Bike Bob Ross i see🙏🏽

Just discovered your channel. I enjoy tinkering on bikes. Like you I adhere to “practical bikes for practical people “. I have donated a few bikes sharing with friends and acquaintances. Presently have 25 older bikes in my stable. So… my feedback is that your channel is spot on for me. Actually surprised to see how many folks are in agreement. I see so many folks on new go-fast bikes on the Greenway. Began to think I was the only fellow enamored with the older classics. Please continue and stay the course!

I absolutely loved seeing this old Mongoose restored. As a kid, that's one of the many bikes I coveted. There is nothing like an all chrome frame 80s bike.

I'm in my early sixties and have always been interested in biking I really like your style of videos even at my age I'm still learning something new. Happy to have come across your videos. Thank you so much.

The Everything Old is Knew Again is great is awesome ! Your comments as you roll are relaxing and entertaining, meaningful ! Thank you !

I really like your videos. I can learn a lot from you and take better care of my bikes... I think that your bike restorations are very cool and it is nice that you give new life to great bikes. Right now I'm working on my Giant Toughtroad bike, it is not that old, 2016, I've taken it apart, clean everything, changed the BB and setting it up as a "gravel" bike... converting from flat bar to drop bars...

The "Ope" thing must indeed be Scandinavian. I grew up in a small Finn and Swede village out here in Mass. Everybody said Ope years ago and us now oldtimers still do. Thanks for sharing your bike knowledge with is.

Loved the detail in the 3 parts👍. My only concern is that all I hear when you are cleaning with the rag is the grit trapped in the rag rubbing on everything. I think you should invest in an ultrasonic cleaner. I got one and have never looked back. I use the formula 88 from home depot. My cleaner is 1o litres so I need 2 x5litre jugs. I use it neat not diluted 1:5. Everything comes up immaculate - usually let it run for 20 minutes. Even grubby chains come up roses! Just a suggestion. 😊

I just got a 1999 mongoose MGX D50 after being out of biking for over two decades. Now I feel old.

Make videos that you like to make. And that's a beautiful bike.

Well done it's good to bring old bikes to Life 😁

OK this is coming from an old timer the bearings in your bottom bracket you need to not just wipe them off, but put them in a small metal can with some lacquer thinner or some other hot degreaser and shake them around and let them soak for a while and get all the grease out of those bearing races/cups wiping them down with a rag doesn’t cut it. There are very small little pieces of metal that are worn and trapped in the grease so it’s imperative that you get rid of the old grease be sure and blow them out with some compressed air when you remove them from the Degreaser then put a glob of grease in the palm of your hand hold the bearing on edge like a coin and drag it across your palm and scrape it so that you pack the grease into the bearing itself and all through the cup then turn it 180° and repeat not just scoop it on around it please. This was taught to me by an old timer when I was about 10 years old I am sure that it would’ve made that bearing right as smooth as glass when you were turning it by hand, I must say though I have learned a lot from watching you. I appreciate your time and talents. Good luck with your channel.

Nice work, @bkefrmr! It seems like bike manufacturers used the U-brake on mountain bikes for a very few years and then gave them up as a bad habit. I had a 1986 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp with a U-brake.

Really enjoyed bringing the Mongoose back to life. My only suggestion is to please start wearing nitrile gloves. The petroleum chemicals you are working with are nasty and the more your hands are unprotected the more you are exposed. It takes time but after a couple of decades you can’t undo what’s been done. Having worked for a longtime around chemicals, I always tell the upcoming generation to protect themselves because not too many years ago there wasn’t a thing called an old chemist!

Lovely old bike. Very collectable.

I've recently got myself back into riding & tinkering.... Obtained most of my repair practice on BMX rides as a kid. I found a reasonable used Mongoose MTB frame to wrench on; converted the 21-speed to a 3-speed cruiser, upgraded the saddle & cockpit. Next will be the forks & headset, then a few accessories before new rubber. Has been fun. Thanx for all the great videos, have made things so much easier to learn the more complex set-ups than what I started on.

Love this just watched all 3 parts of you restoration video! I have the same bike but in a teal green color almost like the Bianchi Green. This was the bike I stared my cycling journey with and rode my first Metric Century ride on it. I now own three steel bikes, the Mongoose ATB, Bianchi Alfana (down tube shifters❤), and a Surly Cross Check. This hyped me up to start the rebuild on my ATB as it has a busted bottom bracket it has been through two moves with me including from Hawaii back to Texas and I just refuse to get rid of it as it is just way too different and special. Thanks!

That's a good looking bike... I've always been a sucker for mongoose 😊

Catching up on Bike Farmer vids... Had sign in issues with my KZfaq, all set now. Learning tons sir, thanx for the great content.

