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I'm left handed! So that's my excuse. Plus I think the cables look better that way.

Oh, actually I remember reading that. Must have forgot.

No, I had to have it repainted. When I got it it was metallic blue, but it been sprayed badly. I think the original colour was red as there was some red left on the inside of the frame. The colour I chose was used on some Raleigh Grand Prix's sold in the American market in the mid-eighties.

Thanks, Shaun. Sorry to say it's actually my hand, but my dad was somewhere off to the left of the picture.

Adam's Raleigh 531c The idea to build this bike came around December last year. My dad and I occasionally do some sportive cycling. Thinking of the 24 year age gap, I decided that I should have a small weight handicap. So I set out to restore and ride a vintage racer. Of course at the time I...