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Thanks for watching! I’ve since changed the workshop around considerably if you take a look at my more recent videos - although I’m not sure if that’s going to be what you’re looking for. As my main workshop, I’ve probably added more to my back wall to suit my workspace, as it has to function for that as well as my videos too. As the first person to mention it, it’s not something that has come along before, and I’m not sure a totally plain background would look so good in the shot, but please take a look at the newer videos and let me know 🙂

No worries dude - I’ll keep you in mind!! 👍

lol! It was the biggest size they made so it has to fit!!

@ do me a favour and I'm serious, if you decide to sell her, or die, let me have first shout? I'm actually going down to London in a forthinight from cardiff, to buy my old 85 mk 2, 15t back

The Avanti is a classic!

@ she`s only a frame at the mo, the other bits were shot. but picked up a mint 501 mirage with chain stay u brake. and gonna swap the bits from that

It was honestly just a lucky find!!

@@Downhillsmoothtarmac you can go off some people ya know :) lol

I left mine as it is, it’s working pretty well - I think there are a few options though if you want to swap it out…

Thanks so much! 👍👍

Now you’re talkin’! Might have to do that next!!

Thanks so much - glad you enjoyed it!

It was an epic experience, and a right good laugh too

Truly was an epic day on the bike mate!

That’s so kind of you to say, means a lot to get such awesome feedback! 😎😎

Yeah man, it’s her on-one with rigid carbon fork, it’s smooth and fast rolling!! Epic bike

Some of the old 26er MTB ones will work, just need adjusters for the brake height then

0:18 continental race king

@@davidbell1250 Oh sorry i mean the rim brand

I used WTB rims on this build as its disc specific, if I’m running rim brakes, I tend to use the budget weinmann ones 👍👍

Thanks man, hope you get out there and try the route!!

Yeah all good thanks man! It does add a certain element of excitement that’s for sure 🤣🤣

Thanks man! I honestly never saw myself getting excited about RST forks either until we built these!! This year of XT did have V-Brakes, the ones with the extra pivots appeared on the 8 speed, but I wanted canti brakes for this, just so happens I’ve got some XTR ones waiting in the wings for it too!….

Thanks JC, went for a mellow country flavour on this one!..

Thanks so much - glad you enjoyed it!!

Appreciate the feedback, it’s tough to balance to suit everyone when it comes to audio - the software can have a bit of a mind of its own at times!

Thanks buddy! We loved it, thinking of adding it to our loop to make a full days riding in the summer too, I’d have to agree on the bridge jump - not for me either 😁

Thanks very much dude, in my opinion, if you can afford the croix de fer 10, I’d go for it at that money - that’s a serious bit of bike for £1000, they steel frame will be more comfortable and compliant too. I plan to move my CDA on soon and go for a croix de fer series of videos eventually too!

@ thank you so much for the replay. Really appreciate it, as don’t have any friends around me who have any clue about bicycle and I really wanna get into it. Croix de fer 10 vs Croix de fer 20 - Shimano Sora 9 speed vs Shimano Grx 10 speed . CdF10 £830 vs CdF20 £999 What about the group set? I know you have upgraded your CDA but if you will have a choice to get a CdF would you choose the grx version ? I don’t have a clue if that extra speed will give me anything 😅 but how I said I have hills around, so would be nice to get a better one but not so sure if is worth to pay the extra £130 to get the cdF 20. Unfortunately I have only two bike shops near me and none of them dealing with genesis bikes.

@kubajuraszek5817 no problem at all, happy to help, if you can stretch to the GRX groupset, go for it - it’s gravel specific and excellent quality. However Sora 9 speed is rock solid and reliable but is a road/gravel groupset. Other than the different groupsets, the frame will be the same of course, and the finishing kit like bars and stem wouldn’t be different either

@kubajuraszek5817 just adding my thoughts on the CDF. I had one and sorry, I hated it. It was such a heavy frame and made the bike not enjoyable to ride at all. I upgraded the groupset, wheels, discs, shifters and yet still found it such a sluggish ride. I ended up stripping everything off it and threw the frame in the skip! I’m just building up a Sonder Camino gravel bike and by all the reviews it’s going to be a great bike. Hope you get sorted whatever you pick 👍🏼

That’s a great idea, I might do a bigger budget upgrade video at some point!

