It's funny to have found your "streetfighter road bike" builds just now. I've just finished a build for myself comprising of old parts and a steel road bike frame. I have always leaned towards putting mtb parts on my road bikes. This one even more so with 1x9 narrow-wide setup and a downhill straight bar with a little rise. Its great to see a kindred spirit out there.... I just love to build up these old frames and making them my own. Mostly I love to ride them hard in the streets. They're lightweight, fast and very maneuverable machines. And I can fix anything on it. I'd hate to buy more new aluminum frames when these old steel beaut's are still around.
I've come back to watch this 4 or 5 times now. I've become quite addicted to collecting and rebuilding bikes. It all restarted since March 2019. This video inspired me to build a street fighter / commuter. I found myself an old '88 Schwinn Circuit with the original Sente group, minus the brake levers. I removed most of the group and left the downtube shifters. I spaced and aligned the rear to accommodate a 130 wheel spacing. Tiagra 4700 front and rear derailleurs, friction shift, flat bar. It turned out perfect.
Officially inspired. I built what I’m calling an “urban mtb” from a 2014 Felt 7sixty frame. Parts bin and ultra budget used parts. Had a lot of fun doing it and learned a lot. Next project I might even be brave enough to paint!
Just happened to come across a giant vintage steel "dad bike", originally a trekking bike, but I find it to be a road bike in disguise. Funny enough I decided to go for a road&mtb hybrid build yesterday - now I learned I am building something very similar to this. This video is perfect to get some valuable inspiration! Keep up your great work, greetings from Germany!
One of my favorite builds to date! I believe you in that those tires are probably the most costly part of this build. 😃 I really enjoy the riding parts you've added to your videos.
I had first tried (in an initial mock up of the bike) some 560 bars but they seemed too narrow, I had these 720 bars that at first I thought would be too big, I wanted something around 660 ish but now hat it’s been built it feels awesome and feels more like my mtb builds.
@@oldshovel Do you actually find straight bars comfortable? I've tried it, and after five minutes my shoulders, elbows, and wrists start complaining. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Beautiful and innovative build, as always.
So I was watching this ony phone while cleaning up around the house. I was convinced you put the bike in the fire at the beginning. Had to go back and rewatch. Thought you were tempering the steel or something.
Great bike! I especially love the blued steel frame. I would have cut the handlebars way, way shorter, but I'm an old school East Coast guy. 😎 Keep up the great work!
OMG, goosebumps at everything! I did a light restoration to my dad's old '78 roadbike and now I can't stop riding it everywhere, so lightweight and stylish... I love it. Back to the video, I am kind of purist with these old road bikes, but your work on this one is next level. I LOVE what you did with the frame, and the flat bar is a reality check that now you can be more comfortable than those years... Seriously, awesome work!
Awesome build love the mix of components you used. Looks great. Tried bluing a steel bmx frame as a test, didn’t realize how quickly you need to clear coat it, I left it to sit overnight and entire thing rusted up. I had to re-sand and start over, wound up painting it. Will try again on another project, this build is the inspiration! 🙌
The value of things. Maybe where you are those frames aren't worth much but living here in the Philippines that frame alone would easily fetch $300 . It's a cool looking build, I really want to try the blue finish on my own projects now, but maybe better suited to a no name frame. A LeMond 853 tubed frame surely deserved a better fate?....drop bars forever 🤟✌️
Don’t get me wrong the Lemond frames are valued over here, on eBay or on the local classifies $300 would be a fair price to pay for it. The Salt Lake Bicycle Collective has bikes, frames and parts at a low price helping to encourage biking.
I have a very similar build from a 78" Hunter road bike, but I kept the original drivetrain, and man is it a fun bike. I love how the old road bikes handle, and it's harder to take myself too seriously when I'm riding flat bars and flat pedals vs drops and being clipped in.
Tengo una Lemond idéntica desde hace 16 años. La utilice muchos años todos los días y aún la tengo muy bien conservada. Saludos y buenas rodadas desde Cd de México!
