Barnfind German Bike - Restoration - Look How This Old German Bike Is Driving Again!

We found this old German (Pre-)WW2 bicycle in the basement of an old Bavarian country house and now we're bringing it back to the road again.
This video idea came to us in the middle of the restoration process - that's why part 0, 1 and 2 are very short and just for demonstration purposes.
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Music:
Kaiser Friedrich - United States Marine Band
Chapters:
00:00 Part 0: The Condition
00:31 Part 1: Cleaning
01:53 Part 2: Preserving
04:34 Part 3: Assembly
24:50 Part 4: Driving!
#restoration #bike #rust #bicycle

[@forgottenthings]

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[@charlottegouase5891]

Was für eine Reifengröße wurde verwendet?

[@user-ue4uc6uo9w]

66 на 6666 77 и 7777 на него и для него 666666666666666666666666

[@user-ev3dq5yi1q]

I’m so pleased that you did not try to make the bike “new” again. You respected it’s age, it’s history in carefully cleaning and preserving it. Beautiful! 😮

[@EternalArrow]

Yeah agree!

[@hotdog6826]

Почему это хорошо? Разве придание этому велосипеду первозданного облика, не является уважением к возрасту?

[@think_man]

@@hotdog6826 not. repainting it would make him lose his soul.

[@tribestribes2555]

The very patina is georgeus. Nice job done, to keep the cycle original.

[@hotdog6826]

Представьте себе что у одного коллекционера старинных автомобилей скончалась тетушка, и после её похорон, в старом гараже в саду, нетронутом 80 лет, обнаружили старинный автомобиль. Как вы думаете, его оставят в том же виде как нашли или отреставрируют? Он выглядел бы лучше если бы его отреставрировали. С велосипедом то же самое, а о душе пусть думает епископ.

[@Q.7]

I know I'm very late here and no-one will read this but I am amazed at how repairable this bicycle is. Every single piece can be replaced no matter how tiny it is. The build quality is robust. No flimsy part to be seen anywhere. Companies nowadays are always after cutting corners. Regarding the restoration process most people are at the extreme ends of two opposite sides. Some hate the fact that the patina is removed or a new coat of paint is done and vice versa. I'm kinda in the middle. If the rust has entered under the old paint you sand it and paint it to prevent further rusting. If it's a few chipping here and there or the paint has rubbed off due to regular use, keep it as is. I follow this philosophy while repairing things in my house. Thank you.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!😃

[@christianmontagx8461]

I read :) The robustness is the reason why i owned 30 years ago a bike from second world war. I don't know the brand anymore. But it was the only bike that was able to keep up my paper boy job. 50kg load on the bicycle rack was no problem for that bike. It reduced my round trips to base station enormously.

[@user-jh5kw3sv6o]

Absolutely the correct way to preserve. This bicycle was engineered to be maintained. We need to continue this philosophy. Thank you for a job well done.😁

[@shaunbrowne3963]

Bicycles are amazing! After lying dormant, and forgotten for 85 years, having survived a eawar, and still intact. is a testament to who built the bike, who owned the bike, who preserved the bile, and who restored the bike. A bicycle is evidence of eternal life, Thank you for chronicling this restoration!

[@frck9545]

丁寧に作られた自転車だから再生できるのですね。現在の自転車は魂が宿っていないので、再生出来ないですよね。

[@deepale1497]

Great reply..

[@johnkorpics5155]

​@@frck9545yes!!!

[@FernandoMoura08]

That’s what I call “restoration” … respecting and preserving the antiquity of the subject, instead of scraping it all and repainting, etc… GOOD JOB!!!

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!🤩

[@classydays43]

Its amazing how little has changed over the decades. A testament to classic practices, to be sure.

[@alexshrek6144]

Изменилось качество!!!!!!

[@normawingo5116]

She’s gorgeous, and thank you for restoring what was there and respecting the beauty of her age. Great job!

[@peterstern6695]

Vor 50 Jahren gab's noch viele Fahrräder von solchen Tyben in Deutschland,wie NSU, Vaterland, Miele, Stricker,HWE, Staiger, Rabeneick..fuhren meistens ältere Leute kann ich mich noch gut daran erinnern ,schön das solche Fahrräder noch erhalten werden👍👍👍💪💪💪

[@jfu5222]

Wanderer is one of the four companies that made Auto Union. The four interlocked rings representing Wanderer, Horch, DKW, and Audi.

