Retro Commuter Bike Build - 1993 Cannondale M2000

[@toastyrides]

Hey everyone, check out the description then leave a comment if you’d like! There’s a light build list in the video description and a couple links 🤙 Some of the clips have a bit of wind noise so I think I’ll get a wind reduction thing for some of the windier days, going forward. Cheers! 🫶🤩 See you in the next video!

[@toastyrides]

Hope you like the video, will reply to the comments on Friday (NZT) as I’m off to sleep now 🥳 but enjoy! The aim was a fun commuter build, I think I’ll bump the chainring up to a 38t for more topspeed (after more testing) when I can get a blue Stridsland ring next time 😎🤌💙

[@ArnoHelmchen]

I have a fitting derailleur hanger left in the parts bin. Interested?

[@ComicsInk]

90s MTB, swept back bars, ESI grips, WTB Pure V. Nice to see someone with good taste

[@toastyrides]

One of the best combos! 🙌💖 haha thanks

[@miketomkins5171]

You sound like asmr bike mechanic, it's so calming

[@yardsalecycles]

U.S.A hand made Cannnondle are great frames I'm always keeping an eye out for them

[@toastyrides]

Definitely 👍 I have another old Cannondale I haven’t built up yet, I think it’s n ST600 but I could be wrong (it has no decals)

[@yardsalecycles]

@@toastyrides nice is it in better condition tgen this one....can't wait to see the video on that one

[@toastyrides]

@@yardsalecycles it was repainted at some point, so I think I’ll strip it and give it a fresh paint job

[@yardsalecycles]

@@toastyrides can't wait to see what you do with it

[@glennpettersson9002]

I appreciate that you take the time to service and repair the components for as many bikes that get binned there must be a ton and a half of components that get wasted.

[@Nahtano7]

Finally i found out about brake booster, is to prevent the seatstay bent during heavy braking. learn a lot from this video, cheers from your neighbor Indonesia!

[@omarorlandosanchezmosquera1520]

From Colombia. Life is more beautifull riding bicycle. 💪

[@ismaelalvarez1160]

I like when you show videos of you riding the bike down town

[@EdwardUbiera]

Old Cannondales are my favorite. Such great bikes

[@aleksleonardson6058]

My 1991 SM500 is a delightful bike to ride! I upgraded it with a threadless stem, Surly Moloko bars, 26x2.1" Gravel Kings, and a Brooks saddle. It has become the bike I reach for, every time

[@toastyrides]

Awesome! That sounds like a great combo, are you liking the Moloko bars then? Haven’t tried them yet, but they look tempting! The Brooks/GravelKing combo is one of my favourite 🫶

[@aleksleonardson6058]

@@toastyrides The Moloko bars are completely worth the investment! I wrapped the horns, a bit towards the grips, and towards the stem. I find that I spend most of my time in the horns. I think the 35° sweep feels more manageable than the 45° on the jones bar, or any alt bar for that matter. I'm keeping those till I die

[@ozenfant_ozn]

totally awesome! that's a proper streetfighter (a practical one of course!)! greetings from vienna!

[@toastyrides]

That’s what I was going for! Urban Assault 😆😎🫶 greetings from New Zealand! Thank you for checking out the video 🤙

[@ashpunting]

I do enjoy your bike rides at the end of your videos giving me a glimpse of your town/city 👍🏾

[@toastyrides]

Thanks! Glad they’re appreciated 😎 I really like seeing rides from other places, too! Even just a different city but the same country.

[@TheScooterHoon]

This is fantastic to watch on a rainy day.

[@giantpedro]

Hey! Your builds are always so cool! Also the videos are never pretentious yet you know your way around the mechanic of a bike. Cheers mate!

[@toastyrides]

Thank you!! Haha glad you’re liking the videos and it’s good to hear the feedback 👍cheers mate! See you in the next one 🤙

[@primavideohurra]

Your voice sounds really friendly and sympathetic. It makes it enjoyable listening to your explanations :)

[@houseofsolomon2440]

I put 2.25" tioga bmx-ish tires on a very similar build (26er) & the chunkiness was a good thing - Thx for posting 🌿

[@EriebyCycle]

I feel like greeting others while riding a bicycle is the natural thing to do. Appreciate your thoughts on the Hookworms… been eyeing those for awhile.

