Jon’s enthusiasm over each and every type of bike is the best part of the video. Keep ‘em coming.
@crest2471
4 жыл бұрын
69 likes
@steveroufas1938
3 жыл бұрын
proves once again the well known fact that, if you put your enthusiasm into what you're doing, it makes it all much more interesting, and simply, much better
@michael_mouse
3 жыл бұрын
... Jon's the best GCN host by far... I think a lot to do with it is the fact he's more mature than the others and therefore has more experience to share... well done Jon, keep it up!
@polluxofficial7122
4 жыл бұрын
6:14 THAT HELMET IS MADE BY A LEAFMAN FROM THE "EPIC" MOVIE 😂😂
@mikefoster4984
4 жыл бұрын
Jon, thank you for the opportunity to time travel. You are cycling's version of Dr. Who. Regarding the Campagnolo groupset on the Colnago Mexico, I believe it's Campagnolo Victory, and if I'm not mistaken I think I saw it sporting a set of Simplex Retro-Friction shifters - a common upgrade as they were far easier and pleasant to use than Campagnolo shifters. The Victory groupset, along with the less expensive Triomphe groupset, were Campagnolo's knee jerk reaction to Shimano's sudden rise onto the road scene. Shimano had been around awhile, but had never really threatened Campagnolo's dominance up till the late 70's / early 80's. At this point, Shimano launched their 600EX groupset (commonly referred to as 'Arabesque' these days) with innovations like a Freehub, Uniglide Chain, a Crankset with self pulling bolts, etc...for a ridiculously low price at the time (If I recall correctly, one could get the entire groupset for USD$35). I actually bought one of these groupsets - and it worked extremely well! Suddenly, Campagnolo, who had been resting on their laurels for decades was in trouble - particularly at the lower end of the market. They responded with Victory and Triomphe - both fairly clunky, but still Campagnolo...and something that an entry level rider could 'afford'. Both bombed. It was the beginning of a really bad period for Campagnolo - Shimano launched SIS shortly thereafter and Campagnolo's rushed it's index shifting to market - which paled in comparison. Indeed, Campagnolo was forced to run advertising that implied 'real bike riders' didn't need indexing! It wasn't till much later that Campagnolo was able to recover and catch up - some still debate whether they ever actually did. It'd make a great story for GCN.
@kenblair2538
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, agreed. Just look at all the Shimano groupsets in the pro ranks. When you see Italian bikes , now with Shimano, that pretty much tells the story.
@2darkdragon
4 жыл бұрын
dam yo chill
@robbeelsas
4 жыл бұрын
@@2darkdragon 🤣 You know nothing, John Snow. Seriously, to certain people, this is an everyday conversation
@ihsanmahesa9321
4 жыл бұрын
oh
@chiefrocker12
4 жыл бұрын
Chalk this one as another JC classic. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you for bringing such great content to a channel that is already fantastic Jon.
@sirairness24
4 жыл бұрын
How many times do you think during the course of his tour he was told, " Sorry Jon can't touch that. Sorry Jon can't sit on that. Wait Jon no don't touch that!" Keep doing you Jon! Don't let them stop you!!
@ronanfox4389
4 жыл бұрын
Jon clearly had more cash than most of us. GP4's for training! As a junior in Ireland, GP4's were what we aspired to, if we could save up enough.
@kieronbatt9929
4 жыл бұрын
My thoughts entirely Ronan when I heard Jon say that... I was 14 in 1985 and had them built with chrome spokes on Campag Record hubs.... *drifts away into blissful nostalgia*
@colinbradbury2334
4 жыл бұрын
Love these videos on historic bikes. More please!
@paddychamp6069
4 жыл бұрын
* *in the boardroom while designing the ultimate* * "How rider-specific shall we make the fit of this bike?" "Yes"
@oscarcaruso204
4 жыл бұрын
John the type of guy who will one day own a bicycle museum! Awesome information, thanks 🇺🇸
@superyamagucci
4 жыл бұрын
Someone should put together a “grubby little hands” montage. Every episode I swear.
