I was once given free of charge a Raleigh “racing bike “ . This was during the mountain bike craze in the late 80’s . I restored that bike to original condition and as a dad eventually lent it to my teenage daughter’s boyfriend. They split up and she was heartbroken for a few months. I still am , the bike was never returned. I’m a four times grandad now with lots of bikes but like you I would dearly love to have that Raleigh back now so I could turn it into a Grandad Bike 💔. Life is cruel 🤣🇮🇪
I loved this video commentary... I love dad bikes. I just got one from the thrift store for $25; a 1990 Gary Fisher Hk-II in hardly ridden condition, with an awesome green with green and gray and silver speckled paint... awesome awesomeness.
My dad found a 1985 Mt. Fuji LTD in a recycling bin at one of his jobs. Complete bike. Everything was there. I fixed it up for him. First it was a dad bike, thrown away, and became a dad bike again. So basically a Re-cycled dad bike. And the process continues again.
As a dad, this is truth. 2009 Gary Fisher Marlin Disc, first "real" bike I bought. 2010, got married, then kids in 2011, 2012, college started in 2013, all while working full time and overtime...bike sat ignored until college was over in 2019...10 years. Tires dry rotted, shifting crunchy. Got new tires in 2019, and started riding again, before it was cool for 2020. Put more miles on it last year than the entire last decade combined. Kept my dad bike, now it's my obsession again, except I can share it with my kids! Incidentally, I have a 27 speed with a triple up front, and 800% gear range because of it. Works great for all riding I do gravel to road to singletrack. Don't let front derailleurs scare you, if you can adjust an indexed rear, you can adjust a front derailleur as well.
Keep riding that beast my dude. Understand the pain. Not a dad. Life had other plans. But started uni part time in 2003 while active duty. A lot of years later, still in academia trying to finish a PhD. My Surly Ogre is basically a dad bike. Even for not dads
Most moms don't like dads using skate boards once they have kids. I'm a dad that had a seemingly all purpose hybrid bike from about 1990. It was a mid-level Performance Transit. It served it's purpose well, carrying me over fire roads and around town. I saw that video when it first was uploaded, and completely got the dad bike concept! Here in Southern California I see a lot of dad skateboards these days.
"Dad Bike" is especially appropriate, as I believe that probably at least 74% of dad bikes become dad bikes at the moment that male cyclists become a dad. There's just something about newly born children that sucks all of the excess energy and adventure from a man's soul, causing said bike to immediately be hung on hooks in the garage. .
I have a '98 Trek 720 in my garage just waiting for this type of conversion (just need to make room in my basement so I can work). 3x7 drivetrain, v-brakes, suspension seatpost, light coating of dust - perfect "Dad" bike!
I’m a dad. I have a dad bike and I love it. It’s actually my first geared bike I received as a teenager. It has since received a complete makeover and has been converted to a single speed gravel grinder. I don’t ever intend to get rid of it. We have history together.😎
One of your best videos in a while. I loled several times. And that while not being a dad but building and riding and neglecting dad bikes. Stay safe. Ride rad dad bikes.
Great video! I'm a Dad and my Dad bike is great. 2017 Trek Dual Sport 2. Gearing modified, rear rack with saddle bags,cable lock wrapped around the seat post. Miracle Mirror. Bontrager headlight. Bontrager rear light. Ergo grips. Top tube bag. And yes water bottle cages....5 of them! Two in the frame triangle, one under the down tube and two Ninja cages-one one each shock. But I'm in Phoenix AZ. It's February 4,2021 and 73 degrees. Summertime at 118. (Plus another 15+ bikes.)
Funny enough, soon after my son was born this January, I sold a decent 2020 MTB and became obsessed with buying a 90s MTB. Ended up buying an old Devinci Milano hybrid which totally qualifies as a Dad bike. Slapped some bar ends on it for maximum dadness.
I'm a dad. I literally JUST got rid of a 1991 GT Saddleback that I bought in 2012 and rode for a few years. I wish I saw your gravel bike video before literally GIVING IT AWAY!!!
I have a 94 Diamond Back. It was definitely a dad bike. It was a very expensive bike, but I bought it for nothing, everything was original, I think it was used maximum 2 years of it's life.
