The $300 Bike Challenge EPISODE 1: Finding a Good Three Hundred Dollar Bike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- In this series we set out to see just how much fun you can have with a bike budget of $300. I've invited a handful of my friends from Utah and Arizona to see if they can find a bike worthy of gooseberry mesa for only $300. Follow along to see what happens next...
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That guy with the mongoose speaks the future we all need bikes with step through design
If you drive on road i guess it is ok, but not sure about trails.
No I am sure about trails
@@andreaTRY2FLY That’s where you need that low top tube. Trails. :)
@@LordyRamone im quite new to the bike world and English is not my main language. What is meant by trails ? I thought trails are the rough sections with jumps a stuff. If so, wouldn't a step trought bike fold up from the pressure of jumping ?
@@andreaTRY2FLY not if you weld it right
I’ve been waiting for this since I heard it teased on the Old Shovel channel!
This video project has been many months in the making. I'm excited to finally release it.
Same here, saw the old shovel video that referenced this fun project and have been waiting since. It has also given me some ideas to repourpouse my 09 cannondale F5.
Same here. Really looking forward to Episode 2. Great idea for a video series.
My first bike (that wasn't a kids bike) was a Specialized Rockhopper. It stayed in the family passing from me to my Dad to my brother. Daniel said he'd sell it back to me for $50.
Awesome I’m really looking forward to episode 2
My friends and I have been doing this (with budgets from 200 to 1000) since March, in that time we've gotten at least a half dozen friends and relatives on bikes! Love this style of content, I'm currently doing a similar hunt for a single speed for myself
Ah, so you're the reason there's a bike shortage! Just kidding, that's awesome to hear about so many people getting on bikes.
Awesome my friend. Awesome can’t wait to see episode 2. It was fun to see show everyone else found their bikes.
It wouldn't have been the same without you, I'm so glad you could join us.
Hey Rob! Nice to see you on the You Tube! -Aaron Moulton
What a great idea for a video. I loved the background on everyone; who they were all the way thru their searches.
Please do a season 2 ! I love these builds and budget shows!
I see that ATK 605 END at 13:30! Sweet bike!
Wasn't expecting this! So original
Impresive content. You’ve just took your chanel to the next level. Bravo a lot!
Thank you. I've been planning this for a long time and I'm thrilled with how it turned out.
Back to the days skill will shine over the bike...
Great challenge!
I just picked up a 1986 Schwinn Mirada for $75 that I swear had less than 100 miles on it and stored inside it’s while life. I love that it has 559x21 rims, 710mm wide bars, and a more upright riding position. My riding position honestly isn’t far off from my 2018 Specialized Camber FSR. It’s amazing how some things come full circle. I’m planninf to 1x it with a Microshift Advent 1x9 drivetrain, Shimano XT V-brakes, and Wheelset with Rhyno-Lite rims laced to Deore hubs. I could do most of this within the $300 budget.
I believe taking vintage bikes out to the trails is a different kind of fun. Sure, they don’t flow like a modern bike, but trails that were boring become fun again. It’s like taking a crossover SUV on a rough Forest Service road. While it may be super easy for a lifted Jeep, the crossover will have to chose just the right line to make it.
I broke my leg and I can't ride right now, I'm amped about this series stuff like this helps kills the time til my recovery!
wishing you a speedy recovery!
I just finished building up a 1995 Karakoram frame I got for free with a parts donor that I bought for $300 exactly. The timing of this video is eerie.
Awesome video with some top guys in here, My totally original 1988 Falcon K2 bought for £20 would be perfect for a challenge like this!
Anyway some really interesting bikes & a cracking video, really looking forward to the next one, good luck guys! 🇬🇧 🏴
I've always thought this would be awesome for a publication to do a shootout like this, even more awesome that you did it!
Brings back my college days...yes, its been that long. I crashed my buddy's GT Avalanche and came to just in time to wave off the ambulance. One of those...hold my beer moments.
Taco'ed his rim, bent his fork, and was concussed for the better part of two weeks. Thank God for the Giro helmet straight out of an episode of Mork and Mindy. Odd...how an egg can protect your gray matter... 😁
His bike was really cool tho. It was the model year that offered a dark blue splash laid over a light teal base color. Had XT...like everywhere. Was a convo piece at the bike shop, for sure.
I could swear I saw some ergon grips. I have the ge1 evo oil slick and i like them too much to change. maybe a slightly fatter version some day
SOOOO glad you mentioned the massively huge frame. Part of the appeal of your channel is that you're a small guy like me. Lol. Looking forward to how this plays out!
I totally pulled a noob move and bought a bike that was too tall for me. That's the first thing I advise against. Dangit!
