That was fun! Met my wonderful wife of 47 years now when I was working as a bicycle shop mechanic. Her sister and brother-in-law bought her a Miyata for her birthday, when she came back with it for the 2-week tune-up, it was love at first sight, and it still is!
i met a few wonderful wives, too when i ran a toy store bike shop in the late 70's, but i was just a punk kid and their husbands were always bigger than me....
I'm preparing to open my first local bike shop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I've had this intention for a long time, but your channel has inspired me and helped me be bolder to fulfill this wish. Always follow and support your channel. from Bike Holic shop, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
You guys must be very proud of yourselves. Thanks to you, people on the other side of the world are being inspired to follow their bicycle dreams. Every one of your videos makes me wanna work on bikes. Thank you, @bikespeeds. Never stop! @@Bikespeeds
@@tommurphy4307: Nope. In Vietnam, we commonly use 29-inch (700c) road bikes. Very few women cyclists should use 650c due to their height. We have been using disc brakes rather than rim brakes for the past 3-4 years. There are still old people who use rim brakes because they have not changed their bikes in a few years. If you look at the "official market" based on branded name distributors, it may not accurately reflect reality. Vietnamese cyclists prefer high-end bikes like Pinarello, S-Work, Canyon, Trek, and Colnago, despite limited distribution of branded products in the country. And they purchase directly from the factory, then use a transportation agent or hand-carry by plane. That is funny, isn’t it?😂😂😂 Because Vietnam is known for its low average income and GDP. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Bikespeeds Hi Simon , like the video , I had one of these in the 80's , so couldn't resist buying a Prototype Raleigh Record 2 , Carbon framed special , was on show at the NEC but missing since 1998 were it was sold to a private collector , I swopped an SL Columbus and £1500 cash for it , amazing bike , stopped the club meet last week in Birmingham everyone was amazed it exists still ! Has Mike Burrows carbon spoked wheelset ( TCR ) 7800 Dura Ace now but think it was 7700 when built .....
This could be your best one yet, absolutely brilliant ! I'm especially impressed by you being able to source contemporary replacement parts, I can't find a Potenza chain ring these days.
This looks so good, normally gold chains look naff on bikes but given the manufacturers colour scheme it really ties the whole bike together. I don't normally gush over older bikes but I would cherish this if it was mine.
Thanks James we’re hopefully releasing one tonight or tomorrow, after 4 weeks of straight vintage we’ll hopefully have some easy videos coming out soon!🧡
Love these old Raleigh restorations... in the 70s / 80s they were real "parts bin specials", no concept of a "groupset"... my 82 Europa Team TI replica came with Raleigh / SR crankset bars and stem, Campag rear derailleur, SunRace front Derailleur, Shimano shifters, Weinmann brakes, SunTour freewheel block (14-24), and (probably) Maillard hubs with chrome steel rims. I upgraded to a Campag front mech and Campag hubs with Mavic MA40 rims (and new brake blocks for alloy rims) and it's a fabulous ride !
i chucked the shimano 600 parts 'group' that came standard on my '79 SR semi pro and put together a tasty chart of parts (period-correct, of course) online for her. i even scored some DTswiss spokes and laced up a couple of new wheels- it was like working in the bike shop all over again. i like to tell guys that i scrapped all the 'arabesque' parts for beer money just to piss them off (especially after they bust my chops for my metallic pink paint). i clocked the front wheel lace-job incorrectly so i got to do it twice....hey- it's been fifty years since i laced a wheel...gimme a break.
What I really like about this is that you cleaned and polished/protected the original frame. So much better than respraying and trying to make a classic bike look like new. It looks like what it is ... a lovingly and respectfully restored bike.
I think it would be great if you and Simon filmed a live restoration, I don't mean live on youtube just film it as you go without editing and music, part 1, 2, 3 etc
i wouldn't do it, but i worked in a toy store bike shop so you never knew what i was building- could have been a hedstrom tricycle or a muskin swiimming pool or even a sandbox or baby stroller- you'd be bored out of your gourd. when i got to work on road bikes i was a happy camper.
the original finish is always preferable when it comes to vintage bikes- just like vintage cars- especially if the bike was special-ordered in a custom color by the original owner. i have a 46-years young SR semi pro and i ordered it in an unusual color (pink metallic) because that was the cool thing about SR bikes (miki japan)- you could order your bike after choosing the paint color from a big book of color chips and have your baby delivered in less than a month.
