nice condition, it was full of thick grease and it seems it keeped it rust free for years, after detail cleaning I measured it and it is still not for replacing. But if I had to, what chain you would recomand? New tires, inner tubes, pedals, cables and housings, setpost bolt and seatpost and bar tape are on the way to me. I expect it in next week and rhen I will put all back. Saddle I already have and will use it as it it almost new. I will also try to record it all similar as you do and make decent video with pictures of before and after.

[@Bikespeeds]

That sounds like a great project. Mat black powder coating is far easier to keep nice than Mat paint. I find Mat powder coating has a more satin finish and cleans nicely. Simon (my Son who films and edits the videos) has a Mat black fixie it’s held up well. You can’t go wrong with Taya chains, they do a nice “silver, silver” chain which has polished plates and look great against old groupsets. Enjoy that one this year.

[@zdravo4]

@@Bikespeeds thank you, wish you and your family all the best in New 2022. Yes the frame really came up nice. And the quality of it’s original parts is amazing.

[@zdravo4]

As I can see you always take out the balls from the cage, is that better? I suppose it will lower friction in headset, bottom bracket and hub

[@Bikespeeds]

If the bearings are supported by a cage I always ditch the cage, it’s especially useful on headsets because the balls will often pit the cups because the rotate such a small amount, constantly left and right so pit the cup where they touch. By removing the cage you need more balls which support the race more evenly and so they tend to run smoother in old cups.

[@bob-ny6kn]

At your 2:13, as my rugby- and bikemech-mangled thumbs peck and search at this microkeyboard, I sit under my second Guinness with a side of fush and chups, looking at the 1957 J. C. Higgins with Sturmey-Archer internal with Cottered Cranks... which DO exist... that I resurrected from a frame, fork, cranks, three spokes and a hub. my daily transport to home and the shop. She will outlive me. Cotter pins et al.

[@billlander3700]

Just great.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yessir man howdy.

[@jdillon8360]

Great video and nice restoration job. I see what you mean about the damaged threads on the axle. Not sure if they were metric or imperial, but if you don't have the exact taps and dies, a pair of thread files (one metric and one imperial) can do a decent job of fixing damaged threads. I used to use them a lot when I worked as a diesel pump mechanic. Lifesavers.

[@Bikespeeds]

Definitely! Thanks for watching and commenting, great tips

[@bobstevens9040]

Great video. I subscribed.I would love to come and work on these restorations with you guys

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the sub! 🧡

[@lukeey96]

The bolts might have been whitworth. A lot of old British motorcycles and trucks have whitworth bolts. Just a thought. Nice video. Love the restorations. 👌

[@Yonok2009]

Enjoyed watching your work 👍 What is copper slip grease? Thanks for sharing Greetings from Thailand 🇹🇭 Found it anti seize ✅

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching!

[@neilfonger2609]

Very similar to my Robin Hood Lenton Sports. I'm looking for info on my bike if you know any resources.

[@williamhilliard7386]

Tender loving care.

[@iyonex8663]

Great video!! What kind of lube are you using on the Derailleur at 6:46? Greetings from Germany :)

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s Oxford 365 Lube in our own syringe. It’s a very thin oil, which is perfect for a pivot point.

[@MaximRecoil]

10:55 - What you're talking about is called a cage, not a race. The races are something completely different; they are what the bearings ride against, and they are 100% necessary regardless of whether you have caged bearings or not. In a headset, for the lower bearings, you have the crown race which is pressed onto the fork, and the cup, which is pressed into the head tube, functions as the other race (bearings have to be sandwiched between two races). For the upper bearings you have the cup and a cone. The cone is also known as an adjustable race.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Yes cage not race. But headsets of this type has no true races. It has cup and cone, top and bottom. The adjustable element here is the top cup. It sets a minimum preload on both bearings. Neither of the two cones is adjustable.

[@MaximRecoil]

@@Hertog_von_Berkshire "But headsets of this type has no true races." Yes, they do. The cups and cones are true races. There's no such thing as a race that isn't a true race; something either functions as a race or it doesn't, and if it functions as a race (as the cups and cones do), it is a true race by definition. Races are simply the parts that the ball bearings ride against.

[@mikebell4468]

Love this video guys. I've always wanted to restore a bike like this but use some modern groupset and finishing kit to bring it to life with a modern twist. Is that even possible or would it be a nightmare with compatibility of parts?

[@Bikespeeds]

More than achievable I’d have thought.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

My first thought on the frame was 1960s, but yes maybe 1970. Late 1980s Tourney, probably a TY10, and 6-speed block ... I'm guessing these are upgrades on the original factory fit.

