Ebay and auction watch: let us know if you see something

[SkipdiverJohn]

Nice . Teardrop cutouts and chrome are a nice and points to what it is

Sounds like you already know what it is @midlife. All will be revealed when I get it home and have a proper look over it during the next few days. It's something on my lugged steel wish list that I've been keeping an eye out for some time, but are usually either silly money or silly distances away. This one was neither and so long as no hidden horror stories are uncovered on close inspection, I shall be a happy bunny.

 

[biggs682]

Nice . T


Looks like a Royal to me

Sounds like you already know what it is @midlife. All will be revealed when I get it home and have a proper look over it during the next few days. It's something on my lugged steel wish list that I've been keeping an eye out for some time, but are usually either silly money or silly distances away. This one was neither and so long as no hidden horror stories are uncovered on close inspection, I shall be a happy bunny.

Looks like a Raleigh Royal to me

 

[nonowt]

Unusual Reynolds sticker, maybe a 50th anniversary one for 531? Which would date it to 1985.

Yep, it's a 50th anniversary decal. I have one in the same position on my '85 Raleigh Competition.

 

[Spiderweb]

I seem to have acquired a slightly cosmetically challenged all-531 Raleigh for gas pipe money, much to my surprise and pleasure. Unusual Reynolds sticker, maybe a 50th anniversary one for 531? Which would date it to 1985. Will do a proper posting in the appropriate section when I actually get my grubby little mitts on it shortly...… View attachment 485378 .

As @biggs682 says, definitely looks like a 1985 Raleigh Royal touring bike, very nice.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

There's no fooling you chaps is there? Even with just one pic taken from a funny angle, you know straight away what you are looking at! Looks identical to the one in the catalogue, and even appears to be on it's original 27" x 1 1/8" tyres - which hold air. Had to pull it apart for transport as I was very tight on space, so hopefully I might get time to reassemble it after work tonight. The stem wasn't seized either - which was a huge relief given the surface rust on the headset.

 

[DCLane]

Anyone want a pair of projects? £50 the pair near me: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Italian-Bicycles/183959412381

 

[Poacher]

Anyone want a pair of projects? £50 the pair near me: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Italian-Bicycles/183959412381

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Look like rust held together by dust! Vendor seems slightly confused as to whether both or just one for sale:
"A pair of vintage italian bicycles believed to be from the 20s or 30s
unsure on brand due to condition, they are as found in an italian barn
this auction is for one"

Think I'll pass.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Just to prove Mr Biggs, Spiderweb & others correct, a couple of snaps of the frame after being given a wipe over with a white spirity rag to get the dirt off.

Apart from a few cosmetic scuffs on the frame tubes, which is a shame, I'm convinced it's essentially virtually a new bike as I can see no obvious mechanical wear and the unworn tyres are the same type as originally fitted.

 

[rogerzilla]

ISO threading?

 

[BalkanExpress]

Anyone want a pair of projects? £50 the pair near me: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Italian-Bicycles/183959412381

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Monostay* That’s fascinating

*could be two stays rusted together

 

[midlife]

Are those children's bikes with 24" wheels?

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

ISO threading?

I sincerely hope so, because I'm intending to swap the headset for a less scruffy looking one. I might even be persuaded to spend actual cash. Short term, I've got a 1980-ish Carlton Stadium Worksop Tru-wel donor frame that I could rob for it's headset, IF the threads on the steerer tube are both the same; i.e. both Raleigh specials or both ISO standard.
As it isn't a 3-speed roadster we're dealing with, I'm hoping it might have standard threads, not Raleigh's own ones.

 

[midlife]

Raleigh had moved over to ISO threads for its proper bikes by then. Tange make a fab range of headsets for this type of thing. Just like MKS Sylvan pedals from the 70's 80's are still available new

 

[Carlton Flier]

Managed to buy this 531 Dawes Galaxy 23.5 frame for 30 quid off eBay. My intentions are to build it back up after painting and use bits and another Galaxy 21 inch which is too small for me

 

[davidphilips]

Managed to buy this 531 Dawes Galaxy 23.5 frame for 30 quid My intentions are to build it back up after painting and use bits and another Galaxy 21 inch which is too small for me

Very nice forks on that Galaxy they are worth more than £30 on there own, should build up into a really nice bike and to me any way that frame is great in that it uses caliper brakes.