Steelframeman
Dirt Disciple
Hello from a newbie new to the forum, as now retired & been on bikes all my life, & many times in my searches its taking me to this worthy site, so here goes.
One of my hobbies is to find out scrap bikes & rebuild them as best a possible nothing super classic thought, normally it that situation they have been hand painted & all decals markings lost, I’ve actually 4 here now like that.
I’ve just finished rebuilding one, it originally only had the frame, rims, crank, brake calipers & RD, but being lugged with forge drop outs it was worth the effort. It’s without a doubt a UK bike, 25.4 mm seat post: UK ISO gauge size top tube, 68.mm BB, usual 24 threads per inch, rear chain stay spacing is 130.mm, & the seat tube is double butted, I cannot confirm the top or down tube
Of course in the 1980s Raleigh & several other major Asian frame builders were making bikes frames for everybody else, who then put their own decals markings, & a few bits to individualize them.
I think it’s a touring frame as the rims are wide taking (28 x 1”5/8 x 1”1/4) 700 x 32 tyres these are the smallest I could put on.
I’ve enclosed a photo maybe it’s a Hercules or something I’ve spent considerable time on the web trying to identify the frame number without any luck so I thought one last shot & hopefully someone here may recognize the number format:- Frame SU 89080470
One of my hobbies is to find out scrap bikes & rebuild them as best a possible nothing super classic thought, normally it that situation they have been hand painted & all decals markings lost, I’ve actually 4 here now like that.
I’ve just finished rebuilding one, it originally only had the frame, rims, crank, brake calipers & RD, but being lugged with forge drop outs it was worth the effort. It’s without a doubt a UK bike, 25.4 mm seat post: UK ISO gauge size top tube, 68.mm BB, usual 24 threads per inch, rear chain stay spacing is 130.mm, & the seat tube is double butted, I cannot confirm the top or down tube
Of course in the 1980s Raleigh & several other major Asian frame builders were making bikes frames for everybody else, who then put their own decals markings, & a few bits to individualize them.
I think it’s a touring frame as the rims are wide taking (28 x 1”5/8 x 1”1/4) 700 x 32 tyres these are the smallest I could put on.
I’ve enclosed a photo maybe it’s a Hercules or something I’ve spent considerable time on the web trying to identify the frame number without any luck so I thought one last shot & hopefully someone here may recognize the number format:- Frame SU 89080470