Hedge find Chopper - Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2020
- Next project in, a hedge find Chopper, 20+ years in a hedge, 10 years in a shed, time to give this bike some TLC. This episode, we look at condition and start the strip down. Hope you enjoy!
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OMG. Had one, myself, just like this, circa 1970, I believe. Don't remember the MK1 or MK2 designations, but it was black and orange, and the one in the video certainly looks like the exact same thing. I'm from the U.S., and remember it being something of a novelty, and not held in the same status as Schwinn. Traded it in on a 'ten-speed', when I got old enough (and long enough legs) to ride a 26" frame. Certainly had no idea that those Choppers would become 'collectable'. Sort of makes you wonder what else the parents decided to get rid of - G.I. Joes, Creepy Crawler makers, and sadly, many of the original 45 and LP records from the late sixties (even some imports) and the portable hi-fi we used to play them on. Ah well, still have the memories, and now we have the internet to re-live it. LOL.
great video.i used to have yellow chopper mark 2back in 1975.it was cool back then when u r 12 year old
With so much technology they should manufacture those bicycles again, greetings
So satisfying to watch! When I was a kid, I would have given ANYTHING...to find a distributor near me in Connecticut to buy a Raleigh Chopper back in the 70s! I HAD the money from my paper routes and shoveling snow but no one sold them anywhere I could find and I DID try, believe it! lol *Liked & Subscribed
Luv your work thank you ❤
Try to find Rust Penetrant from the auto parts shop. It will work much better for you than WD40 on heavily rusted parts. WD is ok for general use and is also a great cleaner. Nice project!
Not sure if this is useful anymore but Park Tool makes a specific wrench for this type of cup and cone bottom brackets. It's their HCW-11! They also make a specific tool for the lockrings (their HCW-5). Fixed cups usually require their HCW-4.
Thanks, I picked one up a short time ago, used it on another project - much easier. Thanks for the thought though - appreciated.
Personally I would drop the lot in a citric acid bath, very cheap from Asda etc, it will remove all of the rust and leave you with lots of “patina”
Got the citric acid, just not yet got anything big enough to put a frame in - what do you use? Kept this one rusty as not my bike and owner wants it as near to "as is" as possible as a tribute to where it was found - but wants to ride it.
@@TheRestorationShack a kiddies paddling pool from Amazon, it was about £11 and it fitted a complete frame then wheels, works a treat but make sure you clean everything down afterwards or they do dull. Enjoying watching someone else do it for a change 👏👏👏
I work down at a bike shop and to remove the bottom bracket we use cone spanners they work alot better
Thanks, will give that a go 👍
Cotter pin presses are available for this problem, hammering it will just damage it.
Thanks will look for one as sure I’ll be doing others and totally trashed them getting them out 😳
I heat the bottom bracket up with blowtorch before spannering.
Out edge of dropout where you tighten left nut up for wheel it where the seriel number should be my guess it a 72 mk2 looks like it been fitted with mk1 handle bars in the past can find date on rear hub aswell buddy
Yeah it’s a 72 crossover, must have been using up the last of mk1 parts lol
One thing I found whilst trying to remove the cotter pins from a Triumph Twenty I yanked out of a skip was to use a ball joint puller to press the cotter pin through. I'd tried whacking the pins with various hammers as you had with little success, but after getting a cheap ball joint puller from Amazon ( www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00L906ALS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) both cotter pins were out in under 20 minutes.
Looks more like a lake find
Yes, it’s rough, hopefully can continue with it once weather improves, too cold for paint at the minute
Any chance you could give me the dimensions of the red plastic gear know thingy. Looking for £30 on eBay for two bits of plastic that I could fabricate if t had measurements. Just picked up a mk2 in same condition as yours.
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Speek up or get a new mike
Yeah, have done, that was done with an iphone, have since got a new set up, so future videos should be better. Just got to work on my personality - that may take a bit longer to sort.
WD40 the best 😊