I love your content! You work on the bikes I used to when I worked in bike shops in my earlier years growing up. I really want to visit your shop as I live in Wisconsin. The old shop I worked in was also a Trek dealer back in the 70's and 80's.. Lov your vid.s!

OOps! stepped on the cat!!LOL🤣Lovin your stuff👍

The old bike owner of the shop I worked in, prior to 1990, he trialed and sampled everything in bike lube available at the time, and TriFlow was not only the best he found , but also cost effective at that time. There are some newer lubes that are great these days, but TriFlow is my goto even today.. Probably because I'm used to working with it..

Bottom bracket shot was a pretty interesting angle in this video. I got to use your cable stretching advice. A local bike shop helped me to figure out how to re tighten a stem shifter (Shimano 7 Speed SIS S452) that decided to come loose on a ride. They installed a new cable since they worked on the shifter, but I noticed some skipping shifts the next day. Stretched the cable and dialed it back in for smooth sailing again.

Nice series!

Hope you enjoy your new chromed out ride. Don't forget to put on a saddle worthy of taming the Chrome Stallion. ;)

I like the content, you are funny and a serious bike mechanic. Don't worry to much😂 Greetings from bike central (Amsterdam)

About feedback: you should explain what lubricants you use for what parts and use cases. I mean, there's special purpose grease and oil for basically any bike part, but you seem to get everything done with just a few general purpose types of greases/degreasers and oils. I suspect that most of those application specific greases are more of a marketing thing or highend probike thing and don't make a real difference to daily drivers.

About your front brakes. The non drive side, that's the side sitting on the seat looking down at the brakes that's on the left, is shaped different that the drive side. The side that's on the right sitting on the bike seat looking down is different.

Every time you drop a bearing you owe me a beer.

Enjoy your videos. On the more intricate "repairs" such as the bottom bracket, it would be helpful if you'd go into a bit more detail regarding the tools being used, things to look for, ie: how to tell if bearings need to be replaced, etc. Thing you take for granted or do "automatically" are easily overlooked by those of us with less experience/expertise than you.

Little tip, I really want to see the bikes test ridden in the end, maybe even sold but I dunno how that's possible. The vids are also a bit long to sit through on a continuous basis, I love them, but eventually I won't be able to keep it up. However also maybe it's why I like them. Shorter tip videos might be good also, focused on single tasks.

I usually squirt some tri flow, or some thicker wet chain lube into freewheels from the front and back while I have them off and give them a good spin while I tilt from side to side. If they are really crusty I put some degreaser in first, give a good spin and set it aside while I work on something else to let it drain out. Its not worth spending more than a few seconds fussing with freewheels because they are so cheap, but this usually gets them sounding, and working nice again.

Keep doing what your doing the show is great! Only thing I see is better camera angles. I’m sure it’s an upgrade as you go !

The why not to grease threads is it will throw off your torque settings and may back out easier so you need to tighten more. However some manufacturers will specify anti-cease or grease or something and factor this in to the torque settings. If you live is a dry hot climate, maybe skip the threas grease. However if you live somewhere prone to rust, definitely do it. I say why not though and just crank it down hard and keep and eye on it and she'll be right.

Replace the nut type bottom bracket! At the very least replace the nut type bottom bracket spindle with a bolt type. Those nut type had a habit of coming loose and ruining cranks. You noticed that the non-drive side was loose coming off. I had a 1986 Mongoose ATB and the non-drive side crank came loose and got ruined. Had to get a replacement. I have seen others with bolt type with replacement non-drive side crank arms. I tried reusing a bolt type on 1991 Nishiki mountain bike I restored for my brother and his non-drive side crank arm came loose and got ruined. I have replaced every nut type bottom bracket with a bolt type whenever I have done a repair or restoration to be safe. There is a reason that the nut type went away. They tend not to hold and the cranks wallow loose and get ruined. Thanks

Love it . Really enjoy your videos dude , thanks . I would've put front suspension on it an a 1 by system an turned it into restmod klunker😂

I've known of Tange bicycle products for almost 50 years and never known how to pronounce Tange so I've avoided saying it out loud! In my mind, it's always been TAN-jee, though.

😂 yeah I would say after 35 years it’s time for a overhaul

Nice job! Very tasteful restoration. What are your thoughts on the tires you picked out?

18:14 graxa pra que né....?

Do you still have the bike? Sorry I am starting to feel like a War Boy from the Mad Max timeline. "You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome!" But seriously I am wanting to know if the bike is still for sale.

How much did you sell this bike for?

No grease on the BB threads?