(upbeat music) - I just found five bikes
for 375 bucks, five bikes. One of them it's got a bomber
fork and fork suspension. It's almost too good to be true. I have to find out by what nefarious means they acquired these five bikes. It looks like an entire
family just disappeared. If there's anything fishy about it, I don't want to be
moving weird merchandise. Yeah, these are, these
definitely need some work. We should take 325 for all of them? - (Woman) Yep. - Yeah, let's do it. (upbeat music) It seemed a little less
nefarious when I pulled up and got the whole story. Mom trying to clean up house. They don't ride the bikes
anymore, they're all projects. It's not gonna be easy. These bikes are highly, highly neglected. Looking back on that day,
it wasn't as good of a deal as I thought at the time. The only thing we really
got outta that deal that was worth anything, was
this full suspension bike. And it's been neglected. (upbeat music) So what's worse, abuse or neglect? Mountain bikes, I think like to be used. This one's been sitting
around for a really long time. Live the pretty hard life outside. Perfectly good working bottom
bracket, Chris King headset, no egregious parts whatsoever. They're just in really bad condition. And come to think of it, I
can't even really figure out what type of bike it is. So hopefully this bike isn't a money pit, let's break it down and see what we find. (upbeat music) So I've really dug into this
bike, everything's apart and they're really dirty. So I have years of neglect
to wash off of these parts, but a lot of them are pretty good. And most of the stuff that's rusty and needs replacement is
really cheap, just hardware. (upbeat music) So it's a new day, I'm
off to the hardware store to find replacements for these
bolts and a better solution for this hodgepodge of washers. Whoever had the bike last
used all these washers to try and center the shock. I think nylon washers would
probably be more appropriate. (upbeat music) As for the things we couldn't
find at the hardware store, I have some rust removers, we'll clean up the old stuff as best as we can. So we'll do all the cleaning
at once, the prepping, repairing individual parts,
and of course the painting. And because we've been doing
more painting, I got something. This thing, it's like a
tent, it's got all sorts of features that make
it good for painting. I would've just bought a camping
tent, but this cost less. Yeah, I don't have to get paint
all over my garage anymore. This is pretty sweet. (upbeat music) I considered going with something fun but settled on graphite. Painting it lime green or mustard yellow might limit our buyers. And so this will keep
things on the up and up. While the first coat of paint hardens, I can start getting to work on
some of the other components that are in need of help. (upbeat music) I was gonna sandblast this
stuff, but it's coming right off with break cleaner,
which isn't a good sign. Serious question. Are we spending too much time to restore two mechanical break calibers? Absolutely. But if you're broke and you
want a mountain bike that rides and looks like new, you can
spend a rainy weekend doing this and put sweat equity into
a really inexpensive bike that just needs some work. (upbeat music) Brake levers rivet it
in, so I'm masking it. I'm just gonna touch it up. But if these are the original
brakes, that is the date of manufacturer, which puts
it at 06, can help us narrow down the bike maybe. (upbeat music) While the paint is
curing, we have something that I hope does not end
up being a waste of time. And that is this coil fork. (upbeat music) Says right here, contains
high pressure nitrogen, do not Dick with. We also found another piece to the puzzle. This damper is dated 2008,
which tells us a little bit more about this bike's story. So it looks like we can save this fork. The only things that look
bad are a few O-rings and those we can just replace. For now, I gotta clean out the lowers. (upbeat music) This time I've got actual
Marzocchi stickers. We're not gonna make a
mutant outta this one. And all we have left to
address are these stanchions. The only thing that's
gonna bring these back to life is abrasions. So we'll start with some
pretty rough sandpaper and work our way down until
they're nice and smooth. (upbeat music) And with that, we can restore this fork to its former glory by resembling it. This particular model does
not take oil just grease. And because it is a coil
fork, it should last another 400 years with
semi-regular maintenance. All right. So I have spoken to the neck beard council and the consensus is, since
this is an old coil shock, if the rebound works, let it ride. Don't take it apart. We have the rebound all the way open. Okay, let's close it up. Oh yeah. Rebound works, I am going
to accept the advice from the neck beard council AKA Pat. Let's put it back on the bike. Actually, let's get this bike together. (upbeat music) Time to get all the parts figured out. Now, first of all, this is a big bike and it's got these
