1984 Raleigh Rapide

Strip down and a good, well needed clean up of all components.

original wienman side pull brakes


original wheels (mallard hubs, wienman rims)


original mallard QR skewers


Original bars and stem with Raleigh stamp


Original Sachs Huret Front derailleur


seatpost (original?)


Saddle (selle italia SMP)

Original weinman brake levers


Sakae SA crankset (original?)


Chainrings (look nearly new)


Broken spoke and buckled rear wheel (sob)
going to take it to the LBS to see if it is rescue-able

Built back up after a wipe down of the frame and most of the rusty areas of chrome attacked with a soft scourer.

Will need stripping and painting. Probably going to do it myself to as original as possible (note the original Oyster paint colour )

Left the front derailleur off for the time being and put some cheap flat pedals i had lying around the garage on as i couldn't get my feet in the toe clips!









frame number?

On order tomorrow
- 2 new tires
- new brake cables (inner and outer)
- new bar tape (black as per original)
- downtube shifters and cables
- new brake pads
- new rear wheel if current one is deemed too damaged to be trued/repaired

then commence the frame resto!!

Its only original once, repaint it and its gone for good

Massive update with pics.


I have had a very busy few weeks so work on the bike has been limited. In the last week i have made huge leaps forward. Frame is now painted and nearly all components are either waiting to be put on or on order. hopefully it will be good to ride at the end of next week.

I will take some pics his afternoon.

Niall

Currently on order/awaiting to arrive

New selle itallia racing saddle (black with red detail)

Decent second hand raleigh head badge (80s vintage)

Red vinyl "Raleigh" and "rapide" stickers

can't wait to get out on it.

Total costs:

complete bike- £45
inner tubes (2)- £4.99
vittoria tyres- £7.99x2=£15.98
clarks brake blocks- £4.99x2=£9.98
Bar tape- £5.95
clarks gear cables- £3.99
clarks brake cables- £4.99
Shimano downtube shifters- £10
Rear wheel true/repair- £11.60
Good used raleigh head badge- £7.50
Stem bolt and quill- £2.50
Vinyl stickers- £8.99
Selle Italia Nekkar saddle- £19.99

Total Cost= £151.46

stuff i found in the garage for free:
full can of primer, 2 full cans of black paint, can of lacquer, some red paint mixed for my brothers old volvo to repair stone chips etc.

Just to keep it symmetrical thought I'd say hello here too!