[@peterderuiter2937]

love this vid. I enjoy tinkering with my bike a lot, more so then riding it even. You are a good bike mechanic, pleasure to watch

[@NigelSequeira]

I actually live right by Bicycle Renaissance, the shop this was originally sold at. It closed during the pandemic and there's a Specialized dealer that took over the space. Their sign is still up though. It was a pretty cool shop

[@toastyrides]

That’s cool to hear, thank you for the info! Sad that they closed after being around for so long 💖

[@misterkiji]

Renaissance cycles (where this bike was originally purchased) was my bike shop growing up. It still exists today. The new owners (hilltop ie specialized) kept the renaissance name since it has some history.

[@toastyrides]

I didn’t know that, that’s cool! I heard it was taken over by Specialized but it’s nice they kept the name. If you’re ever in there you can share the story of how an old Cannondale made its way to New Zealand, somehow, for me to enjoy 🤙💖

[@kakakjahil4139]

Handlebar is so cool 👍

[@toastyrides]

Yes, I love it! 😍🙌 thanks for watching

[@TheAtarashiiKaze]

I was super impressed with how you handled those TINY bearings! wow! I would have lost half of them. And you did it while wearing gloves! Great video, I enjoy watching people taking older machines and making them useful again. Thank you for sharing! I liked the riding footage too. I was impressed with the variety of non-automobile transport other people were using as well. Where I live 99.9% of people use automobiles and if the ride it's an exercise bike indoors.

[@toastyrides]

They sucked 😂 I should have taken the gloves off, it definitely made it harder 😆 Thank you for watching! Oh woah, that’s cool to hear. Lately more people have been using bikes, e-scooters and e-bikes 👍 it’s great to see as it feels more community-like, in a way, when you’re travelling slow around the city and outside. Great for mental health, too. Feels better to ride more!

[@jasonbannan4024]

Thanks for your inspiration. I just refurbished an '90s Giant Nutra. Cleaned up the rust with brushes, coke and aluminum foil. Kept the patina on the bars, frame and seat post. Added a new saddle, grips and fenders. Looks and rides great.

[@levibradley9170]

nice build good show, good stuff, that red GT 700c road bike looks like a sweet bike looking forward to that episode

[@toastyrides]

Thanks, Levi! That’s going to be a fixed gear bike with a new paint job, for me, but I have a couple other 700c road bikes to build/restomod as well 😎🤙

[@levibradley9170]

@@toastyrides nice cant wait, 👌 you one of the greatest youtubers

[@toastyrides]

@@levibradley9170 thanks heaps! 🙌

[@grtchldy6561]

Thanks. I bought a 1993 Trek Single Track a year and a half ago. US Steel “cromeolly” stiff and responsive. Great old frames. I’ve yet to do much modding other than the seat and crank set. One thing at a time. It’s such a great ride I rarely miss my racing bike. 😊

[@bosanderspublictheology]

I watch a lot of these fix-up videos (many of which lack commentary but are still pretty amazing) I LOVE your commentary and helpful comments and tips and humor. Thank you. Subscribing.

[@toastyrides]

Thank you, that’s so cool to hear!haha. Have a great day and thanks for subscribing 🤙

[@franborrero]

will build the same frame next month, this video was really help full!

[@garysprojects]

turned out great! i never knew brake boosters actually worked it was cool to see how they limited some of the flex, nice vid as always catch ya in the next one :D

[@toastyrides]

Thanks, Gary! Haha yeah I thought they were pretty gimmicky to be honest 😆 wish I had a better video of the flex to show, but it was noticeable in the lever 🤌

[@miketomkins5171]

I love that you say hello to everyone

[@Aleksandr_Igorevich]

This video is inspiring. Thanks man)) Im riding an 89’ soviet touring bike. Rebuilding it now, for a second season. Few more days and im gonna have some fun)) Peace 🖖

[@frogrides]

Mmmmm hookworms 😍 - enjoyed this one Adam ❤️

[@toastyrides]

Thank you!haha 🙌 wish Hookworms came out as tanwalls, too 🤤

[@DjNikGnashers]

Brilliant build. I had an M300 back in the 90's, it was so light.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Had a CAD3 back in the 90's. Nice welds, stiff ride/ fast, light.

[@noburt9]

Love the builds I always say hi to people I pass on my bike rides, I always cherish when I do get any response at all

[@matt_squires_og]

My therapy for the night - cheers =)

[@toastyrides]

Awesome to hear 🤙🫶 thank you!!

[@maskedmotorsdiy3575]

Love it! Great timing, I just bought a 1986 Cannondale this week. The attention to detail for hiding the welds back in the day was impressive. It has damaged U-brakes, so my V-brake spares box can't help unfortunately.

[@toastyrides]

Oh cool! Perfect timing 😎🤙 sounds like good buy! Those old u-brakes can be pretty good, they’re just not good in mud haha I did a video on a Panasonic with u-brakes and they worked quite well!