Bikespeeds….The best on TH-cam no question.Awesome work as always.🙏A measure to watch. Not had A Racer since my Puch free spirit 10speed that both myself and my brother had 1 each brand new when I was about 13yrs old in 1978 with the Gear Shifter handles on the handlebars which was different so this one is good to see. Then Skateboards took over and god knows what happened to mine and my brothers bikes🤷♂️ Weird as you get older you wish you had kept just about everything you remember fondly growing up.I remember also having a Carlton 10Speed Racer that I put Cow Horn Handlebars on and ruining a good bike just so I could do wheelies and conform to what all my mates did with their bikes. Regards from Geordieland 🇬🇧
Oh boy did this bring memories of my first drop handlebar bike, back in the early eighties. What a beauty and well done on bringing it back to life. Class.
Love it guys, bravo! I love bikes but have no real interest in vintage/classics - however watching anything tired, old and dirty being restored I can watch all day.
i've watched every restoration video on this channel, there were other old bikes like this before, but this one might be my favorite, maybe it's because of the gold parts.
simon: one more thing to do with this bike (since it was crashed and there was impact on the handlebar/front brake lever) is to crouch in front of the bike at headset level, close one eye (your bad one if you have a bad eye) and sight the side of the head tube against the side of the saddle tube and ensure the edges of the tubes are EXACTLY parallel- only need to do this on one side, but good lighting really helps you see this. the human eye is amazingly accurate in judging the parallelness of the two tubes and any deviation from parallel (even a barely-discernable deviation) indicates a twisted frame and can really screw up the steering geometry of the bike. the other two things i mentioned to check could still check out OK, but if you see ANY deviation with this check- its time to double-check for frame-bend with your straight-edge, for sure. keep in mind that if you do any straightening ITS VERY EASY to overdo it and further distortion and/or weakening of the tubes will occur. PATIENCE is key here. good luck, guys.
Wonderful work! I'm so pleased that there are others out there who value the vintage bikes and don't summarily change out components just because they're old. Thank you so much!
My word, that is one unbelievable restoration. That gold really does pop once it was cleaned. Great work both Lee and Simon 😎 Also thanks for sending the brushes out to me, will use them the next time I wash my bike 🇫🇮😎
When will people stop confusing restorations with rebuilds or reconditions? This was not restored. For example; what point is there in putting new bearings in a rusted and pitted headset? Waste of brand new bearings.
Hi Rupert! Would you believe it we have 3 lined up on the way, one hopefully next week but that’s gonna be many 12 hour days to get there so could be the week after! Thanks for the support🧡
You can't beat the mechanical principals of a good old bike from this period. It's really pleasing on the eye and quite therapeutic to watch how you go through the process of cleaning and re-lubricating all the moving parts. It is something I do quite often in my garage too so I can appreciate the work you are showing us on this video today. Nice one Bike speeds...
Absolutely mega job on this one! The patina looks just right after the polish and ceramic spray! Well done to Simon on a great edit, the quality gets better all the time!
Thank you so much Simon for a lovely video, you don't have an Idea how relaxing it is watch this gorgeous Restauration video, big Kudos for both of you, what impressed me was the fact that those brake pads still selling them waoooo, until the next Wednesday
another impressive thing is how long kool-stops last. i've been using the international blacks for many years- i think i dressed my rims at least 3 or 4 times and those kool-stops bed right in and keep on truckin' every time. geez how much are they gonna cost when i finally go to buy some??
Absolutely amazing restoration! I'm amazed of how much attention you are putting into details in your work. This project is one of your best ones so far, if not THE BEST. And that groupset is a gem. It goes to show the quality of build of those vintage components. Pleasure to look at it!
Wonderful to see an older Raletgh come back to life. When I was in school in the mid 1970's I worked at a Raleigh shop here in the States for two summers. I owned a Super Course and then an International. The owner of the shop was able to get a MKM (Metcalfe) frame for me and most of the parts from the International went over to it. Great times.
