Restoring and modernizing my childhood dream bike: The Cannondale Super V
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- When I was younger the cannonade Super V was my dream bike. In this episode I’ll be restoring an old Super V to more than it’s former glory, making it as good as new, but also as modern as I can make it. Raking it out a bit with an offset headset, putting a 27.5 wheel and longer shock in the front, adding disc brakes, and maybe even a dropper post. My goal is to make it look and ride as smoothly as I possibly can for a very special reason which I will reveal toward the end of the video. Until then, I hope you enjoy the build.
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⚙️ PARTS LIST
SR Suntour XCM32 15x110 TA Boost 27.5
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2.0 Degree ZS49-ZS49 Angle Headset - To Suit 1 1/8" Steerer Tube - Headtube Length:SET 2 109-115mm
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Bontrager Rhythm Comp Knock Block
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Wake 31.8mm MTB Mountain Bike Handlebars
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SHIMANO SLX HB-M7110-B Front 15 x 110mm Boost Centerlock Disc Brake Hub, 32h
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Shimano M525 Hub Rr Shi Fh-m525a Deore 8-10scas 32h Bk Disc
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JGbike Shimano MT200 MTB Hydraulic Disc Brake Set & RT56 rotors 180mm + 160mm
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Continental ShieldWall Mountain Bike Tire
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Disc Brake Adapter
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SRAM PG-1130 11-Speed Cassette
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SRAM NX 1X11 X-Horizon Rear Derailleur for 11 Speed
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SRAM Unisex's Shifter Nx Eagle Trigger for 11 Speed
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Kind Shock eTen-i Dropper Seatpost
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Bicycle Cable Guide
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Remote Dropper Lever
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ODI Vans Grip with Lock-On Clamps
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EC90 white saddle
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🛠️ TOOLS LIST
Favorite allen wrenches: geni.us/OBBLB3i
Favorite cable cutter: geni.us/ta3YDP
Favorite chain breaker: geni.us/OFSyRkc
My bike stand: geni.us/x9KWx
Bike scale (luggage scale: geni.us/gAufZ
Favorite calipers: geni.us/BKfTj (Amazon affiliate link)
Favorite tire levers: geni.us/UwMBIP (Amazon affiliate link)
Torque wrench I use: geni.us/0IJFLAF (Amazon affiliate link)
🛢️ GREASE & CLEANERS
Favorite grease gun: geni.us/zWxW
My parts washer: geni.us/YTV0tI (Amazon affiliate link)
Favorite de-greaser: geni.us/kOMLM
Favorite bike wash: geni.us/IJ5gAdA
Anti-seize compound: geni.us/TNdeRA
Wizards metal polish: geni.us/d6Vml
My favorite chain lube: geni.us/WfDkd
🛠️ WHEELBUILDING TOOLS
My favorite pump: geni.us/kV6In (Amazon affiliate link)
EVT Mulfinger Nipple Loader: geni.us/WQNPknF (Amazon affiliate link)
Park Tool ND-1 Nipple Driver: geni.us/vRyW5 (Amazon affiliate link)
Park Tool TS-8 Truing Stand: geni.us/0Qtzq7I (Amazon affiliate link)
My favorite spoke wrench: geni.us/Bua73k (Amazon affiliate link)
Wheelsmith spoke-rep: geni.us/hQxY0B (Amazon affiliate link)
🎨 POWDER & PAINTS
Prismatic Powders Bronze Chrome
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Prismatic Powders Gloss White
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Prismatic Powders Stone Black
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🎵 MUSIC USED IN THIS VIDEO
Original tracks by me:
super v: / superv
one man's trash: / one-mans-trash
Other tracks:
Woodnote by Aarigold. Copyright Chillhop
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Homesick by Blue Wednesday. Copyright Chillhop
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Maple Leaf pt. 2 by Philanthrope. Copyright Chillhop
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🔖 CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:00 Tear down
07:10 Media blasting & powder coating
18:57 Wheelbuilding
21:23 Reassembly
35:52 Conclusion
I have an old super-v 1000 in my garage from around 2001 that I have not had the heart to get rid of yet. I love that bike and now seeing you completely modernize the brakes and drivetrain makes me happy that I still have mine. I feel a project coming on.
Just don't do like I did and put a square taper bottom bracket on it. Upgrade it to a hollow tech ii
When he torques all the bolts one after the other it's so satisfying. Brilliant master stroke!
on beat, too 😃
Master edition
Yea, I noticed, lulz, he's the master. Not me, screw that, hand tighten and be done with it.
That’s what she said!!!
@@XavierAncarno when? When did she EVER say that?
cool project, but I can't lie, I was pretty mad at you when you blasted away that beautiful sunset fade paint!
