Straps like that were commonly used on Cyclocross bikes back in the day, to carry over obstacles when that was faster than trying to technical ride through them
Free Protip: To dry wet parts that are hard to wipe with a rag or even hard to blow dry. Spray the clean wet part with isopropylic alcool and air blow it dry. Water and iso bond and keep the chemical properties of the iso so it evaporates much fast than only water. Keep it up!
Love your videos, maintenance and repairs are simpler than I thought. Now that it’s winter here in East Texas I am going to restore my old Fuji Crosstown. I like the twist shifters but if I have to change them out I can’t fix it don’t now. I’m 72 years old and my fast days were over before you were born but I still love to ride.
A friend gave me a 1986 Jamis Cross Country a week ago that his late nephew had bought new when he had turned 13. Sad part, his nephew died of cancer 4 yrs later, the bike sat against a tree where his nephew last parked it. Because of it being left to the elements, I was unable to save it. The BB was a solid block of rust, as was the rear axle, and headset. The seat tube was actually full of water and had split from freezing. I managed to salvage a few of the components, but sadly, the frame was a total loss. My friend said to use what I could and get rid of the rest. I told him that if someone had put it in the garage or shed, it would have been an awesome restoration.
My son is riding one of these in college. I found it locally on Craigslist, thought it was pretty cool, and restored it for him. Put a back rack and milk crate on it. College commuter. I love the bike... rides great. Love your restore... so satisfying to watch.
Dude, I’ve got a 1984 Mt Fuji that looks almost the same, Including the bars and the long chain stays. Di-comp brakes and levers with 180mm crank arms, and don’t forget the friction shifters. I own several high end S3 steel campy chorus bikes. They ride great but the Fuji is special to me because it helped rehabilitate my leg after a serious motorcycle accident. I have owned the Fuji for almost 40 years and I still ride it on rail trails. The only thing I’ve added was the rear rack and fenders. This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the Internet.
The Ross Mt. Hood was the first factory made mountain bike. It was introduced in 1983 as the Force 1 but Ross had to change the name a few months later because someone else had trademarked the Force 1 name. I salvaged a Force 1 from a scrap pile last year that's waiting for me to make time to restore it.
I bought a Ross Mt Hood new back in mid 1980s (probably1984 as I recall). Still have it. It's exactly like the one in this video except it needed new tires, sprockets and chain about 20 years ago, but otherwise original. I'm a big guy and it's held up well. Of course, I'm 40 years older now. I don't ride it anymore as I've since updated to a Giant Cypress DX comfort bike and, more recently, an ebike. I recently discovered your videos and enjoy your approach. Thank you.
I'm surprised how easily everything (besides the chain) came apart after 40 years. I've seen people bash off square taper cranks with a hammer on much newer bikes!
shades of my 1983 Stumpjumper, bought new. only mine got the living daylights pounded out of it for 20+ years before I retired it. The Specialized had Suntour shifters, and 3x5 shifting. It also had a symmetric rear wheel where the spokes were the same lengths on both sides, those wheels were strong... I used to rock hop and go up and down flights of stairs on that bike, and ride it on gnarly roads and trails on the left coast from Big Sur to Marin, those wheels were really strong, they lasted a long time.
Beautiful and shiny. I wish my old Kos Kruiser was in that good shape before I restored it. I had to get the bike re-chromed...not cheap. I restored the bike with my nephew and we still have it, so worth the price.
Watched this video lastnight my final thoughts was this bike belongs a museum pulled it back up tonight to write a comment about the first thing you said in the video was this bike belongs in a museum this the most classic looking I ever seen like all your videos but this is #1 so thumbs up to you and the designer
Dude, well done! I would love to get my hands on one of these beauties! Here I thought I was cool rocking a steel frame Surly, this is next level retro shit 🤙
Shimano chains stretched fairly quickly. That toolless link was more trouble than it was worth. Typically a Sedisport chain was a good substitute for the shimano gears. Best guess is late 83 or 1984 given the drop outs and the cantilevers along with lots of braze on's. All adopted from touring bikes of the day.. My 84 Mt Fuji had the same brakes but all Suntour shifters, hubs, headset, gears and cranks. Same pedals but added mini clips to mine. The shafts are chrome-moly. Good luck finding dust caps for them. Changed out the Y bars for new stem with Scott aero bars and shimano mtn shifters as they could be removed without having to slide it off the handle bars. They also can swap parts. Funny it still has the wheel reflectors but not the front and rear ones? Nice clean up. The unique item is basically it is two colors, black and chrome. Most bicycles have 3 when you exclude gum sidewalls on tires.