I had two Dad bikes (one was my wife's), a 90's steel hardtail (Scott), and an early 2000's aluminum hard-tail. The steel hard tail got turned into a ebike beach cruiser that was a ton of fun to build. The giant keeps evolving, but going back into Dad bike mode.
Funny thing...several years ago I bought a Surly road bike (nothing super fancy, but expensive for how much I was making at the time.) but rarely rode it. I rode other bikes more...but I wanted to ride the Surly more to avoid feeling like I had spent the money for nothing. So I put straight bars, and a rack on it, made it a 1x...and IMMEDIATELY started riding it nearly everyday for work (I'm a courier.). So by making the bike into what might appear to be a Dadbike, I started riding it more. P.S. Love your videos, especially ones with your lovable dog Norton!! Keep it up!
Well @66 I have 2 dad bikes by your definition but I put over 2000 miles on the newest one from March - December in 2020 . If I ride any drop-bar my hands go to sleep so it is necessity for me to continue to ride. I purchased a used Trek to convert to flat bar gravel bike . I also take no exception to your description. Keep up the great content !
I have a mid 90's Raleigh that was bought new, has been full dad'd, and is currently in various states of upgrade, but not yet rideable. Dad business getting in the way of going full dad.
I have a Giant ATX870 sitting in my "bike room" that I bought new in 1997. (yes you read that right... bike room. I don't have a shed that's suitable.) It is currently wearing a half finished e-bike conversion but I think that will all be stripped off again and it will morph into an upgraded dadbike gravel machine. But I have 4 other builds to finish before that.
I’m in the process of rebuilding my Gary Fisher Mtb I bought new in the 90’s. I’m a grandad now, so “dad bike” is a compliment. Makes me feel younger. 😂
I like this definition. I am a literal dad with a bike that I've had since the mid-90's and would fit these criteria except(!) that I still ride it all the time and have continuously done so. So, not a dad bike, just an old friend.
My Dad has a specialized that he has owned for longer than I have been alive in his garage that I have been eyeing. Anytime I ask him if he wants to sell it to me he gives one of the two classic lines "well I might get back into biking" or "I'm still using it". One day that Bike will be mine.
I’m about to go get a great-grandad bike. I bought it in 1970, sold it to my brother in 71 & it has been his various garages 50 years. It is a Roger Rivière road bike. At that time there were Evan’s & Schwins or furiegn roadies. Can’t wait to do a refurbish.
The dad bike looks like they have potential to have a new life as a pub bike, ie cheap and not fancy enough that if it got left outside the pub overnight it’d probably not get nicked or you’d not care much if it did.
This is exactly what I did with a 1985 Bianchi Ocelot. It even has the same uni-crown fork just like the rockhopper. I have replaced every single part except the frame and fork. Now I can't ride it around people without getting a comments like; 'cool bike!'.
My dad had an old Raleigh road bike in the shed for years until it went to the tip.. for me my BMX is turning into a dad bike with how little use it’s been getting
I got a Trek 3 speed coaster brake cruiser for $20. It cost another $30 in new "Used" handlebars and grips. Then I added an awesome cup holder, bell, and lights. Now it is the ultimate Granddad Sunset Cruising Bike. When I can't ride it anymore I'm going to sell it for $20.
I was also just given a dad bike to do a build with. His son is so excited to see what I do with it. It's a 2000 full suss Marin. So basically a fully suspended gravel bike.... I am very excited....
I wondered what if I had a Dad bike, or a fleet of Dad bikes, now I know. True story. I always assumed it was my KONA Spice, a light MTB with 50mm Suntour fork, with 700c wheels was a Dad bike. I was wrong. My Marketplace 84 Trek MTB now a winter commuter with 8 speed internal hub, Salsa bars, studded tires, and grocery panniers is really the Dad bike. I bought it as long lost BF garage clothes hanger and the owner was cleaning out her house, finally, and this was his last clingy remains.
My late Father's bike with a CCM 3 speed commuter. On the crank it had C.N.R. Instead of CCM. He said my late Uncle used it to ride between stations to change the tracks for oncoming trains. It rusted to hell...but that was a bad ass 'dad' bike' that I rode down Mount McKay and crashed...before Gary Fisher made that famous...ha ha
So a Dad bike is like a Luloff. A Luloff is a large wooden wardrobe placed in the home so as to cause maximum inconvenience. Named after a chap I once shared a house with.
