Restoring this vintage Olmo! 1988 Rebuild service! Road bike transformation ASMR

[@germurphy4986]

Every cyclist should own a classic steel bike like this!

[@Bikespeeds]

Definitely!🧡⚙️

[@tyler.london]

My absolute favorite customer restoration thus far. Way to go to both you and Simon! What an incredible feature. The customer should be immensely proud to have yall work on their equipment and to own such an astonishing ride!

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s great to hear! Thank you from both of us!🧡

[@todddudgeon2320]

Great bike, beautiful story, and an awesome service. Well done Lee. Lots of great comments too.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you Todd! We always go get extra mile on the vintage ones!🧡

[@ricardosilva-xz1yt]

My dads bike.... its a early 80's. Portuguese Orbita. Not a very well known brand outside of my home country. I am mentioning this because this year as a christmas gift to myself, i am going to show one of your videos to my local bike mechanic. I am hoping he kan do something like this for me... my dad has been gone since 2017. And before that we never had the change of riding together all that mutch, something i am doing my best to correct with my son. The objective is that we get to go on a ride for new year me and him. Him on my Sintesy that i have since the early 00's and me on my dads. From Fatima till Nazaré to see the surfers. Will be a good one...

[@Bikespeeds]

Good luck with the great story!🧡

[@pocketsearch]

Lovely to see a resto like this! I've recommissioned my own bike (owned it for around 13 years now) on a budget and I still have upgrades planned. I have some ways to go but my trusty Nishiki XC3 is becoming the perfect winter beater in arctic conditions.

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s awesome!🧡⚙️

[@MX5Fanatic]

Brilliant restoration, Lee and Simon! I'm sure the owner of this bike was really happy with your work. As for the oldest bike in my modest collection, I have a Vitus 979 aluminum bike from the 80's as racing by one of my favorite riders, Sean Kelly. But as fate would have it where his bike was gold mine is red because that's what they had in my size. I would have loved to have the Mavic groupset he raced on but availability and price ruled that out so I was able to get my hands on a Shimano Dura Ace groupset from the 80's. I know people say "Oh, Vitus aluminum frames are flexy" and the professional riders changed their bikes out every race season, but the bike is lite and a pleasure to ride. At 65, I don't race for a living, I just like my nice bicycles and enjoying the ride. Cheers my friends!

[@ralphc1405]

Rumor was that Vitus riders specially asked that the B.B. shell area be constructed of steel and not Al. Always wondered about Sean's winning VITUS in the 1986 Paris Roubaix...

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s a pretty cool and unique one!🧡

[@MX5Fanatic]

@ralphc1405 Did you see the KZbin video GCN did with Sean Kelly where the GCN presenter rode Sean's period correct Vitus to recreate Sean's beating Argentin in Milan San Remo? Sean rode a newer Vitus and raced down the Poggio against the GCN guy. Great stuff!

[@ralphc1405]

@@MX5Fanatic While wearing a helmet!

[@phantom3017]

Now, this is by far the greatest work I've seen

[@Bikespeeds]

Really kind thank you🧡

[@_J.F_]

I bought my first proper road bike in the early 1980's. It was custom built by my local bike shop and I remember that the frame was glossy black with hand painted golden detailing where the tubes where joined. I also remember that the groupset was Shimano but I am not sure what model - I am guessing 105 Golden Arrow - and of course chrome toe clip pedals with leather straps, and a leather saddle. Today I ride a carbon frame bike with Di2 and hydraulic brakes, and I must say that it is a lot nicer to ride, but not as stylish and good looking though 😄

[@Bikespeeds]

Best of both worlds!🧡⚙️

[@SayMcGillicuddy]

Glorious. I wish I could like this more than once. Like a lot of professionals, you make the difficult seem straightforward. That bearing work was something else. Well done gents 👊

[@Bikespeeds]

Too kind as always! Thank you! Back again this week with a totally opposite bike 🧡

[@ulrichr.487]

Nice bike, despite the mix of components (which was quite common in the eighties and nineties). Campa C-Record crankset (but BB bearings look like Mirage), headset C-Record or Chorus, Veloce front and Mirage rear mech, Dura Ace 7400 brakes (which are excellent). I guess this bike was originally completely C-Record, brakes were an update back in the day, because they were simply performing better than the Campy brakes. Derailleurs were probably replaced by the cheaper Mirage iterations due to wear. I love the satin polished finish of the Cinelli stem . So this bike has it´s history an is now ready for the next 30 years, which is a good thing! Excellent video! The owner will be delighted. This brings back memories of my early days in cycling in the 1990.