Seems like a very practical idea. Wonder why it got left by the wayside? This bike is 15 years older than me, so I’m sure there’s plenty of early stuff I don’t know about. I sure feel it in my shoulder when i haul my steel touring bike up and down the stairs!
What a great restoration. What would be really need to see in your videos? Is your customers reactions when you present it to them? Especially a classic like that. Show the ritual of hanging it on the wall. That would be a great addition in my opinion keep up the awesome videos
Back in the eighties that was bike myself and friends aspired to own. I had a KHS which was not as good. Don't let them guys watch it waste away again on some wall. To clean a hub and a wheel in general is first remove the dirty old tire so you scrub inside. Second is put the wheel on top of a 5 gallon bucket, open end up, use a tooth brush and your detergent to get the hub clean. Its common the cut down a tooth brush to make the bristles more ridged. I use my garden hose to blast everything with detergent and water. I don't have a sonic cleaner so I use gasoline. I find a 5 gallon bucket essential to clean bike wheels. Dump the expensive Phil Wood grease and get the one pound can of boat trailer wheel bearing grease and try a deposable epoxy brush.
What a find! 40 years old bike in such a condition - fantastic! A bit of polishing and maintenance is just right for this bike. Put on some new tyres and take it out on a test ride!
Wow, even the steerer tube is chromed! Btw the Rear derailleur is a Shimano RD-AL11, made starting in 1984. I had an ‘85 Schwinn Voyager that came the same derailleur.
Bike is GORJUS! Now me, I'd have to throw on a set of Serfas Drifters and ride it downtown. While doing so I'd look neither left nor right. If I decided to look at anyone it would be with utter disdain cuz I owned it and they didn't ! Great, detailed vid many thx...
Videos like this brings tears to my eyes because it's cool to see that people like me still care about old bikes and dirt bikes I'm trying to get my own place after a bad breakup and had to move with my miserable mom but I want to get a Kawasaki 500 two-stroke after buying an upgrading my mountain bike in my second mountain bike
My dad had this exact bike. So sweet wish we held on to it but it gotten riddin a lot then passed down to a friend where it eventually sat in the shed and rusted up
Another great video... I am lucky to have 2 MT Hood bike.. chrome 83 frame only and a 100% original cream 85. You inspired me to pull them out and tinker on them. Keep up the good work.
I still have the Ross Mt. McKinley MTB that I bought back in 1984, It's dark metallic green had the same handlebar/stem combo. Mine has the Shimano front & rear derailleurs and Shimano cantilever brakes, one unique thing is that my Ross came with Tommaselli Racer forged aluminum brake levers, you don't see many of them around anymore. Thanks for the video.
holy ..... this is one of the coolest bikes I've ever seen. What a great job farmer. You inspired me to get some old mtb bikes on our local craigslist :-) my first two Giants now waiting for such a treatment as demonstrated in your vid which is a great help.
When it comes to things that rusts that you will be hanging on a wall that you wanna keep shiney, you might want suggest to your friend to pick up Renaissance Wax. It is trusted by many, used it in a shop to keep knives and swords from rusting, and hear it's good for other things too. Just a suggestion, hope it helps.