@thepie4052
4 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks John, such a trip down memory lane. I had a Tomahawk, it was lethal. Flipped it on a speed bump and made a right mess of my Adidas tracksuit!
@gcntech
4 жыл бұрын
Nasty! Hope you were ok!
@n.prince2734
4 жыл бұрын
104T??!! A definite 👍 It would be good for this channel to review more bikes with big and oversized chainrings.
@paulevans3219
3 жыл бұрын
The Grifter. Had one in blue, built like and as heavy as a tank. The handlebar grips shredded your hands and stuck in the high gear impossible to ride. Loved that bike.
@soapkingzzr
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent job , Jon . I agree the simplex retrofriction shifters are the world class upgrade to to otherwise full Campy . No readjustment needed for dramatic temperature drop ( such as taking a retro bike from inside out for a brisk morning ride ) French engineering strikes gold again !
@canitogalicia
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent job Jon,,,,,,you are just like a kid in a candy store,,, just like in Japan store,,,, keep up the good work you always do....
@thedarkknight1971
3 жыл бұрын
A mate of mine back around 1986/1987 had a Raleigh 'Bomber'.... MAN IT WAS A MONSTER!.. It was BIG, thick tyres, i think a 3 speed setup, with a picture of a bomber airplane on the top rail... It was heavy, but... built like a tank... I loved it hahaha 😁😁😁
@TheTux
4 жыл бұрын
Had a Tomahawk when I was 7 and upgraded to a Chopper when I was 9. The Grifter then came out and was a Chopper killer!
@BikeItUK
4 жыл бұрын
Outstanding enthusiastic intro Jon, a kid in a candy shop springs to mind. We featured the Gold Raleigh they were limited to a run of just 200. The bar tape top to bottom was done a lot in the 1980's it looked better however wasn't as practical as wrapping from bottom to top. A flying gate frame recently appeared on eBay sold for £260, it would of made a great build on the channel. Great Sunday morning viewing thanks for the hard work, all the best Andy
@stevoc123
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jon. I think you need to call the guys at Quay cycles in Drogheda and arrange a visit. I moved here recently and stumbled across their shop when I saw some vintage team bikes in their upstairs window. They have a bunch of team exotics and some of Mr Obree‘s bikes.
@richardike2342
2 жыл бұрын
You missed a detail about the aerodynamic helmet, it is covered in Golf-Ball dimples. This removes the boundary layer surface flow of air that sticks to the skin, and slows it down. That's why a Golf Ball with dimples flies at twice the speed & distance of a Golf ball without dimples.
@TheTubaEmporer
4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved these museum videos! I learned a ton and Mr. Cannings is always a pleasure to watch.
@jimmiecgray
2 жыл бұрын
Ultimates and the lotus sport bikes are easily the most beautiful bikes ever made.
@jamesdonaghy6758
4 жыл бұрын
Chopper ; )...we didn't, but my father bought me a Dragster, I loved it!
@TheWaxChainFanClub
4 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing we all know about JC, it's when he's thinking of "helmets", he's definitely not thinking about "protection".
@GKel77
4 жыл бұрын
I'll go for the Raleigh chopper, cause I rode it back in the 80's with 3 or 5 gears, if I remember correctly. So shiner that I can not forget the looks of other guys.... was like my childhood's Ferrari on two wheels.
@odetocycling
4 жыл бұрын
The 5-speed Choppers were super rare
@sotanorsu8150
4 жыл бұрын
SUPER NICE (BELL NOISE)
@EazyRed
4 жыл бұрын
Just watched that video 😂
@arieaswoodard5092
3 жыл бұрын
Love these older bikes !
@johnfitzgerald1192
3 жыл бұрын
2:26, checkout the chainring on the bike on the wall behind him.
@spencerevans3830
4 жыл бұрын
So pleased that the national cycle museum is getting some publicity....great place to visit also so great roads to ride on in that area. Shout out Llandrindod Wells my hometown!!
@jcsrst
4 жыл бұрын
I am always amazed by how slender and bent old forks are. They must have been comfortable but don't look terribly stiff! Interesting how different they are from modern bicycles!