[@Bikespeeds]

It’s a real time capsule of a great era, thanks for your comment 🧡

[@liamg9846]

🤙🏻🤙🏻 Should just have a set of cameras set up running all the time, even get all the small jobs on as well.

[@grahambell9831]

Evening Lee & Simon 👋. One of the best restoration bike videos to date. A stunning turnaround. The time taken was definitely 100% worth it. I hope you had a cheeky pint after it was all complete! 🍻👍 Have a great weekend, gents!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Graham! No pint it was straight onto the next video! Turns out KZbin is a non stop game! Thanks as always 🧡⚙️

[@grahambell9831]

@Bikespeeds haha! 🍻. Looking forward to the next installment guys, Cheers, Graham 👍

Lovely restoration! Campag. derailleur cable adjusters are prone to breaking; I've had three break over the years but (luckily) managed to tease the broken threads out with a screwdriver. It's best I think to retain as much thread as possible inside the mech.

[@Bikespeeds]

Good to know thank you!🧡

[@jyfortin]

Great job! These Campagnolo bottom brackets, apart from having dual metric and imperial unit sizes, have the tendancy to unscrew themselves if they are not tightened correctly. One solution people used was to put some glue on the threads..

[@Bikespeeds]

Wow that’s interesting!🧡

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

@@BikespeedsThe non-reverse thread is more likely to unwind…

[@davidlutan7727]

Unbelievable! Brilliant video. The pedals were most "unusual". Thanks heaps for the sharing the video.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks David, can’t be over stated how much we appreciate it🧡

[@terry_hutt]

I don't know why I find these videos so interesting. It must be seeing someone do something I wish I could do but can't. I have a 1975 Bianchi I'd love to restore. Maybe when I retire. Keep up the good work.

[@Bikespeeds]

We have a vintage bianchi on the way next spring, thanks for the support!🧡

[@Lahai100]

Your basic concept is generally the same but due to your craftsmanship it never gets anywhere close to boring, just simply love your and Simon’s work. Keep it up👍🏻 Greetings from Amsterdam👋🏻 PS: What I do miss lately is your eclectic watch collection playing a role in the video’s😉

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the kind words we do appreciate you watching week in week out! I seem to just wear my one watch at the moment but I still wear my others on Sundays 🧡

[@jackroutledge352]

It always kind of amuses me when I see these videos and the "before" condition is usually far nicer than any of the bikes I've ever owned. I'm glad to see someone takes care of their bikes better than I do!

[@Bikespeeds]

lol they’re meant to be ridden!🧡

[@malcraghill7]

That was a fabulously enjoyable and relaxing video to watch. Well done to the owner for taking it somewhere it would be taken care of, and well done Bikespeeds for being that place.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for such kind support! Glad you enjoyed it🧡

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

Thanks for taking the time to edit this episode Bikespeeds, always a great watch

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you MrDaz! It was a long week!🧡

[@christianluff]

I can absolutely relate to loving polishing those bare aluminium parts, before everything went anodised and painted. Polishing the big meaty alloy bits on my old early ‘90s Deore XT groupset used to be the icing on the cake after a post-ride cleanup.

[@viviennepatterson5950]

Be great to capture the customers reaction. They would have been blown away.

[@DeanPattrick]

Tremendous service bringing this old bike back to almost showroom level 🇫🇮😎

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Dean! Hope the fleet is all okay!🧡

[@DeanPattrick]

@@Bikespeeds Propel is now in winter storage. Gravel bike is still running outside 😎

[@marcusevsy]

Beautiful restoration. I can only imagine how delighted the owner was when they saw the result of the work you put in. Hopefully you get to 50K subscribers (and beyond) soon - you certainly deserve it

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks you Marcus! Working hard on 50k we appreciate you joining us along the way🧡⚙️

[@TPetroch]

Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Loved the sympathetic restoration to this wonderful vintage bike - full of character, charm and chrome. The good old days when Campy reigned supreme. Please, more of these!

[@Bikespeeds]

Definitely more on the way! Thanks for the support 🧡

[@piotrkol91]

Amazing restoration job, loved every second of it! Beautiful bike, with a beautiful paintjob. My first road bike was a 1994 Giant Cadex CFR2 which was one of the first bikes with a semi carbon frame - the 3 main frame tubes are carbon, while the front & rear forks, and connectors are metal, so an interesting design on that one. It came with the old 8 speed Shimano 105 groupset. Began my cycling journey on that one so it's a pretty important bike for me :) Still sitting in my garage, really want to give it a nice restoration job as well and hang it up on a wall at some point. Cheers!