@@hardtailparty Lol...you had to have NOTICED it was huge, right?
looking forward to epi 2. I am blown away that one guy got a rocky mountain instinct full sus for $200. That was my dream bike back in the late 90's
I know, right! Calvin SCORED on that thing.
@@hardtailparty I have been watching your channel since you started, and subbed, and just recently bought myself a Marin San Quentin 1 for Christmas
NICE! Congrats on the new bike, that's awesome.
Yes indeed, that is a nice piece of bike for 200 bucks. We may have a winner there...
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How would YOU spend $300 for this challenge?
I would try to find a late 80’s MTB (pre Bridgestone MB-1) that had wide bars, wide rims, and and a more upright riding position. Something like a Schwinn High Sierra, then put V-Brakes and a Microshift Advent-X drivetrain on it.
My buddy has that same Karakoram! It had been sitting for years and he let me cheaply get it in working order. Fun project, and excited for these videos.
This was a _great_ idea! Not everyone have the funds to spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on a super-slack enduro bike, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying MTB. Sure, you may need to temper your expectations a bit, but I don't think you will have any less fun on any of these bikes compared to the latest and greatest! =)
GT Zaskar was my first real mtb, fell in love with riding on that bike. Hand welded in the USA in 1995. Converted it to a 27.5 drop bar commuter and still ride it today. Love the channel and anything retro GT!! #radbmx
The zaskar le from 95 96 was sick i had the tan colour one hand made in usa dont think i wanna go back to a bike with a 72 ° ha though scares me just thinking about it.
Subbed! I'm in. Love these kind of challenges of any vehicles or hobbies.
This is perfect timing, Im building an old GT aswell!
Can't wait for the next episode!
Haha this is great! I still have my old Shogun Prairie Breaker 2 I bought new on 1987. I need to rebuild the old beast, and seeing this makes me want to get to work. This should be a super fun video series. Great idea guys!
I still ride my model year 2000 Shogun prairie breaker! Blue and Black frame. It's seen some upgrades over the years; from 80 to 100 then 120mm forks, vbrakes to hydro discs. It still rocks a deore 3x9 system but is on its 9 th cassette. Its done downhill, xc racing and everything in between. Other bikes have come and gone but it's a keeper ♥️
Sounds like a fun bike! Take care of it, and it won't let you down for a long time. Too bad I abused my old 1987 model back in 1999... It suffered as a collage commuter, so it needs lots of work, a rear wheel and some other parts.
I had a shogun team issue black red and white triple triangle fframe like a gt i think it was 86 87 looks really cool back then even rocking 150mm stem. Ah when i was a boy stories 😀😀
Have a Rocky Mountain Hammer MT3 26er rim brakes and just added stem extender because I am old, 78 and still ride this bike. And to me it is priceless and will never sell it. It is like having a center piece that can not be replaced. Have a more modern hard tail 29er but it is just not the same.
That sounds like a swell ride. I just scored a swell red 1991 Rocky Mountain Hammer with Ritchey logic super tubeset. I rode it a few times up the road but I just keep staring at a bike i could never afford back in the day. i'm in my 50's now. All my bikes are 26'ers and only one is later than 1999 and that is a KONA Kaboom single speed.
Most years my mates and i have a "tip" bike challenge(the Tip is the Rubbish dump in Australia) last year i picked up a Mongoose hilltopper sx for $10,all that chrome glory! . here in Aus often these bikes are found at the rubbish dump or private sales , cant wait for next episode.
ps Steve i picked up(couple of years ago) an old steel GT LTS-5 from the1990's for a six pack of beer and $50 :D
Only 5 minutes in and I'm hooked on this series. GT Tequesta was my first mountain bike too! Purchased in '91 in Vallejo, CA but unfortunately stolen in Bellingham, WA a scant 18 months later.
This is the exact thing I need. I have a huffy parkside, so full body rigid, and about an added $150 I can spend on upgrades. So this is goig to give me a good idea of what people who actually know what they are doing would do and how they would approach the thing.
I was looking at an old gt zaskar in silver for 200€ the other day....it's beautiful maybe I'll go for it
I just knew Old Shovel would end up bringing home multiple bikes! :-D
I would love that rocky frame. i have a swell fresh Fox vanilla R for it and spare rear end frame parts.
My friend has the exact same RockHopper frame from 12:09 ! Got it for free from a local nonprofit shop because of s stuck seatpost
Such a cool bike!
Best episode ever! Your riders are true experts getting those junkers up and over the features! Total respect!
Advanced pass through design = a woman's bike 😅
Hey Steve, if you do this challenge again in the future, a great way to find a cheap bikes, for your friends in the area, is to contact NAU's surplus. So many college kids just leave their bikes at the end of every semester. They usually have hundreds of bikes and you can pick them up for $20-50. 👍
Great tip!
