You should make this a series... Featuring other cool bikes you've found on the interwebs
@yateswebb3 жыл бұрын
I think that’s what he’s doing! Lol
@hendrikreuter72153 жыл бұрын
Did you just use the term Interwebs? There are more than just me?! 🤩
@artvandalay27362 жыл бұрын
trasher bash 🔥
@adamyelle49013 жыл бұрын
I love how uptight some people are. I've found myself wandering down the paranoid rabbit hole reading forums where people worried about fatigue strength of a material like aluminum and questioning how long you should ride certain parts before they mysteriously explode into oblivion. Meanwhile this dude is pushing parts so far beyond what people like that could even comprehend. Great stuff!
@smits71423 жыл бұрын
wow, what an amazing clapped out beauty. To me these will always be cooler than pristine superbikes with no flaws. This is a bike that actually gets ridden and ridden hard.
@baddnoise3 жыл бұрын
as a professional bike mechanic, i can confidently say don’t in any way attempt anything that has been shown here. as a connoisseur of hacked/diy/rat bikes/whatever the hell that is... this thing absolutely fucking rules and i totally wanna do this to my own bikes when they get thrashed.
@zachmcgee10023 жыл бұрын
You couldnt pay me to work on that bike, but I'm down to rip up some dirt for sure
@GIScartography3 жыл бұрын
Both gets the "#yourbikehatesyou" insta shoutout from the mechanics, but mad respect at the same time. hahaha
@maryandsam23 жыл бұрын
This video popped up at exactly the right time...the internet of stuff has been heavily marketing a particular bike to me, I have almost pushed the 'add to cart' button so many times..but now I know I don't need that new ride! Money saved, consumerism thwarted...nice job!
@davidburgess7413 жыл бұрын
I cut out a bottom bracket, welded the shell together with a new one, repaired a rusted out chainstay with a welded patch. Bike doubles in value when XT+ Rhinolite wheel is on it! Friction shifters 10 speed!
@torstenkother39873 жыл бұрын
I realy admire folks that fix bikes themselfe like this. Hello from Berlin
@alexcrashedonstrava3 жыл бұрын
Man, I really needed to hear this. I work on bikes that are worth more than I can stomach as an 18 yr. old bike tech.. My bikes are closer to the specialized. I keep them as mechanically sound as one possibly can and the proper amount of ugly things I'm too lazy to fix but pass for a certain amount of safe-ish on long rides especially on older bikes. The old steel takes me on longer rides than some of these carbon frames I work on are ridden in a week. No offense to those who have these works of engineering, I'm not trying to compare my work horses to purebreds.. I just feel under-biked when I see the bikes I service sometimes, especially compared to what I ride myself. This video made me feel so good about taking old bikes as far as they can possibly go ! Ok rant over ha
@paulreyes70643 жыл бұрын
I have an old fuji touring bike and i was about to sell it because it looks old and ugly has scratches all over the frame and a huge dent on the top tube of the frame when my friend tried to use a forklift to pull out the aluminum seatpost from the steel frame, the seat post is still stuck...sad about the whole thing i was about to post it on kijiji and then this video came up on my screen now i feel better about my old rust workhorse bike and will keep working on it until it become a legend like the bike in this video
@ArmyBoiSweat3 жыл бұрын
i am a mobile bmx bike mechanic ( i charge less per hour and can fix anything, but dont carry any parts beyond a spare set of pedals, some brake pads, and some small bits) and i work on $4k ti custom laird bikes and 2k colony and hyper setups, but my current ride is a handmedown sunday with some old parts i find for sale on bmxmuseum
@cyclicalcycler9933 жыл бұрын
That bolted derailluer tip just prolonged my exact same 10speed GX thingy.... To the workshop! So happy i kept it now...
@paullydca3 жыл бұрын
I am 110% in love with that bike now. WOW! Beat on, fixed, beat on more... fixed more. Much love! And who the heck would expect such a gorgeous cobbled parts pile!
@stan18453 жыл бұрын
Repairs like this are waaaay more fun to do then replacing parts. And the accomplishment and the increased love for the bike you get from it is surely worth the effort.