I used to have those CODA (dia-compe) brake levers. I had used them back in the late '90's on my Cannondale CAAD 3. They look great, but are pretty flexy.
a while back I gave up on the new bikes and went back to riding my 90s steel bike. i've collected 3 lemonds since. after the cf and disk brake experiment has passed, we might look back on lug-less steel with 1" steerer as a zenith in design
I'd on like to see him try to do a really smooth deep & polished bluing job. What he's doing is kinda cool but it's a good Idea that should be further refined.
Beautiful as always. I really like how you do harmonize the classic and the modern equipments on your projects. Styling with decals and painting, in an artistic way in a fluent asmr kind video, awesome.
This is an excellent build. It will be both useful and huge fun. I love the way recent evolutionary steps in chain/sprocket/shifter design rendered feasible many more gear set-ups. This will be am excellent street warrior. I confess (although they lack a little lightness) I prefer a modded hybrid or rigid-fork MTB in this rôle, as the frame allows a fatter tyre and the brakes are normally a more effective Canti or linear-pull type. But caliper brakes are not a crime either, and this will be a wicked toy. Chapeau.
I just picked up a '97 LeMond at a pawn shop for a song. I was already planning to strip and blue the frame. You sir have shown me that I should follow through. I am a leather worker however so I plan to give the seat a new look and whip the bars with leather strap
Great watch. Thank you. I almost skipped this one but in the first 30 sec your smirk let me know that you were up to something ! I have to admit that I was really digging that lime green when you starting blueing and I did not have the vision at that point. Glad you are a sort of genius when it come to layer and paint. Turned out great.
I'm glad you kept the original fork. I'd consider trying narrower flat bars -- it's easy enough to swap. Back in the pre-suspension mountain bike days bars got very narrow and head angles were steep; that's because you couldn't roll over everything, quick handling was prized. The same logic applies to a flat bar gravel bike, I think, and since you're using an old road frame you're stuck with the steep head tube angle anyway.
I was so excited to see a Lemond in your last video- Im so pleased to see youve brought a Lemond back into service again, they really are great bikes, probably the best production steel bikes ever made. nowdays to get a similar quality steel frame your option is a custom bike. it looks fantastic, well done!!!
Man - I've seen you do the bluing a few times, but on the Lemond it looks incredible. The care, patience and excitement you show for these older bikes is fantastic. Thank you for the content and the hard work.
The factory version of this was called the Lemond Wayzata, as i recall....853 frame with road stuff and low-rise bars. I think there were drop-bar versions of the Wayzata as well, but turn-of-the-century Wayzatas were flat bar
Nice video. I did a bike conceptually similar this year, and I was fun watching your build. I had a '70s vintage Jack Taylor tourer that I never liked the handing of, but liked the general setup of. I transferred most of the parts to a frame of mine (I used to build, also '70s vintage 2x5 gear, 120mm hub). New brakes, new 32mm Gatorskins, and I now have a good handling 'round town flattie.
I love the look of raw steel. I once had a steel frame sanded and clear coated. It looked fabulous, but in time specs of rust started to show all over the frame. Apparently, the clear coat I had used didn't seal enough to protect the raw steel. Make sure you protect this beauty well!
It's funny to have found your "streetfighter road bike" builds just now. I've just finished a build for myself comprising of old parts and a steel road bike frame. I have always leaned towards putting mtb parts on my road bikes. This one even more so with 1x9 narrow-wide setup and a downhill straight bar with a little rise. Its great to see a kindred spirit out there.... I just love to build up these old frames and making them my own. Mostly I love to ride them hard in the streets. They're lightweight, fast and very maneuverable machines. And I can fix anything on it. I'd hate to buy more new aluminum frames when these old steel beaut's are still around.
🙌 was totally feel the same my friend.
I've come back to watch this 4 or 5 times now. I've become quite addicted to collecting and rebuilding bikes. It all restarted since March 2019.
This video inspired me to build a street fighter / commuter.
