Recent content by Andy Mann

certainly is

I agree the second hand chainset is the best option and it's an mc32 stx so all the rings are steel so will last almost forever.

Great custom paint job. Looks very similar to the Univega 7.5 I once owned, although no rear canti bridge on yours.

Very nice montage, always liked these and the other raleighs from this era.

Possible to drill out, I did this with a gt BMX 25.4 post. Just got a 1" blacksmiths drill and drilled it out little bit at a time.

Hi, totally agree with you about Mavic reissuing rims. Recently when needing some new rims for an early '90s build I came across a brand called Exal which from what I can make out are Belgium and are the remnants of the old Alesa rims company. Not sure if Alesa was common in the USA? Anyway I...

'94 M737 XT used Black end caps.

Those black and pink '92 ascents are lovely looking bikes, I would snap it up.

Smb bearings are in Carterton, oxfordshire are good.

I can't remember a suspension fork option for the '93 Mtrax range, but I would of thought a rockshox mag 30 as Raleigh were using these on the Summit and the Dynatech Diablo rs that year.

I bought a pair of black rims from spa cycles recently. Made by Exal which is basically Alesa. They are the LX17 models, double wall, double eyelets and machined sidewall. Only downside is their heavy at approx 540g. But they are £16 quid new.

This might be a worthy substitute. From what I gather Pacific are generally the same framesets as Alpinestars...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263617040772?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=V38l6B-lQ2-&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=yvctbeirrpg&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Getting hard to find 1 1/4" stuff now. I recently bought a 1 1/4" brake hanger and stem from these guys in Germany, great part...

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I've used h Lloyd's recently, Steve does a great job