@bobwilson74643 жыл бұрын
Rodriguez are made here in Seattle.
@underbikedoverconfident11423 жыл бұрын
We need more mountain bikes like this in the world and a lot less elitism.
@bennelson37242 жыл бұрын
The Rodriguez Bandido starts at $5999usd… if I spent 6k on a bike you bet your tail I’d keep it alive no matter what… but I also think 6k for a bike is elitism
@oleg..2 жыл бұрын
Riding a handwelded bicycle, carefully made from ground up using shit and sticks, with all them tubes cracked and brazed back, feels that much more elitist when seeing folks on their out-of-the-box, zero-scratches, maintained by professionals pieces. You fix and cherish this everbroken bicycle so much, you know, there is no-one this dedicated in miles radius.
@intraterrestrial69 Жыл бұрын
Thing like this build up the soul of a machine. Usually only the rider can feel it, or the rider of another bike with soul. I feel you and the owner of this Bandit deeply brother 🤙
@henryoddsball21643 жыл бұрын
I’m into bikes and cars, and the contrast of mentality is interesting. That bike is built and maintained like a race car, where as most bike people treat the bike like art
@mstrshkbrnnn1999 Жыл бұрын
I used to live up the street from Rodriguez. Now I work at a different Seattle bike shop, and we have a special shop bike designed by the owner, and Rodriguez manufactures them to order for us. Look it up. It’s called the kalakala
@marcusathome3 жыл бұрын
Yes, there is a life after rust and cracks!
@solobolospain64993 жыл бұрын
That frame is amazing, basically a bullet proof tank. A bike lover, does whatever for his bikes. Loved
@1mikewalsh3 жыл бұрын
Had almost the same build up north, moved to Florida and got rid of cables. All cables!
@timjohns37432 жыл бұрын
Hey Great channel. My name is TJ. I grew up in Seattle. Do some research on Rodriguez. Their shop is a factory and bike shop in one. You can walk through it. They are famous tandem makers, Angel and his wife Carla. It’s a pretty special part of Seattle cycling culture. If you ever travel there look them up. I moved from Seattle managing a chain of bicycle stores to Boulder CO in 1997 to work at Schwinn headquarters, worked in warranty and was a mechanic for the Schwinn Toyota Homegrown team. I also built Yeti bikes. Rodrigues was originally R &E cycles Rodriguez and Erickson. They also had many employees start spin-off shops and bike brands.
@stsfctshn54273 жыл бұрын
this one hit so harrrrrd
@gregtaylor61463 жыл бұрын
I really liked this video Eric, Thank you.
@dalejacobson63633 жыл бұрын
The unsung bicycle hero, own it , ride it , fix it , repeat.
@billromano58443 жыл бұрын
From watching Brian Chapman on PLP to this heavily modified Rodriguez... makes me want to pick up a torch and braze something! Never mind that I've never held a a torch in my hands in my life. Awesome!
@zeldajunkielol23 жыл бұрын
That's somebody's baby That's a good bike
@SilveradoOutdoors02053 жыл бұрын
Me thinking I’m mature: Eric: B U T T . . . Me: 😐😐😂😂
@NickolasRed3 жыл бұрын
this bike reminds me my old trusty and rusty RIP steel Peugeot which was converted from vintage road bike to vintage cx. Sadly my hands haven`t got to finalise idea of build nice cx or gravelish bike
@deflatedcyclestuff81293 жыл бұрын
Notice the "over/under/over" lacing pattern. Huge pain in the ass to replace a spoke, way too many bends, and just about perfect :)
@jimmit773 жыл бұрын
I did. I felt for those spokes. Such extreme bends fit with the tortured vibe of this best of a bike.
@ronaldy11453 жыл бұрын
More of these video pleaseee!
@jackdonahue75312 жыл бұрын
this guy stops by the shop i work at on a semi-regular basis, and i can confirm that this bike goes so hard in person. its incredible
@MrKipperfish3 жыл бұрын
Eric, when the post-covid time comes around, come out to Seattle and visit! So many great bike companies, like r+e who made the Bandito. More gravel than you can shake a hokey stock at (that's the correct way to say it, right?), enough trails to provide names for 20 more years of raleigh usa bikes, and some fabulous islands to bike around. Bring Russ with you, he wasn't here nearly long enough last time.
