John83
Retro Newbie
Here's my present retro road bike. It started life as a Raleigh Sensor, which I believe was an early 80's bike.
This bike was saved from the scrap man and donated to me as a project earlier this year. I'd never so much as fixed a puncture before this, so fettling this bike was a bit of a trail by fire.
To cut a long story short, I stripped everything right down to component parts, painted the frame, bought a few replacement parts, fixed up what was salvageable, and built everything back up. All I need now is some bar tape
I love riding this bike. It's my first road bike so it feels nimble and quick. The tube shifters are taking some getting used to, but that's just me being useless!
This bike was saved from the scrap man and donated to me as a project earlier this year. I'd never so much as fixed a puncture before this, so fettling this bike was a bit of a trail by fire.
To cut a long story short, I stripped everything right down to component parts, painted the frame, bought a few replacement parts, fixed up what was salvageable, and built everything back up. All I need now is some bar tape
I love riding this bike. It's my first road bike so it feels nimble and quick. The tube shifters are taking some getting used to, but that's just me being useless!