[@larsfrandsen2501]

Interesting information. My uncle wrenched on both DKW (two stroke) and Audi cars when I grew up.

[@michaelwegscheider8656]

What a pretty bike! The idea of keeping the original painting came out really great.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you very much!

[@skorobeymoto6133]

Приветствую ✋. Очень качественная реставрация. Низкий поклон таким реставраторам, которые знают свое дело. Жду следующего видео. Очень интересно и познавательно, как надо реставрировать! Всего хорошего.

[@user-zz7et2wq4r]

Гдекачество? Можно ж было похромировать детали,а не просто очистить их...

[@dmitirynesterenko2893]

Это скорее назвать нужно обслуживанием,чем реставрацией.

[@thomasschultz2669]

Wunderschönes Rad und erstklassige Arbeit!👍

[@Jovolution]

Naja, geht so.

[@cliffe02]

Bravo, great to see your vintage tools being used to restore the beautiful bicycle. Fascinating video, Merci.

[@Mekaniskidiot]

im working on a bike from 1933, and i must say that your skill is amazing! and that you could find alll those rare tools

[@remilaranlacaze1323]

Magnificent restoration, you've kept the bike's patina, which is part of its charm. Finally someone who doesn't repaint everything, who doesn't change everything. I restore vintage bikes myself, but more from the 80s. I have the same principles as you, in the sense that, as I said, you restore, not renovate. I found this restoration really nice, I hope you'll do more of them 👍

[@hondaxl250k0]

I just did a 1947 cwc roadmaster. Was my grandfathers. Paint was too far gone to save as it was in the barn loft for almost 40 years. Maybe longer. I kept the original paint options that were available. It was black and white with red pinstripes.. I put it all back but switched too gold pin stripes . It looks soo classy. And was an option.. it will be my sunny day rider with the kids.

[@adamw.20]

...perfekte Restauration nicht überrestauriert wie so häufig danke fürs zeigen...

[@tomfahy3617]

This video is the antidote to the over-restoration movement. And I am of the opinion that over-restoration is not unique to bicycles, but furniture and automobiles are victims, as well. Inspiring!

[@TheStig1961]

This is a 10 point restoration. Saved the original paint. Usually "restoers" kills the object by removingvLl the old original paint.. Regards Stig Österberg from Dalsbruk in Finland

[@user-kq8wr3ly3p]

I am a bicycle mechanic...I know this may mean nothing to most everyone but....the clamping of a frame by it's top-tube........ it's a thing which makes some mechanics absolutely irate. The work he's doing is lovely, meticulous, and he seems organized indeed. The application of torque, either cleaning motion and or headset/bb/pedal install when a frame is clamped at the top-tube could "kink" the frame. I've seen it happen. I've done it myself when I was a young mechanic. I watched an apprentice crack a frame this way and then get fired as he was "sure that it wasn't the clamp....the frame was like that." I just.....get a dummy post or something.....it may be insane of me to complain or mention this but I love bikes and the entirety of our industry.....save the frames and use dummy seat posts. Sorry to vent. Lovely video though Dear Comrade.

[@jasonmorris858]

Aehy'll expose you as a fraud

[@user-kq8wr3ly3p]

@@jasonmorris858 Hahaha. It's a great video and he's doing "loving" and careful work. I just have been harassed and chastised as a young mechanic into avoiding top or seat tube clamping. It may be insane but I think all us bike mechanics are a bit looney. I mean....have you ever tried to turn off Slayer or something like that and one of your mechanics loses their minds as a result? Like....dude....chill out we're just not doing Cannibal Corpse when customers are at the counter. "I HATE MY LIFE THIS SHOP SUXXXX!!!!" That sorta thing. Peace!!!

[@lcatraz2919]

Nice...it's old bikes..and Soviet copies Wanderer bikes 1950...all more in Russia.. ХВЗ factory..

[@user-cz4wz1ue5b]

Та Харківський велосипедний завод ,це Україна ,уточнення

[@sheep1ewe]

Beautiful! I guess those must had been expensive back in the days! Personally i really love when You keep some of the traces of it's original history like this.

[@danielpreilly77]

Yes I was thinking The same thing. I am Also curious the value of it today in its restored condition.

