Loving the rebuilds and restomods, having stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago. Whilst I'll embrace 7 speed cassettes and v-brakes on some of my older bikes, brifters are the best thing to happen to road bikes in my lifetime and I can't imagine using DT shifters these days. Keep up the good work and look forward to the next video
Thanks for watching and I’m so glad you enjoy the builds! I do love a brifter, but having built hundreds of vintage bikes for my old shop, and ridden a fair few, I’ve got a real soft spot for a downtube shifter and the extra spice it can add to a road ride 😂😂👍👍👍
My first build was a 95 R800 in polished crome. It has been through many iterations, my favorite being restomod with holotec BB and 9 speed with brifters. Such a dream to ride and gets a lot of attention, her name is Bling!
Just discovered your channel. Brilliant stuff. But, about the "Crack'n'Fail" comment: it's nothing but meaningless bike shop humor. Back then, you'd also hear "Shi*mano" and "Cramp-and-Go-Slow." Why? Winters are long in bike shops. We had to keep ourselves amused. Our shop saw far more failures of steel frames than aluminum. Skeptical? Search "12 High-End Frames in the EFBe Fatigue Test." Spoiler: in the 1997 test, two aluminum frames (including a Cannondale frame) and one carbon frame passed the test. All of the steel and titanium frames failed.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it - I know the workshop banter you talk of very well indeed! 🤣 It’s so funny that it’s often those funny little comments are the things that stick around long after the bikes have gone! To be honest, I’m such a fan of the development Cannondale made, that in turn drove other brands and in particular, the use of aluminium as a frame material - I’d forgive them the odd failure anyways 🤣 I’d loved to have worked in bike shops in the 90s with so much change taking place…..
Enjoying the building episodes mate they are easy to watch and the bikes aren’t half bad either
Thanks for your continued support JC 👍👍👍👍👍
Loving the rebuilds and restomods, having stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago. Whilst I'll embrace 7 speed cassettes and v-brakes on some of my older bikes, brifters are the best thing to happen to road bikes in my lifetime and I can't imagine using DT shifters these days. Keep up the good work and look forward to the next video
Thanks for watching and I’m so glad you enjoy the builds! I do love a brifter, but having built hundreds of vintage bikes for my old shop, and ridden a fair few, I’ve got a real soft spot for a downtube shifter and the extra spice it can add to a road ride 😂😂👍👍👍
My first build was a 95 R800 in polished crome. It has been through many iterations, my favorite being restomod with holotec BB and 9 speed with brifters. Such a dream to ride and gets a lot of attention, her name is Bling!
Sounds a slick bike - we ride a Cannondale Los Dos tandem that’s polished and it’s a beauty!!! 👍👍👍
I have a R600 from 1989 that I bought brand new. I don't ride it any more but it hangs on my wall because I once won a race while riding it.
They’re a good looking bike - well worth keeping on display!
Got one of these hanging on my wall for 25 years. Should have been called a bone shaker.
Absolutely, very rigid and responsive frame 😁
What's the size of the steerer? It looks smaller than my old, slightly earlier, 2.8.
It’s a 1 inch threaded fork - I’m not certain it’s the original fork to be honest, it’s a similar age thoigh
Does it have a carbon fork?
Yeah the fork blades are carbon, with an alloy crown and dropouts
Just discovered your channel. Brilliant stuff. But, about the "Crack'n'Fail" comment: it's nothing but meaningless bike shop humor. Back then, you'd also hear "Shi*mano" and "Cramp-and-Go-Slow." Why? Winters are long in bike shops. We had to keep ourselves amused.
Our shop saw far more failures of steel frames than aluminum.
Skeptical? Search "12 High-End Frames in the EFBe Fatigue Test." Spoiler: in the 1997 test, two aluminum frames (including a Cannondale frame) and one carbon frame passed the test. All of the steel and titanium frames failed.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it - I know the workshop banter you talk of very well indeed! 🤣
It’s so funny that it’s often those funny little comments are the things that stick around long after the bikes have gone!
To be honest, I’m such a fan of the development Cannondale made, that in turn drove other brands and in particular, the use of aluminium as a frame material - I’d forgive them the odd failure anyways 🤣
I’d loved to have worked in bike shops in the 90s with so much change taking place…..