This bike almost looks exactly like my firenze MT 505, the only differences is the bars are a little bit different these curve back and mine are straight and my bike has 3 piece cranks with cotter pins and the frame is yellow and red, the brakes are different too but I did that by replacing the cantilever brakes with linear pull brakes from my giant suade metro series (unsure of mfg year but it has a sticker on the chainstays from river trail cycles in holmen Wisconsin that says late 2008), the next upgrades I'm going to be doing to the MT 505 are a rear rack, new 3x5 gripshifts, new headlight and taillight (old ones didn't work and the taillight flew off while riding) and a pair of 6 volt sealed lead acid batteries in series so the lights work while stopped and I can charge my phone from the bike on longer rides, the bike came with a bottle generator that I will be putting back on when I get the frame cleaned up so I can charge the lead acid batteries (the frame has sand stuck to it from taking it off-road sometimes and is very greasy).
I love when classic bikes are restored to it's original and not transformed into a fixie. I enjoy your videos, humble opinion: no need for background music (and this is coming froma musician 😂).
frikking threaded headsets, mang.... no matter how comfortable i get on the repair stand with everything else, those lil sumvbitches always take me 2 to 5 tries. Awesome video; keep up the great content. Ross Mt. Hood > Giant Cypress, fwiw
The jazzy lounge soundtrack and sexy results had me thinking that if bike porn were such a thing, this would be it. Excellent. Inspired me to consider restoring my vintage Schwinn 'High Sierra' that I purchased new in 1985. Has the unique and pricey short lived 'brass roller cam' brakes that provided enough gripping force that it could crush rims, hence it's discontinuance in later years. Have you ever seen them? (has the same 'Bear Trap' peddles that this ROSS has...my shins still have the scars to prove that lol)
There’s one of these for sale near me, but I can’t bring myself to pay the $600 asking price only to have to spend another $200 in parts to get it rideable again.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Well now I have something to listen to while I sleep and watch in the morning with a good coffee
Need your “good enough for who it’s for” merchandise!
Agree, perfect morning Coffee viewing/ listening
That bike is so cool. I've never seen the "shoulder strap" before. I can't believe the dork disc hasn't turned to dust by now.
Straps like that were commonly used on Cyclocross bikes back in the day, to carry over obstacles when that was faster than trying to technical ride through them
They're called "portage straps."
I had one on one of my fixed gears years ago. It was leather and made by brooks if im not mistaken
i just bought two 1984 mt hood matching bikes. theyre only about 7 numbers apart on the serial numbers. quite a pair.
Free Protip: To dry wet parts that are hard to wipe with a rag or even hard to blow dry. Spray the clean wet part with isopropylic alcool and air blow it dry. Water and iso bond and keep the chemical properties of the iso so it evaporates much fast than only water. Keep it up!
Love your videos, maintenance and repairs are simpler than I thought. Now that it’s winter here in East Texas I am going to restore my old Fuji Crosstown. I like the twist shifters but if I have to change them out I can’t fix it don’t now. I’m 72 years old and my fast days were over before you were born but I still love to ride.
50:57 The look of joy on your face has me sold: it's a great riding bike.
I remember this bike - it truly gave a magic carpet ride, so comfortable.
I love that bike so much it physically hurts to look at the finished product. thank you for bringing it back to life
A friend gave me a 1986 Jamis Cross Country a week ago that his late nephew had bought new when he had turned 13. Sad part, his nephew died of cancer 4 yrs later, the bike sat against a tree where his nephew last parked it. Because of it being left to the elements, I was unable to save it. The BB was a solid block of rust, as was the rear axle, and headset. The seat tube was actually full of water and had split from freezing. I managed to salvage a few of the components, but sadly, the frame was a total loss. My friend said to use what I could and get rid of the rest. I told him that if someone had put it in the garage or shed, it would have been an awesome restoration.
My son is riding one of these in college. I found it locally on Craigslist, thought it was pretty cool, and restored it for him. Put a back rack and milk crate on it. College commuter. I love the bike... rides great. Love your restore... so satisfying to watch.
What a sexy beast of a bike that is. One heck of.a find!
Dude, I’ve got a 1984 Mt Fuji that looks almost the same, Including the bars and the long chain stays. Di-comp brakes and levers with 180mm crank arms, and don’t forget the friction shifters. I own several high end S3 steel campy chorus bikes. They ride great but the Fuji is special to me because it helped rehabilitate my leg after a serious motorcycle accident. I have owned the Fuji for almost 40 years and I still ride it on rail trails. The only thing I’ve added was the rear rack and fenders.
