1983 Raleigh Road Ace.

AndyMart

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This popped up on ebay couple weeks ago. One owner and almost complete. Missing one bar end, the cable tidy, headset cover and the cap for the bottle. Was hoping to get away with touching up the paint but I've decided to give it a full respray. All the bearings feel good so parts will just need a good polish. Got the headset cover, toe straps and a blue kashimax aero to go on and some hoods that should do the job. Going to look into vacuum forming some bar ends. Didn't put up a fight and the inside of the frame is clean.
 

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Aero bikes need an aero bottle, unfortunately the shimano one has gone brittle with age, it will display ok but is unusable. Quick search found this, good colour and shape and not silly money. I believe it's period correct. :)
 

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This iscaselle tornado came up on ebay for a reasonable price and as it's the correct saddle I snapped it up. Looks a bit shabby at the moment but having recently dyed a turbo which looked worse I think it'll turn out ok.
 

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Still working on this one. Have stripped the paint. Hopefully get it painted in the next week or two. Also dyed another tornado blue. And have the cable guide and bar tape on their way from Holland. Frame is impressively light.
 

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Posties been. Bar tape and cable tidy. Had a favourable quote for paint by someone I know will do a fantastic job so I may go down that route. I think the bike deserves it. :)
Toe straps just popped up on ebay so now I'm one bar end short of a complete bike.
 

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