I have a bike that I refer to as "The Ultimate Dad Bike" - Titanium frame, singlespeed, 100mm Fox suspension fork, comfy stem, drop bars, 40c tires. Just has that "hybrid trail bike" feel and look, but definitely not on the low end. :)
SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS VIDEO!!! It was so funny and finally spelled out to the f-tards that bust your balls in the comments what you mean by "dad bike." I must be ahead of the curve, because ABSOLUTELY NOTHING you defined, "dad bike" in this video was not part of my mental perspective you clearly defined in that old video. You NAILED IT, and sorry to you that haters and idiots smart enough to comment and question things trivial because if their own inability. I'm a long time subscriber, recent Patreon, and I always look forward to your content. I hope TH-cam and Patreon are doing you well. I'd really much rather PayPal you rather than large companies profiting off of your work.
Love that you defined this term! The name for this is so perfect and I the backstory is great. I myself have commandeered a dad bike and built it into something interesting again. Funny thing is that now I myself am a dad and I'm trying my best to avoid this from happening to my bikes. I keep them current the best I can, but I do have a 26" wheel mtb with a triple crankset that is dangerously close to dad bike territory.
My dad bike is a Ross Bear Mountain that I bought in the 80's. It could also be called a Boomer bike. It's in great condition and I still trail ride it.
Reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy good and real video, In fact, I have my own dad bike and it is reserved for a project at some point, and I recently bought a "dad bike" and I am working on that now, sure using some tips from your channel, very nice
My current bike buil is not really a dad bike per say, but its a bike that gets neglected and pushed to the side all the time, it's a disc equipped specialized sirrus, it started its life as a hybrid with Shimano Altus and was used for about a year and a half, but then I got a much better road bike, the sirrus is now being converted into a drop bar bike with SRAM apex 1 and 38mm tires, might not be ideal, but the bike will be used as a poor man's gravel bike, most of the components were left over from bike that were sold or had been upgraded. I what Eric's talking about with the term dad bike. We all know someone who has a story about a dad bike.
I am a Dad, I have 3 bikes: Full carbon Masi Evoluzione Ultegra, Trek Roscoe 8 (Plus Hardtail), and a 1991 Trek 2100 Pro (carbon main tubes, Shimano 105 w/downtube shifters)......The Trek 2100 Pro is my "Dad" bike, It was quite the bike when new, but with my newer bikes, it's getting a bit neglected....plus it looks even more "Dad" like with its fenders and 25mm Specialized Armadillo All Conditions tires for rainy days. Which means that it's definitely a "Dad" bike because I am getting a bit too soft nowadays to even ride in the rain.
This is such a fantastically accurate phenomenon. I dearly wish my dad's 1993 Kona fire mountain had survived, it would make a sick 1x rat pub bike build (also the pub bike is clearly still a thing despite all the pubs being closed in the UK). Sadly I think it was taken to be recycled but I like to think perhaps a few molecules of it's iron, carbon and molybdenum are in my current steel gravel bike.
Ohhh. I totally have a Dad bike. It’s a hybrid that I haven’t touched since I stopped commuting. Been planning on a rebuild tho, so it can instead be a family cruising bike.
Hey, I'm already subscribed and all my bikes have quill stems. I rebuild bikes from the 1980's and enjoy riding them. Simplicity is what I look for in a good bike and of course quality. I don't care if you call mine "grandpa bikes" (I actually am a grandpa), but 90's bikes are too new for me as all the frames tend to be big welded or aluminum. There is nothing more fun than to resurrect a good quality bike that has dried up grease in all the bearings and a thick layer of dust on everything. Many of them were perfectly rideable when they started the dust collecting process and are easily brought back to life. Why ever buy a new one in such a world?
I'm sad that I sold my dad bike (98 GT palomar) for £30 before I discovered your channel, even though I own a carbon bianchi and Alu Scott road bikes and a Norco hard tail, that GT would have made a sweet gravel bike but I just left it in the shed for ten years and it was getting in the way.
