mikeymustard
Guru
My friend has just taken on a paid resto project for a baker friend of his: it's a Raleigh bike with the small front wheel. I don't have any pics, but I've found the listing on ebay.
The client wants a full rebuild including repaint in his shop colours and intends to ride it to make deliveries in his neighbourhood.
I think he's taken on a bit of a job. Personally, if I was looking for a delivery bike that I was actually going to ride loaded I think I'd have gone for something a little less ropey, but it's his choice I suppose
I'm guessing once he got the idea in his head it was a got to have it moment! At least the chrome doesn't look too bad!
I'm betting it's going to have cost him best part of £750 by the time it's stripped, blasted(?) powder-coated, rebuilt with all the consumables - he could buy a decent one for that!
Apart from stripping the paint, doing bearings etc. the most pressing mechanical job is that the front rod brakes are shot. I know nothing about rod brakes, can anyone advise us where we can source all the bits for them? Is there enough adjustment for standard rods to fit the 20" wheel or do we need "special" bits? It's possible that all the gubbins on the handlebars are shot too, the pivoty bits and stuff, I'm guessing (hoping?) this sort of stuff is replaceable or are we looking at new bars?
I'll get the boy to take some pics in the next couple of days and post them up.
The client wants a full rebuild including repaint in his shop colours and intends to ride it to make deliveries in his neighbourhood.
I think he's taken on a bit of a job. Personally, if I was looking for a delivery bike that I was actually going to ride loaded I think I'd have gone for something a little less ropey, but it's his choice I suppose
I'm guessing once he got the idea in his head it was a got to have it moment! At least the chrome doesn't look too bad!I'm betting it's going to have cost him best part of £750 by the time it's stripped, blasted(?) powder-coated, rebuilt with all the consumables - he could buy a decent one for that!
Apart from stripping the paint, doing bearings etc. the most pressing mechanical job is that the front rod brakes are shot. I know nothing about rod brakes, can anyone advise us where we can source all the bits for them? Is there enough adjustment for standard rods to fit the 20" wheel or do we need "special" bits? It's possible that all the gubbins on the handlebars are shot too, the pivoty bits and stuff, I'm guessing (hoping?) this sort of stuff is replaceable or are we looking at new bars?
I'll get the boy to take some pics in the next couple of days and post them up.