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s awesome that you still have it! Sounds like a super unique bike 🧡

[@paulcurotto3884]

Lovely restoration beautiful bicycle. Great video as always 👍

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much Paul, glad you enjoyed it🧡

[@Ronin_Texas]

Another Master Service, make justice to such a classic bike, Awesome.

[@Bikespeeds]

Glad to see you’re still enjoying the videos thank you!🧡

[@billyjo1148]

This one really came round beautifully

[@joannelouiserodriguez5966]

omg i love 💌the retro look i started on simlier bikes in the naughty 90s well done Lee for doing the fab work and Simon for the fab editing :) x

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you from both of us!🧡⚙️

[@tinniswood2577]

Beautiful job and sympathetic to the bike.

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s the goal! Thank you Tinnis 🧡

[@joaopedrodefreitaslima2936]

Many interesting features on this bike. Weird pedal shape, very smart brake pads (doesn't need to unscrew to change it), exotic colour combination... Congratulations to the owner and congratulations for you, guys, bikespeeds rules!

[@Bikespeeds]

Yes it was a bit of a unicorn! So very fun to play with🧡

[@endcensorship874]

Bravo, good sir! This might be your best one yet. The way the polish on the components just pops, it's amazing.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you! We only really introduced polishing this year and it really did take it to the next level for us, very happy🧡

[@atomicat]

Maaan! The beauty of vintage roadbike is really something else! Thank you for taking time to take care of this beauty!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the support🧡⚙️

[@briangrieco32]

Beautiful. Wonderful to watch.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much!🧡

[@tedstanton655]

Good job! Nothing like bringing a classic steel beauty back to life.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you Ted! Totally agree 🧡

[@yankeepalu8627]

Love the rebuilds of old bikes cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@chrisbardell]

Lovely, sympathetic overhaul. Meticulous and thoughtful workmanship as usual. Love this channel. Well done, gents.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you Chris! That’s very kind 🧡

[@Ian-Saxon]

Sublime attention to details. Lovely and satisfying. I have 10 bikes I try to strip and clean periodically but your work is weapons grade perfection.

[@Bikespeeds]

Wow that’s a collection!🧡⚙️

[@bob-ny6kn]

Thank you for another perfect service and restoration video. I appreciate your effort.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Bob that means a lot 🧡

[@whattheheckwelch]

yesssss! a half hour video!!!!!!! I could watch hours of these!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you! They always take us longer so we appreciate the response!🧡⚙️

[@samblenkharn8099]

Ooh that one is a bit special. Beautiful job on the frame polish.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you Sam! Glad you enjoyed the special🧡⚙️

[@Nicoya]

Regarding the bearing extraction, there's a different style of extractor you can get with an expanding mandrel that fits inside of the inner race and flares out to grab hold of it. Wheels Manufacturing makes them in various sizes.

[@Bikespeeds]

Yes it has caught my eye!🧡

[@francispeterjuridico8319]

I did enjoy watching this video, so satisfying! THANK YOU

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much Francis!🧡⚙️

[@shrkys4]

Another Campy beauty! fabulous work on the light polishing, Campy stuff just goes forever with some love...Too bad the brakes are not the period Veloce's from that gruppo, they were cool looking, beefy caliper arms...great work, really enjoyed this one!

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Yes the Shimano brakes and chainset should ideally be replaced with Campag !

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for your support! We loved this one 🧡

[@valiantabello]

Thanks!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you for the kind super thanks and support! We really appreciate it🧡⚙️

[@michael7324]

Wow the amount of work that went into this restore is amazing.

[@Bikespeeds]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you!🧡⚙️

[@n22pdf]

Wow what an amazing transformation lovely job as always dude.. always look forward to watching your latest vids. 😊 Pete 🚴🏻👍

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for all your support Pete! This one was a big one!🧡

[@adrianbyrne6676]

Lovely bike. Love it when you do the older ones. Keep up the great work. A weekly treat!

[@Bikespeeds]

They will be back! It’s a matter of when people bring them in! Thanks Adrian 🧡

[@fastfreddy19641]

Beautiful bike. Riminds me of the bikes I had as a young lad. I was always polishing and cleaning my old Raleigh tour de France.

[@Bikespeeds]

Simpler times! I was the same 🧡

[@schrodingerthecat]

Another amazing and thorough restoration. You are definitely the gold standard to which others should be held.