MKM- thats a keeper. hope you still have it. my riding buddy had a silver MKM back in the 70's- all 1st-gen dura-ace. we rode on some the first rail trails in northeast ohio right after the penn central went belly-up. great times from what i can remember (?!)
Beautiful! Really enjoy watching you at your craft, love the attention to detail and your organised style, fantastic results and I LOVE to see an old Raleigh, they are a great ride, thank you for sharing!!
That was fun! Met my wonderful wife of 47 years now when I was working as a bicycle shop mechanic. Her sister and brother-in-law bought her a Miyata for her birthday, when she came back with it for the 2-week tune-up, it was love at first sight, and it still is!
What a great story, I met my wife in my shop🧡
girls nowadays want a FERRARI..
i met a few wonderful wives, too when i ran a toy store bike shop in the late 70's, but i was just a punk kid and their husbands were always bigger than me....
Amazing work and lovely bike.
Thanks very much for watching 🧡
I've just subscribed the other day, and have since been inspired to repack all my loose-ball bearing hubs!
Haha enjoy all your time working on your bikes and thanks very much for joining us 🧡
now i'm jealous- i have to use ball bearings in my hubs!
Good job Simon!
Thank you very much! from Simon🧡
I'm preparing to open my first local bike shop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I've had this intention for a long time, but your channel has inspired me and helped me be bolder to fulfill this wish. Always follow and support your channel.
from Bike Holic shop, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
That’s really great to hear! We both wish you all the best of luck, let us know how it goes 🧡
You guys must be very proud of yourselves. Thanks to you, people on the other side of the world are being inspired to follow their bicycle dreams. Every one of your videos makes me wanna work on bikes. Thank you, @bikespeeds. Never stop! @@Bikespeeds
settle a dispute for me- are most of the road bikes in vietnam still using 27-inch rims?
@@tommurphy4307: Nope.
In Vietnam, we commonly use 29-inch (700c) road bikes. Very few women cyclists should use 650c due to their height.
We have been using disc brakes rather than rim brakes for the past 3-4 years. There are still old people who use rim brakes because they have not changed their bikes in a few years.
If you look at the "official market" based on branded name distributors, it may not accurately reflect reality. Vietnamese cyclists prefer high-end bikes like Pinarello, S-Work, Canyon, Trek, and Colnago, despite limited distribution of branded products in the country. And they purchase directly from the factory, then use a transportation agent or hand-carry by plane.
That is funny, isn’t it?😂😂😂
Because Vietnam is known for its low average income and GDP. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Finding that gold brake lever was a minor miracle! Nice resto.
Great job You too simon love older restoration 😎
Thank you Murphy!🧡
Brilliant. Just brilliant. Bike looks FAB.
Thanks very much!🧡
Thank you Simon.
Much appreciated, from Simon🧡⚙️
@@Bikespeeds Hi Simon , like the video , I had one of these in the 80's , so couldn't resist buying a Prototype Raleigh Record 2 , Carbon framed special , was on show at the NEC but missing since 1998 were it was sold to a private collector , I swopped an SL Columbus and £1500 cash for it , amazing bike , stopped the club meet last week in Birmingham everyone was amazed it exists still ! Has Mike Burrows carbon spoked wheelset ( TCR ) 7800 Dura Ace now but think it was 7700 when built .....
This could be your best one yet, absolutely brilliant ! I'm especially impressed by you being able to source contemporary replacement parts, I can't find a Potenza chain ring these days.
A lucky eBay find for us! Thanks as always 🧡⚙️
find one? what the hell is a potenza? i'd try hitting up the 'Bay.
@ Potenza is a discontinued Campagnolo groupset.
Gentlemen, it was worth the wait. You have that ability to restore forgotten bikes into museum pieces. Thanks for your miracles.
Thank you Marc! After another hard two weeks we should have a vintage one coming out tonight or tomorrow, it’s uploading as we speak!🧡
This looks so good, normally gold chains look naff on bikes but given the manufacturers colour scheme it really ties the whole bike together. I don't normally gush over older bikes but I would cherish this if it was mine.