@csobering31083 жыл бұрын
I'm always amazed by the guys on retrobike who find some rusted out hulk from the 30's or 40's and restore it to function with the original hubs, shifters and headsets.
@jackcarter233 Жыл бұрын
This motivates me
@rmdownton Жыл бұрын
I sheared the seat tube on my 2014 Mukluk. I regret not repairing it, SOMEHOW instead of recycling it, every day.
@Ishizkos3 жыл бұрын
that bikes just like mine, its not offten you find a bike thats the perfect feel and fit. mines been rebuilt 3 or 4 times, its got rust, dents, not pretty, hammered out areas to fit things better! frames always being straightned, Shes a real peach but rides like a dream!
@johnjeromson34713 жыл бұрын
Awesome bike, held together with willpower and ridden with intent.
@knutknudsen94943 жыл бұрын
Keep them coming. Great video.
@alecrisdan3 жыл бұрын
Ride it til it Ride No More .......... F@$%king Awesome ............thanks for the awesome content Mr Spindt
@GeekonaBike3 жыл бұрын
This is why Spindatt is the goto for Rational bike content
@KowalskiVanishing_Point3 жыл бұрын
Other than it being esthetically pleasing what is the advantage of TIG welding a frame over MIG for repairs? Thinking more steel frame and in accessible areas here.
@KowalskiVanishing_Point3 жыл бұрын
@RollinRat Hey, thanks for the reply. I used to be a welder/fabricator over 20 years ago but lost a lot of the knowledge. I did a lot of TIG welding of stainless steel in lab equipment and machinery for silviculture and aluminum on train boxcar doors. You're right, the material I was TIGing was thin 1-4mm thick (sorry for the metric, I was welding in Sweden). However, I would not hesitate MIG welding bicycle tubing as I think it would not be a problem. Not as nice looking as TIG though. But, for a repair no problem.
@KowalskiVanishing_Point3 жыл бұрын
@RollinRat Ahh, now that is something I did not know- tube thickness that is. Yep, too much heat might weaken or warp the metal or make it more brittle. TIG would be preferable.
@seansims88053 жыл бұрын
I'm putting a 26" terra tech frame back together and it is a off brand of Rodriguez from way back...Rodriguez and Erickson is a bike shop custom builder of almost 50 years ...loads of loyalty around here in Seattle...University of Washington area is where they are located. Build tandems and touring mostly I think steel steel steel...R&E cycles Seattle Wa. ....hand built customs...gotta say I have not been close to all the bike communities around here and I'm trying to change that as I'm 52 and loving bikes more than ever despite nowhere near my top conditioning....I appreciate everyone's interest and truly enjoy the personalities and bike lifestyles
@djlesinski79783 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is sick.
@jonathangapay17243 жыл бұрын
This is like a post One Year War Zaku II. Awesome.
@solaradam74702 жыл бұрын
That is a badass bike
@beezer9463 жыл бұрын
Quality build, abused beyond belief. Good stuff
@boozhoundlabs3 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about the over under over lacing on the rear wheel?
@backtoids2 жыл бұрын
went on the road holes ig recently, rip to a real one
@rumenripe3 жыл бұрын
A street in our area named after a Rodriguez, a late local hero (okay no one was asking, going back to bike restoration)
@finnatwood72403 жыл бұрын
Loved this!
@jasondelrey46523 жыл бұрын
This is basically me on my junkyard classic mtb With mismatched rims and shimano mt300 cranks Alivio shifters on claris rd. Straight thrashing like a bmx
@KowalskiVanishing_Point3 жыл бұрын
Oh, another excellent video by the way.
@rushiiiop3 жыл бұрын
I'm still using my father's bike, that thing got to be older than me, I'm 30, and still rolls so smooth even after taking it to the mountain several times.
@splashpit3 жыл бұрын
Not too dissimilar to my Kona weekend hack .
@oreocarlton33433 жыл бұрын
Authenticity is what makes it so beautiful. not a cheap bike either, but ridden and loved to the max...what is with the lacing he did on the back wheel? can someone explain?