[@Bikespeeds]

Super super kind thank you!🧡

[@johnstrac]

Used to dream of Mirage 8 speed ! It seems years and years out of date now, bet it still shifts well.

[@Bikespeeds]

The gears click reallllllyyy nicely, thanks John 🧡⚙️

[@mrgrilledpotato3103]

amazing video and restoration as usual! thx for putting the time in sharing these with us.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the really kind comment! 🧡⚙️

[@BarryJones-wt3et]

Lovely bike, great service !

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Barry!🧡

[@Countrystock]

Wow, your best old school classic yet 👏🏻

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s a compliment thank you! We do work so hard on these, but it’s just fun!🧡

[@Jinedan]

Beautiful resto!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡⚙️

[@kenblair2538]

Great Video. Always enjoy the vintage restorations . My 1984 Ciocc and 1990 Concorde are still in super condition and ridden all season. But, have gone through a modernization upgrade, through the years. Thanks. KB

[@Bikespeeds]

Perfect collection!🧡

[@adamcurpier]

Your work is top notch! Ty for sharing!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the support!🧡

[@arromy6911]

What a monumental service. So professional and so quality. I recently did a similar (but much more amateur) service on my 1979 Nishiki International. The groupset on that bike is bulletproof and cleans and lubes up really nicely. Nothing beats the simplicity and serviceability of some downtube friction shifters!

[@Bikespeeds]

Good to hear! Hope it went well for you🧡

[@Doctor-yr3uy]

As always,it was brilliant ❤

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much as always!🧡

[@savagepro9060]

Tulio Campagnolo from the ⚰: "What! Shimano pedals on my crankset? Sacrilege! Sacrilege I say!"

[@Bikespeeds]

Lol!🧡

[@loeurnchim213]

Beautiful work ❤

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much!🧡⚙️

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

that headset grease looked like the original Campag grease put on at manufacture! great rebuild 🙂

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks as always! We always appreciate your support 🧡

[@gazr4967]

Super job as usual!! Lovely bike.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the support!🧡⚙️

[@veloman59]

Beautiful job 😍

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡⚙️

[@AndySmith-xc9ni]

Sweet !

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks!🧡⚙️

[@riazghuman8698]

Excellent service of the bike and amazing experience to watch how a bike got its Second life. Thankyou again for sharing this practical wonder.

[@Bikespeeds]

Our pleasure! Thanks for the support 🧡

[@chinov2933]

well done as always!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you as always! Keeps us going 🧡

[@Frank-bb9lu]

Fabulous work on a beautiful bike. I always think you get the balance right on these older bikes, great attention to detail but maintaining originality.

[@Bikespeeds]

That’s good to hear, thanks for the support Frank!🧡⚙️

[@andrewshore9709]

Just love the attention to detail here, a rare thing these days, chapeau ! 🎉

[@Bikespeeds]

We really appreciate it thanks Andrew 🧡⚙️

[@Traildude193]

What an absolute brilliant restoration best one to date 🫡 to you and Simon.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks traildude!🧡

[@oov55]

often fancied doing an Olmo...but they're USA i think - so, its mostly a treasured import - and comes at a premium

[@Bikespeeds]

I didn’t know that! Interesting 🧡

[@papalegba6796]

What a beautiful bike. Great job.

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video🧡

[@aq7705]

A real beauty. Lovely bike. Job very well done!!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much 🧡⚙️

[@sbaddison]

That big ring looks massive😱 Brilliant job as usual 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Bikespeeds]

It was actually geared quite modern in that sense! Thanks again as always 🧡

[@CorneliusJames]

Stunning work, as always Gentlemen

[@Bikespeeds]

Very kind thanks James!🧡

[@Adritzel90]

¡Great job! ❤

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡

[@cal5566]

Fantastic as always gents

[@Bikespeeds]

Really appreciate it thank you!🧡

[@RLucas82]

Thanks Lee for another great video! I absolutely love your videos on restoring old/vintage bikes. I've started work on my first restoration project but have hit a few snags. I'm hoping you could give some pointers for when encountering issues like bounded parts, corrosion externally/internally, painting or whatever else comes to mind. Thanks again!

