wow!! thank you very much for the support Glenn I appreciate that !!
@digthemedium
Ай бұрын
A friend of mine had this exact model and color when I was in college in the late 90's - early 00's. It got stolen within a week, and he built a klunker which he rode and never locked up for the rest of his college career. I was seriously in love with his Hard Rock, even though I was riding a black and purple Rockhopper at the time, and I almost felt as heartbroken as he did when his got stolen. My extra precaution kept mine from getting stolen for another year (Arizona State bike thieves are relentless) and I rode a light pink and blue Takara road bike (which would be a highly-sought prize in today's vintage market. Thank god my Dad still owns it so I can visit it from time to time) for the rest of my college career, and the thieves never thought it worth their time. Anyway, sorry for the long comment, but this very bike brings back some strong bike-related memories.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
That’s awesome sounds like some go of memories. Glad your dad still has his ! Sounds cool !
@cesartagliari6459
Ай бұрын
as you usually say: "overall, nice bike!!"
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
hahah cheers mate! pretty good !
@hamadysack3157
Ай бұрын
Good to see your good old-fashioned refurbs again!
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
thank you my dude !
@CryptJeeper
Ай бұрын
Appreciate the demonstration of the limiter screws on the mechs
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
cheers mate glad it was helpful
@CryptJeeper
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects u helped me fix this girls bike I got a crush on lol
@CryptJeeper
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects w that very tip
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@CryptJeeper damn!!! Hope she appreciates it 😂💕💕
@seraphan6
Ай бұрын
I thought the bit showing manually adding tension to the front derailleur cable to find the correct limit was especially helpful. Thanks!
@shibdfyhhdtguu
Ай бұрын
Great video! I've been locked in from the start. It's therapeutic.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you very much ! It’s therapeutic for me too working on bikes
@komoonkh
Ай бұрын
Gary is that guy who spreads wd40 on his bread when he runs out of butter😂
@komoonkh
Ай бұрын
Haha the youtube magic at the end was amazing😂 everyone using that corny trick getting calmly roasted by Gary 😂
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
hahahah thank you mate, glad you enjoyed cheers!
@hamadysack3157
Ай бұрын
Evaporust great on pancakes
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@hamadysack3157 need to try 😂
@biosfearmag
Ай бұрын
That Pedro bottom bracket tool is a game-changer. Need to find one.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@biosfearmag it’s a good one ! Super helpful I got mine from Beautbike.com.au
@biosfearmag
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects shipping might cost more than the part to Portland, Oregon. :) I'll check local bike shops. Thanks for another good nugget.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@biosfearmag I think Pedro’s is an American company anyways 😂 they should have it somewhere, cheers mate !
@CrazyFattyPatty
20 күн бұрын
Impressive what you can do with a balcony workshop! Nice bike
@garysprojects
20 күн бұрын
hahaha cheers I appreciate that!
@StereoDiscoShit
Ай бұрын
Btw Gary! I was looking for alternatives for avoporust, cuz it's not available in my country. So I found a thread where a guy suggested it is Edetate disodium (C10H14N2Na2O8). I tried it and I've been using it all the time. It is supercheap, safe for use as it is not toxic doesnt smell and easily available (ordering online). The regulation may vary from area to area though. You need to warm a water to 60C add this powder and a soap and mix it. Just drop the rust parts for 24 hours and the rust will be eaten away like a magic. You can use it multiple times. But capacity of the mix is limited. It works like one molecule of Edetate disodium is connecting with one molecule of rust and go away together as one
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Wow! that is awesome glad you were able to find a solution. sounds great!
@joaoc_PT
Ай бұрын
Nice one! Orange constructor specialized! I also got a stumpjumper sworks that i got and restored a few years ago, love the frame. Very light. Keeping it as close as original possible, its my 26 roadie. Has a small issue with the headset lower fork bearing race, does not "match" it, need to find a tighter one to fix that. Besides that, awesome bike.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you ! wow awesome that's quite a nice bike. glad you can keep it going ! cheers
@jeromeGrzelak
15 күн бұрын
From Jerry to GARY GOOD JOB
@garysprojects
15 күн бұрын
@@jeromeGrzelak thank you JERRY
@RoldanRR00
Ай бұрын
Nice build! I really enjoy your vids. I just finished refreshing a 2000 Rockhopper. Late 90s to late 2000s were some of the best bikes.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you my dude I appreciate that! yes, they made some great bikes during that period and also cool paint jobs too!
