Rusty Claud Butler Restoration! 1981 Vintage Bike Rebuild!
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
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In todays episode we fully rebuild and restore this Claud Butler Majestic. We fitted new bottom bracket bearings, new headset bearings, new pedal bearings and new wheel bearings! We detailed the whole bike and solved some fun problems along the way...
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Your channel inspired me to rebuild a number of old Lemond bikes and get back into cycling in general. Thank you!
Wow that’s just great to hear Jeff! Thanks for the support and glad you’re enjoying the channel🧡
such a beautiful video
I recently overhauled a 90's Japanese frame
Polished all of the aluminum, crankset, stem, derailleurs, with metal polish
Came out looking like a brand new bike from the 90's
Enjoy it!🧡
That's probably your best advert for an ultrasonic cleaner to date. Incredible transformation.
Unfortunately we don’t stock any ourselves!🧡
Nice restoration! Love those old Reynolds 531 frames! I have the French version of your bike! A Peugeot PL50 with Reynolds 531st frame Weinmann brakes, 10speed with Simplex gears and 650b Weinmann wheels! It's was in Mint Condition and I bought from a desperate Frenchmen when I was in Morocco 3y ago...
He had to leave the country due to Covid!
2 years later I rode that bike home to Sweden. 5000km It took me 4 month.
(Had a hard time to leave Spain and France🍾🥩🍺😇)
Keep up the good job!
That’s a story with that bike! Enjoy it and thanks for watching 🧡
Nice transformation! I will say probably the best way to handle small areas of oxidation (if a complete repaint or color-match spot painting, plus decal replacement is off the table) is to carefully sand off just the surface rust (without touching the paint), wipe the area with degreaser and with a small artist's brush, apply a thin coat of clear matte varnish just to the exposed steel to prevent further oxidation. The decals unfortunately look like just an after thought. Nice job though, and as always a good narration of the process.
lol, just last week i said that was the best old bike restoration i've seen on this channel, this week tops that, every component came out so shiny and new.
Haha we appreciate it, yes this one was in better condition to start with than last week’s especially with the chrome components 🧡
Vintage restoration always is the best.
It's always amazing how good theses old parts turn out, after a good clean up.
It’s mega satisfying that’s for sure! Chrome is awesome 🧡
To get those weinmann centre pull brakes in the 1970's was my goal. Nice vid.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 🧡
The new bikes are fun to watch, but the old ones are the greatest! Keep up the good work! Love the old vines coming back to life!!
We have a mixture on the way with two vintage bikes currently we have bought to do we’re just giving ourselves somewhat of a break in between!🧡
Just one word: Majestic.
And to answer your question. My oldest bike is a 1951 Veeno. A bike build about half a mile from our shop
That’s awesome! Thanks for all the support 🧡
After that service I bet that bike rides amazingly well!
Thank you!🧡
Great restoration as always. Thank you for including the advice on putting free bearings vs race bearings. Incredible what you learn from watching pros do their work.
We really appreciate you continuing to enjoy the videos🧡
Absolutely love watching these old bikes get restored!!!
Performed maintenance on my wife's bike this last week and followed your routine for checking all the bolts/screw torque settings. To my amazement the derailleur hanger had a loose screw. Your videos have made my bike maintenance process much better. Thanks for the great content. Look forward to more awesome videos.
If it isn’t torqued it isn’t right! Glad you’re enjoying the videos and working on your bikes from the videos!🧡
Blows me away how well those parts from older bikes come up in the ultra sonic cleaner. That restore clearly took some time but we'll worth it. Excellent job yet again 🎉
Us too! It is like nothing else. Thanks as always AJ🧡
Absolutely... really amazing how it came up.... great that some of the quirky old bits are still just about available if you know where to look...
Fantastic transformation, it must ride so much better, many more miles and years left in it now.
Yep they don’t make them like they used too!🧡
I love that you don't over-restore the bikes by respraying the frame. This has inspired me to keep my 1992 Eddy Merckx team Motorola Corsa SLX in it's original paint. I've had it from new and it bears a few scrapes and marks from the hundreds of races and training rides it's taken me on. I've kept the original Dura Ace 8 speed components, and will continue to use it as it was first built rather that fit modern equipment. It may not be as fast as modern bikes, but I'm not as fast as the 30 year old me that originally bought it. Keep up the great work.