Haha. To each his own. I wasn't a fan. Too beat up anyway.
same
So sad to loose the paint, and the aesthetic it brings.
big time, the frame has been ruined.
Same. This guy silly man
All the special tools, the oven and painting chambers, and how you even cut off and changed the fittings on the frame, pressing bearings, bushings, building wheels... all so fascinating and many different skills and artistry with custom lettering, pin-striping, all the different layers of paint, and your choice of music, excellent editing and videography, all put together like one great journey of transformation. The array of talents you have is mind-boggling, and from where you learned all of this! Thanks for a real masterpiece of preservation, design, innovation, and plain all-out WOW! You got my like and subscribe!!
You got me with those bars 😂
Ice cold dude 🥶
I also just rebuilt a bike from my childhood. I was given a Saracen Havoc Downhill frame about 18 years ago by a friend.
I've now got enough disposable income to invest in getting it running again. It's been a great learning experience so far.
I really enjoyed this. You have mad skills! I own a 1998 Cannondale Super V. I have been riding it since it was new. I have replaced everything but the rear shock and the frame over the years. I wish I had your mechanical expertise. One of these days I will have to spring for a new bike. 😊
I have a 1999 Super V . IMO 1" New" bikes are superfluous.
@@melissasmidt222 I just bought a 2019 Trek Fuel Ex 5. I am enjoying both my bikes now. I'm not sure about the 29inch wheels! I am waiting on a 27.5 wheelset to come. I think that will feel more natural for me.
@@aaronbell6530 Congrats on the purchase. Great rides ahead ...friend.
Just found your channel. Brings back childhood memories. My friends and I would go out on trash day and find frames and wheels. Break them down. Strip paint and rebuild the bikes. Great Old Days 😌. Thank you 😊.
SO SO
SO COOL. I just finished doing a custom paint and rebuilding of my 2013 Santa Cruz Nomad C after getting injured playing soccer and I gotta say your vids were def an inspiration. Bravo
Nothing is more fun and relieving than Restoring And Customizing and Old Bike which looks majestic af.
Did the same thing with my original Santa Cruz Heckler it's been with me for just over 20yrs so after serving me for so long deserved a freshen up. That bike saved my life.
That is an absolute thing of beauty! It's so great seeing the meticulous attention to detail when rebuilding these old bikes. Good luck for the future!
Thanks for your kind words Adam!
This was my first dual suspension! So much fun!
Can’t even begin to say how impressed I am with this! Absolutely incredible! I take my hat off!
Great job. Used to sell those at Helens cycle in Westwood Los Angeles. I still ride my 1998 Santa Cruz Heckler frame. Mix of components from the 2000-2010. Still running V-brakes.
As a kid who grew up in the 90's I distinctly remember drooling over this bike in "Mountain bike" magazine. I still have some of those issues to this day for nostalgia. Very nice restoration.
With such care to do your restorations, we will keep watching! Congrats!
You really touched my heart with this! Excellent work + nostalgia feelings!
Great work!
I have an old Cannondale F500 from 2003 upgrated with Shimano XT groupset, DT Swiss 240 hubs and DT rims, all restored including Fatty Ultra DL (both of them, spare Fatty is in blue & yellow colour, Volvo days...) and this bike I will never sell!
This bike remids me of my cross country racing days and as a bike mechanic now, I can only appreciate the craftmanship behind these bikes because they were built to last!
Best regards from Croatia 👍
Shimano History: The STX was essentially what Deore is now, they had STX-RC also, the only difference being the hex bolts instead of spanner bolts.
Thanks!🚲 NICE WORK❣️👌
A great re-build and modernise.. awesome work
Ficou Incrível sua bike. Belo trabalho👏👏👏
Super nice build and what a fun bike they are. I was a dealer back when they first came out so was lucky enough to be surrounded by them. My loves son still has one that i bought him way back when. I semi modernized it a few years back.
The Super V was my first mountainbike too. I bought it used but ultimately changed every component except the brakes. Mine came with the Magura HS hydraulic brakes which were awesome.. I had the one with the carbon rear swingarm and it was flexy.I sold it and got me the F700 hardtail.
I’d personally grind down the disc brake bracket instead of the frame
🤔 Wow. Good point. Surprised no one else has mentioned that after 50k views. Next time I'll do that!
@@BuildaBetterBike great job! I have a 98 super v900. Love the thing but needs rear disc brake. Where did you get the rear caliper adapter bracket?
Edit - never mind I see parts list,thanks
It became again in beautifull bike just like when it was launched in the 90´s !!! You make an incredible restoration work. Congratulations !
Nice retro-modern build! Love the all-white color. 😍
This was so therapeutic. Nice restoration
Stunning job
that was my dream bike in the early start of the 2000's also, it came out awesome dude, fantastic build
Great project man. I was an MTBing kid in the 90s and this was my dream bike also.