[@Bikespeeds]

Heat is the key to breaking off stiff parts! Best of luck with it!🧡

[@lukezen81]

Absolute class act here guys. Thank you!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you as always! Glad you’re still enjoying the videos 🧡

[@Edward-jj3jk]

hello, i have been admiaring your videos, i have on old bike thats in a alright state i dont know if your able to but would you get it looking new but with the origonal paint so froth, i think its from the 50s-60s and i saw the video you made of restoring your 60s one and thought maby you service it if you did public restorations

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

Great job! What a lovely Bike

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks Jason🧡⚙️

[@terrynye7034]

A lovely bike and great transformation. 👍

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks very much as always Terry!🧡⚙️

[@noelsmith1852]

Polished cogs!! lol 🤯🤯🤯

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the support Noel!🧡⚙️

[@richiejames928]

Man you really don’t wanna get one of those pedals to the shin do you! lethal!

[@ShimonLobel]

Epic restoration!!!

[@Bikespeeds]

Thank you!🧡

[@escgoogle3865]

I love the 86-94 era of steel race'ish bikes. What I don't like is the max 23mm rear tire on my el/os. Oh, and 53-39's on my 50+ body.

[@Bikespeeds]

Lol I feel you!🧡

[@dickieblench5001]

I've got exactly that frame just different groupset. Maybe i should have mine done too😅

[@Bikespeeds]

It’s fun!🧡

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

Those old Campy thumb adjusters are famous for snapping off and then being impossible to find the correct replacement. Happened to my Veloce 9-speed. I solved it by removing the spring leaving the top part of the adjuster in place, and pulling strong tension on the cable before clamping it in. I then have a down tube barrel adjuster to pull more tension if necessary. I guess that wouldn't work here with down tube shifters.

[@Bikespeeds]

Very interesting to know!🧡⚙️

[@colinluke2840]

This is exactly the vintage of bicycle I like seeing restored. I’m in the process of restoring my ‘88 Shogun Katana and ‘99 Torelli Strada. I hope you get more like this in the shop. Thanks for sharing. Btw what grit or compound did you use on the polishing wheel to shine up the components?

[@Bikespeeds]

Hi Colin good luck with your restoration, I actually don’t know this particular polish was given to me by a friend and it just worked so I kept using it but never purchased it myself so I don’t have a clue!🧡

[@ajfrog699]

Epic restoration and what an amazing job. Would love to find out how you approach pricing out a restaurarion job like this? The customer must have loved the end product. Great job Lee and quality editing Simon 🎉

[@Bikespeeds]

We do like to be private about our pricing but we think it’s reasonable and it’s certainly no more than any other bike shop charges we just try to go to the max within the budget! Thank you AJ🧡

[@ajfrog699]

Completely understand that approach, excellent job. The level of servicing and restauration yiu offer as a shop, I feel people would be happy to pay more (even if that was the case) because they know they're guaranteed a quality service time and time again

[@stanzelko5243]

Might even be better than new.😊

[@simonbailey2151]

I had an Olmo 1989 anniversary model, fully pantographed. I swapped it for an aluminium Canyon. What an idiot. Anyway, another lovely restoration.

[@Bikespeeds]

Both cool bikes!🧡

[@andymoss]

Another amazing job lads! How smooth was that BB?!

[@Bikespeeds]

Smooth enough but we had nowhere to replace it!🧡

[@johnstrac]

Loving your work once again but a small point, on the electrical tape on the handlebars I always finish with the loose end under the bar as you do but facing AWAY from the front of the bike. A bit OCD I know.

[@paultomlinson528]

Epic work well done. I ride a flandria css1 but I can't find any info about it... is it something you have heard of before

[@Bikespeeds]

No! Sounds unique, what is it running?🧡

[@paultomlinson528]

@@Bikespeeds early campag stuff

[@Ditypo]

have you thought about using a clay bar on the frame prior to polishing?

[@Bikespeeds]

Could be a good next step to improve the service 🧡

[@jeffhammond8969]

Beautiful restoration! Will owner be likely to do some minor paint touch ups in chipped areas? Would imagine that will help preserve the steel tubing and enhance it a wee bit more.

[@Bikespeeds]

I think the plan is to put it up on the wall as is!🧡

[@Loyde94]

How much do you charge for such a thorough service ? Gotta appreciate the level of dedication to bring the bike back to life

[@Bikespeeds]

Thanks for the support! We never post our prices but really appreciate you watching🧡

[@beanz6745]

Bellissimo! 👌🏽 How did you initially get into bike mechanics?

[@Bikespeeds]

I owned a cobbler business and brought my own bike in one day to clean up on a quiet day. Someone came in and asked if I did punctures then it has been 10 years of work since then!🧡

[@beanz6745]

@@Bikespeeds Well, you're certainly not talking cobblers now lol. We, the audience, love your work