Recent content by Andy Mann

After moving house in May this year I found myself without a shed. All my bikes have been living under a tarp since. So decided to build my own 18x8. Coming along nicely and should be finished in a week or two.

The Peugeot's nowt special, think of it as their 'Activator'. Although it carries Tim Goulds signature who was a top team rider, not sure he raced on this though.

XT ones here, maybe ask to see if they do Deore? https://www.improvepart.com/products/shimano-sl-m732-7-speed-sis-thumb-shifters-decals

Zed were a sub brand of Dawes. Those Decals aren't original though.

Looks like a UK spec Raleigh / Dyna-Tech Torus from 1995. The Decals are Raleigh USA for sure. Probably as you say an MRI 1000 but with UK dropouts. Here's a picture from Google

Alesa i think

These are good value, little heavy but well made. https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m20b131s116p5179/EXAL-LX17-26-inch-%28559%29-Rim

Brochure shots of Dune dancer and Moonrun, the other bike in this range was the Yukon. All on Reynolds 501 but with different groupsets.

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.