Vintage mtb commuter/gravel restoration - 1990 Bridgestone MB5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2022
- Thanks for checking out the video!
Here’s some of the links of the things I mentioned in the video, some parts listed at the bottom.
Custom reflectors from: / nekocycles_
Please check these out, they’re amazing 😍
Ruck Rack front rack: ruckrack.id/product/front-rack/
/ ruck.rack
Music by: bensound.com
My instagram: / toastyrides
Nitto Albastache handlebar
Nitto dirt drop stem
RuckRack front rack
newbaums grey bartape
Most components are the Shimano ~m730 XT 7 speed parts
Velocity (k525 I think) rims
KKT FMX Lightning pedals
Vuelta chainrings - กีฬา
Hey everyone! Sorry this took so long to get out 😂 you’ll see why at the end.
Check the links in the description for some of the things on the bike! ❤️
There was quite a bit of wind noise on the ride, it’s been humid and windy here.
If all the talking and wind noise is annoying then please just mute the audio 😆
Hope you enjoy!! Thank you so much, check the links in the description ❤️🙌
Well that's the first time that TH-cam has served up a proper local channel. I've just got home from walking the dog along that path. Onehunga represent.
Haha no way! Every now and then it is pretty good, cool to hear from a local! It’s an awesome path that, my regular for filming videos! Might see you there sometime on some weird bike 😆🤙
@@toastyrides Maybe. I have a reasonably weird old steel singlespeed myself.
Just got this bike! Super stoked. Same color, 500lx components, throwing on mustache bars soon. Thanks for the video, great source of inspiration.
You need to do a full fleet video. You get so many great project bikes would love to see all you've kept.
That’s a good idea! After the current build I’ll get to it and do a bit of a rundown on them. Some of them have changed since their own build videos, so might be interesting to see them. 🙌
Just a lil update, I haven’t forgotten about this! I’m going on a trip next week but will do it after 😎🤙
are you still gonna do a fleet video? hehe
Just picked up an MB-5 and found your videos looking for inspiration… awesome bike man! Thanks for making these vids, really inspiring and love your style, esp. the blue rims and the custom rack mount scheme!
With love from California
honestly, liked this one more in the beginning
Firrrrrssssttt….. wait a second…. 😅😅😅 killer build dude! Love the matching colors, looks like it’s a fun ride !!
Hahaha 🙌 thanks heaps, Gary!! It’s really fun, cruises and rips gravel really well and puts a big smile on my face 😂
YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR through and through
Thanks for the vid!! I enjoy seeing someone with more skill than I work - good example!
Cool thing with that brass ‘cable holder’ thing for the straddle cable.
Yeah it’s a really cool piece, it works very well 👍 will definitely be grabbing them for my other bikes too.
Watched this whole video on this gloomy Sunday morning sipping coffee. That bike is mint 👍
I love this! The attention to detail is really nice to see. I also really like the cable routing on the handlebars. It is such a nice touch.
Cheers mate!! 🙌 yeah I’m so glad I routed the cables internally, I hate the “floppy cable grab” of externally routed barend shifters haha. I’ll be doing it on the Panasonic when I re-wrap the Bartape on that 👍
Looks the biz sir with them blue rims nice build
This is the best bike content on TH-cam.
Good builds, good technique, approachable tech tips
If you're looking for a slightly cushier wrap job, I've had success wrapping a layer of older bike tubes underneath the newbaums tape. Comfy and eco friendly! And you still get to feel the road a little bit. You could slice the tube open lengthwise or just use it as is for even more support and a larger diameter. My only disclaimer there is that once the tape wears through, if you're too lazy to rewrap (like me), then you start to get black tube compound on your hands. Alternatively, the Riv style would be to throw a layer of felted wool beneath the newbaums tape.
as far as am concerned you are a superstar
Pedah lawas om keren jadi inget waktu kecilanku dulu om...👍👍
Thank you! I love them 😍
Overall great job but those handle bars would do my head in🙈
I remember a Ten speed racer I had in my teen called a Puch Freespirit that had the Ten Speed Shifters on the Top of the Handlebars which I must admit I loved.
This is also reminding me I have 2 decent mountain bikes and to get off my Arse and get on them both again🙏at least whilst the U.K. weather is good👍
Your just an Enabler really 😜
Dude, great channel. Inspired by you I just picked up a Fisher Advance. Pretty entry level but will be a blast to make my own. Thanks!
Thanks so much! 🙌 oh sweet!! Cool to see people experimenting 😎 entry level or top level, just have fun with it! Bikes of all levels can be heaps of fun, the experience of tinkering with it and then riding it is an amazing feeling 🤌💙
Enjoy!!
