90s bike restoration - custom step through build - Giant Acapulco

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

Комментарии • 68

  • @vernerjuliussen2071
    @vernerjuliussen2071 Год назад +2

    Love the colours that were used more often on older bike's.
    Normally more work moding these old bike's than the selling price reflects, but they turn out awesome and you get to enjoy building something special, so a win in my book. 😃
    This bike never looked better.
    Details like flipping the seat mount for a clean look, the new comfort bar and the wheel for the rear brake wire set this one apart.
    A really nice on. Absolutely worth watching. 😁🤙

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +1

      Thank you very much I appreciate that ! Definitely a lot of fun getting this back together. Thanks for watching & the kind comments 🙏😊

  • @louisclaremont6545
    @louisclaremont6545 Год назад +4

    So beautiful! I have been watching all your vids after coming across the channel, can’t get enough.
    I recently bought my first bike for restoration - 90s Marin bobcat frame. Probably wouldn’t have got if it it weren’t for your vids! Thank you for motivation and info so buzzing hehe

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      Hell ya dude thank you so much that means a lot. Glad you’re loving the bikes! Super fun

    • @brrrt6666
      @brrrt6666 11 месяцев назад

      How' s the bike coming along?

  • @WrenB111
    @WrenB111 Год назад +3

    Great little restoration. Ready for a new owner all freshened up. Great frame! Color and graphics really give it a personality.

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      Cheers Aaron i appreciate that!! I think the color looks great too 👍👍

  • @unfineartist
    @unfineartist Месяц назад +1

    Great build, really dig that little roller cam for the rear canti... vintage tech!

  • @cra_55
    @cra_55 Год назад +13

    You should put on some chrome bars, chrome fenders, some other chrome bits, and tan wall tires to get it looking as Barbie as possible.

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +3

      Hahah I like it the way it is ! Would make a cool Barbie bike tho

  • @darktdi85
    @darktdi85 4 месяца назад +2

    I realy like the style. Color pops 👍🏼

  • @reeceholmes8546
    @reeceholmes8546 Год назад +1

    thanks from the UK, great stuff

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +1

      Cheers man ! Greetings from Melbourne aus !

  • @davidmurphy9151
    @davidmurphy9151 Год назад +1

    Beauty - hopefully that quill stem works on something. Really cool.

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      Cheers man! Haha yes that stem is a big one, hopefully I can use it for something

  • @Firefox-sn2ys
    @Firefox-sn2ys 9 месяцев назад +1

    this kind of stepthrough frame is cool i have almost the same kind bike (just from different brand) and its pretty fun to ride

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  9 месяцев назад +1

      Nice ! Ya they are fun bikes for sure, cruisey

  • @arremmm
    @arremmm Год назад +1

    sick ride gaz. tip for grip removal - slide a cable tie down as far as you can & spray rubbing alcohol underneath. makes it way way easier to remove

  • @raceface_m2579
    @raceface_m2579 Год назад +1

    Love the title representation 🙌🏼 and of course, great video!

  • @camt1818
    @camt1818 Год назад +1

    Totally rad paint job!

  • @biihbitoodniihatathlie5776
    @biihbitoodniihatathlie5776 Год назад +1

    I enjoyed the vid Gary!! such a cool bike! the pink really pops

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +1

      Cheers mate I appreciate that!! Pink is super vibrant !

  • @komoonkh
    @komoonkh Год назад +6

    I bet Garys balcony smells like wd40 all over the place!😂 when I feel the urge to tinker with bikes, I watch Gary do it instead, so I feel satisfied and my wife wont kill me for bringing more bike junk to my house😂

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +1

      Hahahaha protip I used low odor wd40 !!