@jamesboxold9671
9 күн бұрын
Just bought a 2001 hardrock comp and it had the original tires on it lol
@garysprojects
9 күн бұрын
haha nice
@z33d6
Ай бұрын
As an owner of 84' Koga Miyata rat bike I often watch these restoration videos, but let's be honest, the biggest benefit of owning a rat bike is because it looks like a trash, and with friction shifters most thieves probably won't be able to drive it away even if you leave it unchained. Keep it simple and low cost. Spend your money and effort on your dream bike you keep at home, safe from elements and criminals. ;)
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
What if I lock up my rat bike inside 😂😂😂
@gnucycle
Ай бұрын
yeah overall pretty cool bike
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate
@UnkleMikeStorytime
Ай бұрын
beautiful.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@Aitchy_
5 күн бұрын
Paraparaumu On Yer Bike!!!! That was my local bike shop growing up.... I bought my first ever bike from there as a kid. Such a cool find haha. I hope you dont get rid of the sticker!!
@garysprojects
5 күн бұрын
@Aitchy_ hhaha wow!! thats cool. small world ay ! guess you will have to watch the video to find out 🤣
@Aitchy_
4 күн бұрын
@@garysprojectsSuch a small world! It’s crazy that the bike made it over to Australia from New Zealand lol. Probably went over with the hoards of people jumping across the ditch lol. I’d commented right as you’d mentioned the sticker at the start of the vid… Not gonna lie, I was gutted to see you remove it 😂. In your defence, it was pretty unsightly lol. Either way, rad build bro!
@juancecchinelli8405
3 күн бұрын
Gary, what kind of bars are the ones tou used on this build? I just got a GT Palomar and want to build it with this bars. Thank you inspiring content!
@garysprojects
3 күн бұрын
@@Aitchy_ cheers mate !
@garysprojects
3 күн бұрын
@@juancecchinelli8405 mx bars from mxstore.com.au the cheapest ones on their website
@Emz_Jhaye
Ай бұрын
Nice retro specialized build!!! Love those Motocross style handle-bar! 😎👍 Love these vintage specialized bikes... Last 2 weeks ago, i almost got a vintage specialized rockhopper fsr full suspension bike, w/all orig parts and a manitou fork, in very very pristine condition, original decals, color. White frame and black swing arm... Saw it on fb marketplace, very low price, too bad someone buy it before i could messege the seller... 😅😅😅
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you mate they are pretty comfy! ooo ya that sounds like a cool bike. hahah sometimes that happens, happy hunting ! Cheers
@Emz_Jhaye
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects yup, regret that i didnt messege the seller asap... Hahahaha. Anyways, keep up those bike build videos! 😊👍👍👍 Have a nice day. 😎
@Warriorphonic
18 күн бұрын
nice job gary! nice ride!
@garysprojects
18 күн бұрын
cheers my dude i appreciate that !
@jacoblavinder3827
Ай бұрын
Yes the deep yellows are so much better looking then bright yellow
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Agreed !
@coachjeff493
Ай бұрын
Absolutely epic build mate ..... Good to see a refurb .... Keep up the good work brother
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate I appreciate that! will do my best thank you
@MLRomo
Ай бұрын
Hey I forgot this guy builds bikes as well!! 😆 haha! Sweet build by the way 🍻
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Dang roasted !! 🤣🤣🤣
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate !
@FrogFranker
Ай бұрын
Hey Gary nice bike, like your use of 2nd hand parts, excellent results, seeing a lot of these style of bikes around Melbourne now😊😊
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate ! I appreciate that. Yep use what I can if it’s not broke haha. Oh yes ! I’ve seen more around too, great to see people enjoying bikes 😊
@MotlyUele
Ай бұрын
Sweet resto! I've been thinking of putting some BMX style handlebars on my old Rockhopper.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
hell ya do it up! will be fun
@astral_brain
Ай бұрын
I strongly recommend getting a vice. They're not that expensive and don't take up much room. I got one recently and I'm using it all the time in my bike builds.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@astral_brain would love one haha, but I don’t have a work bench to put it on 😅
@astral_brain
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects Me neither, I have just mounted it on my "table" which is a 18 mm sheet of plywood. It's one of my best purchases and I should have gotten one long time ago! Love the bike BTW!