I still enjoy my MB-3 that I purchased in 1990. 💚
Very nicely done, its the detailed touches that make it 👍😍
Thanks, Glenn! Definitely 😎 glad you like the result 🙌
the attention of details is impressive.. love the video
Thanks! That’s great to hear 👍❤️
I like the Chris Fix nod!
You could try using a Schrader to presta convertor. It's a small metal cylinder that sits in the valve hole. It makes the diameter of the valve hole smaller so that a presta valve fits into a rim meant for Schrader.
Worth the wait mate! That turned out amazing and I'm 100% with you on modifying the bike to suit your personality/tastes/needs 😊 and I'm a massive fan of the alba bars, love them! Comfiest bars ever! Well done on the finished product!
Thanks so much, mate!! 🙌 haha definitely, it’s so cool dialling it in to suit the user 😍 the bars are so cool and comfy!!
Thank you 🙌 loving this bike 🎉💙
looks like a very nice country for vintage machines
Love your vids keep up the consistent uploads I get so excited to whatch every new vid
Thank you! 🙌 that’s so cool to hear 🤯🤩
Really love what you have done. Gorgeous bike. The XT groupset is excellent. Was working in one of the first MTB ‘specialist’shops from 1980-1995 in Oxford UK so remember the progression of bikes and components during that time..built to last. Before the Corporate takeover of the bike industry and its demise into profit before people ethos.
Came out pretty sharp, and those cranks ! WOW !!
This is a very beautiful bike. A lot of good ideas on this rebuild. I love your rack brackets. And i think i will fit a moustache bar on one of my road bikes. Looks very cool.
Great vid 👍👍👍👍 I’m in the middle of doing a Bridgestone Mb4 and I agree they really ride amazingly and absolutely worth the time and effort because it’s not often you can get a bike which you can feel that the frame is really doing something special at the same time as all the other parts, very happy to see it’s not just me that feels this way 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!! They’re really special bikes, Bridgestones of this era, I have a small mb4 I need to build up too! It’s a lugged frame but I can’t quite place the year going by the decals. It’s very crusty and really would be best with a full resto some day.
I completely agree, these frames create a bike that connects to the rider 🤌❤️
Awesome video, I love your channel. Started watching your vids a few weeks ago, I learn so much. Only started tinkering with bikes a few years ago and did my first build just under a year ago (2011 surly cross check). Since then I've been working on a couple more bikes (1997 brodie quantum and a 1985 schwinn super le tour). I don't have access to many parts and its really slow going finding parts online and at reasonable prices. Anyways keep up the good work, I'm sure to incorporate what I've learned from you in all my future bike builds and restoration attempts. Cheers.
Thanks heaps, that’s very kind of you! It’s cool that you’ve started tinkering on bikes, hope you find some more parts when you need them. They sound like fun project bikes!!
That’s cool to hear, thanks 🙌🎉 take care and have fun!
Yoooo, your videos are so chill and super nspirational Keep up the good work! Biggop!!
Thank you!! 🙌 💙
good work toasty, looking forward to the next vid..
Thanks!! It should be cool, like a resto-mod retro mtb but not as modern as the Hardrock 👍
@@toastyrides nice.. i will be waiting to watch
Great job. Bike looks awesome!
Another great video and commentary . Keep them coming. Thanks.
Great vid as always . Cracking job in the cable routing on the handlebars. The bike looks mint 👌 🤟🚲👍
Thanks so much! Yeah I think that little routing tip from Darcy made me like this setup even more 🤩 love having the cables out of the way 🎉 thank you!
Cool build, your vids are very relaxing and you got a new sub, Thanks for your work
Thank you and thanks for subscribing! 🙌
very nice bike build!!
Thank you for setting up your cantilevers properly.
Good job end amazing bicycle…bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻ciao from Milano Italy
Thanks heaps! Oh cool, greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿 🙌🎉❤️ 👋
Very nice and the final rims put it over the top.
Thanks!! 🙌 haha yeah I’m glad I went for them, seeing the end result 💙 especially in the sun, they look really great 😎👍
@@toastyrides Yeah it's funny how things just work out that way sometimes.
Брат) у меня есть MB-4 trailblazer 88 года в таких же наклейках только серого цвета и задний тормоз на нижних перьях. У тебя получилась крутая альтернатива современным гревелам 🔥👍 ты крутой !
I like your projects, your channel is been subscribed 👍
Really nice job!
Boy I want those campy wheels
Gorgeous bike!
awesome video
Those rims at the end….win.