@simonr7097
4 жыл бұрын
That aero helmet must have really helped Bruce set his record on rollers.
@jedisdad2265
4 жыл бұрын
The Raleigh Chopper and the Schwinn Stingray chopper. I wanted the ‘lemon peeler’ so badly in 1971, but my folks could only find me a yellow 20” Stingray. OH how I wish I still had that bike. Circa 1978 I stripped it down painted it black and converted it to a motocross bike.
@adamkulchyski
2 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of the Raleigh Chopper!!! I found my love for cycling with that set of wheels.
@anilaswaroop-hh1ce
4 жыл бұрын
The last one rikshaw. Good one.
@matteodiluce9387
4 жыл бұрын
Happy memories! I still have one of those Sachs Huret rear derailleurs that is on the Bartram bike (around 9:30 minutes). Didn't work well with my Shimano ax600, but still so cool!
@russellbartram2472
2 жыл бұрын
Sat on that ultimate bike I was related too Bruce bursford my cousin's husband, what a bike it was
@marianneoelund2940
2 жыл бұрын
Love these classic bikes! As a tandemist, the one I'd most want to take for a spin, would be that triple. Grab a couple of friends, and go flying around town.
@remiestelle6939
4 жыл бұрын
I can't agree you more..reynolds 531 is such a good steel to make a frame. I have a 89' peugeot galibier with 531, tricolor shimano 600 groupset and wolber rims and i love it. The perfect balance between responsiveness and ride quality. This raleigh would be my choice. Cheers from France.
@gabbyjabberson9576
4 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to PART THREE...
@RonHei
4 жыл бұрын
Another great video Jon! Loved it.
@gabemohanwanderlust7900
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine u did an project of welding and building ur own dream bike from scratch..preferably thick slick tyres and disc calipers and a short suspension just in between the forks and handlebar
@tinetannies4637
18 күн бұрын
Rough clones of The Ultimate were released around 2000 as the BP Stealth OCRR and the EPX Time Trial -- these appear to be the same frame sold under different names. Beautiful bikes though not especially light despite their carbon construction.
@PadjakPartners
4 жыл бұрын
colnago bikes are the most common here in the philippines....hope i can have one even not a brand new...nice video bro
@jiyon167
4 жыл бұрын
I had a Grifter. I used to use it as a work bike in the 1990 as I didn’t want to use my road bikes. I removed the gears and fitted BMX wheels, fitted some TT low pro bars, and cut off the two down tubes to save weight. It was still stiff as hell.
@gcntech
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing!
@lyndababy
4 жыл бұрын
Great video Jon. Lots of memories of the sort of bikes and equipment we rode, or dreamed of riding back in the late 70's. The stopper on the toestrap of the first Colnago was there to stop the rider from accidentally pulling the end of the strap out of the cinch clamp. Quite a common problem when coming to an unexpected stop.
@craigfresch575
3 жыл бұрын
that Raleigh Chopper is cool, but on the American side we had the Schwinn Stingray!
@acousticgearhead7820
4 жыл бұрын
Batwing shaped handlebars on a black, high-tech, one-off bike made for a man named Bruce. Coincidence? I think not :D
@jamesb1717
4 жыл бұрын
I had a Tomahawk and a Grifter XL which was black with red mudguards. I loved that bike.
@johnshimko5587
4 жыл бұрын
I hope someday you can make it to the Pittsburgh bike museum there are over 5000 bicycles there.
@bluemountaindrivepae
4 жыл бұрын
It is called bicycle heaven. Right next to the Ohio River.
@markj.a351
4 жыл бұрын
You'd really want to be the front rider on that 3 person bike...
@carisacar
3 жыл бұрын
Love this presentation, well done. One of the best from GCN.
@crnkspinnr5863
4 жыл бұрын
Great seeing the Huret Jubilee on the TT bike, a super nice lightweight groupset. I was surprised it wasn't on the Raleigh anniversary bike. Thanks Jon!
@kenblair2538
4 жыл бұрын
Great video Jon, can't wait for another. KB.