That’s exactly the spirit, enjoy all your time working on it🧡⚙️
Lovely bike and great work as always! After cleaning the parts looked almost like new. And almost no wear at all. Jockey wheels, Chainset, wheel bearings seemed to be spotless. Only the paint looked rough. I guess this bike did not do many miles but sat for along time.
Exactly, it had clearly been well maintained the grease had just all dried up from sitting! Thanks for watching 🧡
This one was great. Awesome job.
I listen to these at work, I find it relaxing.
Glad to hear it! Thank you again 🧡⚙️
The difference is amazing!
I think it's important to preserve these old bicycles. They're part of our cycling heritage
Absolutely! Thanks 🧡
That is so lovingly done. Great work. Fastest bike I ever had was an old ten speed of similar vintage. Braking power (lack of!) can be a bit scary but they're still fast bikes and make for a great ride if well looked after.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching🧡
Wow that sonic cleaner brilliant look how clean it comes out 👍🏼
This one was so satisfying 🧡
Those handlebar sponges! 😲
Great work as always...
They are life extinct that’s for sure!🧡⚙️
How cool, to take these parts down to the basics and reassemble a work of art. Great!
Thanks for the kind words!🧡
Guys, I love all your videos, but especially the older bikes like this one. I have an 80s Dawes I am doing up, plus a 70s Falcon Olympic in progress. 74 Bianchi is my useable classic I will never sell😊
Awesome! We would love to get a bianchi on the channel, enjoy all your bikes 🧡
Another fantastic rebuild!
Thanks very much!🧡
Looks amazing
Thanks!🧡
Truly brilliant attention to detail. well done guys.
Thanks again Nick we appreciate it🧡⚙️
These videos make me want to restore a vintage bike
It's very rewarding, but know going in that you probably won't make any money on the restored bike. I recommend you choose your project carefully, perhaps a long-desired classic that you will ride yourself.
Do it! 🧡⚙️
Wow what a gorgeous job you have done of that bike! I’d hang that one on the wall!
The pair of bikes is off to be well ridden!🧡
Like the fact it's not over restored cosmetically, just mechanically spot-on and really clean. Good job.
Thanks very much we agree!🧡
Once again. What a transformation. Great job.
Thank you very much!🧡
Lovely restoration on a lovely bike. I was born the same year as the bike 😊
Awesome! Thanks Barry🧡
Superbly done AGAIN - that looked like lot of work! The model I believe brought out to mark the Queen's silver jubilee in '77💪🏻 🚲 💨
It was indeed! Thanks for watching Pete🧡
Lovely job!
Thanks very much!🧡⚙️
Excellent - one of your best restorations.
Thanks very much! We appreciate all the support 🧡
Beautiful bike
Nice job as Always guys 👍
We really appreciate thank you🧡
Absolutely loved the Claud Butler's I've owned in my youth, not sure if their still as good these days, but they used to be really good bikes.
They were an iconic brand back in the day!🧡
The last "real" CB was made in 1957 when the business was bankrupted. Shortly after that Holdsworth bought the rights to the CB name and trademarks, and started selling Claud Butlers alongside Holdsworth branded bikes and frames. Around the time that this bike was made the CB was just a HW with different paint and stickers. That continued until 1987 when both brands were bought by Elswick-Falcon Cycles. Initially they sold Holdsworth branded road bikes and Claud Butler mountain bikes as relatively high-end, with Falcon for mid-range and Harrier for low-end bikes, but I've seen some pretty low spec bikes with CB branding, I don't know what happened there. Anyway Falcon got into trouble and was acquired by Tandem Group plc. Tandem still uses the CB brand for some of their better bikes, I don't know where they're built.
Thank you for bringing these videos. They are a joy to watch.
Our pleasure! Thanks for the support🧡
Nice work.
Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thanks for watching!🇳🇿🧡
Beautiful Sun Tour gears.
We agree! 🧡
It’s nice to see a bike as old as i am getting restored , and as always great job always enjoying watching the transformation you do .
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!🧡
Amazing restore! enjoyed it very much
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the support 🧡
You've inspired me to take on a restoration project of my own. I've bought an ancient Carlton from a local junk shop and I plan to refurbish it following your methods. Keep up the good work lads , I never miss a video!
Awesome! We did a Carlton, best of luck with it!🧡
Incredible work!
