Thanks Mr. Treadway. Never heard of the reverse tape underlayer before applying bar tape. Will try it out next time I have to retape my bars (which is pretty soon). Allez!
Cheers Richard. It’s a great little technique. As I say, I can’t take credit for it but it works so well, that I’ve never wrapped bars differently since the first time I tried it. The other benefit is that it keeps all the salty sweat off your bars (for the most part at least), so it should massively slow down the corrosion of aluminium bars. 👌🏻
Good work Mr Treadway , I cheated with my Orbea , I paid for a service. New cables New brake pads, New chain ,and New bearings all round 197€ . It felt like a brand new bike after. And yours will to. I am excited about your Paris trip I will save a flat as you pass my house. But only if you get really lost. Enjoy it.
Cheers Richard. The bike does feel great now. Defo worthwhile doing, regardless whether you do it yourself and send it to the LBS. I’ll look out for your flat too. I’m sure it’ll be needed! 😂
I enjoyed you talking through the strip/rebuild process Peter but (and this may not have been the point of your video so apologies in advance) the bits you sped up and cut were the actual 'doing' bits which I could have learned a lot from. Hopefully, you'll return to some of these tasks in the future and demonstrate the 'how to do' part. Good luck on the big ride - I'm sure that Team Essex has prepared well! BTW - I participated in the last running of the Humber Bridge Sportive this weekend - a fantastic charity ride - and trialled my Kapude light-reacting sunglasses, as modelled by you some time ago. I'm happy to report that they worked superbly and are comfortable too! Thanks for the tip off👍.
Cheers Rob and thanks for the feedback. I always worry that I'm going back over things I've spoken about or shown in previous videos, and don't want to bore people with the same info. Maybe I think of these videos too much as a sort of series though and need to consider more that people are watching them as a one off, so may not have seen my previous builds, etc. Good feedback then and something I'll definitely consider in future builds. Cheers, mate. Chapeau on the sportive too and glad you're enjoying the glasses. For the cost, they really are a decent little bit of kit.
@@petertreadway Thanks for the thoughtful reply Peter - I hope I didn't come over as being arsey - I know it is free to watch and that you put a hell of a lot of work in to your particular videos; the production values are never less than very impressive. I watch everything you post and realise that some tasks you've covered before, but speaking personally, I don't mind the repetition; after all, there's only so many jobs one can do on the bike without sophisticated bits of kit and I'd rather watch you doing it than the guys from others who presume a level of entry knowledge that I don't possess😁.
@@Robutube1 didn’t consider it arsey at all, mate. Always good to take constructive criticism, as it’s the only way we can improve. 👌🏻 Will genuinely take your comments on board, as I’ve got a new build video coming soon. 😉
Hi Peter, love your videos, especially the builds. I just have a question, are those handlebars trustworthy, I mean aren't they flexy or do they seem weak in any way...keep up the amazing work you di.
Having ridden this frame for around 4000 miles now, Rui and I haven’t had a single problem (aside from a sticky left shifter that stop pulling the gear cable!). The handle bars have been rock solid. 💪🏻 Really glad you’re enjoying the video though and thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment. 👌🏻
Cheers John, that may be the way to go then. There seems to be A LOT of little internal part to these shifters, so I'm reluctant to start completely pulling them apart! 😂
Good luck with the ride and another enjoyable video. I do have few comments/ questions though: Why would you not clean the bike before working on it? As an ex-mechanic myself, I always appreciated a clean vehicle to work on. Secondly, well done on the weight loss. It is quite noticeable that you have shed quite a bit of weight this year and I’m sure it will serve you well next weekend. And lastly, where did you learn your bike mechanic skills? Cheers Aidan
Thanks very much, Aidan. All very good questions/comments too: 1) I'm lazy but also impulsive, so when I suddenly got free time to fix the bike up, I just threw it in the work stand and got to it! You're right about working on a clean bike though. Putting it back together was a much nicer experience that stripping it down!🤣 2) Thanks very much. I'm definitely feeling the weight loss on the bike, especially on the hills! 3) Largely self taught with a little bit of YT thrown in. I have ADHD, so was always that kid who hyper fixated on how things worked and loved taking them apart to find out. I now just do that with bikes, so I'll strip something down to see how a mechanism, etc works and if I struggle to figure it out for myself, I'll jump on TH-cam. That said, I would love to take a Cytech course one day, just to really learn how to do things the right way the first time! Thanks for taking the time to watch and the great questions. 👌
Yeh, sorry Mike. Every time I think I've got the lighting dialled in, it turns out I don't! Glad you enjoyed the video anyway and I'll get the lighting sorted out at some point, I promise!