I immeadiatly asked my dad if he still has his bike from when I was living with my parents (I remember ruining this bike with riding it to school daily after he bought a new one of course xD) AND it's still in his shed LOL
😂 So true. I've upgraded and ridden my dad's hybrid bike with rack and lights 15 years ago. Subsequently, he claimed it back just to have it take another iteration in the dad-bike cycle. Guess it was a granddad bike before I turned it to my new gravel bike. 😂🚲🤟
In 5-10 years time, there will we endless amount of C-19 bikes available. All the bikes that has been bought over 2020-2021 bike rush, and will be forgotten, will be known as C19-bikes. :P
I’ve been collecting Dad bikes for over 10 years now I have a whole fleet of Trek dad bikes each for different applications or so I say 82 #311, 83 #520, 91 #800, 92 #930, 95 #830, and a mom bike 2012 FX 7.3 Also a mint condition GT Karakoram elite it’s to large for myself awaiting a grandson to grow into it And 2013s Skinny Benny and Takara Kabuto fixies
My dad (in his 80's) asked if I want his Schwinn Collegiate. Meanwhile, I still have and ride my first mountain bike... its 25 years old. Waiting for the late 90's GT bikes to spike in price! Or, my son will get it eventually.
Nothing wrong with an older hybrid to build, unless you're looking for more than a 700x45c tire or room for mud/fenders. I LOVE my old Trek FX, drop bar build.
I cleaned up, refurbished and upgraded my "dad bike" and gifted it, to my dad.
Now it's a DAD BIKE
Hey, that's pretty cool.
Same. Found a sick Trek 700 tourer, built it up, gave it up to big poppa.
Dude, the best idea. Starting my (dad’s) new build soon.
I was once given free of charge a Raleigh “racing bike “ . This was during the mountain bike craze in the late 80’s .
I restored that bike to original condition and as a dad eventually lent it to my teenage daughter’s boyfriend.
They split up and she was heartbroken for a few months. I still am , the bike was never returned.
I’m a four times grandad now with lots of bikes but like you I would dearly love to have that Raleigh back now so I could turn it into a Grandad Bike 💔.
Life is cruel 🤣🇮🇪
As a dad, I'm ok with this.
I loved this video commentary... I love dad bikes. I just got one from the thrift store for $25; a 1990 Gary Fisher Hk-II in hardly ridden condition, with an awesome green with green and gray and silver speckled paint... awesome awesomeness.
My dad found a 1985 Mt. Fuji LTD in a recycling bin at one of his jobs. Complete bike. Everything was there. I fixed it up for him. First it was a dad bike, thrown away, and became a dad bike again. So basically a Re-cycled dad bike. And the process continues again.
In other words, a TriDadthalon bike! 😅
As a dad, this is truth. 2009 Gary Fisher Marlin Disc, first "real" bike I bought. 2010, got married, then kids in 2011, 2012, college started in 2013, all while working full time and overtime...bike sat ignored until college was over in 2019...10 years. Tires dry rotted, shifting crunchy. Got new tires in 2019, and started riding again, before it was cool for 2020. Put more miles on it last year than the entire last decade combined. Kept my dad bike, now it's my obsession again, except I can share it with my kids!
Incidentally, I have a 27 speed with a triple up front, and 800% gear range because of it. Works great for all riding I do gravel to road to singletrack. Don't let front derailleurs scare you, if you can adjust an indexed rear, you can adjust a front derailleur as well.
Keep riding that beast my dude. Understand the pain. Not a dad. Life had other plans. But started uni part time in 2003 while active duty. A lot of years later, still in academia trying to finish a PhD. My Surly Ogre is basically a dad bike. Even for not dads
Most moms don't like dads using skate boards once they have kids. I'm a dad that had a seemingly all purpose hybrid bike from about 1990. It was a mid-level Performance Transit. It served it's purpose well, carrying me over fire roads and around town. I saw that video when it first was uploaded, and completely got the dad bike concept!
Here in Southern California I see a lot of dad skateboards these days.
Where did you find that old picture? We actually biked over 160 km that day. (With no sexy bike shorts lol)
Drop bar, fatty, capable tire converted, "dad bike" builder here. Totally appreciated this video.
In brazil, we say something like "uncle bike", or "big uncle bike". In portuguese... bike de tiozão.