This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the Internet.
Fun watching the restoration and then the ride “good enough for who it’s for”
Wicked cool bike right here
Amazing! Those 80s MTBs are so much nicer than 90s MTBs in everything...
The Ross Mt. Hood was the first factory made mountain bike. It was introduced in 1983 as the Force 1 but Ross had to change the name a few months later because someone else had trademarked the Force 1 name. I salvaged a Force 1 from a scrap pile last year that's waiting for me to make time to restore it.
I’m a binge watcher today!
Pretty cool how you gave it one last ride before it went on display.
That "test route" looks awesome!
It is!
Bro
You’re a pro
People get into bike life whatever reason
It’s all about soul
Nice wrenching
I bought a Ross Mt Hood new back in mid 1980s (probably1984 as I recall). Still have it. It's exactly like the one in this video except it needed new tires, sprockets and chain about 20 years ago, but otherwise original. I'm a big guy and it's held up well. Of course, I'm 40 years older now. I don't ride it anymore as I've since updated to a Giant Cypress DX comfort bike and, more recently, an ebike. I recently discovered your videos and enjoy your approach. Thank you.
I really like this bicycle
Enjoyed the restoration video! That’s a great find too! Hey if you have no use for the rear rack, I would be glad to take it off your hands.
I'm surprised how easily everything (besides the chain) came apart after 40 years. I've seen people bash off square taper cranks with a hammer on much newer bikes!
shades of my 1983 Stumpjumper, bought new. only mine got the living daylights pounded out of it for 20+ years before I retired it. The Specialized had Suntour shifters, and 3x5 shifting. It also had a symmetric rear wheel where the spokes were the same lengths on both sides, those wheels were strong... I used to rock hop and go up and down flights of stairs on that bike, and ride it on gnarly roads and trails on the left coast from Big Sur to Marin, those wheels were really strong, they lasted a long time.
People say "good as new" all the time, but it is literally true in this case.
She’s a beaut !! I bought my wife an ‘85 MT RACING Silver light reminds me of this one ❤
It turned out beautiful, great restoration!
So fun, educational and beautiful to watch up-close details of the technical work involved!
Nice to see, you do actually care and you're not just about Money and wasting your talents.
I care very much about making money doing what I love. Actually, there’s very little else I care more about. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful and shiny. I wish my old Kos Kruiser was in that good shape before I restored it. I had to get the bike re-chromed...not cheap. I restored the bike with my nephew and we still have it, so worth the price.
Watched this video lastnight my final thoughts was this bike belongs a museum pulled it back up tonight to write a comment about the first thing you said in the video was this bike belongs in a museum this the most classic looking I ever seen like all your videos but this is #1 so thumbs up to you and the designer
Dude, well done! I would love to get my hands on one of these beauties! Here I thought I was cool rocking a steel frame Surly, this is next level retro shit 🤙
I'm a bit late here, but I love the close up shots you are getting in this video.
I like that you went a little deeper into this one. I love the bike and how it came out!
The wonders of Dawn Power Wash!
Shimano chains stretched fairly quickly. That toolless link was more trouble than it was worth. Typically a Sedisport chain was a good substitute for the shimano gears. Best guess is late 83 or 1984 given the drop outs and the cantilevers along with lots of braze on's. All adopted from touring bikes of the day.. My 84 Mt Fuji had the same brakes but all Suntour shifters, hubs, headset, gears and cranks. Same pedals but added mini clips to mine. The shafts are chrome-moly. Good luck finding dust caps for them. Changed out the Y bars for new stem with Scott aero bars and shimano mtn shifters as they could be removed without having to slide it off the handle bars. They also can swap parts. Funny it still has the wheel reflectors but not the front and rear ones? Nice clean up. The unique item is basically it is two colors, black and chrome. Most bicycles have 3 when you exclude gum sidewalls on tires.