Hey Anthony, just to clarify, it wasn't;t this bike I had sprayed, but my gravel bike conversion. It was Alfa Powder Coating who blasted and repainted that frame for me though. 👌 alfapowdercoatingltd.co.uk
Why replace the shift cables? Have they frayed? The cables I have in my bike (Ultegra STI) are still very much in working condition after ~3k km. (installed them in 2021) :)
I've done around 4000 miles on this current setup and with the issues I was having with the front shifter, I wanted to make sure I eliminated any other potential problems that might occur during the ride. Cables are cheap and chips and consumable, so makes sense to replace them when overhauling a frame. 👌
Wax Your Chain, Will Save your Chain & Derailleur if your doing this Milestone. Will Also Save your New Bar Tape getting Stained with oil if you get a puncture and you have an Oily Chain and need to take your wheel off for what ever reason at least your hands wont get dirty. Silca Wax or Banana Wax Drag & Friction Racing Wax are the best waxes to use.
Absolutely. I’m a die hard, waxed chain convert now! I love not having filthy hands when working on the chain now. Unfortunately I still have to deal with my mates oily chains, but you can’t have everything! 😂
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Good luck with the ride Pete.
Cheers mate! 💪🏻
Thanks Mr. Treadway. Never heard of the reverse tape underlayer before applying bar tape. Will try it out next time I have to retape my bars (which is pretty soon). Allez!
Cheers Richard. It’s a great little technique. As I say, I can’t take credit for it but it works so well, that I’ve never wrapped bars differently since the first time I tried it.
The other benefit is that it keeps all the salty sweat off your bars (for the most part at least), so it should massively slow down the corrosion of aluminium bars. 👌🏻
Hope all goes well on your trip.
Cheers Paul, really appreciate that.
Good work Mr Treadway , I cheated with my Orbea , I paid for a service. New cables New brake pads, New chain ,and New bearings all round 197€ . It felt like a brand new bike after. And yours will to. I am excited about your Paris trip I will save a flat as you pass my house. But only if you get really lost. Enjoy it.
That was wave a flag bloody auto correct
Cheers Richard. The bike does feel great now. Defo worthwhile doing, regardless whether you do it yourself and send it to the LBS.
I’ll look out for your flat too. I’m sure it’ll be needed! 😂
I enjoyed you talking through the strip/rebuild process Peter but (and this may not have been the point of your video so apologies in advance) the bits you sped up and cut were the actual 'doing' bits which I could have learned a lot from. Hopefully, you'll return to some of these tasks in the future and demonstrate the 'how to do' part.
Good luck on the big ride - I'm sure that Team Essex has prepared well!
BTW - I participated in the last running of the Humber Bridge Sportive this weekend - a fantastic charity ride - and trialled my Kapude light-reacting sunglasses, as modelled by you some time ago. I'm happy to report that they worked superbly and are comfortable too! Thanks for the tip off👍.
Cheers Rob and thanks for the feedback. I always worry that I'm going back over things I've spoken about or shown in previous videos, and don't want to bore people with the same info. Maybe I think of these videos too much as a sort of series though and need to consider more that people are watching them as a one off, so may not have seen my previous builds, etc.
Good feedback then and something I'll definitely consider in future builds. Cheers, mate.
Chapeau on the sportive too and glad you're enjoying the glasses. For the cost, they really are a decent little bit of kit.
@@petertreadway Thanks for the thoughtful reply Peter - I hope I didn't come over as being arsey - I know it is free to watch and that you put a hell of a lot of work in to your particular videos; the production values are never less than very impressive.
I watch everything you post and realise that some tasks you've covered before, but speaking personally, I don't mind the repetition; after all, there's only so many jobs one can do on the bike without sophisticated bits of kit and I'd rather watch you doing it than the guys from others who presume a level of entry knowledge that I don't possess😁.