[@ronnisullivan9794]

Enjoying your video. You go slow enough to see what you’re doing and have sensible ideas of what to use.👍

[@dementiawavesgoodbye]

Thank you for your videos! Love learning about bikes from you. I see you sometimes on the cycleway and ding hello. It's great to see your bikes in action. Cheers!

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! Oh that’s cool 🤙 not many people ding or say hi back haha, awesome that you watch the videos and are local! Will keep an eye out 🤙 Have been sick all week but I normally do the reverse commute to everyone haha

[@jackcarter233]

Had a Cannondale M700 for college commute. Loved it.

[@thadude9013]

Omg why did the algorithm wait so long to show this video in my feed? Im subbed? I love your vids! want to do something like this for a living like this one day :) already own a frame I want to build up when im ready

[@toastyrides]

Oh no! Better late than never, I suppose 😅 thank you, glad you got to see the video! Sweet, that sounds like fun 🥳 what are your plans for it?! What frame is it??

[@aceprater5397]

I have a Schwinn Homegrown with Hookworkms and love them! for commuting they are great. you can lean them way over. I had cones setup in the neighborhood practicing slaloms. And the power slides are amaziballz! I pulled a few screeshers downtown to the pint that a walker commented that it was impressive. So much fun on those tires!

[@kris4645]

Wonderful builds! Alot of greetings to You,from a cycling buddy and SS enthusiast from Croatia 😊😎

[@vitormalta]

31:15 wow I'm with this intention and boom by aleatory you doing hehehe, nice bike by the way

[@draggonhedd]

leave the grips and bar ends, i like em. Bits of purple all over the bike. I love parts bin builds, they're my absolute favorite.

[@toastyrides]

It’s grown on me a lot, the grips and barends will stay! Can’t imagine it any other way now. Will strengthen the basket support though, the upper mount is a bit thin. I did a wheelie with a load one day and it bent when the front end dropped 😅

[@draggonhedd]

@@toastyrides i wonder if those bars with the welded in baskets are any good

[@necrodefecator]

Very neat built, as usual! I also have the Kyote bars on a 95 Kona I have converted to a commute/all around and they are indeed very large, I cut them quite a lot to have to feet (I'm 165cm....)

[@toastyrides]

Thanks! I love the Kyote bar, very comfy bar 👍 yeah I think it could use cutting down a smidge to better fit in some places haha. But it seems to be ok so far, just have to be a bit cautious of them. I did actually smack the handlebar on a rubbish bin after I stopped filming, but it was rubbish day and bins were all over the path 🥴 I prepared for it and moved my hands inwards, so the barend took the force of it haha

[@timfreeman2603]

Hookworms are great. I’ve had 26” & 29”.

[@ratana_music]

Nice looking bike! i really like the worn out look mixed with the upgraded parts. i also enjoyed the riding footage! subscribed

[@aarondiaz2506]

Súper beautiful bike

[@freezechill]

Thank you for this video, it helped me repair my 1993 cannondale commuter bike. 😊

[@jamesdarge]

Great video Adam! Stoked I was able to contribute. You nailed it with your signature cruiser style. Enjoy the large frame! 😁😎

[@toastyrides]

Thanks, James! Couldn’t happen without you 🤙💖 appreciate it a lot, it’s been great so far and I’m sure it’ll get lots of use ahead! 🤩🥳

[@westonstonehocker8785]

that gt road bike is awesome! Can't wait

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! Yeah it’ll be lots of fun 🤩🤙

[@dannyball2503]

Got some ideas for my cannondale fleet, nice build. I enjoyed watching

[@lugu9708]

Always love the Auckland footage bro...

[@shawncoventry5377]

Nice work. I prefer friction shifters over any other. Sounds like it's working great.

[@toastyrides]

100% friction shifters are amazing! 🫶

[@robertashe2157]

How cool. Love your gentle commentary and humour. I learned heaps too! :- ]

[@peterharrer3261]

Wish I'd seen this build sooner, the way you made the most of the chipped paint by smoothing it out. Am restoring an old Peugeot with tons of scratches. Tried everything but the obvious. Had it blasted instead and must now paint the bugger.

[@toastyrides]

Oh dang! Well now you know for next time 😎🥳 haha, will be good knowledge to have in the back of your head if you happen to see a cool but scratched bike for sale 🤙

[@peterharrer3261]

@@toastyrides No worries. Looks fabulous now with new paint. Would pin a photo, but YT won't allow.

[@mrmagoo.3678]

I got myself a Cannondale f1000 (last year of the caad3..2007?) That has Perfect paintwork.. black fades to silver that fades to white.. I love it! lol... Slowly turning it into a light as possible city bike.