Oloko br andando por aqui
@@utaroborges7 to sempre por aqui. Ótimo conteudo e oportunidade de treinar os ouvidos no inglês. Quem nunca viu a famosa bike de tiozão kkkkkk
@@allanmarquezini777 Eu faço a mesma coisa huahuaa, aqui é um bom local pra treinar os ouvidos hehe
"Dad Bike" is especially appropriate, as I believe that probably at least 74% of dad bikes become dad bikes at the moment that male cyclists become a dad. There's just something about newly born children that sucks all of the excess energy and adventure from a man's soul, causing said bike to immediately be hung on hooks in the garage. .
Hard to argue against that, LOL! 🙊
Sad but true.
As a father of 3 kids and an owner of 4 bikes, i completely agree!
Along with your wallet being sucked dry! 🤣🚴♂️
It's ok,I'm a Dad. And its great. Love my kids.
Until age 4
My daddy bike was rescued from my storage room by myself and turned into monstercross. Sometimes it carries a baby seat. Other times is full of mud.
I have a '98 Trek 720 in my garage just waiting for this type of conversion (just need to make room in my basement so I can work). 3x7 drivetrain, v-brakes, suspension seatpost, light coating of dust - perfect "Dad" bike!
I’m a dad. I have a dad bike and I love it. It’s actually my first geared bike I received as a teenager. It has since received a complete makeover and has been converted to a single speed gravel grinder. I don’t ever intend to get rid of it. We have history together.😎
One of your best videos in a while. I loled several times.
And that while not being a dad but building and riding and neglecting dad bikes.
Stay safe.
Ride rad dad bikes.
Not just limited to bikes. I got dad skis, dad tennis racket, dad scuba gear, etc, etc, etc.
Great video! I'm a Dad and my Dad bike is great. 2017 Trek Dual Sport 2. Gearing modified, rear rack with saddle bags,cable lock wrapped around the seat post. Miracle Mirror. Bontrager headlight. Bontrager rear light. Ergo grips. Top tube bag. And yes water bottle cages....5 of them! Two in the frame triangle, one under the down tube and two Ninja cages-one one each shock. But I'm in Phoenix AZ. It's February 4,2021 and 73 degrees. Summertime at 118.
(Plus another 15+ bikes.)
Funny enough, soon after my son was born this January, I sold a decent 2020 MTB and became obsessed with buying a 90s MTB. Ended up buying an old Devinci Milano hybrid which totally qualifies as a Dad bike. Slapped some bar ends on it for maximum dadness.
My favorite bike is my dad's old bike! I love this, I just rebuilt his old miele into a drop bar dirt crusher! 26er for life!
Definitely thought this was gonna be a long, elaborate way of telling us you're about to be a dad... Which would kind of make them all dad bikes.
😂
My dad actually has a dad bike exactly like you described. But I did some upgrades to it and he started riding it again this past summer!
I'm a dad. I literally JUST got rid of a 1991 GT Saddleback that I bought in 2012 and rode for a few years. I wish I saw your gravel bike video before literally GIVING IT AWAY!!!
I have a 94 Diamond Back. It was definitely a dad bike. It was a very expensive bike, but I bought it for nothing, everything was original, I think it was used maximum 2 years of it's life.
I had two Dad bikes (one was my wife's), a 90's steel hardtail (Scott), and an early 2000's aluminum hard-tail. The steel hard tail got turned into a ebike beach cruiser that was a ton of fun to build. The giant keeps evolving, but going back into Dad bike mode.
r/xbiking knows what's up with dad bikes.
Funny thing...several years ago I bought a Surly road bike (nothing super fancy, but expensive for how much I was making at the time.) but rarely rode it. I rode other bikes more...but I wanted to ride the Surly more to avoid feeling like I had spent the money for nothing. So I put straight bars, and a rack on it, made it a 1x...and IMMEDIATELY started riding it nearly everyday for work (I'm a courier.). So by making the bike into what might appear to be a Dadbike, I started riding it more.
P.S. Love your videos, especially ones with your lovable dog Norton!! Keep it up!
Well @66 I have 2 dad bikes by your definition but I put over 2000 miles on the newest one from March - December in 2020 . If I ride any drop-bar my hands go to sleep so it is necessity for me to continue to ride. I purchased a used Trek to convert to flat bar gravel bike . I also take no exception to your description. Keep up the great content !
