Hey lads.
First post for me.
So I've just today come into possession of a late 80's raleigh steel framed bike.
I think she's lovely, really nice lugging brazing and in pretty decent nick over all, but probably in need of stripping and re-spraying.
I also need to get new calipers and new levers, new cables all round, new pedals and top strip the drive train and shifters and give it all a good clean up.
Thinking I'll unbuild the wheels, polish and tidy up the rims and hubs and then re-thread them with new spokes and they need to clean up and some of the spokes are pretty loose anyway.
So if anyone has any recommendations of where to pick up parts or how to strip and clean it or even how to strip the pains myself and get rid of the surface rust that would be awesome.
Basically just looking for advice on all fronts, my first project and I want to do her justice.
What tools will I need to disassemble her, what parts should I be looking to pick up to keep it looking good and so forth.
Anyway enough of my rambling.
Meet "The Project"
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First post for me.
So I've just today come into possession of a late 80's raleigh steel framed bike.
I think she's lovely, really nice lugging brazing and in pretty decent nick over all, but probably in need of stripping and re-spraying.
I also need to get new calipers and new levers, new cables all round, new pedals and top strip the drive train and shifters and give it all a good clean up.
Thinking I'll unbuild the wheels, polish and tidy up the rims and hubs and then re-thread them with new spokes and they need to clean up and some of the spokes are pretty loose anyway.
So if anyone has any recommendations of where to pick up parts or how to strip and clean it or even how to strip the pains myself and get rid of the surface rust that would be awesome.
Basically just looking for advice on all fronts, my first project and I want to do her justice.
What tools will I need to disassemble her, what parts should I be looking to pick up to keep it looking good and so forth.
Anyway enough of my rambling.
Meet "The Project"
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 3648_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 3133_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4319_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 3134_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4568_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 2478_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4989_n.jpg