@alderthrelkeld68843 жыл бұрын
It’s an over under over lacing pattern to stiffen up the wheel and make it impossible to quickly fix a broken spoke
@oreocarlton33433 жыл бұрын
@@alderthrelkeld6884 Never heard of that lacing pattern, so the wheel is stiffer, I assume its more stronger as well due to more number of contacts between the spokes?
@mikeanderson20003 жыл бұрын
it's funny how the internet gets so fired up about repairing or modifying bikes.. so worried about it having a catastrophic failure. Meanwhile will pay thousands of dollars for a new fancy carbon bike that is also known to break and fail occasionally. I have welded disc tabs and bent bike parts back into shape , and the repairs and modifications have never failed me. only the manufactures have.
@peterbroberg30813 жыл бұрын
Such a great bike!
@jadeheleneflores85243 жыл бұрын
This video really hits different. A week ago, I was hit by a car, riding to school on my favorite bike, an All-City Big Block that I have lovingly built up to be my dream bike. The frameset and crankset got absolutely destroyed. Absolutely heartbreaking.
@SmolSnake3 жыл бұрын
Alder's a cool guy. I hope only the best for the him.
@igniaulfsborg89463 жыл бұрын
Dude, marketing game on point!
@ytubela3 жыл бұрын
New subscriber, love your content. May I suggest that you hang up some utility/moving blankets on the walls of the room you're recording in to improve the audio quality?
@jonyfany87633 жыл бұрын
My friend has a scandium kona super large frame and snapped the top tube... Patched it up with a carbon wrap. (He's poor)
@klarkolofsson3 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@felixbouchard23542 жыл бұрын
I 've seen it 9 months ago... youtube suggest it again, you should do an other one!!!
@juanmanuelventurino17373 жыл бұрын
great video, love the instagram not your bike series
@noredcr3 жыл бұрын
im liking these videos.
@recreationventuring3 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring
@CanyonWanderer3 жыл бұрын
Given the predicted shortage of bikes & parts, bike repair might take a big flight in the coming months. I'm guessing you're better off with a weldable frame ...
@graugans3 жыл бұрын
BUTT, what happend with that stuck seatpost, was there a lock of motivation to fix it?
@Spindatt3 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily, just a lot of spinning plates to keep up all the time
@seansims88053 жыл бұрын
Something about old R and E stuff makes people treat em Ruff and keep em...I shouldn't talk though cause im captain retro myself ...on a 91 allez now and an 85 eddy merckx...90' shifters. And love converting old bikes to new uses...if I don't get disposable income soon I will never experience Di2 or any electric shifting...only road once with a dropper post.. don't use panniers but always have snowboard pack on with 5to20 lbs of crap in it...just what im used to . I seriously think bikes are all they need to be the last 15 years though...less cars more bikes I say
@alexanderrigda70023 жыл бұрын
ha how the hell did the ti bc fork even get tossed in this mix
@Blackshoveldeathgrip3 жыл бұрын
I see where your goin here ... and get the chop shredder. Fork is dope! Now get that GT going... just cut out and replace with a little crude weldin and grinding and sanding your well on your way to have a machine! But you might need to where more brown and green kit corduroy and sick aviator glasses and leather shop gloves and yes will need the custom built bars of course. All of which I have and well on my way ..The grass roots motorcycle chop community ( Born Free) has entered the bicycle world . BMX..is no longer the outcasts Suspension??? What’s that..it’s for gasser bikes Duh! Sign me up for a Jean vest too ...love the channel!
@keirfarnum68113 жыл бұрын
What is up with that lacing pattern? The spokes are almost twisted around each other. And the look backwards in terms of spoke direction. Bizarre!
@Moosemean3 жыл бұрын
This is good video. Much like
@clconnelly3 жыл бұрын
Similar to kintsugi... I like it 👌
@Frorideism3 жыл бұрын
Yeeeep to hell with all those ”minimalistic” fixie’s with a spotless twotone pearlescent powedercoat finish that hipsters and/or baristas twoddle around on.. 🧐😁
@truderides22433 жыл бұрын
I like that bike pretty cool
@drewali73 жыл бұрын
i bet that bike operate better than a factory manufactured bike!!!