[@MrGreekstatue]

Solid build. I would love this for work.

[@thebiggerbyte5991]

A cool build and fun and practical bike. Great stuff!

[@Locojoe]

Nice build and enjoyable video as always.

[@toastyrides]

Thanks heaps!! 🙌💖 same goes to you 😎👍

[@christofs-a1834]

It's always bloody BMW's 🤪 Just put a set of Coyotes on too, but chopped them down to 750. 800 was bonkers!!

[@toastyrides]

Hahah sure is! Ooh nice 👍 gotta love this bar! Yeah they’re a bit wide to commute with at standard width, they seem to get into doorways etc for me though 🤌 The trailer is what slows me down haha

[@petermorrison680]

really liking your builds !!!! keep up the great work!!!!

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! Glad you’re liking the videos 🤙😎

[@25inspector]

That's an awesome bike! Nice work!

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! 🙌🤙

[@MichielR]

Just found your channel, man, these videos are great! Great job, keep at it!

[@syncop844]

LOVE this build! As always looks great :)

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! Quite happy with how it looks, really happy with how it handles 🤩

[@rhymeswithbombs]

So cool that those brakes were made serviceable! It's really too bad that manufacturers have moved away from this kind of construction.

[@505LuckyandStephanie]

Super jealous, Love this build! 🙏🔥😎

[@WillDaRosa]

Great build! I say hello to everyone too lol

[@viviennepatterson5950]

Great video. It’s a change to get some Kiwi content and useful to know you can get the products and parts locally. Thanks again for putting this together.

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! Oh cool, you’re local then?! Glad the video helped you! Just have to search around quite a bit, but there are some good parts out there 👍

[@wilyamiyooo]

5:49 Trust me, when you have dogs around or just long-haired people you'll find a lot of hair on your hubs lol.

[@harrydeath1885]

love the vid. bikes are the future no one knows it yet. nz has the most cars per head in the world. that is sad. still can't work out if you be in dorkland or the tron

[@Mraquanetchris]

Got a 1986 Fuji Sundance for a commuter. Fat tires, Basket. It"s the way to go.

[@toastyrides]

That sounds awesome! 🤩🤌 fat tyres and basket are a dream mix 🤙

[@Ziptietechnician]

You can tune the bell with some self-adhesive ruber strip . Cut tiny pieces and place in conspicuously on bell or inside if you can. Do this till you get the desired volume

[@austenpruett5368]

Nice! I worked on this same frame as a courier for years! Hey, get rid of the pepperoni death trap fork though, those were recalled because alloy forks are sketchy as hell and always fail. The headtube is 1 1/4, so you can easily put a 1 1/8 threadless headset and fork with a problem solvers adaptor. 🤙

[@toastyrides]

That’s so cool! I think it’s just the aluminium steerer tube ones that were recalled? I could be wrong, though! I do want one of those adaptors, for an upcoming Gary Fisher project 😁 The 1 1/4 headtube is a bit strange, although I have the stock fork for it so will run it for now. Cheers!

[@jackderry5175]

Love it 🙌😍

[@toastyrides]

Thanks! 🤩🤙

[@sesquipedalianstan]

Nice video 🙏

[@toastyrides]

Thank you!

[@randallblytheadlercavalera8373]

smooth ride😊

[@sashawttnbrg5141]

Didn't listen. At first I was like "hope he wouldn't repaint it", cool Nice bike, deserves better transmission as for me

[@techstryker]

❤❤ your very good performance ❤❤

[@Stanwich369]

Hey love the video. Where abouts you get the bracket with extra holes for where the basket supports connect to the fork @ 34:46?

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

I have a huge SM Cannondale thats the same colour blue as the back of the one in this video. 22 inch frame, 1 inch head tube. Came as full suntour XCE

[@toastyrides]

That sounds like a cool bike! 😍 gotta love the nice Suntour parts 👍

[@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind]

@@toastyrides agreed. I just scored a swell 1991 Rocky Mountain hammer with ritchey tubeset and full Suntour XC LTD. The hubs are XC ltd too and are Shimano XTR grey yet 1991

[@TheTrakker]

Very groovy!

[@toastyrides]

Thank you 😎🤙

[@timshelhamer7374]

I got a wide range 7 spd cassette from soma fab but the modern xt derailleur I had wouldn’t work with it because the cable arm hit the cogs.