Honestly, I find these bikes way more elegant than new ones. Especially the front logo. What a job! Only the pedals I would change.
Worth waiting an extra week for😊
Thanks Barry! We have another one hopefully worth the wait tonight or tomorrow!🧡
👍 Here we go! Another awesome service! Cheers from Brazil.
Much love Saka🧡🫵🏻⚙️
I can watch this forever. It looks beautiful at the end!!
Thank you Tom! We too enjoyed this one🧡⚙️
There is something about restoring and servicing bikes that fascinates me. It has been my hobby for 35 years.. This bike came up great!!!
We completely agree! Thanks for all the support!🧡
👍I do enjoy the older bike rebuilds.
Thanks James we’re hopefully releasing one tonight or tomorrow, after 4 weeks of straight vintage we’ll hopefully have some easy videos coming out soon!🧡
WOW! Addicted to watching this fella at work.
Thank you! We really appreciate the support🧡
I remember wanting his bike as a kid! Never got it, great to see it again.
We all did lol! Thanks for watching🧡
I really wanted one too, had to settle for the Raleigh Equipe and pretending I was on Channel4 riding the Kellogg's City Centre races!
Love these old Raleigh restorations... in the 70s / 80s they were real "parts bin specials", no concept of a "groupset"... my 82 Europa Team TI replica came with Raleigh / SR crankset bars and stem, Campag rear derailleur, SunRace front Derailleur, Shimano shifters, Weinmann brakes, SunTour freewheel block (14-24), and (probably) Maillard hubs with chrome steel rims. I upgraded to a Campag front mech and Campag hubs with Mavic MA40 rims (and new brake blocks for alloy rims) and it's a fabulous ride !
This is exactly what we talked about as we did it, Exactly!🧡
i chucked the shimano 600 parts 'group' that came standard on my '79 SR semi pro and put together a tasty chart of parts (period-correct, of course) online for her. i even scored some DTswiss spokes and laced up a couple of new wheels- it was like working in the bike shop all over again. i like to tell guys that i scrapped all the 'arabesque' parts for beer money just to piss them off (especially after they bust my chops for my metallic pink paint). i clocked the front wheel lace-job incorrectly so i got to do it twice....hey- it's been fifty years since i laced a wheel...gimme a break.
What I really like about this is that you cleaned and polished/protected the original frame. So much better than respraying and trying to make a classic bike look like new. It looks like what it is ... a lovingly and respectfully restored bike.
Thanks very much! That’s always our philosophy, we have another vintage Raleigh rebuild coming out tonight if you’re interested 🧡⚙️
and they get more attention on the road than a plastic bike
I think it would be great if you and Simon filmed a live restoration, I don't mean live on youtube just film it as you go without editing and music, part 1, 2, 3 etc
i wouldn't do it, but i worked in a toy store bike shop so you never knew what i was building- could have been a hedstrom tricycle or a muskin swiimming pool or even a sandbox or baby stroller- you'd be bored out of your gourd. when i got to work on road bikes i was a happy camper.
Oh yeah! Super work! Can watch your videos all day. So much to learn!
Thank you! That’s a great compliment🧡
another exceptional resoration one of the best videos yet.
We really appreciate it thanks very much🧡
Wow! Now that bike takes me back... got the exact bike for my 13th birthday back in 1986, very fond memories of trips out with mates🙂 great job 👍
Glad you enjoyed this one for that reason! Thanks for watching🧡
Watching this makes me so relaxed, thank you!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching🧡
I’m super stoked that you left the original patina on the frame and didn’t repaint it🤙🏽🤘🏽👊🏽💯
That’s our philosophy! Thanks for watching 🧡
the original finish is always preferable when it comes to vintage bikes- just like vintage cars- especially if the bike was special-ordered in a custom color by the original owner. i have a 46-years young SR semi pro and i ordered it in an unusual color (pink metallic) because that was the cool thing about SR bikes (miki japan)- you could order your bike after choosing the paint color from a big book of color chips and have your baby delivered in less than a month.
Wow, what a fabulous looking bike , old school.