  • @zanecatterall6783
    @zanecatterall6783 Год назад +1

    Re: inner bash guard, you can use 3x chainring bolts and use washers to push it inwards more👍🏾

  • @Jan-bf2ht
    @Jan-bf2ht Год назад +1

    Nice bike and really cool video again :) … And probably not a "pro tip" but I did end up taking apart old 7-speed cassettes (the ones I had were screwed together with 3 bolts, either with small hex caps or pretty tiny allen heads) to clean them up. Most of the time they end up looking like a brand new cassette since you have every cog separate.

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +1

      Oh that’s a good idea! Thanks for the kind words cheers! 😊

  • @kenjineered7750
    @kenjineered7750 Год назад +1

    As usual, love your work!

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      Cheers Ken i appreciate that !! 🙏😊

  • @BennyNeptune
    @BennyNeptune Год назад +2

    Man! You have great taste in bikes. Pretty new to the channel but i’m hooked. Definitely the coolest commuter/gravel builds on YT. What do you do for a work? Product design?

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +2

      Cheers Ben! I appreciate that. I used to work in design (branding) so maybe that helps haha , I just like cool stuff 😅

  • @Machinationstudio
    @Machinationstudio Год назад +1

    The Malaysia sticker with the Japan underneath is probably due to them moving the tooling from Japan to Malaysia, so they have to note it as a Malaysia made part.

  • @albano.garcia
    @albano.garcia Год назад +1

    Reminds me a lot to my girlfriend's Giant Brownstone that I helped her to buy. Great ride (but it's 700c)

  • @MrJob91
    @MrJob91 Год назад +1

    This would be perfect for a nice premium nexus 8 hub fixie or single speed drivetrain.

  • @lilbtyt7928
    @lilbtyt7928 Год назад +1

    i fixed up a trek 4300 i found but its still too tall for my mom to lift her leg over so im lookin for a step through and theyre hard to find. i need it to have a regulars size headset for a fox fork i refuse to get rid of. mostly seen some hybrids that arent exactly ideal.

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      Damn that would be cool! A step though with a suspension fork!! Hope u can find your mom something. Cheers!

  • @gautam4697
    @gautam4697 Год назад +1

    Awsome❤

  • @iklein81
    @iklein81 Год назад +1

    Great vid as always, Gary! Just curious, how many teeth are on the front chainring?

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад +1

      Cheers Ian i appreciate that ! It has 38t on the front 👍

  • @austinlewthwaite7740
    @austinlewthwaite7740 7 месяцев назад +1

    9.25.... baggy trousers by madness??

  • @音姫soundprincess
    @音姫soundprincess 8 месяцев назад +1

    GARY! do you remember what size was this frame? 15"? 16"?

  • @garagemslzv8465
    @garagemslzv8465 Год назад +1

    Tops

  • @aaronviaje134
    @aaronviaje134 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is that chainring narrow wide?

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  11 месяцев назад +1

      It’s not

    • @aaronviaje134
      @aaronviaje134 11 месяцев назад +1

      So chain does not fall off? My bike my is currently SS, the chain ring also has a chain guide but only on the otherside

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  11 месяцев назад

      Yeah it doesn’t fall off , only if you are doing going off road with lots of bumps and stuff

    • @aaronviaje134
      @aaronviaje134 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@garysprojects but if I instead replaced it with narrow wide chainring, wont it fall off even on bumps and off roads?

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  11 месяцев назад

      @@aaronviaje134 ya it will hold onto the chain better

  • @petesmitt
    @petesmitt Год назад +1

    That handlebar is not original, so the shifters and levers might have been loose, because they never got around to finishing after replacing the bars; they likely put the new tyres on at the same time and never ridden since.

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      Ahhh I see that makes sense

    • @petesmitt
      @petesmitt Год назад +1

      @@garysprojects Someone sunk some money into the bike; those VO bars, Oury grips and Vittoria tyres would have added up to over $200..

    • @garysprojects
      @garysprojects  Год назад

      @@petesmitt lucky for me ! 😂🙏

  • @ratoneJR
    @ratoneJR Год назад +1

    No Bud light for me

  • @m220gang4
    @m220gang4 Год назад +1

    Acapulco is a City of México