Vintage BMX Bike Restoration - 89 GT Mach One
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2021
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Alta Vintage Yellow Diamond Pattern BMX Vinyl Bike Saddle - from Amazon
GT BMX Pad Set Dyno - from Amazon
Sunlite MX3/C714 20x2.125 BMX Tire Blue - From Amazon
Used Parts:
Generic BMX Crankset - From the Salt Lake Bicycle Collective - bit.ly/BicycleCollective-OSL
Diamondback Bear-trap Pedals - Vintage, I have had them for 20+ years
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Did I Make You Wait - by Staffan Carlen
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I came as an immigrant kid to USA, we did not have ability to buy a bike in old country. My dad got me one similar to this one also in Goodwill. I loved it! 🥲
My thrift stores NEVER have cool stuff like this!
I don't even know what this bike is but this is surely one of your best videos. SO patient
Masterful job
Thanks my friend.
$8.00 that's amazing!! I have the same bike love it!!
This bmx content from you that i waited so many month,...
Can never go wrong with an 80's BMX bike...they just don't make them like this anymore. Totally RAD 🔥🤙
@L P I Agree, almost all old school bikes after 87 were garbage. I have 12 bike...all pre 85!
So rad. Give this man a full face helmet and color matching kit.
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I Owen a 1983 mongoose supergoose chome and red,is like a jewelry to me,I'm going to keep it for life..!
Very lucky bike! With a bit of attention and love, this baby comes back to be part of the life of a person. 80's were plenty of BMX everywere, and of course bring me back some lovely memories. As always, nive job! Big hug!
Missed you talking and the peaceful music. Great build by the way. As soon as you put the pads on i was back in the 80s awesome. Big love from the UK 🇬🇧
Love old bmxs
When I was at school I had a gt fly bmx absolutely loved it. Don't make them like they used to.
Ahh the memories, raced with my kids in the 90s. Our transportation was a Ford Festiva so three bikes ot break down and reassemble at every race. Good times.
My first REAL Bmx back in 1986 was a Chrome GT, can't remember the model, but I do remember that it was featured in a BMX mag that year and told my dad how much I wanted, he got it for me on Christmas, it had plastic 3 blade GT rims! Thanks for bringing back the memories.
Silver, yellow, blue = GT. Nice restored and ciao😉👍
I had a 1989 GT Mach One, but i gotta say this one looks cooler..The blue and yellow make it look awesome AF!
Even the music fits, good touch.
Staffan Carlén. Always good to hear his stuff.
Thanks
nostalgia overload with bmxs. unlike mtbs, bmxs just hits way too deep 😁
Sweet! I’m working on restoring my 88 sterling fs-700 as we speak!
Yeaah I remember my bmx bike its was a blue one, alphina deluxe. I was riding to school with my sony walkman on my belt playing duran duran.. these where the days when I was really happy..👍
Awesome
Cool vintage find
Some restorations hit close to home. I still have my chromoly 1986 GT Mach One with upgraded Flight cranks (and Dyno number plate), so I enjoyed watching you return this 1989 to its roots. Nice work. My Mach One was raced pretty hard for four years and has been enjoying its well-earned retirement ever since.
That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing your story.
Love your videos I not long restrod a 1979 GMX-250 GIANT BMX I fell back in love working on bikes after started watching TH-cam videos Cheers Will
11:20 - Oh! The blue tires! So needed after I saw. ****ing best blue possible!
Glad i turned my computer on, Thumps up
DiaCompe make repop MX-1000 and MX-890 brake calipers and DiaTech 3 and DiaTech 4 levers which aren't terribly hard to find.
SE racing make some nice classic chain tensioners.
They would look amazing on this bike.
Great restoration old shovel BMX bikes was awesome back in the day
Awesome video another 80s classic BMX bike saved from impending doom! 😁👍
Great to see you tackle a BMX build. I've found the WD-40 & very fine steel wool works great on removing rust from chrome too, just finished up restoring an '88 GT Performer for a high school friend that he can now ride again with his son. Lots of us out there restoring BMX along with mtn and road bikes, great to see this. Keep up the great work!
I like the wire wool soap pads.
They have to be quad 0 (0000) grade though.
I've used aluminum foil crunched into a ball. It's softer than chrome.
I've just had a barn find. Gt dyno and a 1978 redline frame, bars and forks.. not sure if I should restore or sell to someone who can do a better job.. from what I can see though the redline frame is quite rare. Any thoughts?
@@simonabraham415 Bikes this old were treated like how any kid treats their toys. How many expensive baseball rookie cards were shredded in the spokes of my bike when I was a kid?
Personally, if you have the interest in restoring it yourself there is a plethora of information on youtube you could access. Slow and steady.