@@Robutube1 didn’t consider it arsey at all, mate. Always good to take constructive criticism, as it’s the only way we can improve. 👌🏻
Will genuinely take your comments on board, as I’ve got a new build video coming soon. 😉
Hi Peter, love your videos, especially the builds. I just have a question, are those handlebars trustworthy, I mean aren't they flexy or do they seem weak in any way...keep up the amazing work you di.
Having ridden this frame for around 4000 miles now, Rui and I haven’t had a single problem (aside from a sticky left shifter that stop pulling the gear cable!).
The handle bars have been rock solid. 💪🏻
Really glad you’re enjoying the video though and thanks so much for taking the time to watch and comment. 👌🏻
@@petertreadway thanks....just watching your new video now👍
@ruimarques822 💪🏻
I brought a couple sticky shifting brifters back to life by spraying internals with wd40 and relubing.
Cheers John, that may be the way to go then. There seems to be A LOT of little internal part to these shifters, so I'm reluctant to start completely pulling them apart! 😂
Good luck with the ride and another enjoyable video. I do have few comments/ questions though:
Why would you not clean the bike before working on it? As an ex-mechanic myself, I always appreciated a clean vehicle to work on.
Secondly, well done on the weight loss. It is quite noticeable that you have shed quite a bit of weight this year and I’m sure it will serve you well next weekend.
And lastly, where did you learn your bike mechanic skills?
Cheers
Aidan
Thanks very much, Aidan. All very good questions/comments too:
1) I'm lazy but also impulsive, so when I suddenly got free time to fix the bike up, I just threw it in the work stand and got to it! You're right about working on a clean bike though. Putting it back together was a much nicer experience that stripping it down!🤣
2) Thanks very much. I'm definitely feeling the weight loss on the bike, especially on the hills!
3) Largely self taught with a little bit of YT thrown in. I have ADHD, so was always that kid who hyper fixated on how things worked and loved taking them apart to find out. I now just do that with bikes, so I'll strip something down to see how a mechanism, etc works and if I struggle to figure it out for myself, I'll jump on TH-cam. That said, I would love to take a Cytech course one day, just to really learn how to do things the right way the first time!
Thanks for taking the time to watch and the great questions. 👌
Bon voyage!
Merci beaucoup! 👌🏻
Good video. I sympathize with your cable dilemma. Also, it would help if you could light up the work area-it’s too dark to see most of your work.
Yeh, sorry Mike. Every time I think I've got the lighting dialled in, it turns out I don't! Glad you enjoyed the video anyway and I'll get the lighting sorted out at some point, I promise!
I do believe there's a nut loose behind the handlebars... 🙃 Good luck with the ride Pete! Remember, this entitles you to a shitload of cake!
I always check my nuts are right before setting off Sam! 🥜😂
And cheers, much cake will be consumed. 😉
Hi Peter.
Please can you tell me (again) the company you used to blast and repaint your gravel bike?
Hey Anthony, just to clarify, it wasn't;t this bike I had sprayed, but my gravel bike conversion. It was Alfa Powder Coating who blasted and repainted that frame for me though. 👌
alfapowdercoatingltd.co.uk
@@petertreadway , yes, the olive matt green bike.
Many thanks.
Why replace the shift cables? Have they frayed? The cables I have in my bike (Ultegra STI) are still very much in working condition after ~3k km. (installed them in 2021) :)
I've done around 4000 miles on this current setup and with the issues I was having with the front shifter, I wanted to make sure I eliminated any other potential problems that might occur during the ride.
Cables are cheap and chips and consumable, so makes sense to replace them when overhauling a frame. 👌
I would of left the brake lever clamp on and just replace lever? I don’t mind re-tapeing bar.
That’s a good option actually and I may well try that next time, but honestly the bar tape was in rag order, so defo needed doing this time! 😂
Wax Your Chain, Will Save your Chain & Derailleur if your doing this Milestone.
Will Also Save your New Bar Tape getting Stained with oil if you get a puncture and you have an Oily Chain and need to take your wheel off for what ever reason at least your hands wont get dirty.
Silca Wax or Banana Wax Drag & Friction Racing Wax are the best waxes to use.
Absolutely. I’m a die hard, waxed chain convert now! I love not having filthy hands when working on the chain now.
Unfortunately I still have to deal with my mates oily chains, but you can’t have everything! 😂
@@petertreadway 😁 totally agree Pete