Easy: buy a schwinn boundary 😂
Actually for real. Buy a boundary and slap mt200s on it.
I still have my first MTB bike - a '97 Parkpre Shock Sport. Parkpre was a local bike manufacturer. I believe the founder came from Diamondback. It cost me $325 and came with a steel frame, front shock, and 3x7 Shimano SIS drive train.
dang, that's a great deal!
I picked up my first GT a few weeks ago on KSL and it was a free Tequesta, and probably a medium which would have fit you. If only I would've known I would've hooked you up. I'm in the process of restoring in it. It was just a frame and most the parts. I'm only a few days out of finishing it up.
Awesome! Score of the year right there!
Yeah, that GT looks huge.
It looks as if that GT Karakoram was running 24 inch wheels.
Haha this series is going to be epic! Great job, and good luck guys.🚵♂️
Awesome idea! Have heard about your channel, but this video sucked me in and now subscribed. I have always ridden hardtails, most recently a rigid fat bike everywhere. Due to my aging bones, I have been eyeing a full squish, but you might convince me otherwise. Keep at it!
Nothing wrong with a full squish, but hardtails are pretty amazing these days.
Dude @5:36 don't move, there's a sniper on you!
Steve, my first MTB was a '88 Tequesta. I loved it for 10 years! I live in CA but my cousin has the bike in storage in SC. Do you want it?
Possibly, thanks! I'm needing to get rid of bikes not pick more up... But that's tempting. What size is it?
Love watching cheap challenges!
Cool Idea. Love riding Goose Berry Mesa. One of my favorite trails of all time. So awesome that all these riders (adult and kid) are getting in on the fun. Great concept Steve.
I had a GT karakoram with the crackle paint
So fun!
Everyone struggling to find a bike and there’s old shovel with 5, lol
He's the jedi of finding deals on bikes.
Hello from Danville. We are wishing you guys a Merry Christmas 🎄 Just to let you guys know we sold our house and we are moving to the mountains. Lots of mountain biking 🚵♂️ around our new home. Take care your friend from Danville.
Woohoo! Merry Christmas. Congrats on the new house in the mountains.
@@hardtailparty Thanks. Volcano Ca. If you are in the area drop us a note.
Brilliant idea
I always used keep a vintage beater HT in fleet just for the fun of it
That's what hardtails are all about!
now this us what it's all about on the trail bike fun and bike friends!...well done!
100% agree. It's funny how serious we get about bikes sometimes and we suck all the fun out of it with watts, KOMs, grams, etc. Every now and then we all need a reminder why we started riding in the first place.
I definitely prefer the Old Shovel approach: $10 bike = $290 for upgrades and tweaking. But I really enjoy seeing things get built, so between that and the retro theme, this whole thing is ticking all the boxes for me!
Believe me, a lot of us were looking for $10 bikes. Here in AZ, we don't have nearly the used market that utah has.
@@hardtailparty Yeah, definitely a fair point. This year in particular has made the bike market difficult. I'm having to piece together an Advent X upgrade for my son's bike one part at a time right now...strange times.
I picked up a Tequesta a little over a year ago. Stripped it down to the bare metal. Didn’t like the brake mounts so I hacked them off. Still have most of the parts to build it up complete. It’s yours if you wanna pay for the shipping.
It will fit you much better than the one you got.
@@issuingstitcheshandmadegoo7950 Thanks for the offer. I currently have more bikes than I know what to do with. I need to simplify and sell a few. I appreciate the offer though.
This is a great idea for a series. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Travis.
I’ve been waiting for this
alternative title: Being a teenage mountain biker without a dentist dad.
This is how we all started MTB. It's a rite of passage to this sport. I review some SUPER expensive bikes on the channel, but the super budget bikes will always have a special place in my heart.
At first I thought that was mo awesome lol
Haha, the wig definitely looks like Mo. We need to get Mo a jean jacket, shorts, and some chuck taylors to do a look-alike.
@@hardtailparty hahaha yes.
Hey Steve i know a guy in australia that used to have a few bike shops and probably has a brand new gt tequesta in the box from the mid 90 s i know he has new rts and mutiple gt lts he would want a lot for them let me no if you want his contact details.
unfortunately I blew my budget on this challenge. Thanks though.
@@hardtailparty no worries he is a bit of a bike museum and would probably only want your life savings and your left leg ha ha .
My dad has just bought an around 2015 Scott Aspect, relatively modern geometry, XCR fork, hydraulic brakes, Deore drivetrain for $300.
This is the best idea! Sounds fun and challenging. I'm wondering what you're gonna do with the frame...
Of all the guys competing in this competition, Steve goes out of his way to get a bike that doesn't fit him. There won't be any sest tube cutting on that GT.....
I subscribe to Oldshovel (Rob's) Channel and watched the build of the Scott...He does amazing work and I highly recommend his channel also.