I have a mid 90's Raleigh that was bought new, has been full dad'd, and is currently in various states of upgrade, but not yet rideable. Dad business getting in the way of going full dad.
I have a Giant ATX870 sitting in my "bike room" that I bought new in 1997. (yes you read that right... bike room. I don't have a shed that's suitable.) It is currently wearing a half finished e-bike conversion but I think that will all be stripped off again and it will morph into an upgraded dadbike gravel machine.
But I have 4 other builds to finish before that.
I’m in the process of rebuilding my Gary Fisher Mtb I bought new in the 90’s. I’m a grandad now, so “dad bike” is a compliment. Makes me feel younger. 😂
I like this definition. I am a literal dad with a bike that I've had since the mid-90's and would fit these criteria except(!) that I still ride it all the time and have continuously done so. So, not a dad bike, just an old friend.
My Dad has a specialized that he has owned for longer than I have been alive in his garage that I have been eyeing. Anytime I ask him if he wants to sell it to me he gives one of the two classic lines "well I might get back into biking" or "I'm still using it". One day that Bike will be mine.
I'm still building dad bikes having sold my 202 TREK XC8.. currently I got the RM cardiac from 96 with the 26x1.75'
I’m about to go get a great-grandad bike. I bought it in 1970, sold it to my brother in 71 & it has been his various garages 50 years. It is a Roger Rivière road bike. At that time there were Evan’s & Schwins or furiegn roadies. Can’t wait to do a refurbish.
The dad bike looks like they have potential to have a new life as a pub bike, ie cheap and not fancy enough that if it got left outside the pub overnight it’d probably not get nicked or you’d not care much if it did.
This is exactly what I did with a 1985 Bianchi Ocelot. It even has the same uni-crown fork just like the rockhopper. I have replaced every single part except the frame and fork. Now I can't ride it around people without getting a comments like; 'cool bike!'.
My dad had an old Raleigh road bike in the shed for years until it went to the tip.. for me my BMX is turning into a dad bike with how little use it’s been getting
I got a Trek 3 speed coaster brake cruiser for $20. It cost another $30 in new "Used" handlebars and grips. Then I added an awesome cup holder, bell, and lights. Now it is the ultimate Granddad Sunset Cruising Bike. When I can't ride it anymore I'm going to sell it for $20.
Id love a quill stem on "my" newest mtb, which is like a entry level, early 90's, rigid, Schwinn, something or something... but then, I'm a dad.
I've fixed so many dad bikes, could be a master of the dad bike refurbs
I was also just given a dad bike to do a build with. His son is so excited to see what I do with it. It's a 2000 full suss Marin. So basically a fully suspended gravel bike.... I am very excited....
I wondered what if I had a Dad bike, or a fleet of Dad bikes, now I know. True story. I always assumed it was my KONA Spice, a light MTB with 50mm Suntour fork, with 700c wheels was a Dad bike. I was wrong. My Marketplace 84 Trek MTB now a winter commuter with 8 speed internal hub, Salsa bars, studded tires, and grocery panniers is really the Dad bike. I bought it as long lost BF garage clothes hanger and the owner was cleaning out her house, finally, and this was his last clingy remains.
I literally have that exact Rockhopper in my basement, it was my dad's.... I hated the purple as a kid, but love it as an adult.
My late Father's bike with a CCM 3 speed commuter. On the crank it had C.N.R. Instead of CCM. He said my late Uncle used it to ride between stations to change the tracks for oncoming trains. It rusted to hell...but that was a bad ass 'dad' bike' that I rode down Mount McKay and crashed...before Gary Fisher made that famous...ha ha
So a Dad bike is like a Luloff.
A Luloff is a large wooden wardrobe placed in the home so as to cause maximum inconvenience. Named after a chap I once shared a house with.
I have a bike that I refer to as "The Ultimate Dad Bike" - Titanium frame, singlespeed, 100mm Fox suspension fork, comfy stem, drop bars, 40c tires. Just has that "hybrid trail bike" feel and look, but definitely not on the low end. :)
SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS VIDEO!!! It was so funny and finally spelled out to the f-tards that bust your balls in the comments what you mean by "dad bike." I must be ahead of the curve, because ABSOLUTELY NOTHING you defined, "dad bike" in this video was not part of my mental perspective you clearly defined in that old video. You NAILED IT, and sorry to you that haters and idiots smart enough to comment and question things trivial because if their own inability.
