Restoring a $75 Trek Road Bike for my Wife on Christmas

[@mikejensen7294]

I been workin on bikes as a living 25 years now and I still watch you work on them for some reason. Really love what you're doing with the levers!

[@simonbailey2151]

2 by 8, all a road bike drivetrain will ever need. Nice work on the restoration.

[@grommit700]

Amazing! I've bought used bikes from Marketplace and love a basic mechanical Aluminum frame setup. So easy to perform self-maintenance compared to those electronic cyborg bikes. I was able to achieve a 19mph average speed for a quick 1 hour ride I did this past fall in October or so. It was on a used Jamis 7005 alloy frame with Shimano Claris R2000 2x8. The course was just over 18 miles. So it was the perfect route to test my strength!

[@waynemattson2187]

Great restoration. I love when people save these rides and give them a new lease on life.

[@markvonwisco7369]

I remember those Trek Series Ones being a pretty good all around bike.

[@johnwilson230]

A great bike great restore hope your wife partner love as much we all did do a follower up of enjoying the bike all the best😊

[@claudioviniciusreisdeazeve3697]

Parabéns! Ótimo trabalho! A bicicleta ficou linda! Excelente!

[@brianfarrelly7151]

Really nice machine, great price but lots of work and a lucky girl. Well done Robert.

[@dennismurray00]

Great job, looks very nice.

[@wrenchtwo49]

i got a bike about 2 years ago its just a bit newer and with a carbon fork i also got it for about 50 euros and i loved it and this winter i have upgradet it to a brand new shimano 105 r7000 group and some new wheels im now exited to ride it even more

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Wow. That sounds amazing. I like to put new groupsets on older bikes, too

[@jonathangreen7111]

Very nice. I'd love to see a more detailed video on how you reconditioned the "sealed bearing" bottom bracket - new ones are going to get hard to get. Thanks.

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

I have another that I pulled out of an Orbea with a bad frame. It's octalink, but the process is the same. I'l put together a video on it and share it. It's incredibly easy to do.

[@that_which_is_not]

Lovely gift, hope your partner loved it! ❤

[@marcogambino3500]

Bravo, ottimo lavoro mantenendo tutti i pezzi originali!!!!!!👍

[@winnmahuron6314]

Robert, you did an excellent job for your wife’s Christmas present! I miss riding in Colorado so much. We would ride out by you when we went on some of our club rides from the Louisville cyclery. I always enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing how to fix things as you do for yourself and your family. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you and your family. -Winn

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Thank you Winn! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family, too.

[@GaborEID]

Great presentation of a nice work, thank you for the cool video, and merry Christmas!

[@juliodiaz46734]

Happy holydays and New Year 🎉🥳

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Thank you. Happy holidays to you too!

[@tigerdaytona]

Great video . I enjoyed it 🎉

[@Nic-bd6bj]

you Sir have a great channel. I love the care you put into everything you do! Merry Christmas.

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Much appreciated. Thank you.

[@carlovannieuwpoort8095]

Happy Christmas. You inspired me this year to do some bike projects myself. I now ride a vintage bike around town!

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Right on! Happy Christmas.

[@davidpancerz5820]

Lovely restoration to be sure but no comments on how your wife liked the bike or any video footage of her riding & enjoying it? Fascinating transformation and one I could likely handle save for the bent derailleur hanger. Even if I bought the correct tool from Park Tools I find that intimidating. Silly I know. Great video, thanks for sharing. Indeed Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Appreciate it. Thank you. I wanted to have footage of her riding the bike but we got rain Christmas day and she was afraid to ride in it on a new bike. So we skipped it.

[@turbo_nerd86]

FIRST! your videos are nice

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Appreciate the support. Thank you!

[@333wheeler]

Was she happy ! deff on safer ground than gifting a dyson :)

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

She really is enjoying it.

[@LarryHopper]

Well done. Have you ever considered a mini polisher for your bikes?

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Never occurred to me to look for a small one. That'd be really handy. That large one is really tough around the cable mounts.

[@dioright]

Everything is possible when you have facilities

[@StanisawSwierczynski]

14:47 bent steering wheel?

[@biketrailminas.4736]

fico show

[@peterbedford2610]

Just heard that around 200M bikes are made every year..

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Whoa.

[@iamadairjr]

73 USD for a nice bike like this is a bargain. It would be easily sold for 400+ USD here in Brazil.

[@comedyman112]

how come in Eastern European countries where the median salary is 1000 usd/month these bikes are sold for at least 500 usd, while in the US you get them for 75? wow...

[@Peter-y9o]

Ebay

[@peterch4978]

Like new, and frame polishing is a hack.

[@a.sarmiento5116]

Forgot to weigh it!

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

I weighed it :) 22.16 lbs.