[@sheep1ewe]

@@danielpreilly77 I don't know about this particular macine, but industrial quality machines are really expensive new where i live. In Sweden it would probably go for at least 3-600USD i think in this condition. It is probably not worth buying and restoring just for selling, but it is definitely worth it for the feeling when it stand there before You in the workshop and You are gripping around the handle! Compared to the 200$ Chinesium macines even an 80 Year old drillpress of this type is an absolute dream to use! If ask me. My recent project is and Eagle (Örn) late from 1944 i got on a local machine action recently, i would newer trade it for any ever so good brand new Chinesium macine i can tell. Ha ha

[@sheep1ewe]

@@danielpreilly77 If You are looking for a rusty barnfind it would be no more than about 100, maybe200$ which is in my opinion incredibly cheap for a machine like this!

[@user-jb3um2bz5z]

Bravo! for the restoration. Bravo! for the realization of the video. Masterpieces.

[@andrewboyddotcom]

What an authentic restoration. The pedals - mind-blowing simple engineering built with permanence in mind. MASSIVE, thoroughly thought out, simple, durablity in a bicycle. Leave it to the Germans - champions of conveying utility, simplicity, affordability, durability and elegance through sound engineering in everything they do. The only thing - the brakes: not at all convincing, but that allows for uninterrupted forward progress, I suppose.

[@jimihendrix731]

I didn’t realize cotterless square taper cranks existed when this bike was produced. Beautiful work.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!

[@tomsawyer1500]

Quelle élégance ces vieux biclou'nes! 🤗😍 Mais aussi intemporel pour ainsi dire, quelle solidité et robustesse à l'époque..c'était pas du consommable comme aujourd'hui..bravo👌

[@hanskuijsten2380]

Those are by far the most intricate bicycle pedals I've ever seen 😄

[@Tag-Traeumer]

Great vehicle and restoration. What I particularly notice is that the mudguard around the front wheel is nice and long, not like most modern bicycles that throw dirt and water at themselves and the rider's shoes. I don't understand this step backwards. Dirt everywhere because a short mudguard is considered sportier and cooler? People used to be smarter. For my needs, a mudguard has to be even longer, the tangent of the tire, along which dirt flies away, has to run below the bottom bracket and the pedals. So I attached a self-made protective shield made of neoprene and a steel wire bracket to my bike. So everything stays clean below for much longer. Although my bike is 54 years younger than the Wanderer here, it is also 31 years old and on the road every day in summer and winter, I take good care of it.

[@matthias903]

Super-Schönes Video. Alle Achtung vor den "Renovierungsarbeiten". Ein sehr schönes Fahrrad.

[@forgottenthings]

Vielen Dank!

[@user-nv1uz8qv4z]

It's interesting how there are two different types of people, those who prefer to preserve the history of a piece, and those who like to see it perfectly restored, so they can see what it looked and felt like when it was first made.

[@forgottenthings]

Tank you! As well for us😃

[@hotdog6826]

Есть ещё тип людей которые везде и всюду ставят элементы Shimano))

[@user-gh3wt2uf2p]

That kind of "perfect" restoration is not restoration at all...

[@nickmartian9527]

More restoration in the future. So relaxing to watch giving the bicycle another chance to ride on thru your restoration effort. 👌

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you so much!

[@error52]

A most excellent video! I enjoyed every minute of it and I applaud your effort in preserving the bike.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you very much!!

[@_rainbowbiker_]

Diesen Wiederaufbau als Deutscher zu sehen macht mich grad echt Stolz und habe mega respekt zur guten alten bewährten Technik.❤‍🔥

[@jarosawzon4272]

Great job, preserved original painting and character of the bike.

[@bg-jo7kj]

Perfect restoration, as little interference as possible. The way it should be.

[@publeosamson9256]

6 7 drew free free+5+

[@akobayashi9381]

Great work. An actual reestoration video.

[@Jestersson]

Amazing video thanks to people like you who keep these works of art going👌 Good job sir.

[@davidhunternyc1]

That's amazing! More of a conservation than a restoration. The patina on this bicycle can never be duplicated. What you did adds value to this already stunning and rare bike. The only change I would've made would be to find period correct pedals. Congrats.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you! The pedals with reflectors are the right ones for this period.

[@davidcrupert2690]

I still have a set of Gedore open end wrenches that I bought 44 years ago and they are still going strong.

[@tr31uk]

I’m very pleased watching your restoration -watched also the second video of you- and at last there’s one who keeped the old patina of time!