I found myself an old '88 Schwinn Circuit with the original Sente group, minus the brake levers. I removed most of the group and left the downtube shifters. I spaced and aligned the rear to accommodate a 130 wheel spacing. Tiagra 4700 front and rear derailleurs, friction shift, flat bar. It turned out perfect.
Whenever I hear myself catching my breath after a bike work out, I remind myself that's a good workout..... great build, great workout too.
was a bit nervous seeing a lemond frame being modified but then i remembered who was doing it,
awesome job.
Officially inspired. I built what I’m calling an “urban mtb” from a 2014 Felt 7sixty frame. Parts bin and ultra budget used parts. Had a lot of fun doing it and learned a lot. Next project I might even be brave enough to paint!
Just happened to come across a giant vintage steel "dad bike", originally a trekking bike, but I find it to be a road bike in disguise. Funny enough I decided to go for a road&mtb hybrid build yesterday - now I learned I am building something very similar to this. This video is perfect to get some valuable inspiration!
Keep up your great work,
greetings from Germany!
Now THAT is a proper rat ride! Just the right thing to do with a classic 853 frame! Lovely
One of my favorite builds to date! I believe you in that those tires are probably the most costly part of this build. 😃 I really enjoy the riding parts you've added to your videos.
What I love about your chanel is that you keep old parts from other projects and reuse them on new ones, like the Shimano 105 brakes this time.
Saludos desde España, que bicicleta más bonita le ha quedado, es usted un maestro restaurador. Gracias
Didn't think I would like this build, but end result looks awesome ! ( Bars a little to wide for me. ) 👍 Love your work. Bikes and axes !
I had first tried (in an initial mock up of the bike) some 560 bars but they seemed too narrow, I had these 720 bars that at first I thought would be too big, I wanted something around 660 ish but now hat it’s been built it feels awesome and feels more like my mtb builds.
@@oldshovel Do you actually find straight bars comfortable? I've tried it, and after five minutes my shoulders, elbows, and wrists start complaining. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Beautiful and innovative build, as always.
@@Korina42 Maybe try some ergonomic handlebar grips, my hands still numb after long rides but wrist and shoulder okay.
@@Repiiv88 Nope, I'm happy with my swept bars that keep my hands & arms in a more natural position. Thanks, though. :-)
I saw a Le Mond of a very similar style and vintage just this week near my home in South Wales. Very classy looking bikes, what a great build.
So I was watching this ony phone while cleaning up around the house. I was convinced you put the bike in the fire at the beginning. Had to go back and rewatch. Thought you were tempering the steel or something.
Lol 😂
As a mountain biker I find myself super attracted to this build! My fav one of yours so far!
I've watched a bunch of these bike build videos. This is definitely my favorite.
My favourite channel on RUclips
Also you inspire me to fix up and clean old bikes.
Love the song and the bike.
The finish on that bike is absolutely fantastic..
Yay an OldShovel video! Christmas arrived early. Great video Rob!! Happy holidays to all my fellow bike lovers!
Thanks John
I have a LeMond Zurich that I built and use for triathlons 15 years ago. I need to get it out again.
Great bike! I especially love the blued steel frame. I would have cut the handlebars way, way shorter, but I'm an old school East Coast guy. 😎
Keep up the great work!
Such a gorgeous bike build! The width of those bars, try shooting any gaps in NYC traffic!
I was watching and saying to my self how cool would a Lemond look blued! Bravo!!!
OMG, goosebumps at everything! I did a light restoration to my dad's old '78 roadbike and now I can't stop riding it everywhere, so lightweight and stylish... I love it. Back to the video, I am kind of purist with these old road bikes, but your work on this one is next level. I LOVE what you did with the frame, and the flat bar is a reality check that now you can be more comfortable than those years...
Seriously, awesome work!