Dobrý den, mám rád vaše videa, koupil jsem si starší mtb, a je to na něm skvělé. Czech republic
Great job rj 🚴🚴👍
This bike came out so well, it makes me want to do better
What a beautiful bicycle
I put drop handlebars and these Shimano 600 touring shifters on my MTB, which slotted at the end of the handlebars, this was pre- Brake/ shifter combos, this was in the early 90's when I was pretty unique on any ride/ race with my dropped roadie handlebars which would now be commonplace, I had similar and other issues with my back wheel, I got so frustrated I bought a brand new one which I knew would have no problem
goodvideo 6 flats would have been so annoying !
It was a bit! More so because I couldn’t fix it, than anything. But in hindsight I’m glad it happened, as these rims are way better 😎💙
Hey man i had the same problem with some Araya rims and a Verdisten tire, like it ripped 4 or 5 valve stems but after i put a bit skinner Billy Bonkers on the rims I've had no problems :)
Haha yeah that’s the issue 😂 it’s so weird! I have the same rim on the Dinglespeed DB build and it was fine. Annoying problem 🤦♂️ 😂
Old 90’s mtb already has long top tube length.
Not all, it’s hard to find one with a 59toptuhe 🙈 most of mine are 57/58, it’s so cool to find one with a 59 though 😍 really works well for my height in a variety of setups
You could have swapped a bolt now and then... like the rear derailleur. And, should do the test ride before applying the tape, so you can still move the brake levers a bit, if you wish. But great video. Nice bike!
there exist some alloy spacers for converting presta to schrader. that might solve your problem
Presta valve tubes come with a screw on washer-bolt. Try using two of them and sandwich the rim (put one on the tube and tighten it all the way down before installing the tube).
Yeah that works sometimes, I tried everything but nothing worked 🫤 not really worth it anyway as those rims were super skinny so I’m glad to have ditched them for the blue Velocity ones 😍
@@toastyrides I surprised I’m just now finding your videos. You’re doing exactly what I love doing. I’m at over 30 retro bikes and I’m currently working on a 1996 Specialized Hardrock. It’s getting a set of tan wall Schwalbe Billy Bonkers and 1x11 drive.
Thanks for nice video and perfect bike after your restoration. I always use very fat oil (synthetic if you have) on the pivots brakes - they works much better than on the grease. I dont know that do you use oil on the thread on the bolts - IMO it helps and avoid damage the thread. Furthermore always where steel connect to the aluminium I seperate this two kind of metal by nice grease (steel bolt - alu stem, seatpost- frame, crank - axle of support). All the Best, Michał.
This type of "moustache" bars made me think about restoring my very old Mongoose Switchback ATB. It has a bit to long frame/geometry for me(though I was commuting 2 years with it), and I couldn't find a way to compensate that with very short stem(it make maneuvering awkward) or some kind of riser or city bike bar(I don't like grip at their angles). This type of bar has a grip similar to drop bar(that I like the most) but goes backwards so it could compensate long frame... Will need to find some cheaper one than Nitto though, haha.
Muy bonita bicicleta. Saludos desde Perú un abrazo.
Sick eco friendly build. You're like Old Shovel's channel but longer content.
Man! Those rims off Trademe? I missed the deadline for the auction!
They were! It was a buy now auction haha 😎 I bought them at the side of the road after the last puncture 😂
That bike looks awesome, great job! 👍🏻
You had “wheelie” bad luck with those Campag rims though! Do you think they’re fixable or are they bound for the scrap bin?
Thanks heaps!! 🙌 haha oh that reminds me that I didn’t do any wheelies on the Bridgestone! 😆 honestly I’m pretty salty about the rims and how many valves they destroyed haha. They’ve been outside since I took them apart and will likely be destroyed in anger.
I may give them away, haven’t decided yet. I don’t want anyone to go through what I did haha
Careful with them geese! They don’t mess around 😂
Haha ok I want to know what happened?! Haha
They’re viscous! 😂
I love your thinking about this build. The rack ,the gear cable routing but ... The fugly brake levers may do the job but ruin the look
Hi, great vid. Also, where did you get the color spray paint mixed?
nice video..btw can u make a video how u built your rim..thank you
With your flat issues, you could try building up the rim tape, I like a project called Velox... It might protect the valve stem a bit more.
Yeah that’s one of the fixes I tried, the rim tape I used was Zefal cotton tape similar to the velox, but unfortunately it allowed the tube to shift sideways and tear anyway 🥲😠 it was so annoying! I think the rims are cursed, with these tyres anyway. I have the same rim on the rear of the Dinglespeed Diamondback and it’s been fine!