[@jaimegomezgarcia7599]

Fantastic work. And the idea of keeping the history and patina of the bike is just great . Tthanks for that!

[@petehotoff3715]

Good quality bike, super restored, brilliant job done 👆👍

[@stuartdrakley2106]

Very interesting. It's amazing how different the details of certain parts differ from country to country. You didnt explain how the brakes work, I would appreciate description of their function. Thank you, I am a Brit enjoying German engineering.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you for your advice! We will try to focus on that in our next videos.

[@chanderbhansital-sk8gu]

My bicycle is a part of my life thank you very much ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@user-el9ep2lp7j]

Congratulations. I'd say a very fine and precise restoration ceremony. Respect.

[@larsfrandsen2501]

Very nice job. My bikes through childhood in the 60s were essentially identical to this kind of bike. Similar geometry, mechanics and materials. Nice revisit.

[@marktalbott3835]

Basic bicycles haven't changed much in nearly 100 years. Even with hydraulic brakes and electronic shifting, 99% of the bicycles will encounter will be this basic design. I've loved being a mechanic for about 30 years. And the greatest joy is working on simple bikes.

[@sajeewanhatangala6498]

I am Sri Lankan.I have four cycles.This is great.I like many videos of your channel.

[@longhaulblue]

Bravo. She is a beauty.

[@SD_Alias]

My Grandfather had a Wanderer too Grandmother had a Miele bike. I was on a childs seat at weekends in the 1970s… Later, as a teenager, I inherited his Wanderer bike and had it made with parts from the junkyard. I sold it in my 20s…

[@forgottenthings]

I hope our video has brought back some fond memories for you :)

[@pumpdumpster]

Absolutely beautiful, well done! 👏👏👏👏

[@truthteller8459]

Germany makes some great quality products and vehicles. The world could have been so much better.

[@RestorationVideo]

*_Better and much more beautiful than new!! Good job_*

[@nashgawri4869]

WOW, what a beauty. nicely done.🙏🙏 I grew up riding a similar Chinese made bike on the streets of Kandahar Afghanistan around 45 years ago. The countless hours of joy that brought me and my friends.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!

[@user-de9wq1zm9p]

Супер!! В оригинальном состоянии,редкая находка!!

[@shaunbrowne3963]

The part count for assembly of this Wanderer bicycle is amazing. The bearings aalone must have been close to 100, or more. A stockists niightmare!

[@OLDMANTEA]

Good for another 85 years

[@derwishrenegat743]

very interesting implemented brakes, well-made light, one speed, very interesting ancient bicycle!

[@lindajesse8250]

That clamp is a thing of beauty.

[@carywatmore]

85 years from now a bike mechanic will be looking at a carbon frame 🤣 On a more serious note what a lovely restoration. Very meticulously done 👍👍

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!😃

[@vladimirmilutinovic8057]

Beautiful ! I am very surprise to itegrated spindle on crankset !!!

[@georgegordonbrown9522]

This is what I call a restoration , mein Freund.

[@mg-xs3og]

Gute Arbeit!! :-) Und gut, wenn man so gut mit Ersatzteilen bestückt ist - und natürlich die Originalwerkzeuge hat... Ich kann schon verstehen, dass man möglichst viel der Original-Lackierung erhält... vielleicht werde ich auch noch erwachsen und sehe es irgendwann genauso - momentan würde ich mich schrecklich schwer tun, nicht zu strahlen, zu pulvern, neu zu verchromen und dann Decals und Linierung neu zu machen 🙂

[@forgottenthings]

Dankeschön! Das muss jeder selbst entscheiden. Aber neu lackieren/chromen kann man hinterher immer noch, andersrum leider nicht ... :)

[@mg-xs3og]

@@forgottenthings Da hast du allerdings Recht 🙂 Wünsche dir/euch weiterhin viel Spaß und Muße beim perfekten Schrauben und würde mich freuen, vielleicht hier noch die ein oder andere Restauration begleiten zu können, Matthias

[@eldibarceldibarc7295]

Super trabajo. Muy bien.😊

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!

[@Tom_P_242]

Real classic bike with toroedo break.❤❤❤❤❤

[@JoaoPaulo-lr6wh]

The old tools, are so cool 😎

[@fergusonto-2032]

Awesome job , beautiful piece of engineering .

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!😃

[@user-gv4tn9nb7f]

Beautiful work!

[@marcelorosa6115]

Very top! From Brazil, country Rio De Janeiro! Congratulations!!