Awesome build love the mix of components you used. Looks great. Tried bluing a steel bmx frame as a test, didn’t realize how quickly you need to clear coat it, I left it to sit overnight and entire thing rusted up. I had to re-sand and start over, wound up painting it. Will try again on another project, this build is the inspiration! 🙌
Makes me miss mine. 1992 Panasonic PICS frameset with polished everything, 650b rims, 38c Panaracer GravelKing tires. It was such a headturner
This might be my favorite bike build on the internet
It’s definitely one of my favorites also.
@@oldshovel my gramps and I are r interested to know how well it's holding up ( the gun Blu/ clear coat)
I love watching your builds! 1x's are definitely the way to go. I prefer toeclips, friction thumb shifters, and I cut a 600mm down to 555mm.
The value of things. Maybe where you are those frames aren't worth much but living here in the Philippines that frame alone would easily fetch $300 . It's a cool looking build, I really want to try the blue finish on my own projects now, but maybe better suited to a no name frame. A LeMond 853 tubed frame surely deserved a better fate?....drop bars forever 🤟✌️
Don’t get me wrong the Lemond frames are valued over here, on eBay or on the local classifies $300 would be a fair price to pay for it. The Salt Lake Bicycle Collective has bikes, frames and parts at a low price helping to encourage biking.
What a brilliant idea, Its simple and rare. Nice one, oldshovel...
I have a very similar build from a 78" Hunter road bike, but I kept the original drivetrain, and man is it a fun bike. I love how the old road bikes handle, and it's harder to take myself too seriously when I'm riding flat bars and flat pedals vs drops and being clipped in.
Totally agree.
I'd have done a restoration with original parts, everything. It looks amazing but you can't beat a restoration with a quality frame like this
I love the bluing soooo much!
Tengo una Lemond idéntica desde hace 16 años. La utilice muchos años todos los días y aún la tengo muy bien conservada.
Saludos y buenas rodadas desde Cd de México!
I used to have those CODA (dia-compe) brake levers. I had used them back in the late '90's on my Cannondale CAAD 3. They look great, but are pretty flexy.
I think the bluing of frames is my favorite finish you've done, especially with a hint of color.
The Bluing looks so good! Now I want to strip my bike and do that to it! What with all the free time I have!
Man that Bluing really set it off! Love it
That really is a lovely bike.
woaahh i really really like that blueing finnishing!!
As a guy with and old 80’s road bike who has wanted to do this since I got it last year thank you for the video.
a while back I gave up on the new bikes and went back to riding my 90s steel bike. i've collected 3 lemonds since. after the cf and disk brake experiment has passed, we might look back on lug-less steel with 1" steerer as a zenith in design
I love the way you ran shifting cable through the left frame guide so whole front end now looks really neat and natural,cheers
Performs well. Very pleased
I'd on like to see him try to do a really smooth deep & polished bluing job. What he's doing is kinda cool but it's a good Idea that should be further refined.
Very, very , very good djod and spirit liberty street bike 😉🌃
What a stunner!
A brand new bike after a well performed transformation…
Cheers from NYC
Too beautiful to actually use on the street.
True artistry. I have an old Trek 2000 that I ride as is but would love to do something like this with it.
Beautiful horse
I totally need some Reynolds tubing back in my life.
Beautiful as always. I really like how you do harmonize the classic and the modern equipments on your projects. Styling with decals and painting, in an artistic way in a fluent asmr kind video, awesome.
Thanks 🙏
Stunning. Well done.
Hello and thank you for this very nice and great video. The color and label thing looks great for me.
This is an excellent build.
It will be both useful and huge fun.
I love the way recent evolutionary steps in chain/sprocket/shifter design rendered feasible many more gear set-ups.
This will be am excellent street warrior.
I confess (although they lack a little lightness) I prefer a modded hybrid or rigid-fork MTB in this rôle, as the frame allows a fatter tyre and the brakes are normally a more effective Canti or linear-pull type.
But caliper brakes are not a crime either, and this will be a wicked toy.
Chapeau.
I love this bike! 😍
This came out great looking, Love It! I’ve built up many bikes in my life and your videos is like watching a Bob Ross painting in action.