@@toastyrides Weird, that's frustrating I'm sure! Do you cut a circle in the tape to go around the valve? The tighter the circle, the more protection
@@MrJonas2255 yeah I thought it was because of my rough cut, although I haven’t really had issues the normal way I cut it. But the second time I stretched the hole in the tape so it fit tight and didn’t make a difference 😂
Yo man, where did you buy those straddle cable ends to use gear cables? been looking around and can't seem to find them. love all your videos man Cheers!
Hey, I just bought them from a local guy but I don’t know what they’re technically called. I’ll have a look and get back to you 👍
@@toastyrides Thanks man! looking forward to your next build. I've consumed all your videos lol. Aloha from Hawaii
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hi, could you try shaping the brake levers to be comfortable when riding in the end part of the bars?
Great video. When going over the frame with a spray bottle of soapy water, it seems you don't need to rinse it off? Dish soap okay to use?
I haven’t noticed any issues, I use the stuff that’s used for hand washing dishes-not stuff you put in the dishwasher. So it’s not very harsh, but it breaks down grease etc.
thats good wooder
Lol was that a Chrisfix reference with the soapy wooder?
Hahaha yes!! 😂 someone said to clean stuff with soapy water so I thought I’d write on the bottle what I’m using, best choice was “Soapy Wooder” 😂🤌
Could you measure the Q factor of those M730 cranks? I've wondered about getting a pair to turn into a 1x crankset, with a shorter BB spindle, and mounting the ring on the outside. I've done that with another triple crank but just don't know if it's "worth it" to buy a crank specifically for this if it'll still be pretty wide...
Great video as always, and a fun build! The colored accents all have the right proportions, if you ask me. It works.
I tend to mount the chainring on the inside of the crank, when converting a triple crank setup. I can measure it sometime, but the answer should be on a forum if you Google it 🤞
Beautiful, high-quality bike. But, why is the seatpost so high up. It must be a really fun downhiller ?_?
hello sir i want to ask
if your bike slightly move to right, is it frame of fork that not centered?
thank you sir i looking forward to your reply
Hello. It is possible reuse Evapo Rust? So I use it in one bike and after that I want use it again month later.
Do you have any institutions for fixing paint scratches and dings with some rust in them?
My 93 Bridgestone Ox3 the one bike I deeply Regret getting Rid of If only could go back in Time.
What type of handlebars would I search for to find the same? Are they mustache or townie bars, or something else?
After about 3 years the last Keurig stopped working th-cam.com/users/postUgkxBrV-RbF5Nk0Rlt9i15aao-YMzqzTG8Vf initially was able to unblock, however eventually we couldn't fix. That one was a replacement unit sent by the manufacturer after we had problems with our very first Keurig. This works fine (lol, at least for now) however I didn't realize the water reservoir was so much smaller than our prior unit. With 2 people having one or two cups of coffee each morning, it seems like I'm refilling it daily. Otherwise just happy to have the convenience of pod coffee vs. making a morning pot.
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Y r u guys so far, i need u to restore my pink Miyata XD
I know 😭 I would love to help with that, but it looks lovely as is!!! But the pink Miyata definitely deserves all the love 🙌
What happens to your bikes after you have worked on them? Do sell them? Do you keep them?
Have you considered going ghetto tubeless? I have had some luck on old rims.
The wheels on this 26? Been wanting to build a commuter single speed. 26 suitable for this? Cheers man. Love the vids
Hey, yes they are! 26” is very versatile 🙌 glad you like the videos!
@@toastyrides awesome thanks man.
A lot of people are so focus on the MB1 they pass up the "lower end" ones even though there great bikes
Очень красиво!
Very cool. What's the gravel ride you do in this vid? Just moved to AK
Thanks! It’s called “Watercare coastal walkway” I believe, it starts from Ambury farm.
Riverhead forest also has some fire roads and singletrack to ride too 👍
@@toastyrides awesome, thanks man. Yuss I've been doing riverhead a bit. It's so nice and quiet out there. Thanks for your vids. A wealth of knowledge for my 92 GT build.
@@jurassicchrist it is! Except for the weekends haha, but even then you don’t often actually see people until you get to the carpark haha
S-W-E-E-T ride.
Is that soapy wooder a call out to ChrisFix? Lol
Hahaha yes 🙌 😆❤️
What compressionless brake outer do you use ?
Odyssey Linear Slic Kable , is it ?
Супер, мне очень нравится!
Thank you!! 🙌 💙🎉
@@toastyrides 🙏
Очень круто!
It makes me so sad to see spokes being clipped that waym. There are so many ways to reuse them!
I need to find a homie like you. We could be mutually beneficial. Love riding 🚲, commute daily. Trying to step up my tinkering. Ty for all the value