little bitty handle bars. This is gonna be like a big
person riding this bike. And by today's standard,
they're not very long. So I've got a way bigger set of bars. They've just been sitting around for ages. I also have a stem, was
actually on the knee scooter. I'm gonna put a cheaper stem
back on that knee scooter. We're also gonna throw a larger cassette on this bike to make it climb better and throw the old one
back in the parts bin. (upbeat music) So now we'll press in the headset and start making this look like a bicycle. (upbeat music) So another way we can zero in
on what type of bike this is, is the Derailleur hanger. This is a Derailleur hanger number 49 on wheels manufacturing. If you search Google, it's gonna come up. And it says that if it's
Diamondback GT, Jamis, Fuji and a couple of other brands. If you think you found
the bike that it fits, it's gotta have this Derailleur hanger or it's not that bike. (upbeat music) So now we're gonna set up the cockpit, and because both the shifting
end brakes are cable actuated on this bike, it's a great
opportunity to tell you that these cables are not one in the same. This is cable, this is housing. Brakes usually have a fatter
housing and a fatter cable, the ends are gonna be different. Just something to keep in
mind if you're ordering up supplies, you'll be really bummed out if you have the wrong end, or the wrong width and nothing fits. There's internal cable
routing from here to here. In newer bikes, there's
like a little plastic tube inside it that guides the cable. (laughing) It coming out this hole is like a fantasy, but I got a tool for that. These two wires are magnetic. So when you fish them through the frame they find each other. Then you can tape it to your
housing and pull it through. Right out, there we go. (upbeat music) Oh man, this is a
dramatically different bike than we started with. (laughing) Man, I think it's time to stare at it. (upbeat music) So I gave the bike a
little test to make sure everything works well. I burned in the brakes, but
it's really too big for me. It's more Kevin's size. And so he is gonna give
it a trail shake down. (upbeat music) All right, so I got it listed. I left a lot of details,
I'll read you the basic gist. For sale is a full suspension
mountain bike size large. This would work for anyone 5.10 and up. The bike has been expertly restored from the ground up with
brand new cables, brake pads, cassette, front chain ring, and chain. Even the fork has been serviced and given a new set of decals. You can buy this bike and head straight to the trails with it. Now, the reason that I listed it so cheap is we do have a few
things working against us. First of all, I have no
idea what brand it is. And so that's gonna make
some people skeptical. It's the beginning of February. We've had snow on the ground
for the last three weeks. And I need to sell this
quick because I gotta put this video out next week. Somebody out there is gonna
get a really screaming deal. I had to price the bike a little lower because I don't know what it is. So, we didn't end up selling
the bike in this episode, but it's the beginning of February and there's been snow on
the ground for a month. So I'm not surprised. And so you'll find out what it sold for in the next episode,
for now onto the breakdown. We threw a set of wider used handlebars on there for 20 bucks,
stem was used 25 bucks, paint ended up costing 20,
nuts, bolts and replacement hardware we'll call five bucks. Cables and housing were also five bucks, the grips came off
another bike four dollars, a used 26 inch tire,
we'll call it 10 bucks. The single speed chainring
was $13, chain was $14, the marzocchi decals
were 10 bucks off Etsy, larger nine speed cassette was 27 bucks, bolt-on skewers, $12. Brake pads were only five
bucks because I bought them in bulk. And the replacement jockey wheel was $6. The handlebar stem and cassette I put back into the parts
bin and all together I can only give it a value of $15. The bike was 150, and
so that is a $311 cost. Anything we get above that is profit. Now surely the massive
amount of time spent restoring this bike should be factored in, but that's not really what this is about. We got a bike that looked
like it belonged in the trash, and now it is a very
presentable, nice riding bike. Anyway, I really enjoyed
restoring this bike. We still don't know
what type of bike it is. If you want to try and
figure out for yourselves, it's a Derailleur hanger number 49. Whatever bike you think it is, it has to fit that Derailleur hanger. And find out next time what
the bike actually sold for. Thanks for riding with me today. And I'll see you next time. It's the following morning. Kevin is going to drop the bike off with its new owner right now. Sold it for 525. That gives us a profit of $214. Not so bad. We took something that
was just sitting around, neglected and put it back on the trails.
