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compo

compo

Veteran
Location
Harlow
I have been looking for a cheap road bike for a while and saw this one newly listed on ebay, BIN at £65. Back in the '80's I had the exact same model and it was always a very comfortable ride, so knowing the bike model very well I have taken a punt and bought it. I have to run down to Gravesend tomorrow to collect it. I wont be doing a full restoration. I will be doing whatever the bike needs to return it to a good reliable roadworthy condition, a simple job as the bike is really pretty basic.

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thegravestoneman

thegravestoneman

three wheels on my wagon
Location
Castleford, Yorkshire
not exactly a bike but my 1930s holdsworth tandem with 50s Holdsworth trike conversion in about 1985 with a very unhappy looking rider coerced into joining me for a ride , There are mercifully few pictures of me back then. The lack of willing stokers for such a beast lead me to selling the tandem as a bike and returning the conversion to it's previous owner.
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compo

compo

Veteran
Location
Harlow
Before: The bike looks not too bad but in the flesh it is a bit of a mess. The paint was very chipped and scraped, wheels were rusty, tyres perished, gear levers didn't work properly. The old Huret rear mech was also very rusty as was the headset. It was OK apart from that!!
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad346/briarman/Raleigh_zps0bcc24d1.jpg

After: The frame has been stripped and powder coated. Most of the rusty bits are in the bin. New wheels, tyres and tubes. New headset and replacement rear mech along with new front and rear shifters. New brake levers and obviously new cables throughout. Still to do, I want to change the seat post for an alloy one with micro adjust, and I would like to fit some alloy handlebars when finances allow. For now I am reasonably pleased with the result. It hasn't been a cost effective job, but has been interesting and fun to do.

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thegravestoneman

thegravestoneman

three wheels on my wagon
Location
Castleford, Yorkshire
raindog said:
:wacko:
bloody hell - designed to cause maximum chaos in heavy traffic
high speed downhill cornering must have been interesting.....
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The bigger the stoker the better so you could get full weight on the inside wheel whilst cornering, you got some lovely burns on the back of your calf's (even more so than a single seat trike) luckily the pilot got away burn free. A certain amount of bravery/stupidity help for fast down hill twisty bits and you used to bend (wreck) a lot of rims. They do provide a spectacular sight whether at speed or stuck in a queue of traffic. If I remember rightly Weinmann gutters were the strongest rim we could find.
 
Steve Malkin

Steve Malkin

Veteran
Location
Cheshire
compo said:
It hasn't been a cost effective job, but has been interesting and fun to do.
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It looks great Compo, I've enjoyed reading your posts about this bike.

I too have found that the bikes I have "done up" have ended up costing me more than they ended up being worth, but I also had a lot of fun in the process so now I just look on it as spending money as you would on any other form of entertainment rather than something to do to save cash, it's pretty cheap if you think of it in those terms - it can get addictive though!!
 
Cycleops

Cycleops

Legendary Member
Location
Accra, Ghana
Bernd Becker said:
Need to know...

What is this bike? I bought it on ebay and would like to know more about it.
Brand? Year?
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2936077458971.1073741827.1772155495&type=1
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The link is not working, can post another?
 
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