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@astral_brain dang ! That works? Nice I gotta try that thanks for the tip!! Cheers mate i appreciate that 🙏
@stsfctshn5427
Ай бұрын
😭so good!!! I would ride this bike every single day
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
cheers mate ! super fun bike to cruise around for sure
@martinwild8424
22 күн бұрын
i would have resprayed it but you did a good job 👍
@garysprojects
22 күн бұрын
@@martinwild8424 thank you mate
@reeceholmes8546
Ай бұрын
thanks Gary, my kind of machine, great stuff
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers Reece I appreciate that !
@kevinthomas5992
6 күн бұрын
Very nice dude and i have loads of retro bikes which might have to be rat builds 👍😀
@garysprojects
6 күн бұрын
cheers mate!
@JogieGlenMait16
Ай бұрын
Keeping it 3x and reusing lots of parts. Overall, nice bike.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
that's it - if it aint broke , no need to replace. cheers mate!
@oreocarlton3343
Ай бұрын
Every ratmobile NEEDS a front rack!
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Hahah luckily I still have my diy one
@chuckhunter77
Ай бұрын
Yellow Velo Gang 🤘
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
hell yaw!
@jekutrukukchannel4900
Ай бұрын
Kerja yang bagus... Salam satu pedal dari Indonesia ☕🙏
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏💕
@letterpress_outlier
Ай бұрын
Nice, I had one of these in 1999, I think the colour was called electric mango
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Nice!!! That’s a perfect name 👍
@brrrt6666
Ай бұрын
I do like me a BMX'ish little mountain bike on a sunny day!
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
any cheers mate, a fun ride !
@papergasket_
Ай бұрын
always keep quil stem with removable face, great content as always 😁
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@papergasket_ yes will keep it for another project ! Thank you very much 😊
@space.youtube
Ай бұрын
I'd whip out the cone spanners, that rust and crap doesn't bode well for the state of bearing grease. Edit: Good job, looks like a "super nice" ride.
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate maybe I’ll have a peak in there soon
@mechatakoyakisan
Ай бұрын
Sticker idea Gary: Gary roasted my bike 🔥
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@willasomavich
Ай бұрын
You should of build it into a bmx cruiser with a 44t in front and a 16t in the rear it would of looked awesome
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@willasomavich haha almost there
@braycattle
21 күн бұрын
Gary how do you find breaks and shifters that fit a thicker moto bar? I’ve got some sick moto bars that are 1” diameter and I can’t find good grips or anything that fits them
@garysprojects
21 күн бұрын
@@braycattle yeah thats hard, these are 7/8 pit bars so they fit. ive seen some ppl use plastic levers and melt them to stretch out for 1inch tho
@aznwierdone
Ай бұрын
Bg saddle is body geometry (specialized brand)
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Ahh right on
@hookerjl1
Ай бұрын
Hey Gary, i would like to call it Bumble Bee…comes out pretty shiny and technical well renewed😎the chosen spots and sounds are great! Thanks for sharing your passion🌟🙂
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
That’s a great name ! Haha good explanation. Thank you my dude thanks for watching 🙏😊
@hookerjl1
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects You’re welcome😎
@pex3
Ай бұрын
I have a moral issue with replacing quill stem with an adapter
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
sometimes you gotta
@jonathanorchard4444
Ай бұрын
Awesome build! What are the bars you used?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
cheers mate they are : www.mxstore.com.au/p/Extreme-Racing-Mini-Black-Steel-Handlebars/17-HB3-02
@mungus530
Ай бұрын
are you doing all of this on an apartment balcony? Do you work on bikes one at a time? And what about tool storage?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@mungus530 yes to all, hahah its a tight space but I make it work
@lukasrandalll
Ай бұрын
Have you ever put evaporust inside a frame to deal with internal rust? If not that, what's your preferred way of dealing with internal frame rust?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
I haven't but I would probably spray wd-40 and try to clean it out - some people use linseed oil to protect it
@christopherwebb3517
Ай бұрын
I had a bike for several years that had grip shifters. They were.... fine. They weren't anything special, but they worked fine. I never really understood why they get so much hate. Are they, like "dork disks" just viewed as uncool?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
I think just general preference, I personally don’t like them because they can shift when riding etc , if they work for u keep em 👍
@c0nsci0usness
Ай бұрын
At this point your astroturf must have enough chemicals in it to kill a horse with one touch
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@c0nsci0usness 🤣🤣🤣 luckily I have no horses on my balcony
@overratedryan
Ай бұрын
sick as usual! do you flip/sell most builds? i have 9-10 bikes that i’ve built up (i can’t stop picking up frames). it doesn’t really seem profitable or even possible to break even on these builds, but i also come from a place with no bike scene at all. what’s your model to keep bikes moving?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers mate I sell them on , for me, I put a lot into my bikes so I think that helps with selling. Obviously my bikes aren’t for everyone but for the ppl that value my work they appreciate it. Hope that helps Good luck!
