Restoration and Rebuild 1980 Harry Quinn Road bike made in England.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- This bike is pretty sharp. We completely disassemble, clean and rebuild this bicycle. New tires, changed the gearing, chain, freewheel, tape and hoods. We also straighten up the shop to better display the bicycles.
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wish i could justify getting one of your bikes. so many interesting ones
As always an excellent rebuild,, I dig the functional beauty of old school English builders.
Thank you
Thanks John. Always love seeing a bike come back together with clean, shiny frame and components. Harry Quinns are not uncommon in the UK. I probably said it before, if you ever see a Johnny Berry, then grab it. Even here, they are rare, and I expect very few ever made it across the Atlantic. Remember the make featured on the cover of several editions of Richard's Bicycle Book - F W Evans - I just bought myself one - 1984 - in excellent condition. Will be doing a complete service in due course.
Cool. I didn't know that Richards bicycle book had other editions with different bikes.
Thanks nice bike all👍👍✅
I love these old road bikes, if I was to chose one from you it would be really difficult.
Hi John, I always admired the Harry Quinn bicycles I would see in the early 70's while in high school. There was a bike shop in Palo Alto Ca. that sold them. I was still riding a Raleigh International. Thanks for sharing all these great bikes!
What a coincidence, my first Campy bike was a Raleigh International and in 1972 I ordered a Harry Quinn straight from Harry, surprised he answered the phone. I was living in St. Louis at the time and only knew about him from reading racing weekly newspapers I got from England. I was thrilled to put on Campy side pull brakes as the International came with Campy record but Universal center pulls. Whether it’s bikes or watches I can’t seem to hold on to all the cool stuff from my past.
Thanks for watching!
@@Klunker1 I put Campy side pulls on mine too.
Love the sharp editing at the start , bike looks real good .
Thanks
An amazing collection of bicycles. Enjoyed the rebuild.
Thank you
Love your collection and jealous of your garage! ;) FYI, on the derailleur hanger alignment tool, it's best to be in the habit of always using the valve as a reference point - moving the wheel with the alignment arm. If you are ever out of true it won't affect your results then. (I know in this case you has just trued the wheel.)
Great suggestion! Since I just trued the wheel I thought we were okay. Great bringing that up. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the info on the Monroe bike swap. If I start riding now I could be there Sunday. Or I could drive from Lapeer on Sunday. Maybe I'll see you there.
Say hello!
Great rebuild and your collection is amazing. Greetings from Germany
Thanks so much! Greetings!
Awesome ! When my alert went off for a new video I felt like a kid at Christmas 😅
Glad you enjoy them!
I always wanted an Harry Quinn when I was racing and even though I’ve probably had about 30 frames I never got one ☹️what great looking bike it reminds me of a Carlton race frame I had in the 70s same silver and black. Thanks for the video 🚴♂️👍
30 frames and never got around to a Quinn. Sounds like you experienced a lot.
Nice visit....... Good job. Fun factoid : Harry Quinn had several brothers. There was Larry, Barry, Jerry, Perry, Terry, Kerry, and Garry. Their sister was Merry. The family had a Newfoundland that was unshorn by the name of Hairy. That's all for today.
Brilliant! LOL
Lovely British bike - you should cable it how we do over here 😊
I hear ya!
Much nicer John with the new racks
Thanks. Easier to manage as well!
Once again Excellent job. Looks great. 😎 Messenger Approved 👍🏽
Thanks!
Wonderful. Couple of suggestions, try Dia Compe Rubber hoods. I thought that Shimano bought them out. They look like Weinman or Dia Compe might fit. As far as the Black tape looking like greay, that definitely is sun and rain. My cloth tape ever got that bad, but definitely lost a lot of color, but I never was a fan of gloves. They were nasty when they got wet and dirty (smelly too). I first used a Phil Wood product in 1972. Built up a set of Phil Medium flange hubs. I don't have them any more, but they had alloy flange and a steel (?) body. They might have been some of his first production. Well, they are gone. I also had my 1972 race bike (Mercian Profession with spear point lugs) set up with a Phil Bottom Bracket. So, yes that could have been period to the frame. Lastly, if any you have ever ridden around Nashville, a 50 tooth comes in handy especially with a 13/24 5/6 speed.
I have those Phil Hubs on my Jack Taylor touring bike. I'm sending them to Phil to be respaced! Thanks for the suggestions
Maravilloso ver tantas joyas . gracias por el video 💗👌🚴
You're welcome. thanks for watching
Another great video, man what a gorgeous paint job. Thanks for sharing, as said below nothing like a practical English frame. My only (very) minor niggle is the heartbeat sound cutaways...for some reason they kinda bug me. Wouldn't matter if you used a chainsaw sound though, I'd keep watching.
Funny, others mentioned it.. I didnt hear the heartbeat when i was putting in the transitions. I dont know how I missed that. I wont be using them again
Love it!😊
Thanks!
Awesome 👌
John the Harry quinn was a fantastic looking bike, well done, it's my dream bike and I'm constantly looking for 1 myself. I grew up with my face pressed up against the window of quinns bike shop in liverpool gazing at the lovely bikes .
Just wondering, have you heard of a Carlton bike? Raleigh bought carlton and continued to build bespoke handmade race bikes. Worth a look.
