shawnb":3cxp3ych said:I picked this up a few days ago, a guy had it for 15 years but hardly used it, he bought it off a mates Dad who bought it from new and appeared to use it rarely as well as can be seen from the gp'4's braking surface. It's full of the rare ax bits that go missing, the bottle and cage, the cable clip, the clear plastic headset cover and the shimano bar end plugs. It's missing blue bar tape - sorted, correct lever hoods - hopefully sorted and the iscaselle tornado saddle - also sorted.
It's a lovely bike to ride, really light and snappy, definately a keeper
Very nice early Road Ace, with the shot-in seat stays and top mounted gear levers; and of course the early Shimano 600 group.
Gipiemme dropouts?
Interesting routing of the rear mech cable - don't think I've seen that before.
These Lightweight Unit Raleighs are very good and well underrated bikes.
See my 1984 Corsa on this thread.
Rk.