@sbsb4995
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding episode
@lekhapratap1652
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t ever fucking know when the last 17 minutes of my life were when I totally geeked out.
@richardnick2216
4 жыл бұрын
@6:40 I was a bit worried about Jon creeping around in spaceships and trying to eat peoples faces with his second set of jaws.
@gcntech
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, we had similar thoughts!
@sudduthjonathan
4 жыл бұрын
Ha ha! I was going to post something just like this.
@taufikabidin412
4 жыл бұрын
security guards, I see someone carrying the bikes just outside
@robbchastain3036
4 жыл бұрын
Heaps. And heaps. And heaps. More. Thanks, Jon, you are the best at these museum tours, tho' Ollie is pretty good, too, like for that, you know, aero.
@nielskjr5432
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very interesting video. I really liked the golden Raleigh.
@Tgiles13
4 жыл бұрын
The wheel carriers are pretty cool...
@georgecarroll6981
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ltrtg13
4 жыл бұрын
The cycling club I sometimes ride with on Sunday rides. Had a couple of members who had the Flying Gates. Just looked online. T J Cycles still make them to order. Could Jon do a video about them?
@HanxHeez
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic vid, love this!
@jwsuicidesjwsuicides1920
4 жыл бұрын
I got fotos of me with all these bikes, even sitting in the office. In Wales in it. Lovely folks that work there.
@mattqueen8748
3 жыл бұрын
Loved the gold Raleigh
@berserkerfunestus
Жыл бұрын
I really miss Jon’s enthusiasm and savviness!
@endcensorship874
4 жыл бұрын
The rear wheel on the “ultimate” reminds me of a company in the late 90s called “J-Disk” and they would take your wheel (usually a deeper profile rim, so not a GP4) and would put on a “skin” making it a disk. Don’t know what happened to the company, I think they went out of business.
@njm3211
4 жыл бұрын
Britain loaded with all sorts of fantastic museums.
@fatpinarellorider
3 жыл бұрын
@3:20 When your chainring extends past your crank arms.😲
@hedleykerr3564
4 жыл бұрын
Those Wolber Invulnerable were some of the best training tubulars! Rode those for many years in the early 80's!
@chrisis6
4 жыл бұрын
Those Grifters were heavy AF. When I was a kid there was a bunch of dirt jumps near my house. I had a BMX 2000 (what a machine) and my mate had a Grifter. We were always swapping bikes when we rode down there and that Grifter was ridiculously hard to get any kind of airtime on.
@kimkrimson
4 жыл бұрын
Part 3 please. I know those grubby little hands want it too
@waynesbutler7834
4 жыл бұрын
Well worth another vid Jon and you didn't disappoint . I find the triple an interesting bike to ride I suppose . Ok for the front rider but riding the drops for the last two more interesting , no one is eating burritos and beer before this ride ..
@The_Dude_420
4 жыл бұрын
The chopper? Sam Pilgrim joined the chat.
@chrisfloyd7316
4 жыл бұрын
I hope someone loves me exactly half as much as Jon loves bikes someday
@freemarketjoe9869
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting seeing fastest bike around but would have been nice to go into how fast it actually went and it's place in the speed record standings history.
@stephenmoore4651
4 жыл бұрын
No (British) 80's TT bike was complete without a set of Modolo Kronos brakes - levers at the very least. Calipers as well if you had the cash. Single Kronos gear lever as well, mounted on a boss the top of the (oval) downtube.. If you were top 80's TT'er Ian Cammish, you were also rockin' a set of those weird 'L'-shaped cranks - Ahhh, those were the days. Put's away rose-tinted Oakleys :-)
@mykytajex2248
4 жыл бұрын
Jon, the later Huret Jubilee RD's came with drilled cages from the factory. Interestingly enough though, it added 15g to the total weight (due to the extra material needed for cage stiffness).
@SKEC212
4 жыл бұрын
That's actually the first museum I've ever wanted to go to. Have you seen those racing bikes where the front wheel is smaller? Also, check out what the Latino community has done to bikes making them gold plated and low rider style. It's like Pimp My Ride for bicycles. I love all bicycles. Even the super fat tire mountain bikes.