I really like the voice over intro! Excellent production value and craftsmanship!
I have the Cannondale Super V 400 I bought in 1998 and have only ridden it 6 times. I just pulled it out of retirement. Only thing I need on the bike is a new chain and inner tubes. Paint at the back wheel where it connects to the frame has flaked off,otherwise it’s in perfect condition. Nice video here
My first bike was a super V and i endjoied it sooo mutch that I upgraded the stock fety with a new lefti. So sad i cant ride this bike because now im too tal. Now the bike is in the shed since for a couple of years. So glad to see someone making sutch a beauty out of this legend.
Awesome bike , i still have myne that i bought back in the late 90s and it is like new , its a Super V 700 with super fatty LS front shock and Fox vanilla on the back . Still love it , great bike .....................
Gr8! After so many years now I'm regretting giving my sv900comp away. Nice restore n build 👍
I love to see anything restored thankyou.
Wow! What an incredible build. I want to ride that! I can’t believe you got it all to work! Just amazing my brother!
I still ride the SuperV I bought new in 1996. This was pretty inspiring!
Awesome job on the build. It reminds me of a Strom Trooper.
i am glad to see that you moved the chainring inwards with additional spacers. i was thinking about doing the same for my kids' bikes, seeing a pro doing it validates my idea.
Just saw this for the first time , mind blown very well done!
You brought back to life this bike , amazing job , satisfying result and video to watch , keep going !
Soo exciting but also calming at the same time. Really enjoyed it!
amazing work
I did that with an old Ironhorse Warrior 3.1 26" and now after $ 1200.00 in upgrades , I have the jewel that everyone on the trails want to start a conversation about . They also wanna buy it but guess what? ... it's not for sale .
I'd really love to see some of your bike!
my first mountain bike was a red and black SuperV 1000 ......... banana carbon rear wagon and front shock pivoted into the steering head, Spectacular
That bike is really cool!
Wooooow amazing Work!!!! Beautiful Bike.....I love it
Awesome work, Dude! I´ve modernized my old beloved ´05 Stevens F9 Race too, with a dropper post, longer fork, shorter stem, wider handlebars, angle headset, broader rims, offset bushings, and now it´s behaviour is supreme. But I had one problem: First I shortened the stem from 110mm to 80mm, but this doesn´t work well because of the (short) geo of these elder bikes. Now I changed to a 95mm-stem, and it works a lot better. And I had to steepen the seat angle too, because of the longer fork (+20mm) and the offset bushings, otherwise I got problems in the uphill.
I've got one of these coming my way soon complete with rev rox wheels coda cranks and headshox forks, can't wait to get polishing. The paint on my killer v was some seriously solid stuff as this is the same era, joy.
Another beautiful piece of rolling art. Great testament to your patience
Thank you so much 😀
i knew this was going to be rad about 15 seconds in. well done. hope to see more projects in the future!
Great build !
Congratulations brother
Them grips are super dope!
Primo job here sir!! Quite relaxing to watch too!.. Took me a months to save for the F400 back in 94..felt like a little kid wheeling that matte black beauty out of the shop!..cheers!
had a '99 Super V 500 in green, replaced it around 2005 with a Scalpel. Even though I felt way more stable on the Scalpel and the lefty could take harder hits the Super V was super nimble, more like riding a scaled up BMX, loved it!
I owned a Super V 500 but traded it in 1997 for a T700 to ride across country. I still ride it and miss my Super V. I am rebuilding my 1999 F1000 hard tail and luckily I have a disc brake ready bike and will only change out the front fork and keep my ChromaLusion Purpleen paint. I will upgrade my BB and Cranks and add 12 speed SRAM system and Magura Brakes. Your video is very detailed and got me missing my Super V even more. Love that detail on crossover from a Fatty to traditional fork. By the way in France they still rebuild the Fatty. Thanks for sharing your dream.
My first mountain bike was a 2000 SuperV700SX. I still have it too although I primarily ride a 2015 Scalpel 29 now. But I had the cast/bonded swing arm which crack (lifetime warranty on the frame, I got 40% off on the Scalpel). So I fixed it with a tube swingarm like what you have but it was already equipped with the caliper mount. The bike came with a Lefty so that already had a disc brake. About two years ago I replaced the old Magura Clara/Louise with mewer MT2's.
that is one clean build! very very awesome!
Turned out beautiful, I like the seat
Great build mate thats stunning now 👍👌🚴♂️
You are an artist!
wheels looking amazing!
Thanks!
Great attention to detail and no crazy music👍 job well done
Wow...Everytime I watch one of your Vids I become even more impressed...!!!