But, if it's just a financial thing then list it on eBay and someone world-wide who appreciates this frame will approach you.
Take that straight to the pump track!
Remembered here in Marseille/France years 1981,saw guys riding a Redline and a PK RIPPER,simply epic..next in 1985 friends have the legendary GT,Haro and Skyway ..other have Magnum too..
Awesome
Awesome job! Thanks for given a 2nd life to that great gt!
This is so rad
8$ for a GT would never happen in Germany! always so jealous of you, You find such nice bikes for a real bargain at your thriftshop ^^ Such a nice GT :)
My late best friend used to have a GT Pro Performer back in the mid 1980's. I was a Redline fan myself starting with the PL-20 and then switching to the RL-20II.
I still have my Pro Line II with Bottema forks from 1981!
I currently have a 94 rl840fs and I love it
Nice GT! Nice ride! Chao!
I remember a GT BMX I bought at a car boot sale in UK, many years ago, it was in poorly maintained condition, the people I bought it from claimed it was used for racing..
The cranks were held on with pieces of metal in between the square taper and cranks and feel part as I was trying to ride home! I ended stripping it down and kept the frame for some years before selling it on eBay, regretted it soon after! I should have restored it when I had the money!
My first BMX bike...took me back. Thank you!
I know I can’t be the only one here that recalls the freedom and excitement of riding BMX as a kid. I had GTs, Haros and Mongooses (Mongeese? Haha). They’d all probably be worth some nice money nowadays. Thanks for the video, your restorations are always fun to watch.
Great vidéo. 👍
Time to rebuild my old Raleigh Burner. 😁
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This build made me unreasonably happy on the inside. Thank you
Awesome 🙌
I will like to think you made this video because of my sugestion,..I sat down, relaxed and enjoyed..!!! Of course, you wouldn't disapoint..thank you so much.
My pleasure
This video just bring back every good moments I had with my bmx back in the 80’s. Thabks for that
Awesome
Sweet jumps
Love this BMX restoration! Earlier this year I found this channel when I was restoring a newer BMX I saved from someone's trash.
As an old school myself-- I love the attention to detail and care you gave to this bike. Redline 600 cxl here- still love that bike and wish I had it.
As 80s old school BMXer love to see this one. You get me inspire to finally finish restoring my 1984 Mongoose II, that I rode back in the 80s.
Looks great! Love your content. The outro music was very 80s BMX-ish appropriate!
Yes!!! This is exactly what I’ve been hoping you’d do once! Would love to see you doing some more 80s old school BMXes! Love how the colorway turned out!
Great resto as always. Would be nice if you did a video covering all the oils/lubricants you use for each application and why. There are so many different types of lithium, ptfe etc and knowing what you recommend is best for bearings chains and so on would be a interesting video…
8 BUCKS!? What a score!
Awesome build gotta love retro 👍🏼yellow or silver pedal be great
I love the ride vid at the end! Great music choice and cruising the suburbs!! Felt like an 90s film!! Like my childhood! So epic!!
Have a 1980 era gt Mach one ride it every time I get a chance love that bike
D.I. find! Love it.
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Awesome restoration! For future reference, you can buff and wax the decals to get them all cleaned up and shiny again. Also, wet 1500 grit sandpaper instead of a file to clean up the nuts.
Very good djob, return 70" 😉👍👌
Good color scheme.
It amazes me how foil cleans chrome. Great job the blue tyres brings back memories of my raliegh mini burner that was all blue with those tyres. Awesome. Gotta get in gear and sort a gt performer 98 that I have to clean up like you I want to keep it's scars and make it ride well.
The vintage cranks are big money.
$8 flipping dollars?!?!?!!! Man i miss these days, Had a Hutch Pro Racer, FMF aluminum frame. Just love the 80s.
A GT, for 8 dollars??? Holy cow!!! Shovel transformed it into $800👍 There is a sweet ‘83/‘84 Race Inc frame on Minneapolis CraigsList right now, redone & powder coated, going for $400. That’s just the frame!
God I love the look of 80's BMX bikes. One of my childhood friends, back in the early 90s, had this BMX with oval shaped tubing for the frame. I have no idea what it was to this day. It had no decals, and looked like it had been repainted, but it was a really nice looking bike. This video just kinda sparked that memory in my brain...
Awesome
Thats some old school shit right there. Love it.
I remember those pedals from the days - my shins still have the marks of 'em...
You should source a pair of alloy GT- cages for this bike (DX- style), that would really make it the part... great build, lovely nostalgia!
when he got to the pedals i got a shiver and said "o god, bear traps" later on in life we got smart and used lizard skin shin guards.
Very cool! My first real bicycle was a GT performer in the 1980s and it was yellow with blue accents. I love those old GT bicycles!