[@Bikespeeds]

Most likely!🧡

[@SaabIsSaab]

Why do you use copper paste on some threads, rather than regular grease? Thanks!

[@Bikespeeds]

For threads that we don’t want to lubricate. Putting slippery grease on something we don’t want to unwind isn’t a great idea but copper slip stops it from corroding without lubricating it⚙️

[@BattleLev]

When you change the ball bearings how do you know which ones are needed ? Is there some kind of chart for every model or do you just measure the ones that are on the bike?

[@Bikespeeds]

Yes I measure them with calipers 🧡

[@ianlainchbury]

What size would be a medium on these old school bikes?

[@Паша-б6д]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@neilhamilton2621]

Plz do more old bikes

[@ronsutton2053]

Are ball bearing sizes now metric or imperial sizes?

[@MegaXtc11]

13:47 did you use also the T Cut on the handlebars?

[@Bikespeeds]

That is a trade thinners we use, it’s essentially a very heavy methylated spirit

[@MegaXtc11]

@@Bikespeeds Thanks

[@MichaelLeiBarrientos]

Maybe some test ride video after the restoration

[@Bikespeeds]

All the bikes are customers bikes, so we don’t ride them and I’m actually quite short so most of them I can’t get on! Lol 🧡

[@neilhamilton2621]

How many bearing's in eatch crown

[@P1otrB]

Hey, how much did you charge for the rebuild?

[@TheBuffjam]

How do you measure a bearing?

[@GabbyRod7]

Still Remember when your son brought this bike off me it amazes me how bad this was after the service it had 2 weeks before you took it.

[@Bikespeeds]

There’s a service, then there’s a SERVICE lol. This was our favourite bike to do just because of the story behind it, buying it etc🧡

[@pwood5733]

Definition if a sensitive restoration - jet wash it lol

[@yc6407]

You do great mechanical work, but why not put some touch up paint on the areas where the paint chipped off? You could also make the bike look like new by sanding the frame lightly where the paint is still good and sanding more where the paint is chipped and feather the good paint to bare metal, then prime and repaint. True you will lose the labeling, but the bike will then look like new. I have done this on several bikes from the 60's and 70's.

[@chrisosborne6957]

You will probably find the odd fasteners were Whitworth

[@bikepackingadventure7913]

This bike was worthy of a strip and re spray, would of looked loverly.

[@dgillies5420]

The center hole in hubs (& some pedals) is NEVER for grease. It's for people who run their bikes on oil, i.e., racers. The oil leaks out really quickly and so you have to oil the bike almost every day if you are running oil. Only racers or time trialers would bother, that's why the oil ports are only on the very finest components.

[@donharrold1375]

Bikes and equipment of that era were built to last. Manufacturers expected that you’d own the bike for life. Modern consumerism means people keep things for 3-5 years then “upgrade”.

[@Bikespeeds]

Absolutely, we love working on the vintage stuff🧡

[@russellbaker4256]

Interesting decision to leave the rust on the frame, rims & pedals - yeah, why not?

[@docmccoy9813]

so nobody steals your bike

[@Doctor-yr3uy]

well done.maybe frame painting with clear coat could preserve the frame and stay original too.imao i woulld repaint the frame if it was mine. :

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for watching!🧡⚙️

[@michap5995]

Why do you use copper lube?

[@Паша-б6д]

restoration prices

[@ivorpeachey4366]

The ex owner let the cat out the bag. You buy the tatty old bikes

[@ageary]

Still a death trap to try and stop if its anyway wet , those brakes were awful. And id say you would be changing the blocks every month as the rims look shot. Still a nice bike to work on to give someone the fundamentals of how traditional road bikes were put together.

[@neilhamilton2621]

Bike looks late 60s

[@Mgalantomas]

Pity about the colour. I would have resprayed it with a similar red.

[@Bikespeeds]

This one was all about patina! 🧡

[@jaspervanestelfeen2173]

To keep the original paint and patina was the right decision. The paint wasn’t damaged that much to consider a repaint. A battered aged frame is allowed to show it.

[@rodrigoedcdepobreemonareta1167]

Ele fala demais tive que tirar o áudio pra ver o vídeo 😂 ele não restaura nada só limpa as peças e lubrifica ele não croma as peça é restaura a pintura

[@Sills71]

1X, big tires... looks like a gravel bike....

[@dgillies5420]

too much cabling on the rear brake and on the rear derailleur. almost 2x more than there should be.

[@roncooke2188]

Not a fan of the distraction music had to switch off