Vintage Raleigh Eclipse Restoration! 1988 Road Bike Rebuild!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- In todays episode we restore this retro Raleigh. We service the headset, bottom bracket, wheel and hub bearings. We fully detail the frame and components and get it up to spec...
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I've been involved with the bike industry since the 80's and I've never seen a bike mechanic that sincerely wants to fix a bike as if it was his own and even then, they don't go to the detailed level seen with this channel.
Wow thanks Pete! We love what we do and we love bringing it to you all on RUclips 🧡⚙️
20 minute episode! Heck yes!
Call it a Christmas special! Thanks for watching Kendric
I love these old steel bikes and this is a fantastic restoration. If only we could do up old people this way and get years more service out of them. But wait, I am an old person and I need to take better care of myself. Thanks for posting.
Glad you could enjoy it! Thanks mark🧡⚙️
Magnificent. That crank spin test puts a modern bike to shame. Thanks for all the videos, keep up the great work.
These old bikes spin and spin when you get them right. Thanks for watching Carl!🧡⚙️
My wife bought me a Dawes Handbuilt for my 30th birthday back in 1984 from Canterbury Cycle Mart. I still cherish that bike, and I note that the shop is still there, just the same. These are nice things. 🙏🚴
That’s awesome! 🧡⚙️
I used to train and race with Cycle Club Sudbury as a kid (eighties to early ninties). I wanted a very similar bike back then, but unfortunately never managed to get one. Lovely to see one being brought back to life by a master craftsman
No harm in buying a retro one now!🧡
Old steel lives and breathes again. Kudos!
Thanks!!🧡⚙️
Nice to finally see a bike restoration video by someone who knows their stuff.
Unreal, loved the restoration and commentating throughout. Cheers!
Thank you very much for the kind comment! 🧡⚙️
Reynolds 501 & Weinmann components ... love it !
Bought a 1986 Raleigh Winner earlier in the summer to do exactly what you've done in this video.....thank you, thank you, thank you 👍🏻
Have you started yet?
@@dianemulholland just a quick wipe down before I start the strip down and rebuild
Enjoy it very much, thanks for watching🧡⚙️
Using this video as the yardstick for restoring my own Raleigh eclipse. Super excited to have this beautiful bike up to standard again!
Enjoy it!🧡⚙️
Can't beat Nottingham built!
These old chrome parts from the 80ies / earlier 90ies are always an absolute joy to clean and the quality of the bearings back then was amazing.
Great Video, great job, the bike tourned out really nice.
Thanks for all the support across the year Rainer. We worked hard on this one so it’s good to know you all enjoyed it🧡⚙️
I had a bike very much like this one back in the 80's. I ordered it at my local bike shop where it was hand built to specifications, and not least my budget, and I was the proudest man in the world when I went to collect it. The frame was jet black with gold detailing and it was just so beautiful. I don't know where the bike is today but wouldn't it be nice if it was somewhere, with someone, who cared for it as this bike is being cared for in this video.
Great story! We all have a history of some form with Raleigh in the cycling world!🧡
looking at the freewheel & chainrings it's hardly been ridden. now it's had your magic touch it's got 1000s of miles in it👌🚴 a nice 80s concor saddle would go nice on it👍
Definitely could’ve done with a saddle 🧡
Nicely done restoration. I am an amateur restorer and have similar results by following recommendations of folks like you. I find it immensely satisfying when it all is finished and as you pointed out in this video compare the before and after. I love saving these old bikes and do it for myself only rather than for a customer. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it, good luck with all your own restorations!🧡
Thank you Simon and Lee!! looks like Christmas came early!
Thanks Rodney from both of us, happy Christmas🧡⚙️
Fantastic restoration! It's great to watch skilled craftsmen bring a bike back to life. Goes to show people how they can save thousands of dollars by restoring an older bike.
Thanks very much!🧡
Very pro restoration and mechanic
Thanks!🧡⚙️
Phenomenal work on the bike and also everything that went into the video. Best bit of Christmas TV I've seen so far!
Haha we considered this one a bit of Christmas special🧡⚙️
Well done lads, these are the kind of racers from my youth, what an effort, the bike looks fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed it!🧡
I had one of these in 88 as a 14 year old lad. Mine had a slightly different spec, it had Suntour mechs, no indexing & the forks were different, sloping crown versions & it had Weinmann wheel rims & brakes. Great bike & absolutely loved it !