[@sashawttnbrg5141]

Frame is so cool, you can build cannonrocket out of it

[@chuffa1130]

Interesting find, I have the same similar Cannondale frame and fork with a Gary Fisher stem, I intended to send this to your counterpart in Australia Gary that works on old mountain bikes, but the shipping costs are unreal it would have been cheaper to fly there with it it's just so crazy, I still have the frame forks and stem not sure how it ever get it to Gary

[@esneeze]

Just one quick thing, make sure that fork has a cro-mo steer tube. when the 1-1/4 pepperoni forks came out as standard in 1992 on models M700 and above, the forks came with aluminum steer tubes which had failures and were recalled. I am guessing that's why the fork paint color doesn't match.

[@toastyrides]

Yeah that sounds about right! I don’t think James got the fork with this frame but I can’t remember and don’t know the full story, but it’s a cro-mo steerer on this one.

[@jamesdarge]

The frame came with the fork, when I bought it and I'm guessing it's original. Id be interested to know. Magnet test?

[@toastyrides]

@@jamesdarge yeah it’s a steel steerer tube, triple checked haha 👍 I guess it’s a replacement fork, which is cool 😎 Ooh and a quick Google shows it would’ve even had a bit of light blue at the dropouts, which I didn’t know! 🤌 if I find a similar colour then I may paint it 👍 or I could get it matched..

[@jhomarjosemondana435]

sick build! i am planning to build a retro commuter bike the same set up like yours. but instead of 8 speed, i'll use 11-42t 9 speed casstte. the problem is that i don't know if the cheap friction shifter i bought in ali express will work.

[@gustavosanchez9330]

Hi, great job! Its posible to repair the same problem (paralelogram) in a pair of XTR v-brakes or it have a diferent sistem? Thanks!!!

[@toastyrides]

Hey, thank you! I haven’t done it but I think they disassemble like the XT ones so should take a shim the same 🤙🫶

[@gustavosanchez9330]

@@toastyrides thanks, man! Keep on truck'n with your channel, its great and I learn a lot.

[@ashpunting]

another sweet bike build do you think the hookworm 2.5 would fit my Gary Fisher big sur bike because i really like those tires 👍🏾

[@toastyrides]

Thanks! I haven’t had a Big Sur so I can’t say, but I measured the Hookworms as about 62mm actual width (4mm wider than Maxxis DTH 2.3”).

[@ashpunting]

@@toastyrides thank you for your reply 🙏

[@arkmantoxic]

the fork had already the gary shox stickerrrr??? bike yt multiverse

[@toastyrides]

🧙‍♂️

[@gerritjansmit]

Awesome build! Im curious, you use a lot of different lubes, oils and grease. Do you maybe have a list of this and where you are using it for?

[@Blackmamba12345]

Hi mate, I have an old Rayleigh mountain bike from around year 2002. It's a great bike however the issue is one of the rear V brake callipers is not working very well. I undid the noodle and it works fine aka the spring but when I re put it back on it sticks ... would you know how to resolve it?

[@trajtemberg]

26'er done right.

[@backcenter2]

Toasty pls reply, a 59cm top tube classic horizontal frame from early 90 what size is it?

[@toastyrides]

Hey! So my list of 59cm toptube bikes seem to run a seattube about 53-56cm (21-22inches). It varies, though! My Bridgestone is a bit less than that in the seattube but has a 59cm toptube Hope this helps!

[@backcenter2]

@@toastyrides Thank you, 21 inches seems too big for me, I have 182cm height. Usually I like the bicycles with a close reach, I compared the reach from my modern to this classic bike, and the modern one has -10cm which is quite a lot.

[@vitoscyclist3275]

Дуже шикарні краєвиди у вас.

[@atropicali]

Thanks for sharing What kind of bike is it !

[@nicee_guys]

what are those strips on the front rack and basket? those orange ones ?

[@raphinesse7756]

What rear Light is it and how ist it installed

[@nuancedliars112]

Is there an alternative to Velcro straps for your bags? I have several bike bags but I don't like how long it takes. I've almost thought about zip ties. Not sure what to do.

[@brendonoid6133]

Another awesome video! That driveside rear dropout looks sketchy as though. Is it supposed to look like that? I know these had a history of catastrophically failing and it seems bent and dimpled at the welds.

[@toastyrides]

Thank you! Yeah that’s just how they are, I don’t really know why they did that extension/cantilever anyway but I know they had a reason. Just can’t remember why!

[@victoriage]

Curious why use a chainring with such a low tooth count. With the massive cassette range it would make it easy to smoothly go up a 20% gradient with the bike loaded with gear. But what's the use of 36T chainring on a bike like that besides it looking cool?

[@toastyrides]

Some people have hills to ride up, use your brain 🧠