Carlton? Oh for sure. Been looking for a minty one for a long time. I hope you find what you're looking for!
está sí es una súper colección. mí esposa enojada porque Tengo muchas bicicletas 7 . jajaja 👍👍🇺🇸 🇲🇽
Tell her you're just getting started! LOL
🤔 I seem to remember Harry Quinn offered frame building courses back in the late 80's. You would see a small ad in the classifieds of the Cycling Weekly, affectionately known as 'The Comic'. The location was Manorbier , near Tenby on the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast 😍🏴 Cymru Am Byth!
Prior to this location, wasn't Harry Quinn from Liverpool? There is still a Quinn's Cycles just outside the city centre.
Many of these British frame/cycle builders started at the owner's cycle shop. For example Holdsworth started out from a shop in south London.
Yes , I think LIverpool is correct. There was at least one other maker from Liverpool - Clive Stuart. I had a beautiful Clive Stuart frame in the early-80's, the seat cluster with the shot-in seatstays was a work of art.
Re: the asmr at 11:32 ... I hadn't considered that the audience might be asking for this. Now we just need to add "smell-o-vision" to get the scent of new tires and fresh grease!
Re: bar tape - yeah, the cloth stuff fades when it is exposed to the sun. My black tape fades to a gray, typically.
Re: brake cable routing... do what makes you happy, but.. we all know that *both* cables should be behind the bars. 🙂
Help me. why do you call that section of the video ASMR? What makes it that. Honest question. I like that. Route them the way you want. But the right way is behind the bar! LOL
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage I'm no authority on ASMR. My understanding is that some people get pleasure from the somewhat quiet sounds of routine actions. The sounds of bolting together chainrings seems to fit in that category, and I can imagine some folks enjoying it. I know that I enjoy seeing new and clean parts on a bike, but that may reflect my own frustrations with the backlog of required maintenance for my own bikes. 😀
excellent
Thank you much
John ,do you wax or apply anything to the frame before you start building it out?
I do not wax the bikes. However, I am in the ceramic coating business. I sell it for automobiles. I will occasionally use that
That faded black tape is because.........black can be achieved in many different ways.
Cheapest is pigment made from carbon, its very cheap, but thick, heavy & too dull for many applications. Next up is pigment made from bone, slightly lighter but still... etc, etc. these are chosen according to application requirements, & they are completely lightfast.
The most delicate black, & also the most expensive way to produce it is by mixing the 3 primary colours. Yellow, red & blue. This kind of black has the great advantage of being able to cast the specific hue to a red black, blue black, green black, etc, merely by varying the predominance of certain pigments over others. Its ligtfastness varies from very poor to good depending on the lightfastness rating of the individual pigments used, & their interaction with each other; e.g. there are many red pigments available, with most varying from very poor, to good. The standout exception is PR254, which is excellent, & the reason red cars are painted using it......but admixing with other pigments will always produce an inferior lightfastness rating in varying degree.
The last category, & the one I think your tape, given that its natural cloth was dyed with is, plant based dyes. These are beautiful, with delicacy of hue, & take to natural fibres really well, but...... they are none of them the least bit lightfast.
If ya know, ya know, & now you do.
That new wall paneling looks good John, from a distance.
If you had of let on that you mean't to do it, I'd have told you how to get a perfect fit straight up, & you could have done it easy in 3 hours instead of 2 days hard.........Aust.
Hoods are a huge problem, & for me its D/A 7600 & 7800 who are now unobtaium anywhere.
For yours John, you could ask Grant Scott, NOS Vintage Parts in Portland, OR. Also Leo at Velosaloon in Vienna, Austria, but I don't much like your chances. Love that Volare, btw.
Boy I Learned a lot today! I'll check those places for hoods. thanks!
@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage Reading through this, check Yellow Jersey in Wisconsin
Great video, but the heartbeat sound transition is unsettling haha
I am totally with you! The last thing I do in a video is put in the transitions and I think by the time I did this the volume was low or off. I did not know the existed until after I posted and got comments. You won't hear that again LOL
Hey John have you heard about the old japanese brand Nishiki, do you have one?
Hi, yes. I used to sell them retail when I worked at a bike shop in the '80s. I wouldn't mind a nishiki international, the one with the internal lugs. I think it's an 84
Hey John, I saw you were able to look up your bike's year by serial number? Im assuming you googled it, but I cannot find a definite answer? I have a mid to late 70's Motobecane Grand jubilee, Normandy hubs, Rigida rims and Simplex derailleurs. Under the BB there are a couple sets of numbers and I cannot read the longest number. I don't want to sand it down as the bike is almost showroom condition. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I would probably do the same thing you're going to have to do. You look at old catalogs or you post it on vintage road bike, Facebook page or forums. There's some old dude that will know what it is lol. Every bicycle is different. I have many you can't tell the year from by the serial number.
Harry Quinns had a few variations over the years in their serial numbering. I have the old CR registry if anyone wants to check. BTW, motobecane and Peugeot are two brands where there is no way to tell age from those numbers. Enjoy all your videos, John. Thx, Dale
Hey John, love your videos and being a Brit, this video is really special. Harry Quinn bikes are terrific. The Terry Dolan frame builder you mentioned, made Chris Boardman’s bikes. All the best to you, Andy.
Why would you put gum hoods on black tape. Go with black....
Because the gum is period correct and I didn't have black. lol
I've seen tape do that before. As I get older I realize everything fades with age.
Im fading too! LOL