Recent content by 3wheeler7

Can't help with any info but here's one I re-commisioned a couple of years ago.

I'd better throw a Raleigh in here - just completed a rustoration of this 1949 Raleigh Sports, all original parts - taken to bits, cleaned, lubed and reassembled. I had to repaint the headlamp though as it's so "in your face"! Pictures taken before the rear brake cable was fitted whilst the sun...

Me and a friend have an agreement - if we see anything cheap and interesting (bicycle related) we buy it between us. So he came up with these last week, 3 Raleigh Zeniths, two gents and one ladies, all heavily modified for serious touring. Apparently the previous owner was a "bit of an engineer"...

I bought one about 4 years ago whilst on holiday in Norfolk, a local bike man asked £20 for it - win! Got it home and there were three £1 coins and a puncture repair kit in the saddlebag - win win! Cleaned it up and sold it on very quickly - win win win! A very nice bike but sadly I never took a...

The RRA stem, 531 and cleverly matched to the frame lugs... although not an expander stem so technically ineligible here!

Probably not much help to you - but I bought an old Ribble alloy frame from a car boot sale, added a few bits to "hybridify" it and sold if for £140. Rode like the wind. Can't keep them all!

That would be about right - this one was auctioned in 87 according to the MoD release papers, it's been stood in a shed ever since! Interestingly the auctions for all these were about a mile from where I now live and the same place I bought my first one from in 1987. Someone filled the engine...

Me and a mate have just purchased this little beauty - we both had one back in the 80s when they were first auctioned off, happy days green laning! Can't wait to get stuck into sorting this one out. :)

Careful - you'll open the door!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376031206931?_skw=raleigh+dynatech&itmmeta=01JSKBRT5S0E9GW60JAVHAPBF6&hash=item578d34de13:g:qawAAOSw5LJnwdZs&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cTDAmkEbLni1M1BQLzftN%2FeATVTyFkg8%2Fho1MYo2YR1CZWgyScxMsYtLrQtOcZU07fJ31gz6yPqJwHZ0AEp74GBo3JSbUdaHby0QHgb%2FG5hiJ1Z8...

On my Model 26 RRAs, the early GB "Hiduminium" brakes will accomodate 27 x 1 1/4, 26 x 1 1/4 & 26 x 1 3/8 wheelsets. I don't know if your Lenton has similar geometry to the RRA though, but the pad adjustment slots on these brakes are very long.

I imagine those particular decals were pretty unique and a small production run, love the little snowflakes on the seat tube. Perhaps you could make some scans and get a reasonable price from one of the smaller decal makers? For example https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/custom-jobs.html

I see that you've already found the most comprehensive website i.e. "On the Drops". The Raleigh catalogues usually stated the posh "new" eye-catching colours for a particular year - but what they didn't always say is that most models were also available to order in the "standard" range of...

Hi. looking for a good vintage Weinmann 26" x 1¼" 40 spoke alloy rim, style as per the attached pic. They were made dimpled or non-dimpled - I'll take either. Ta.

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