@benspeedschannel8883 жыл бұрын
Nice!!! Good to see Michael Rosen (the nice guy) Make an appearance in your video especially since Covid very nearly killed him last year 🙈
@GibboTraining3 жыл бұрын
Its got a bottle opener! It wins! you can't have raggedy steel bike without one
@SolLignum3 жыл бұрын
And here's me, living in Russia, the country of great orkish mechanics raised in USSR, who does all sorts of crazy repairs and "tunings" to vehicles motorized or not, because you couldn't always just "buy" new parts back then, and old habbits die hard: "Well, duh, what else he has to do? OF COURSE HE REPAIRS!"
@janeblogs3242 жыл бұрын
So I'm assuming its a cromolly frame and the manufacturer didn't bother to anneal or heat treat it
@alderthrelkeld68842 жыл бұрын
Nah most of the tubes were ultra light air hardened tubes
@davidklein71033 жыл бұрын
FYI your chain tool link is out of date
@MrJonas22553 жыл бұрын
Whoa, sketchy (unsurprisingly) lacing pattern on those wheels. Normally its under-under-over.... he's got under-over-under. Spokes look pretty unhappy. Not gonna lie, this bike is not my jam. But I'm sure it floats the owner's boat so power to 'em
@Schusterrrr_3 жыл бұрын
that pinkkkkk
@jurdih3 жыл бұрын
Your threats mean nothing! I drill holes in my own frames!... And then add water bottle bosses 😂
@kevinchen17883 жыл бұрын
Lmao I found a gunked up ultegra 8 speed sti behind my lb, serviced it and slapped it on I think it doubled the value of my bike
@daledubose30323 жыл бұрын
Dope
@dSxGenesis3 жыл бұрын
Patreon bike vault/walkarounds/fleet flex? Just added a Spindatt flavor Rockhopper Sport to my fleet and I'd love to see other viewers bike(s)!
@Spindatt3 жыл бұрын
I still owe you a “someone else’s bike” video haha
@dSxGenesis3 жыл бұрын
@@Spindatt I probably ought to shoot something that doesn’t look like garbage then lol
@johns31063 жыл бұрын
Bikes should be ridden HARD! They shouldn’t be treated like works of art…they should be treated like tools!
@Armin_273 жыл бұрын
Love it! 🤣👌👌
@zachb.61793 жыл бұрын
[7:11] they COULDN'T, would say it can't be done, and try and sell you $5,000 new bike. fuckin' posers. this bike is RAD!!!
@mitmon_85383 жыл бұрын
Awe, I thought your ultimatum was going to be "Subscribe or I'll use "organic carbon grit" on your seatpost."
@mellissanash75173 жыл бұрын
I dunno maybe it is me but having a Bearclaw TI fork which is $700usd along with that handle bar says baller to me. It's like those rat rods that cost $6k but as the name suggests looks ratty.
@justinwatts62103 жыл бұрын
a bad freehub from a proprietary chinese drivetrain on a walmart bike made me take it back
@99EMERSONIC993 жыл бұрын
No one Really no one Me: let's see if we can fix that before you buy a new one.....
@r3cy3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to have a bike long enough for it to need restorative surgery. never had a bike more than 10 years before it gets stolen though.
@MxCraven3 жыл бұрын
Threatening to drill holes in my frame? Drillium when?
@seanb66913 жыл бұрын
If you like custom bikes, check out wzrd.bikes on instagram. He works at a bike shop and makes his own frames from scratch
@kris46452 жыл бұрын
Man, what a cool bike!!! 😊 But,why would you do that with your ears?? I mean...😳
@nyctemene3 жыл бұрын
Hey mate, I can see in the other comments on this style video that a lot of the other viewers enjoy this content. I just wanted to express I actually really don’t. I subbed for the usual mix of random riding and tinkering with your own bikes. Part of what put me off that fixie guys stuff was these sorts of videos. Can I suggest maybe mixing it into part of another video where you are just messing about with something or doing something cool? That might make it a bit more palatable.