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you!

[@waltbellamy9739]

NICE JOB !!!!!

[@friedrichkoenig6687]

Good for you to have all these old tools... ;-)

[@gunther1434]

Wunderschönes Radl und GsD. nicht überrestauriert!👍👍😊

[@hybridchild8393]

Not overly restored, great job.

[@sly2392]

some of the tools he is using on this bike are not that common anymore. great to see them again. this was not a restoration, but a preservation.

[@frankfrizzo183]

Great video....I have a 50s Horman from Germany I did a mechanical restoration on. I love it.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Stunning attention to detail👍

[@yaseenrabbani6580]

Brother YOU have great skill personality thanks for sharing good experience 🚴 about old it's gold 👍🎉🔥❤️

[@Evilslayer73]

Montreal too dont worry! im here i can testify for it!

[@gameplayer5070]

This old bikes are constructed for life time. No matter whether old or new, steel frames are always stable

[@paulmeyer5682]

Toll restauriert !

[@forgottenthings]

Vielen Dank!

[@ciclospain]

Un trabajo de 10 enhorabuena 🙂👍

[@CREPOZOIDLEMORBIDES]

..............BISOUS BONJOUR DE LA FRANCE BIENVENUE JADORE CONTINUER MERCI

[@Riley4R]

Antigamente as coisas eram muito bem fabricadas olha a qualidade destas peças

[@terryhollands2794]

Great music to start with. 😂😂😂

[@JavierGonzalez-oe1qq]

Meticulous, organized. Helps when you have all the vintage parts and a good shop to work in.

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you! Yes especially some spare-parts we collected for years.

[@chanderbhansital-sk8gu]

Thank you very much great video ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉my childhood 1968

[@muhamadhaikalsyah5024]

Aku suka sepeda Antik ini lho pak😊😊❤❤❤

[@francisdoss8642]

What a wonderful video...Very technical and interesting simple mechanics...The patience and systematic work of this person is adorable...In such a beautiful & formal video, I only wish we could use 'better words'...(one instance only of using the unsavoury 'Sc..... up...)...Keep it up folks...Auf wiedersehen, from Bangalore...

[@restorerestoration4705]

Very nice object, well done.👍🙂

[@antoniomora8487]

Tremenda nave amigo muy bonita la bicicleta. Ésto es una excelente obra de arte saludos desde Cúcuta Colombia 👍🇨🇴 Bendiciones y ya tienes un suscriptor más 👍

[@pablogerardomartinezalvare3373]

Extraordinaria restauración.......

[@briangoldberg4439]

you generally don't have to reuse bearing cages in those kinds of applications. they were used to cut costs on bearings and you can just replace them with more bearings for a smoother ride and more durability

[@forgottenthings]

That is a good way to go! Actually we do that if the cage is broken or we have to face some bumps in the bearing seat.

[@marktalbott3835]

You might want to look at my comment above. Get rid of cage bearings whenever possible. Keep in mind the basic thing about bearings. TEN. 10 bearings each side on the front hub. 11 bearings each side on the bottom bracket. 9 bearings each side on the rear hub. I'd have to think about the bearing size. Definitely quarter inch on the bottom bracket. 9/16 on front?. Lol.

[@marktalbott3835]

@@forgottenthings how did you determine the number of bearings in the headset? Those are 3/32? My understanding is you put in enough bearings until one pops out. You remove that one and one more bearing. You think it'd be more precise.

[@larrydaniels6532]

@@marktalbott3835 Yes, the mechanics are surely not top flight.

[@troidesproject9631]

Just found this channel Can't wait to see another project

[@forgottenthings]

There is more to come!! Thank you for your support!

[@lorenciandrej]

Beautiful bike.

[@intivillarroel1642]

beatiful wrk, congratilatios! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jiji1946]

cotterless cranks! in 1938..... I'm amazed! nice job!

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you! Yes, the engeneering of this time was really great.

[@patrickgodefroy9917]

merci pour ce beau travail. vélo magnifique .restaurateur au top 👍😍

[@hovikmalians3523]

Excellent 👌🙂

[@qwiky2691]

Super !

[@christianb.66]

Nice!..👌🫶

[@bigmikeshooter]

Very interesting. Bravo from Greece...

[@forgottenthings]

Thank you very much!

[@bigmikeshooter]

@@forgottenthings looking forward for your new concept.