I'm a long time subscriber, recent Patreon, and I always look forward to your content. I hope TH-cam and Patreon are doing you well. I'd really much rather PayPal you rather than large companies profiting off of your work.
When my dad passed all my bikes became dad bikes. Miss you Pop!❤
Love that you defined this term! The name for this is so perfect and I the backstory is great. I myself have commandeered a dad bike and built it into something interesting again. Funny thing is that now I myself am a dad and I'm trying my best to avoid this from happening to my bikes. I keep them current the best I can, but I do have a 26" wheel mtb with a triple crankset that is dangerously close to dad bike territory.
My current project bike is a specialized Sirrus
Im making it single speed using a rear wheel cassette conversion kit and adding 32c nobby tires 😁
I own two bikes... a BMC Crossmachine and a Scott Aspect... both are dad bike rescues I did, for really cheap BTW
My dad bike is a Ross Bear Mountain that I bought in the 80's. It could also be called a Boomer bike. It's in great condition and I still trail ride it.
My first mtb rides were on a friends Ross in 1990. 31 years later Im still riding.
Hmmmm, my ‘92 Mongoose Alta had gained Dad bike status. Perhaps it’s time for a gravel bike conversion like the Rockhopper!
That copy of the Bicycle Wheel is probably worth more than the bike.
My dad bike is an all original 92' stumpjumper now rocking the bell car seat or pulling a burley bee!
I managed to get a 1992 trek 1200 a neighbor put out to get trashed and it's in real good condition although too small for me...
Well, I for one am glad I kept my '91 Rockhopper around :)
Reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy good and real video,
In fact, I have my own dad bike and it is reserved for a project at some point, and I recently bought a "dad bike" and I am working on that now, sure using some tips from your channel, very nice
OMG is that a 1993/94 Specialized Rockhopper Comp? I used to have one of them!
My current bike buil is not really a dad bike per say, but its a bike that gets neglected and pushed to the side all the time, it's a disc equipped specialized sirrus, it started its life as a hybrid with Shimano Altus and was used for about a year and a half, but then I got a much better road bike, the sirrus is now being converted into a drop bar bike with SRAM apex 1 and 38mm tires, might not be ideal, but the bike will be used as a poor man's gravel bike, most of the components were left over from bike that were sold or had been upgraded. I what Eric's talking about with the term dad bike. We all know someone who has a story about a dad bike.
I am a Dad, I have 3 bikes: Full carbon Masi Evoluzione Ultegra, Trek Roscoe 8 (Plus Hardtail), and a 1991 Trek 2100 Pro (carbon main tubes, Shimano 105 w/downtube shifters)......The Trek 2100 Pro is my "Dad" bike, It was quite the bike when new, but with my newer bikes, it's getting a bit neglected....plus it looks even more "Dad" like with its fenders and 25mm Specialized Armadillo All Conditions tires for rainy days. Which means that it's definitely a "Dad" bike because I am getting a bit too soft nowadays to even ride in the rain.
Where is the video of you upgrading your friends bike
I have a very similar Rockhopper in my shed.
It was my dad's.
My dad literally owns an old Norco Bigfoot which looks nearly identical to the Rockhopper...
Sssshhhhh...........you're giving away alllll our secrets to awesome dad bikes 😂😂😂
This is such a fantastically accurate phenomenon. I dearly wish my dad's 1993 Kona fire mountain had survived, it would make a sick 1x rat pub bike build (also the pub bike is clearly still a thing despite all the pubs being closed in the UK). Sadly I think it was taken to be recycled but I like to think perhaps a few molecules of it's iron, carbon and molybdenum are in my current steel gravel bike.
We know we are doing science when Eric starts drawing graphs.
I'm literally trying to score one! *fingers crossed* The listing started with "I am posting this for my dad".
Ohhh. I totally have a Dad bike. It’s a hybrid that I haven’t touched since I stopped commuting. Been planning on a rebuild tho, so it can instead be a family cruising bike.