Love watching bike speeds.
Thank you Roy we really appreciate it!🧡
Bikespeeds….The best on TH-cam no question.Awesome work as always.🙏A measure to watch.
Not had A Racer since my Puch free spirit 10speed that both myself and my brother had 1 each brand new when I was about 13yrs old in 1978 with the Gear Shifter handles on the handlebars which was different so this one is good to see.
Then Skateboards took over and god knows what happened to mine and my brothers bikes🤷♂️
Weird as you get older you wish you had kept just about everything you remember fondly growing up.I remember also having a Carlton 10Speed Racer that I put Cow Horn Handlebars on and ruining a good bike just so I could do wheelies and conform to what all my mates did with their bikes.
Regards from Geordieland 🇬🇧
Great to read the story there, we agree it’s funny the things you put meaning too later. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for all the support🧡
What a pleasure to see this old Raleigh Gold Edition restored so nicely. You’ve done it justice as it turned out beautifully! Well done!
Very kind thank you!🧡
Erstklassige Arbeit! Wunderschönes Rad!👍👍
Thanks Thomas!🧡
Absolutely , beautiful restoration. Thanks. KB
Thanks Ken! We appreciate it🧡
Wauw you did amazing the bike looks beautiful
Thanks very much!🧡
Lovely job. I never miss a post.
Thanks Bob it really means a lot to us 🧡⚙️
This might be one of the greatest bike builds/restorations I've ever seen here on youtube! What a pleasure to watch🔥💪
Wow that’s very kind thank you! We really appreciate it🧡
These are my favorite kinds of videos that you do. Love seeing the transformation!
Thanks! We have one coming out tonight or tomorrow so it’s a double whammy of vintage!🧡
The yellow Claud Butler was terrific! I love the reverence you have for those old bikes:!
Oh boy did this bring memories of my first drop handlebar bike, back in the early eighties. What a beauty and well done on bringing it back to life. Class.
That’s great to hear! Seems we’re all nostalgic over this era!🧡
Had one for my 17th birthday and loved it. Rode it for year's and wish I never sold it. Great bike.
Just love these old bikes, I just got one this summer and it was so much fun to go through and work on it. Bang up job.
That’s great! We love when we do a video that you guys have the bike for 🧡
fun stuff- maybe i was a bit baked when i laced that front wheel, but then i got to have half again as much fun, right?
NOW that’s a great job buddy 👍🇬🇧
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it🧡
Beautiful bike , nice job 👍
Thanks very much 🧡
I bought one of these from my mums catalogue, I've been looking for one of these for ages! Well done, good job!
Enjoy it! Thanks for watching🧡
A work of art!!
Amazing how well the brake calipers cleaned up. I can just about remember dreaming over pictures of this bike, maybe in the Argos catalogue.
Seems we all did! Thanks for watching🧡
i had to polish up a pair of old weinmann 500's- what is that aluminum they used? it seemed to take forever.....
Cracking job getting the beatuty back into riding condition.
Thanks very much!🧡
Thanks for your efforts! These full rebuilds of older bikes are my favorite!
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoy them🧡
Love it guys, bravo! I love bikes but have no real interest in vintage/classics - however watching anything tired, old and dirty being restored I can watch all day.
Haha yes we’re with you, we have another one on the way then back to some road bikes for a while🧡
Nice job there. Love the way you have kept the originality of this model - that is a proper restoration 🙂
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it🧡
That’s a bike I would be proud to ride! I like the patina on the tubes showing signs of wear.
As do we! Thanks for watching and commenting 🧡
Must admit I have been binging your channel recently. Absolutely love your attention to detail. The gold is amazing on this restoration. ❤
Thanks for all the kind comments and support 🧡
What a beauty. Thank you Simon and Lee.
Thank you Rodney!🧡
This is like therapy for me 🧘♂️
Glad you enjoyed it 🧡
me, too since i finally sold my '72 datsun 510 and now have a pleb 2012 sentra....
Thoroughly enjoy watching your videos...thank you ole chap ; )
Glad to hear it🧡⚙️
i've watched every restoration video on this channel, there were other old bikes like this before, but this one might be my favorite, maybe it's because of the gold parts.