This would’ve been right up your street then!🧡⚙️
I have this model in 25inch , same decor even. It is my rough everyday gravel bike. I replaced the brake levers with chunky modern ones and the brakes with dual pivot calipers, because the Peak District is a severe test of comfort and braking power . I wonder how we used cope with those old levers and single pivots.
The back wheel I swapped for a modern one with a big cassette. Down tube levers with the indexing off allows you to swap cassettes easily without having to count the cogs , so I can use whatever is in the box of bits.
The hardness of the bearings and overall steel quality of old Raleigh era bikes is something we may never see again.
I kept the headset from my 1979 Peugeot (after the frame snapped again) because , after 35 years and well over 100,000miles it was all still unworn. Even the balls. Raleigh parts were the same.
Great to see restorations like this. Thank you.
My favorite bike ever! I've owned my eclipse for about 7 years now, thinking about treating her to some new decals soon!
That’s great! This one will have been right up your street then!🧡⚙️
Massive improvement! Love to see vintage bikes back in service.
We love them here!🧡⚙️
Thanks so much for the real time commentary! Really sets this video apart! I’m a former wrench/bike guy moving forward, with a mobile repair business idea. This is a fantastic kick in my lazy arse. Cheers from Hawaii!!!
Thanks for the kind words! Enjoy all your work!🧡⚙️
Oh my god. This half cockney is just amazing. Continue.👍
Haha thanks very much🧡
These restoration videos make me want to find a steel frame bike for myself.
It’s a fun project for sure⚙️
you are a true pro. i run a small bike service repair shop in australia and its great to see a true bike man at work
Thanks Levi! Glad you enjoyed this video🧡🇦🇺
Loved watching that, great to see these old bikes get some TLC. I had a Raleigh Wayfarer, then a Record back in the 70's, I still see examples of them around but I'm a few bikes on from them! Wish I'd kept them so I could do them up like this...
We all have great stories with old Raleigh’s! They were awesome bikes 🧡⚙️
Awesome work! And that grease/lube/oil rack! Blimey! Lovely workplace.
Thank you very much!🧡⚙️
When you look at other bike tubers your posts knock them into a cocked hat. Love this one, as you may remember I have a 1963 Dawes, bikes of this time as you say just need a clean, new grease and there ready to go another umpteen years unlike the modern carbon things. Happy Christmas
Thanks for the kind words! Enjoy your Dawes and merry Christmas!🧡⚙️
Beautiful old bike back to life,and that silver chain on that black groupset looks fantastic. Your a man that loves his job it shows in the results.
Thanks Tim! We put a lot of work on this one so appreciate the kind words 🧡⚙️
Hope you enjoyed working on that as much as I enjoyed watching you.
We hope you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed making it! 🧡⚙️
Amazing transformation! I was not expecting it to look nearly that good when you began. Top-notch work!
Thanks John!🧡
Grand work, Simon. The new owner will be so very pleased.
Thanks very much!🧡⚙️
Looked like a female saddle.
Lovely bike and a great video.
Thanks Neil!🧡⚙️
I am addicted to these videos! thank you so much for putting them together.
Thanks Matthew that’s great to hear!🧡
Now that a great job buddy good to watch👍🇬🇧
Thanks for all the support Leslie!🧡⚙️
Banging resto mate! Used to live just up the road from the Raleigh factory so this was a bit special.
Awesome! We’ve loved hearing everyone’s Raleigh stories!🧡⚙️
Lovely work. It takes me back to when I was a lot younger.
this might b my FAVORITE restoration so far....... i would TOTALLY ride this bike nonstop
This was one of our favourites also! Glad you enjoyed it🧡⚙️
The 1980’s era Raleigh bikes are beautiful machines. I have a 1982 Raleigh Reliant which I purchased after a high school. I still ride it today and its better in many ways than a modern bike. It’s heavy, with 27” steel rims, Suntour components, center pull brakes, and stem shifters, but it’s as smooth as silk. Thanks Lee and Simon for another trip down memory lane. The before and after comparison is colossal. Nice work as usual. Really enjoy your videos.