The shoulder strap was for when came to a obstacles you could not get over you could pick up the bike and climb over it
Seems like a very practical idea. Wonder why it got left by the wayside? This bike is 15 years older than me, so I’m sure there’s plenty of early stuff I don’t know about. I sure feel it in my shoulder when i haul my steel touring bike up and down the stairs!
Good soundtrack.
What a great restoration. What would be really need to see in your videos? Is your customers reactions when you present it to them? Especially a classic like that. Show the ritual of hanging it on the wall. That would be a great addition in my opinion keep up the awesome videos
Just wanted to say, the music in your videos is soo good!
So cool. I have a chrome Mt Whitney hanging in my garage. . .may have to take it down and polish it up now!
And I am smiling again seeing you rolling retro new stock, again. Great job my friend. Liking your channel more and more.
Back in the eighties that was bike myself and friends aspired to own. I had a KHS which was not as good. Don't let them guys watch it waste away again on some wall.
To clean a hub and a wheel in general is first remove the dirty old tire so you scrub inside. Second is put the wheel on top of a 5 gallon bucket, open end up, use a tooth brush and your detergent to get the hub clean. Its common the cut down a tooth brush to make the bristles more ridged. I use my garden hose to blast everything with detergent and water. I don't have a sonic cleaner so I use gasoline. I find a 5 gallon bucket essential to clean bike wheels.
Dump the expensive Phil Wood grease and get the one pound can of boat trailer wheel bearing grease and try a deposable epoxy brush.
Loved this restoration and built for someone who appreciates it as a piece of art, very admirable.
A Masterpiece! 👍
take the reflectors off...
wow, nice and shiny thing :) looked like U enjoyed the rebuild/polish process, good for U :)
Watching the entire process was incredibly satisfying. What a cool bike!
What a find! 40 years old bike in such a condition - fantastic! A bit of polishing and maintenance is just right for this bike.
Put on some new tyres and take it out on a test ride!
What a great restoration!
Wow, even the steerer tube is chromed! Btw the Rear derailleur is a Shimano RD-AL11, made starting in 1984. I had an ‘85 Schwinn Voyager that came the same derailleur.
Like new. I have a Mountain Bike made in 93 which in many ways reminds me of the bike in the video.
Nice job! I really enjoyed watching that.
Thank you very much!
Sweet tunes… mellow moods! Love this vid!!
Bike is GORJUS! Now me, I'd have to throw on a set of Serfas Drifters and ride it downtown. While doing so I'd look neither left nor right. If I decided to look at anyone it would be with utter disdain cuz I owned it and they didn't ! Great, detailed vid many thx...
Ah now my night is complete. Bikefarmer has posted another bike video 🙌
More to come!
Videos like this brings tears to my eyes because it's cool to see that people like me still care about old bikes and dirt bikes I'm trying to get my own place after a bad breakup and had to move with my miserable mom but I want to get a Kawasaki 500 two-stroke after buying an upgrading my mountain bike in my second mountain bike
Nice find, good work.
My dad had this exact bike. So sweet wish we held on to it but it gotten riddin a lot then passed down to a friend where it eventually sat in the shed and rusted up
Set the wheel in a 5-gallon bucket opened ended up get some brushes and clean it that way🎉🎉❤❤❤
Really cool mtb, never saw one with a shoulder strap before but it sure makes sense😅
Великолепно -- аппарат что надо как хочется сесть на него и катить по дорогам -- БРАВО .
Another great video... I am lucky to have 2 MT Hood bike.. chrome 83 frame only and a 100% original cream 85. You inspired me to pull them out and tinker on them. Keep up the good work.
This is just pure awesomeness man.
Beautiful!
Way cool vintage ride! Super awesome job of bringing it back to its former glory!!!
I still have the Ross Mt. McKinley MTB that I bought back in 1984, It's dark metallic green had the same handlebar/stem combo. Mine has the Shimano front & rear derailleurs and Shimano cantilever brakes, one unique thing is that my Ross came with Tommaselli Racer forged aluminum brake levers, you don't see many of them around anymore. Thanks for the video.