@__________________________Fred
4 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine that there is a big sign out of frame that says "DON'T TOUCH THE BIKES"
@stiifreding2673
4 жыл бұрын
Exciting from the first second till the end
@BuffsVintageBikes
4 жыл бұрын
Great video Jon, thanks for sharing it, I thoroughly enjoyed going down memory lane with you 👍🏼 I remember many of those bikes and have a restored Raleigh Chopper standing in my lounge as a decoration piece, much to my wife’s disgust 😁
@rasmuswi
4 жыл бұрын
Those "bread loaf" (as we calld them in Sweden) saddles were certainly all the rage ampng kids bikes in the 70s! My first bike was a Danish DBS (which we read as Döden Bakom Styret, death behind the handlebar) Apache, with 17 inch wheels and that saddle. The saddle was actually pretty terrifying, wonder if the Raleigh Chopper was the same. Basically a piece of bent sheet metal with padding on. Once that padding wore off (typically in the nose), some really nasty and super sharp metal edges and corners were exposed. My little brother inherited my bike and got himself a 10 cm long and one centimeter deep cut in his lower leg from that saddle. Ouch!
@mealex303
3 жыл бұрын
If you fill a tyre with helium it makes the bike heavier. Because you can compress helium alot lot more than sir and it is heavier than air at same psi
@robertoyamakata6672
Жыл бұрын
You have permission, though you have The opportunity to touch every unforgetable bicycle and you took your chance 😂
@lowiejigodwinfrancisco5565
4 жыл бұрын
Super Nice Jon
@arnebollensen1017
3 жыл бұрын
The "Bauer Weltmeister" is missing. 1952😎 Regards from Germany. ❤😎👌
@brunocyclist
4 жыл бұрын
Speaking of triplets... I'm still waiting for that fabled 1. April GCN Triplet World Hour Record attempt. Please make it happen!
@reubencozmyer9856
4 жыл бұрын
Is that the triplet that the guys are going to ride their hour record attempt on that we were promised a few years ago? WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN!
@WowRixter
4 жыл бұрын
Makes wish I hadn't sold my 1982 Pinarello Treviso with the beautiful metal emblem on the headtube and the GP logo embossed on the top of the forks
@keithrainford5340
4 жыл бұрын
Wolber Invulnerables had a steel mesh strip under the main tread to reduce punctures.
@benlow46
4 жыл бұрын
The fact that Bruce Bursford filled his tires with helium is odd, Helium is lighter than air because it is less dense, which means to reach the same psi as traditional air, you need to pump more in, making the tires heavier, although only by a very minuscule amount.
@rgw1380rw
4 жыл бұрын
That chain ring is damned near the size of my BMX tire 🍺😲!
@iandonut6323
4 жыл бұрын
Jon + helmet = ALIEN
@boowiebear
3 жыл бұрын
That triplet bike is like human centipede...but on a bike. Yikes those handles are close to the seat!
@robbchastain3036
4 жыл бұрын
We need Jon to market GCN Grubby Hands gloves, best for servicing your bikes and visiting bike museums.
@gcntech
4 жыл бұрын
A good idea for the GCN shop!
@robbchastain3036
4 жыл бұрын
@@gcntech Thanks, Jon, and I really think a light, washable, colorful pair of gloves for grubby hands would be great, like at work and where I work, a couple of my colleagues wear disposal plastic ones to protect their hands all day in the setting of a big-box department store. And on a related side note, I have let go of my inner collector kook and I now pretty much GCN socks every day of the year and I like the colorful addition to my feet, tho' I still have a few pair still in the original package. So thanks for the addition to my sock drawer and I like being a member of the GCN Cycling Club.
@imrichandras5708
4 жыл бұрын
it would be nice to see the tachyon... the one without handlebars and with carbon wheels
@antonygonzalez1672
4 жыл бұрын
This guy really likes his bikes😂
@Soda88
4 жыл бұрын
That triple has a very interesting bars-to-seats positions...
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