The bike was just great! We agree with you there, this one and the green triumph🧡
My husband had the exact same bike back in 82, sadly his was stolen complete with the bike lock lol. Lovely to see this.
Gutter! Glad you enjoyed this one specifically though 🧡
The was the funniest statement I heard in a while when you said the saddle was a little bit worse for wear 🤣
It’s seen better days lol!🧡
simon: one more thing to do with this bike (since it was crashed and there was impact on the handlebar/front brake lever) is to crouch in front of the bike at headset level, close one eye (your bad one if you have a bad eye) and sight the side of the head tube against the side of the saddle tube and ensure the edges of the tubes are EXACTLY parallel- only need to do this on one side, but good lighting really helps you see this. the human eye is amazingly accurate in judging the parallelness of the two tubes and any deviation from parallel (even a barely-discernable deviation) indicates a twisted frame and can really screw up the steering geometry of the bike. the other two things i mentioned to check could still check out OK, but if you see ANY deviation with this check- its time to double-check for frame-bend with your straight-edge, for sure. keep in mind that if you do any straightening ITS VERY EASY to overdo it and further distortion and/or weakening of the tubes will occur. PATIENCE is key here. good luck, guys.
Wonderful work! I'm so pleased that there are others out there who value the vintage bikes and don't summarily change out components just because they're old. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it! We’re with you there! Thanks very much Adam🧡
Brilliant work, love seeing these old bikes brought back to life, really satisfying.
Thanks again Tinnis! After another hard two weeks we should have one coming out tonight or tomorrow, it’s uploading as we speak!🧡
Fabulous job. Love the work you do on the vintage bikes. More please.
After another hard two weeks we should have a vintage one coming out tonight or tomorrow, it’s uploading as we speak!🧡
Each video is a highlight of the week but this one is one of the best. Simply remarkable before and after. 🎉
Thank you very much! We’re glad to hear it!🧡
Yes, more restorations, please. Love the little touches that turned this into a beauty. Well done Lee and Simon.
We are yet again missing a week and going straight to another one!🧡
Well done guys. Great job.
Lovely old Raleigh bike, brought back to life.
Great job.👍
Thanks for all the support🧡⚙️
Even made all the cable ends the same length 👌👌 outstanding!!
Thanks for watching Mario we appreciate the support!🧡
other bike guys notice stuff like that.
My word, that is one unbelievable restoration. That gold really does pop once it was cleaned. Great work both Lee and Simon 😎
Also thanks for sending the brushes out to me, will use them the next time I wash my bike 🇫🇮😎
Thanks Dean it’s been a great interaction, these have been the highlights of the TH-cam journey🧡
Absolutely brilliant restoration to keep the bike on the road, and well done Simon for producing another great video.
Thank you Paul!🧡
When will people stop confusing restorations with rebuilds or reconditions? This was not restored. For example; what point is there in putting new bearings in a rusted and pitted headset? Waste of brand new bearings.
Love this. A proper bike. More like this PLEASE.
Hi Rupert! Would you believe it we have 3 lined up on the way, one hopefully next week but that’s gonna be many 12 hour days to get there so could be the week after! Thanks for the support🧡
You can't beat the mechanical principals of a good old bike from this period. It's really pleasing on the eye and quite therapeutic to watch how you go through the process of cleaning and re-lubricating all the moving parts. It is something I do quite often in my garage too so I can appreciate the work you are showing us on this video today.
Nice one Bike speeds...
Enjoy all your time in your garage and we’ll see you again soon on the channel! Thanks for all the support 🧡
Absolutely mega job on this one! The patina looks just right after the polish and ceramic spray!
Well done to Simon on a great edit, the quality gets better all the time!
Thank you Patrick from Simon!🧡
The groupset looks great and the riding must be better than new. Hope the bike gets better attention from now on... Thank you for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it!🧡
Thank you so much Simon for a lovely video, you don't have an Idea how relaxing it is watch this gorgeous Restauration video, big Kudos for both of you, what impressed me was the fact that those brake pads still selling them waoooo, until the next Wednesday
Thanks for all the kind support 🧡
another impressive thing is how long kool-stops last. i've been using the international blacks for many years- i think i dressed my rims at least 3 or 4 times and those kool-stops bed right in and keep on truckin' every time. geez how much are they gonna cost when i finally go to buy some??