This is an era we love to work on⚙️
I love these older bikes. I did a Muddy Fox Courier which was in much the same condition as this Raleigh. Could have done with that ultrasonic cleaner... The chrome on it came up like new! Friction shifters, quill stem. It was lovely. I love the idea that you're giving something a whole new life instead of it ending up in the back of a rusty Transit pick-up on its way to the scrappers.
That’s awesome! Hope you enjoyed restoring it, the satisfaction is immense🧡
I just found your channel after hunting around for help with an old Raleigh I bought for $10 - exactly the kind of guidance and inspiration I need! It's so nice that there's a passion out there for putting new life into old things. The quality and craftsmanship truly deserve the reverence. Thanks so much for your work!
Good luck with your project adam! Thanks for watching!🧡
Had to check what day it was there when I seen the notification lol
Haha lol yes this one threw up many many curve balls lol🧡
As someone who struggles to get the back wheel on after a puncture I love watching craftsmen who really know what they’re doing. Great stuff.
Thanks Southbank!🧡⚙️
Nice work. Happy Xmas from Switzerland.
Happy Xmas! Thanks for the support!🇨🇭🧡
Such a great vid and resto that I've watched it twice! Thanks so much for all you do I've learned a ton about bike maintinence through watching your videos. Greets from a London lad living in the deep South of Spain! (I have an old 90s Grisley road bike I've been fixing up and using to commute, would be a dream come true one day to get it fixed up by Bikespeeds!)
Enjoy the Grisley and thanks for the support! We have a new vintage video on the way tonight!🧡⚙️
This kind of restorations I like to watch the most. Very impressive how the parts, especially headset and bottom bracket, shine again.
It’s incredible what you can do with just putting time into a bike 🧡⚙️
The perfect present for my wedding anniversary! Thank you for another amazing video! I love retro bikes too..they deserve our respect.
Amazing job. Pride of work. I had a similar bike back in the day. Glides on air.
They don’t make them like they used to!🧡
So, so satisfying. Brilliant work.
Thanks very much!🧡
Happy holidays to the Bikespeeds team!
Happy holidays! Thank for the support this year!🧡⚙️
This is just what I did last summer to my black 1980 Record. Rusting away for nearly 4 decades. Took me 4 months to rebuild. My spokes took me a week to polish, they were so gritty grey. The before & after make you feel great. Nice save you've done with yours too👍
Awesome! Enjoy all your work! Thanks got watching🧡⚙️
Awwww, I had a Black 1980 Record. Unfortunately had a nasty crash with it in 82, bent the frame in 4 places. Loved that bike.
@@davidshipp623 🚴♂️💥🤸♂️💥🙈😭🔘〰️🔘
Digging out my 1979 Dawes Galaxy right now - thanks for the inspiration !
Have fun! Enjoy all your work🧡⚙️
There is nothing like bringing a bike back to life. I love that work 😎
Happy holidays Murphy. We appreciate all the support this year 🧡⚙️
Fantastic work that's made that bike like new.
Thanks Chris!🧡⚙️
Xj650 is one for the list. Good blend of performance and practicality. Shaft drive was ace
Super duper video. Great pleasure in recycling and bringing back to originality. 👍🏻
Thanks Leslie! This is our favourite kind of work for that reason🧡⚙️
Such a transformation! I'd love to see each section in more detail... I think some of these components deserve a video of their own! It's amazing how well that bottom bracket was spinning 👌🏼
Very nice! That thing came out great.
Thanks very much!🧡⚙️
These videos are awesome. Keep it up. Thank you!!
Thanks again!🧡
The colour is so cool! Merry christmas boys
Merry Christmas! Thanks for the support this year
Nice work on a workmanlike bike. Here's one vote for making your soon-to-be-perfected grease station available for purchase!
Thanks Dan. The support means a lot 🧡⚙️
Looks amazing now, I would have loved to have seen the paint made perfect too!
Hy guys, a perfect cleaning and rebuilt again. I enjoyed it on my sofa with my Labrador Sam. Have a nice Christmas and I will see you next week, just before the year 2022 is over. Take care and have a nice time! Greetings from Germany 🎄🍀🌞☃️❄️😘🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Thanks for the support! Happy holidays🧡🇩🇪
Amazing work! Thank you for the video!