Looks just like a bike I had, never knew what it was had no markings
I’ve seen you adjust cantis enough to know how to do it myself now
What a gorgeous bike, I love vintage MTBs.
holy ..... this is one of the coolest bikes I've ever seen. What a great job farmer. You inspired me to get some old mtb bikes on our local craigslist :-) my first two Giants now waiting for such a treatment as demonstrated in your vid which is a great help.
Maybe the only cool Ross! Looks great.
Very cool bike. I remember them well. I don't think they were doing quick release on the wheels yet at that time.
I still have a Ross Dune Commander single speed mountain bike in my garage. Although not many original parts are left after all the years.
Nice job! I'm using AUTOSOL Metal Polish for decades to shine up metal parts.
I have a Ross Mt. Whitney that I ride about every day.
You win first prize!🎉
When it comes to things that rusts that you will be hanging on a wall that you wanna keep shiney, you might want suggest to your friend to pick up Renaissance Wax. It is trusted by many, used it in a shop to keep knives and swords from rusting, and hear it's good for other things too. Just a suggestion, hope it helps.
My hometown Bike Shop in Manasquan NJ sold Ross by the ton!
This bike almost looks exactly like my firenze MT 505, the only differences is the bars are a little bit different these curve back and mine are straight and my bike has 3 piece cranks with cotter pins and the frame is yellow and red, the brakes are different too but I did that by replacing the cantilever brakes with linear pull brakes from my giant suade metro series (unsure of mfg year but it has a sticker on the chainstays from river trail cycles in holmen Wisconsin that says late 2008), the next upgrades I'm going to be doing to the MT 505 are a rear rack, new 3x5 gripshifts, new headlight and taillight (old ones didn't work and the taillight flew off while riding) and a pair of 6 volt sealed lead acid batteries in series so the lights work while stopped and I can charge my phone from the bike on longer rides, the bike came with a bottle generator that I will be putting back on when I get the frame cleaned up so I can charge the lead acid batteries (the frame has sand stuck to it from taking it off-road sometimes and is very greasy).
Production birth of mtn biking-one step up from a clunker.
God i love serviceable bbs...
I love when classic bikes are restored to it's original and not transformed into a fixie. I enjoy your videos, humble opinion: no need for background music (and this is coming froma musician 😂).
I had a 1986 trek 800 that looked a lot like that now I have a 2008 specialized Enduro
That's a true cantilever break design. Vs a calliper style brake.. old school.
thanks !!
Shinny & chrome
One of the coolest bike yet that you've documented and refreshed. How do you not keep them all?
Very nice
Excellent bike. Id be tempted to ride it instead of preserve it
Trick is to have more bikes than you can ride...
@@brrrt6666 way ahead of you. 14 bikes between me and my wife
@@senorspiegel got 12 to my own name 😅
Wow!
frikking threaded headsets, mang.... no matter how comfortable i get on the repair stand with everything else, those lil sumvbitches always take me 2 to 5 tries. Awesome video; keep up the great content. Ross Mt. Hood > Giant Cypress, fwiw
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I enjoyed the video a great deal. Can't figure out how to turn off the "auto generated" captions.😢
The jazzy lounge soundtrack and sexy results had me thinking that if bike porn were such a thing, this would be it. Excellent.
Inspired me to consider restoring my vintage Schwinn 'High Sierra' that I purchased new in 1985. Has the unique and pricey short lived 'brass roller cam' brakes that provided enough gripping force that it could crush rims, hence it's discontinuance in later years. Have you ever seen them?
(has the same 'Bear Trap' peddles that this ROSS has...my shins still have the scars to prove that lol)
You can hear every piece of grit on that head.
Τhe bike is 3rd generation of mt hood series.Probably after may of 1985/check the fork if has stamped with code TANGE 5E
that Phils oil looks like its assembly lube for engines. I wonder if that would be a good alternative.
I have an old 3-speed bike with a badge that has Robin Hood on it
There’s one of these for sale near me, but I can’t bring myself to pay the $600 asking price only to have to spend another $200 in parts to get it rideable again.