Looks Awsome. Amazing Job 👏
Regards from a fellow photographer and a cyclist (although more into the tarmac and gravel than any of the MTB disciplines). 🙌🏻
Great build
Having your best friend working at a bike didn’t help, he called me when they received their first SuperV 1000 which I bought, then he called when they received their first SuperV 2000 with Cannondales first disc brakes, which were absolutely pieces of shit.
Those brakes were so bad that I had them taken off and replaced with XTR V-brakes.
Does anyone remember Cannondales attempt at building dirt bikes ? That was another miss for them, then I thought they were out of the mtn bike game for a number of years
Ah yes, the sorted history of Cannondale. And yet, I still love that brand.
Beautiful! Well done
Thank you very much!
My fav bike ever.. I owned a Super V900 carbon, put Manitou V-vert R on it also ran XTR brakes. Loved bombing the old DH tracks on it. Wish I could find another..
Cool looking Cannondale I love the new color it’s so crisp and clean awesome job. The other thing is love your shop so many cool tools. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.
Got 5.5inchs of travel out of mine . Cut in half the bolt on fork brace off a set of tange suspension forks then bolted them to the frame shock mount bracket. Got a longer fox air can . All sweet. Some one still has it. The down tube did crack at the front of the shock mount after I had it they just welded it up.
Nice job you dream came true .grate bike I pick mine up back in when it first came out still new and fun. njoyyou bike
My dream bike was the super v 4000 DH . I was super fortunate that my Granddad supported me so my first super was a 2000 frameset with the fatty in ball burnished i later exchanged that for the superV 3000DH . I was such a fanboy back then.
Oof,i feel you man,i know how we take care of the things we love,i had to do a lot of struggle to build my dream cycle
But its still not complete
I had the 900 with disc brakes in ‘98 and a 1000FR after that. Brings back memories
So rad! I love what you did with the wheels. Way to go man!!
Thanks Rusty!
That's a great project! Subscribed 💯
this was beautiful to watch
Always thought a Lefty would look good on the front of a Super V.
I have a Super V 2000 that I’m going to put a Left Max on. In the next year or so.
@@alcopower5710 Got a 1998 1000 I got brand new, want to redo the whole bike just like he did and with a lefty.
Raven style !
All leftys look good.
This is one of the most amazing restorations I've ever seen. Superb work sir. Absolutely brilliant.
I love the white rims this inspires me to get working on my bikes 💯 Beautiful build
Thanks! best of luck
Awesome build! The Super V was my dream bike in the 90's also. I built one very similar to yours with the same offset headset but I was lucky enough to find a Jekyll swing arm so I could run a longer shock in the rear.
Ah cool. A proper Uber V then. I looked everywhere for a Jekyll swingarm. Do you have the build posted anywhere?
@@BuildaBetterBike No I don't but I've been meaning to do a walk around and ride of mine. It turns a lot of heads with the older riders especially around here because the old Cannondale factory is right down the road from my local trails.
Super video! Great job!
Its so amazing ... I really hope one day I would I would have the right amout of money and free time to do projects like this 😍
This is absolutely magnificent! I had a Super V 1000 which I got in 1997. It had a green frame, yellow swing-arm, and red headshok. I always had cheap hardtail bikes up until I bought it, so like you, it was my dream bike. I enjoyed every meticulous second of this video, and in my eyes, you have paid homage to the Cannondale Super V series with this build - a true masterpiece. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks!
@@BuildaBetterBike dude I have a one year only 96 for sale the super v active 3000
I would like to trade or sell it
all I would change would be the bottom bracket and cranks.. get rid of the square taper set up & put a nice shiny hollowtech 2 bb & crankset on this wonderfull creation.. great video all the same..
Certainly. I also would have preferred some single finger brakes, a better front fork, a jekyl swingarm conversion to get a longer back shock etc etc. But I try to keep budget down where I can and have to draw the line somewhere. Maybe someday when this channel pays me the big bucks. ;)
@@BuildaBetterBike you deserve more bucks than yellowstone in mating season. 10/10 channel, and this comes from a bike mechanic and an amateur frame painter. I'd love to one day have a paint setup like you.
i like to keep some of the og parts to keep the retro feel. i def would have gone with at least a shimano bb tho. i use sunlite bbs all the time and theyre not bad, but certainly dont have the longevity of a good shimano one
Wow.Great job man.I love it!!!
Glad you enjoy it!
Really cool!!!
Beautiful!
Thanks!
You're an artist sir!👍
Thank you kindly
Wow 😍 just restored one of these w a new fork and drivetrain but nothing on your level 😳♥️
So rad.
Nice video
Love the song you choose it's so chill to watch
Love the torque beat
my favorite cannondale ever.
Those Vans grips looks nice!