@@Downhillsmoothtarmac Under $400. Or even the 2x9 but that one does not have clutch on the derialluer. Both are upgrades. I did the same with my Salsa Journeyer.

Hey Craig, I’m hoping to get an online shop sorted soon, if you can message me on Instagram, I reckon I could send you some!

Hey thanks for checking out my videos! Ok, so what you’re looking for with the converter (if I remember correctly!) is to thread the cable through the converter so that the cable exits at between 1 and 2 o’clock (if the converter were a clock face) before you then attach the cable to the brake bolt on the v-brake Hope that helps!!

Thank you for the answer and the explanation, I think I got it now 🙂🙏🏼

Thanks so much for watching my vids, I agree that you should do what suits you for a bike - like you I enjoy a simple restoration or a good bit of resto mod. It all depends on what I want from the bike!

Thanks for watching! I’m hoping the “Vlogette” will catch on soon 😁

Thanks John 👍👍

Thanks man - I’m so pleased with how it’s turned out. I’m hoping the carbon rims will be ok, I’ve run them on other bikes year round before, however, I also have a set of Shimano RS wheels on standby if I start to see a lot of rim wear!

Thanks! I love the timeless look of steel!

Absolutely - got a new old stock one waiting to go on! (And some Reynolds decals too)

Thanks man!

Thanks John! Now to take it on a club ride!

That’s a lovely memory, I must admit building it brought back a lot of childhood memories for me - it’s amazing how we connect to things. I hope my video brought some back for you too! 🙂

Thanks so much, I’m hoping winter doesn’t bash it around too much 🤞

That’s what’s so great about old steel, it just keeps going and going, plus it’s comfortable and versatile too! I’m sure your Peugeot will keep going for a long while yet - you could always spray a little rust inhibitor inside to keep it from deteriorating. As for your fork vibration, help is at hand! If you switch you cable outer stop from the head tube to the top of the fork with a mount there it will solve all your problems - I had to do this with my single speed gravel bike and it worked a treat

@@Downhillsmoothtarmac thanks. In fact I have such a cable stop from tektro which is installed at the top of the fork crown where the mudguard top retention bolt goes through. I haven't actually thought if these vibrations are gone. For sure they were present when I had a cable stop underneath the stem as a counter spacer between top bearing locknut and the upper race with that notch going into the cut out in the steerer tube. I got to check it out

If you cable stop at the fork it should in theory remove the judder, which is caused by the fork wobbling over the ground and slowly applying and releasing the brake as the cable pressure is changed due to the distance between the calipers and the cable stop being able to change

@@Downhillsmoothtarmac and this is probably why this problem is not the case with v-brakes in which the cable stop is right next to the caliper and Not attached to the steerer tube. But, as much as I like to ride on this bike, its comfort is incomparable to my modern aluminium gravel bike with a carbin fork and wheels. The stiffness at the handlebar, fork and bottom bracket and overall vibrations' dampening and comfort(also thanks to wider tires ran at lower pressure because of tubeless) is noticebly better. Not to mention vastly superior braking thanks to hydraulic disc brakes.

Happy new year too! I’m looking forward to drier club rides with the mudguards and the comfort of 531 steel too!

I totally understand where you’re coming from! I always wondered what colour it was as a galaxy! But you’re right it’s going to get ridden a lot and enjoyed (I hope!) I can’t wait to finish the next one either!

Agreed, it doesn't matter what it was it's now a Raleigh so unless the decals are removed "if" he wants to sell it, it is what it is.

Thanks man!!

Thanks mate 🙂

They’re great frames to work on, lightweight too - plus the fact they handle modern components just goes to show they were built to last…

Thanks so much! 🙂

Thank you! I’m really pleased with them too!

Thanks so much mate! I’m really pleased with how it turned out - can’t wait to get out and ride it. Funnily enough, I’m doing a Dawes Horizon next - making a gravel flavoured custom build type thing - great quality frames

Ha nice. Looking forward to that.

It’s looking good so far! Paint has been a challenge 😁

Thanks man! There’s something so cool about the old Raleigh decals! I’m also loving how folks are still using these old frames as winter bikes too 👍👍

Thanks very much! I must admit if it was a galaxy in original paint I couldn’t have done that to it. I’ve got a 501 pro race waiting in the wings for a build soon too 😎