Fantastic , I love vintage bikes, perfekt work
Woooow , very nice 👍!!
This is my kind of bike, love the blued steel look esp with the Reynolds masking :)
I just picked up a '97 LeMond at a pawn shop for a song. I was already planning to strip and blue the frame. You sir have shown me that I should follow through. I am a leather worker however so I plan to give the seat a new look and whip the bars with leather strap
The shots above the city are amazing 😯
Very, very nice job. Plus I learned a few things about decal application.
Such a nice bike
That’s what I’m talking about. That is a fun whip right there
Totally. I can’t wait to get out on it again.
I love Vintage Frame steel
Awesome 👏👏
Great watch. Thank you. I almost skipped this one but in the first 30 sec your smirk let me know that you were up to something !
I have to admit that I was really digging that lime green when you starting blueing and I did not have the vision at that point. Glad you are a sort of genius when it come to layer and paint. Turned out great.
I'm glad you kept the original fork. I'd consider trying narrower flat bars -- it's easy enough to swap. Back in the pre-suspension mountain bike days bars got very narrow and head angles were steep; that's because you couldn't roll over everything, quick handling was prized. The same logic applies to a flat bar gravel bike, I think, and since you're using an old road frame you're stuck with the steep head tube angle anyway.
this is totally epic!! love the blueing! and i bet that's a quick ride on tarmac..!
Such a rad build! I love seeing lemond frames getting turned into cool rigs and getting a new lease on life!
brilliant build
Wow man this is awesome!
I recently did a very similar build with my 631 Bianchi Imola. Same 1x10 SRAM X9, but with riser bars and 28c Schwalbe Marathons. My around town bike.
Whoooo that bike is the HOTNESS. Nice work!
Beautiful Job 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽....regards from Santiago de Chile....
Very beautiful, good work 👍
I was so excited to see a Lemond in your last video- Im so pleased to see youve brought a Lemond back into service again, they really are great bikes, probably the best production steel bikes ever made. nowdays to get a similar quality steel frame your option is a custom bike. it looks fantastic, well done!!!
Beautiful bike!
that's my kind of bike, good job
I love that finish! I will try that on my next steel build.
Rolling Artistry.
The end result looks awesome, I would love that as a commuter!
What a beautiful bike. And yes: the frame color looks just awesome. Just the handlebars look like they can become painfull after a long trip
Man - I've seen you do the bluing a few times, but on the Lemond it looks incredible. The care, patience and excitement you show for these older bikes is fantastic. Thank you for the content and the hard work.
Turned out great! Looks like a fun ride
Hello. I love these bikes.
Nice video. I love Lemonds, much my better half's dismay. I turned my Nevada City into a Campy Record all arounder.
I think this might be my favorite build you’ve done! 😊
Really dig what you do.
The factory version of this was called the Lemond Wayzata, as i recall....853 frame with road stuff and low-rise bars. I think there were drop-bar versions of the Wayzata as well, but turn-of-the-century Wayzatas were flat bar
Nice video. I did a bike conceptually similar this year, and I was fun watching your build. I had a '70s vintage Jack Taylor tourer that I never liked the handing of, but liked the general setup of. I transferred most of the parts to a frame of mine (I used to build, also '70s vintage 2x5 gear, 120mm hub). New brakes, new 32mm Gatorskins, and I now have a good handling 'round town flattie.
I love the look of raw steel. I once had a steel frame sanded and clear coated. It looked fabulous, but in time specs of rust started to show all over the frame. Apparently, the clear coat I had used didn't seal enough to protect the raw steel. Make sure you protect this beauty well!
Bike looks great!
Грег Лемонд легенда Тур де Франс! 👍👍🤝
The frame is awesome!!!
Awesome) The metal of the frame looks brutal, but everything together looks elegant and light)
once again, awesome work.
sweet bike man. very good hands
Truly awesome build. Thanks for the ideas, especially this raw frame.
Thank you sharing! I think this is my favorite build you’ve done so far , ride safe and enjoy that bad boy!