Awesome
I’d love to find a Redline 500a for the same price. Was my dream bike in the early 80s
Like then watch!
Awesome build! I love the simplicity of bmx bikes. And those upright bars suit my casual upright riding style these days.
probably my favorite build so far👌🏼 loved the jump clip at the end too haha
In the next video will you track down whoever put the triple chain ring on it? They need to be stopped! Great job as ever.
Lol
Love the way the bike turned out.
Love the bike pal I used to have a Peugeot tear drop frame chrome with black skyway tough 2 mags and power disk crank and Mx brakes I loved that bike on the track
Cool A F I had a Free styler in 1984 it was probably an 82ish or before and was my favorite bike off all time and ive had alot of bikes I also had a Mongoose Pro Class with black Tuffs drilled out Arays and Z rims but I preferred the GT even though the Goose was worth 4 times the GT , I now have a late GT Agressor Sport MBT pearl white small frame with 27.5 inch wheels love it and ride it around Bournemouth England every day its my commuter and I'm always upgrading parts cant get enough sure wish I had that old BMX Though anyhow good luck to you Old Shovel,,,, my hobby is rebuilding bikes I've rebuilt and sold on 55 this year so far I'm into Recycling sorry for the Pun .,,,Its Great seeing people rebuilding stuff instead of constantly throwing Away...
Satisfying.......
Excellent score, and nice save . . . I build a lot of custom mid school race bmx builds. I recently polished and built a Mach Two. Stop by, and check out some of my builds. They built some really nice Bmx stuff in the 90’s
Dude. Radical bike. Love the color coordination with the decals.
Thanks
Cru Jones would be proud!
Rad bike! love the music!
Yet another awesome build could watch all day 👌🏼
very clever restoration. as a mobility impaired senior i challenge you to build a 16" 3 wheel rollator with fat tyres that are studded to negotiate bad sidewalks during winter and a frame that folds so one could board buses and trains . painted in camo od green matte finish and brakes and adjustible to fit all peoples.
Great job!
Love the blue tires!
Yes! Changing it up a bit! I cant wait for the next retro kona build… could you possibly do a fix up spending no money on parts at all?
Awesome find, wish the thrift stores near me would have bikes like that at all, let alone for $8. Great job bringing it back
What the?! I recognize Mueller Park when I see it. Awesome you live in B-town too. Loved the restoration!
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Love it !! Great job !!
Well done !
That was fun and and an education to watch. I did not miss the BMX era but man the adult riders today that were all in then have some mad bike skills ;) And I love GT’s embossed top tube. I just found a 2000 Saddle Back for $20, a bit rough, but mechanically solid. Replaced all the cables, packed the bearings, and swapped to more ergonomic bars, and it is my new favorite. I thought of your channel during the hours on the stand and the wash trays.
Awesome Rob. Thanks for sharing your story.
I’m restoring an old department store bike but when I found it, it was only frame and fork and spray painted over 3 times. I can’t find another like it so I got it powder coated and put gt performer bars and gt mallet stem remake with grip and 22mm bottom bracket so I could put 3 piece cranks. Only thing I need now is some white mag wheels but not sure where to find any. Love the build man!
Great job 👍
I still have my 1989 FreeAgent. I've ways kept it in rideable condition. It hangs on the wall in my shop now but with some air in the tires it's ready to ride. I still want to upgrade the cranks to a set of Redline Flights, I may do it one day.
I love the finished bike it's incredible!
Thanks
I was lucky enough to come across an 88 marin muirwood and an 89 kona lava dome recently, both in terrible shape. When I restore them to oem I'll be thinking of you and your awesome creativity.
Lol you had me at 89 gt. Love your videos but this one hit right up my alley being an oldschool bmx guy. And my current ride being a old school mtn bike/cruiser turn bmx. Love this one
Awesome thanks
Great job, sir! Looks just an 80s build, and well done on the new parts - pretty good match! Weird seeing an 80s frame with a threaded BB. I would have assumed it’d be a one-piece crank, but that black three-piece goes well.
at the end he mentions he wishes he had the period correct (1-piece) cranks.
Ooof, blue tires. Know they were the thing back in the day, and they go perfect with the bike… but man, they hurt these old eyes, ha! Great build!
Great restoration build! I had one of these as kid road it till it fell apart and rusted out.
Wish I still had my 80s Mongoose Californian
Used to have one of these along with a Pro Series. Miss them both.
I'm loving your videos. Just found you and I'm very excited. I found 2 old 90's style MTB (full suspension) sitting in the trash in my apartment complex. I picked them up and plan on rebuilding completely, and going to do a paint job too. A lot of firsts will be had on this project, but I'm hoping I've learned something from binging your vids.
Keep up the awesome work, you are seriously impressive and love your video style.
Thanks my friend 🙌