Thanks again for the support!🧡
Again, another great restoration. Thanks. KB
Thank you again Ken glad you’re enjoying the videos!🧡
Amazing job on the bike
Thank you Martyn!🧡
Boy, this is joyful to watch an old bike come back to life. I'm working on a late 80's Bianchi now. This is such motivation.
We have a bianchi on the way just not coming in for a while! Enjoy all your time working on it!🧡
Those builds are so much fun and rewarding…..it’s hard not to be impatient 😎go simon
Haha thanks Murphy we both appreciate it as always!🧡
What a tremendous outcome, thanks
Thanks for watching David!🧡
Wow , what a job ,very nice 👍👍
Thanks very much!🧡
again a amazing job well done
Thanks Lesley we appreciate the support across the videos 🧡
Incredible work Lee. It’s amazing how the bottom bracket cups shine after coming out of the ultrasonic cleaner. The old bikes are a joy to ride. Thanks for sharing another great restoration.
For some reason they usually come out best from the whole lot! Thanks again Todd for the support 🧡
Absolutely superb restoration and video production. Far far better than anything on the TV. Love these old bike restorations. Well done.
Thanks Paul a lot of effort goes into them so we really appreciate that comment 🧡⚙️
Fantastic, really enjoyed this one. Can't beat classic bikes like this.
We couldn’t agree more, thanks for watching!🧡
absolutely brilliant. Although not ancient by any means, the parts on a bike of this vintage seem a lot less serviceable that would be the case nowadays - sealed bearing cartridges vs loose bearings etc. You make it all seem so effortless though (I know it isn't). Chapeau gents, I bet the owner was chuffed to bits with this one 👊
Yes this was more retro than vintage you’re right there, lots of work goes into the “effortless” effect for the videos so we appreciate it🧡
@@Bikespeeds It's not retro at all. "Retro" is something that copies styling that's older than its date of manufacture:
retro
adjective
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.
The bike in your video was made with styling and components that were current in 1981, so at this point, it could be said to be old or vintage, but not retro. If, in 1981, they had designed it to look like, say, a bike from the 1940s, then it would be retro (as well as old/vintage now).
Great work! Thanks
Wow - super job. Bike looks amazing now 😁
Great stuff! Makes me want to take a crack at replacing the bearings on my 1980’s Peugeot
Best of luck!🧡⚙️
Lovely restoration I am of this era of bike I remember seeing lots of these in my teens and the 531 frame fantastic 😊
Glad you enjoyed it🧡
Thanks to you talented chaps, I'm developing a regular grease collection. My last restoration was a 1987/88 Specialized Street Stomper. I completely took it apart, cleaned and re-assembled with all new bearings, including the pedals. I'm sure I took inspiration from your videos to get through that one, including the ugly spider living in the head tube. Yikes!!
Awesome restoration! Good luck with all your work and glad we could help a little bit there!🧡⚙️🕷️
That was an absolute joy to watch 😊. Great job. I'd better get on with mine!
Good luck and enjoy’🧡
Good job!!!
Congratulations
Thank you!!🧡
I have been loving your videos as of late. Brings back so much nostalgia for my old road bike days. I had a 1990's Giant custom road bike, and would love to work on building another one. Keep up the great work! P.S. I want to learn how you get into doing this as a job. Teach me your ways 😂
Enjoy your giant! Plenty more of the 90’s content on the way🧡⚙️
Fantastic transformation…
Thank you grant!🧡
Brilliant restoration, sympathetic and no overkill, keeping the story of the frame is important.
That’s our thoughts exactly, thanks for watching 🧡
Claude butler was a great name at the time. Those were great days.
Definitely an iconic brand of our era ⚙️
As a big fan of the Majestic, I really appreciate this video. Now, more than ever, I feel the need for an ultrasonic cleaner.
We may have them for sale on our website in the near future 🧡
Absolutely stunning and very satisfying to watch ❤
Thank you!🧡
Wow! What a transformation! Beautiful. Well done.
Thanks very much!🧡⚙️
This content is phenomenal. I know it has to take some time to assemble and explain what's going on but from an amateur mechanic your wholehearted approach to prioritizing job detail is fantastic. Someday I'll have an ultrasonic cleaner and a proper workbench 🛠
We are starting the process of getting ultrasonic cleaners available for sale on our website so that might tie up nicely for you, good luck with your work!🧡
Always makes my day when you upload
That’s really great to hear thank you🧡
I understand why you did not want to replace the freewheel, but a bright and shiny one would have looked fantastic. Love the work!