A gorgeous job. Well done. That's a keeper!
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it🧡
One of my favourites, yet! Job well done. Chain set came out nice. Good call on the tyres too.
Thank you Charlie! Glad you enjoyed this one 🧡
Absolutely glorious. I know these vintage bikes take a load of effort - I promise you it's very much appreciated. Well done gents 👊
Worth it for the support thank you🧡⚙️
Loving the older restorations guys
Thanks very much for the support Adrian🧡
Wow, I really enjoyed just watching this! Please do more restorations!
Thanks Julie there should be one coming out tonight or tomorrow night!🧡
This was a brilliant restoration! Love vintage cycles.
Hi Jeff thanks for the support! After another hard two weeks we should have one coming out tonight or tomorrow, it’s uploading as we speak!
I loved watching this one. Thank you for uploading 1️⃣🙏🙏
Thanks David!🧡
Beautiful bike, super restoration, lads. Well done, and you make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you we try our best to make it looks easy so it’s a great compliment 🧡
Absolutely amazing restoration! I'm amazed of how much attention you are putting into details in your work. This project is one of your best ones so far, if not THE BEST. And that groupset is a gem. It goes to show the quality of build of those vintage components. Pleasure to look at it!
We really appreciate all the kind words thank you!🧡
Wonderful bike!
Brilliant work, lovely bike👏
Glad you enjoyed it🧡
Just sent a 1970’s Allegro road bike to my LBS for restoration. Hope it comes out as good as this. Great job on the restoration and video. 👏👏👏👏
Enjoy it! Thanks for all the support🧡
That bike looks absolutely banging
Agreed! Thanks for watching🧡
Wonderful to see an older Raletgh come back to life. When I was in school in the mid 1970's I worked at a Raleigh shop here in the States for two summers. I owned a Super Course and then an International. The owner of the shop was able to get a MKM (Metcalfe) frame for me and most of the parts from the International went over to it. Great times.
That’s awesome! We love a classic Raleigh story!🧡
MKM- thats a keeper. hope you still have it. my riding buddy had a silver MKM back in the 70's- all 1st-gen dura-ace. we rode on some the first rail trails in northeast ohio right after the penn central went belly-up. great times from what i can remember (?!)
Beautiful! Really enjoy watching you at your craft, love the attention to detail and your organised style, fantastic results and I LOVE to see an old Raleigh, they are a great ride, thank you for sharing!!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for all the kind words!🧡
@@Bikespeeds A pleasure, best of luck!
Absolutely top-tier job here guys. Keep the vintage steel restorations coming!
Thank you! After another hard two weeks we should have a vintage one coming out tonight or tomorrow, it’s uploading as we speak!🧡
What an amazing restoration, truly outstanding, thanks.
Thank you David!🧡
What a fantastic job. Congrats to both of you, this bike is crying beautiful!! So you say in French 😂
Haha thanks for all the support🧡
What a bike, and a brilliant restoration.
That’s a very large frame, haven’t seen one like that in my country.
It’s a rare bike! Thanks for watching 🧡
Smashed it, this is a great looking steed.
Thank you George!🧡
Great video as always. Just love the old Raleigh bikes they will always be my favourite. Yes please more wonderful videos like this one. Cheers 🍻
Hi Kevin after another hard two weeks we should have one coming out tonight or tomorrow, it’s uploading as we speak!🧡
Awesome video, would def like to see more videos like these again!
After what’s been an exhausting few weeks we should have one coming out tonight or tomorrow!🧡
Lovely restoration
Thanks very much!🧡
Fantastic work. It would be great to see more like this,really like the older bicycle. 🎉🎉🎉
After many many weeks of work hopefully we should be having one come out tonight or tomorrow 🧡
Great work. Lovely bike.
Thanks!🧡
Outstanding job!
Thanks very much!🧡
Cracking job. Regret selling my one.