Hey, I'm already subscribed and all my bikes have quill stems. I rebuild bikes from the 1980's and enjoy riding them. Simplicity is what I look for in a good bike and of course quality. I don't care if you call mine "grandpa bikes" (I actually am a grandpa), but 90's bikes are too new for me as all the frames tend to be big welded or aluminum. There is nothing more fun than to resurrect a good quality bike that has dried up grease in all the bearings and a thick layer of dust on everything. Many of them were perfectly rideable when they started the dust collecting process and are easily brought back to life. Why ever buy a new one in such a world?
Are you running the quill stem adapter on this? I must have missed the rebuild vid for this bike. Does the rock hopper "un-dad'd" have a playlist?
Dad bikes make fun projects . I think I`m gonna look for a Dad bike and give it a makeover .
My dad can relate to this . I’ve had some dad bikes over the years
People with dad bikes probably do dad dancing...
One of my bikes is a dad bike. My 86 raleigh technium just sits there.
Dad Bikes are all the rage. All the kids want then now.👌🏽
I'm sad that I sold my dad bike (98 GT palomar) for £30 before I discovered your channel, even though I own a carbon bianchi and Alu Scott road bikes and a Norco hard tail, that GT would have made a sweet gravel bike but I just left it in the shed for ten years and it was getting in the way.
I immeadiatly asked my dad if he still has his bike from when I was living with my parents (I remember ruining this bike with riding it to school daily after he bought a new one of course xD) AND it's still in his shed LOL
...ridden in Nike Monarchs.
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Haha all bonus points. Same for racks and accessories
@@nonoririko2056 yes! Those too.
Jean shorts, white t shirt tucked in, neglected when they buy a corvette at 55
😂 So true. I've upgraded and ridden my dad's hybrid bike with rack and lights 15 years ago. Subsequently, he claimed it back just to have it take another iteration in the dad-bike cycle. Guess it was a granddad bike before I turned it to my new gravel bike. 😂🚲🤟
In 5-10 years time, there will we endless amount of C-19 bikes available. All the bikes that has been bought over 2020-2021 bike rush, and will be forgotten, will be known as C19-bikes. :P
I can confirm this 100% from my experience with my dad growing up. the story's are just to similar.
I’ve been collecting Dad bikes for over 10 years now
I have a whole fleet of Trek dad bikes each for different applications or so I say
82 #311, 83 #520, 91 #800, 92 #930, 95 #830, and a mom bike 2012 FX 7.3
Also a mint condition GT Karakoram elite it’s to large for myself awaiting a grandson to grow into it
And 2013s Skinny Benny and Takara Kabuto fixies
One mystery solved: what happend to the OG dirt cheap gravel bike which inspired us all. Now I can sleep well again.
My dad's bike used to be my bike, now he's giving it back so it's mine again.... The wheel of bike....
My dad (in his 80's) asked if I want his Schwinn Collegiate. Meanwhile, I still have and ride my first mountain bike... its 25 years old. Waiting for the late 90's GT bikes to spike in price! Or, my son will get it eventually.
Sorry none of that went into my head. I was distracted by the shine on the rockhopper.😍
I know of another purple Rockhopper that was “Dad’d”. :)
Vintage Steel Bikes will never become or stay a "Dad Bike". They will always find someone that loves riding them. (Me.) just sayin´. 🤭😜
I'm offended ! But just because i can't find a killer looking old school 26" MTB around here for the same kind of conversion !
Nothing wrong with an older hybrid to build, unless you're looking for more than a 700x45c tire or room for mud/fenders. I LOVE my old Trek FX, drop bar build.
Where do you live?
@@maksy76 North of France, Border with Belgium.
Here, most of the "old bike" are big market store one that aren't worth a penny...
Oh well I hope something comes up for you. I live in California.
This just means you have to find that Raleigh!
LOL! My brother in law has one, now I get to tell my sister about it…😀
Dammit Eric, I just put a new quill stem on my budget gravel 29er!
I love me some quill stems.
Im so happy the OG dad bike is in my basement right now. And i am a dad lol
Virgin dad bike VS. The Chad granny bike
I feel like a Dad bike should have at least a 2x setup
OMG the dad bike was 3 years ago!?!
Old mountain bikes are going for a premium on Craigslist/fb now. I think you're partially responsible
I'm a dad. Not the least bit offended. Love my dad rock. Ride a ....well...an old road bike actually.
I was thinking dad bike = dad bod (body) of bikes. I also like this video and concept