We did replace it! That’s a new one on there. Thanks for watching!🧡⚙️
Wow, what a great job. It must be very satisfying to get a result like that.
Absolutely it is! Thanks for watching🧡
Best city runaround bike I ever had was an old 5 speed Coventry Eagle racer I found in a cellar & got running again. Only changes I made were putting a back block from a tourer on to make hills easier & modern puncture resistant tyres. Was fast, reliable, maintenance was a breeze & nobody would think of stealing it. There's a big disconnect between how much bike people need & how much they want, these old bikes can be great runners & you can find them dirt cheap.
We agree with that entire philosophy 🧡
@@Bikespeeds Put tens of thousands of miles on it in all seasons, round Leeds & Otley so plenty of hills & hard riding.
Never let me down once, used to call it my "clockwork elephant of steel". Best thing about it was everything is exposed, if I'd ridden it through twenty miles of wet salty winter roads I'd just flip it upside down, dry the mechanicals with a rag, quick blast of wd40 here & there, dash of 3-in-1, odd dab of Vaseline & good to go next day.
Steel frame, so it was a bit heavy & didn't handle the best, but it had enough flex to be comfy & cope with bumps well, good compromise for city street bashing.
Honestly loved that bike, it just ran & ran, only thing ever needed changing on it were tyres & brake pads.
Amazing! Would have been nice to get access to some new stickers for the down tube and some color matched touch-up paint instead of the sticker, but realize that's not always possible.
We have our own vinyl cutter as we make these for our website so for us it’s a value for money and ease thing, we can order this cheap and have a colour swatch in the shop so works better for us than paint 🧡
I never tire of watching your work, excellent as always.
Thanks John it’s something we worry about so we appreciate the compliment 🧡⚙️
I really enjoyed this video.
Thanks very much for your support! 🧡⚙️
Beautiful job guys, keep it up!
Thank you luke the comments keep us going🧡
I wish I'd found your channel before dumping my 2 oldest bikes - '87 Dawes Galaxy, '06 Claud Butler Urban 600. I think I would still be riding them! Their modern replacements are fine, but I don't think they'll last long enough to need restoration.
What a gutter! There’s always time to buy a project bike 🧡
I’m loving these older bikes. So much to look at. New bikes are so much simpler.
We agree 🧡
Stunning job, pleasure to watch!
Thank you!🧡
Fantastic restoration work! What a joy to see this old bike come to life again.
Thanks very much!🧡
Great job on the restoration.Thank you.
Thanks for watching!🧡
I have a very unsightly Claud Butler San Remo which has done more than 70 000km, love that bike! Would love to own one of these older specimens.
Enjoy it! Thanks for watching Peter 🧡
A shocking difference!
Looks like it came out of Plato's cave and into the light of day.
Thanks Barry!🧡
My oldest bike is a 1971 Gitane 'apache Standard's road bike which I bought for $10.
It's hanging from the ceiling, midway through a gradual transformation to a one speed messenger style bike.
I repainted the fenders to match the BMX gauge purple anodized cranks which I found at a shop.
I've customized the stem, drilling it for cable routing.
I really appreciate your videos.
That’s awesome! Good luck with all your work David 🧡
Really enjoyed this latest installment, thank you for taking the time to make the video.
Thank your MrDaz we always appreciate your support🧡
Fantastic restoration, loved seeing it come back to life.
Thank you Tinnis!🧡
Well Done❤so esy when you take care of the Bike…
What a cracking job, once again.👍
Love Claud Butler's, I have two.😁
Thanks for the video.
John.
Wow this will have been the video to you then! Thanks 🧡
Another great work getting good looking bikes back on the road! Cheers!
Thanks for watching and enjoying!🧡
Magic
Another excellent job, I love watching you restore the old bikes
That’s great to hear, thanks Martin!🧡
What a transformation, so shiny........wow 👏
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this is the first time I see suntour switches )
We liked all the suntour equipment on this one!🧡⚙️
@@Bikespeeds ))
Super job 👏 👌 🎉
Thank you!🧡⚙️
Loved it. What a great job 👏 👏👏
Excellent work. I love working on classic bikes
Thanks! Enjoy your work!🧡
Incredible rebuild as usual… clearly a new life for this bike ! Congrats, that’s just awsome.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 🧡⚙️