RIGHT! I broke the cardinal sin of buying a bike that doesn't fit. That's what I get for going after a specific model instead of the best bang for the buck like Rob.
@@hardtailparty Some times our "desires" override our needs.....guarantee alot of your viewers have made that same mistake. Buy something and later question, "Why did I do this?"
@@johnnydoe66totally. it happens to the best of us. Buying a bike is such an emotional decision.
Yo, oldshovel is ahead of everyone with that 10 dollars racing machine. 15 years old's full sus for 200$ is also an awesome deal. Keep it up, love the content, love the channel :)
This is awesome. I´m hooked!
You guys rock!!!!!!
O look a GT gate...
This is good fun.
I would have loved to participate with my 1989 Bridgestone MB-3. Awesome bike and great competition!
15:52 dream bike
My mountain bike's only $120 😆
Alloy frame, everything else is steel.
Chinese parts.
Disc brakes, mechanical, 160mm
3x7 speed
22-32-42 crankset
Square taper BB
14-30 sprocket
Quick release hubs
So yeah, if I was part of it, my bike is brand new within half the budget 😆
I'd love to see someone bring the nicest new department store bike $300 will buy, and use it as a yardstick for the other restomod bikes. I'm 50/50 on weather it would make it through the trail unscathed.
I would have loved to have seen that too. However, all of my friends are too smart to spend $300 of their money on a department store bike that won't even be worth $10 at the end of the challenge. Even if somebody wanted a walmart bike, even those are sold out nationwide.
There's no doubt a restored vintage bike will have much more durable and higher quality components than a new dept store bike. Yet on paper, the dept bike will win with disc brakes, full suspension, and being brand new. Calvin's Rocky Mountain will always be better than any dept store bike you'll ever be able to get, even in 50 years.
Yup, my point exactly.
Even someone new to the sport could buy a decent used bike and a set of basic bike tools and learn to fix it up with TH-cam University. It's easy to be intimidated by the kind of builds Old Shovel and people like him put out, but really you just got to get out there and wrench. The sense of accomplishment that comes from learning a new skill is one of life's great joys.
@@clipless03 the trickiest part for new riders is knowing all the stabdards, which bikes we're good donors, etc. Without the experience and knowledge around these older bikes, someone could easily spend $200 on a turd that isn't upgradable.
I'm amazed at some of these finds. It's awesome how upcycling and reusing things can work in almost any industry. Giving these bikes a new life and keeping them out of the landfills is awesome!
Perfect inspiration for the 85 schwinn I just picked up... throwing drop bars on it though 0.0
Steve's bike looks like it was designed by MC Escher. I keep looking at it and not understanding quite how it functions in three dimensions. And then he shifts it very slightly and it gets worse
This is fantastic! My first mtb was a 2000 schwinn Mesa that my friends sister still uses on the bike paths! Very nostalgic video series!
This challenge is a great idea! It makes me miss my 1996 Trek 800, in beautiful dark green painting. I am getting sentimental ;)
That seat height, or even seat tube height. That's what I always was scared of as a teen when it came to adult bikes and their riding position (at the time). Definitely glad that riding positions relaxed a bit over the time.
This is going to be fun. Maybe you can trade that GT for the smaller-looking Kona that Rob found.
Great concept!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Good job again Steve👊🏼👏🏼
This is awesome. I wish I could have participated! What’s hilarious is how bad pretty much all the saddles are.
There's a medium GT Tequesta at my local bike project for 120$
What size and color is it?
It's a 16" frame and its dark blue and yellow splatter
Oh man, I want that so bad...
There was too much to like on this video!
Great stuff!
The mtb world needs more of this.
salmon kool stops! 26 aint dead! they ready for dr frankenstein retro-mod builds
Looking forward to Hardtail Party being narrated by a soprano (castrati) very soon 😳
Really cool concept for a TH-cam series! Cant wait to see where this goes.
What a fun concept. Looking forward to the next episode.
You had me me looking at my local ads to see whats available for 300
Super cool! Can’t wait for episode 2.
What a fun idea! Thanks for mixing it up on the channel.
for me one of the best mtb related content i ever see.....masterpiece.i can t wait to see the next...
Jeff Kendalweed is in Sedona. You two should go for a ride!
Great way to wake up to on Christmas morning!!!! Looking forward to this series great job Steve and Merry Christmas to you and Tess and little Dusty!!!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family too.
Excellent idea great job guys👌
The Rocky Instinct is by far the best bike here.
Wow Steve your gonna need some platforms to ride that bike.... 🤣
I can't wait until the next episode. 🤙🏽
Indiana jones shoes style.
So. Hot. The music takes it over the top!
I love your channel! Keep it up!
This looks like a interesting series.