@mechatakoyakisan
Ай бұрын
YEEELLLLOOOOOOWWW
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
we did it !
@mechatakoyakisan
Ай бұрын
How many bikes do you have now Gary? A stable check would be nice
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@mechatakoyakisan I just sold one but I got quite a few 😅😅😅 hahah ya maybe if I can get em all out at once would be cool
@user-yb9rk7pw6t
Ай бұрын
@garys.projects hi friend!) What camera and micro do you use? maybe some kind of tripod? Tell us more about your video setup please)
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@user-yb9rk7pw6t I just use iPhone XS Max for everything and quadlock tripod. Cheers !
@user-yb9rk7pw6t
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects Thank you - you create amazing videos - I realy apreciate it!
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
No worries thank you very much !
@zanecatterall6783
Ай бұрын
This bike’s from New Zealand sold just north of Wellington
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Ayyy nice ! Someone must have shipped it here
@zanecatterall6783
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects honestly, I’d guess a third of people in Melbourne are kiwis 😅😂
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@zanecatterall6783 🤣🤣🤣 could be, could be
@nicolasmunoz1309
Ай бұрын
What's the liquid sandpaper you use ?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@nicolasmunoz1309 T-Cut colour restorer
@nicolasmunoz1309
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects awesome! And the vapo rust? I just finished the video, the bike look good as hell🔥
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@nicolasmunoz1309 cheers mate I appreciate that ! It’s called “evapo rust”
@TyBraek
Ай бұрын
Where do you get those moto bars? They always look sick!
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Cheers man I got them off mxstore.com.au
@uuusi-7349-gk
Ай бұрын
자전거 이뻐요
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
Thank you very much !
@the_nondrive_side
Ай бұрын
I like gripshift but those are awful and not OEM specialized had their own branded units that are awesome. Rm40 is Alivio for sure. I have the darker wheel version of those on a purple GT Timberline Betting that came with the MC-12 cranks. The recall alivio cranks.. also on my GT.. Which would be confirmed with the front hub being a MC-12.. Usually that would have been a 21 speed with -12 so perhaps it was -16
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@the_nondrive_side oh cool I didn’t know specialized had their own ones! That’s cool, I wanna see how different they are
@the_nondrive_side
Ай бұрын
@garysprojects they are much easier to swap cables and clean. I have a 94 Rockhopper on my IG post. The rear Mech look like mc-16 so the cranks would be the same.. so that's an upgrade rear wheel and shifters
@willasomavich
Ай бұрын
Dude you didn’t polish the seatpost they look-sweet when there polished
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@willasomavich good question, I wanted it to match the rest of the bike
@keixoun
Ай бұрын
is your voice different?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
@@keixoun ?? Not sure
@BucketOfCrust
Ай бұрын
Anyone else have that thing where as soon as they see foil your teeth feel weird?
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
I definitely don’t
@BucketOfCrust
Ай бұрын
@@garysprojects you're a foil scrunching machine
@garysprojects
Ай бұрын
😂 true that
@k.r.lionheart6460
9 күн бұрын
Get rid of the 2x at the front as this is old tech and go 1x
@garysprojects
9 күн бұрын
try 3x u might like it
@undiggit
Ай бұрын
was really hoping you gonna lose dem front derailleur and go one by...
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