Thanks for watching Mathias!🧡⚙️
Amazing work with inspiring speech
Glad you liked it!🧡⚙️
Respect to Simon and yourself, that is an amazing job. Lovely bike.
Thanks from both of us Peter. We put a lot of work into this one so it’s great to see you guys enjoying it🧡⚙️
Beautiful restoration, great to watch a skilled mechanic doing his work. Keep up the great work. 🚴♂️👏
Thanks very much! 🧡⚙️
this is just as good as asmr gets, wow, crazy satisfying
I totally appreciate your work on that bike,it looks stunning at the end. I myself have spent many hours stripping and polishing old bikes and the chore is so worth it.
It’s super rewarding!🧡⚙️
Beautiful outcome we'll done
Thank you!🧡⚙️
Great video guys. Cheers from Denmark!
Thanks Jake! Glad you enjoyed this one 🇩🇰🧡
Excellent video!!! I love the narration, as well as the lube stand! My new favorite channel.
Thank you Jason!🧡⚙️
Love it. Reminds me of my old Raleigh Zenith back in the day.
I had an eclipse!🧡⚙️
Super job Bikespeeds! You really saved that machine from the graveyard. I never miss a post! Keep 'em coming!
Thanks Bob! Glad you’re enjoying the videos 🧡⚙️
Beautiful work all round. Loved this resto, right up my alley. Thanks gentlemen.
Glad you enjoyed this one! We’re working on a vintage Raleigh right now for next week!🧡
I remember the Eclipse. You've done an excellent restoration job. I do it the same way, and it's so satisfying. I agree keeping to original parts is the way to go unless it's far too gone. I've done that with my restorations. I see too many old frames with new components more suited for more modern bikes and they don't look right. I'm really into Raleigh's, Peugeot's, and racers from the 60's to the 80's. Very satisfying to watch was this video.
These are some of our favourite videos to make for those exact reasons. Glad you enjoyed it!🧡⚙️
This is right up my alley. Subscribed.
Thanks!!🧡⚙️
What a difference, that service made such a difference and you kept the original theming, Simon is very talented as are you. I remember riding a Peugeot bike back in the late 80's and 90's with the gear selectors on the frame.
Glad you could enjoy this one then! We love the old bikes here 🧡
Great bike the Raleigh Eclipse... I did an 85 miles sportive around Tuscany on one of those...still got it in the shed and it rides beautifully 👍
Wow that’s awesome! It seems we all have a good old Raleigh story!🧡🧡
Wow, what an amazing work. A pleasure to watch!
Thanks very much!🧡
Great Work and Result💪🍻🍀
Thanks Waldo!🧡🍀
Wow awesome job looks amazing 🤩👍🏅🚴
amazing as always
Thanks for all the support across the year Neil🧡⚙️
Astonishing bicycle rejuvenation. Thanks for sharing and have a merry Christmas 🎅
Merry Christmas to you also Carlos, thanks for all the support this year 🧡⚙️
Very professional work. A lot of things to retain from that process. Thanks !
Thank you!🧡
Beautiful job!!!
Thank you!🧡⚙️
This one turned out beautiful! Great job guys.
It certainly did, thanks Nick!🧡⚙️
This was one of my favorite bike . I love the steal frame bikes. Takes me back to Greg Lemond on team Z and great Sean Kelly...
Glad you enjoyed this one!🧡
Amazing work on this.
Thank you!🧡
Dude, I got so relaxed watching your video. Well done!
Haha not a problem, thanks for watching!🧡⚙️
What a treat! Thanks for another fabulous restoration! Merry christmas!
Merry Christmas! Thanks for watching🧡⚙️
Really incredible work bringing that back to life!!
Thanks as always Vito!🧡⚙️
Always enjoy the work you do on bikes but seeing this was an absolute joy. So good to see this old beauty restored for future use
Thanks! It’s great to see how much you all enjoyed this one 🧡⚙️
great job. beautiful bike! very well made video too, no complaints! good light good camera good narration.
Glad you enjoyed it!🧡⚙️
Best episode so far. Makes me want to buy a battered old retro bike just to send for you so you guys can work your magic.