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I've done a few It suddenly makes the bikes cool and desirable in staff if hanging on a hook looking like the owner has got too old to cycle🤣 I don't get much retro abuse for it, but the new owners drop in to say how brilliant they are😍 You'd need an inch and an eighth fit head tube though...

Love the Relic status Although I would only consider the rider a Relic if they're a couple of times older than your Dale.😉 We were trying to source a replacement fork for a 5 year old s-works - the specialized warranty agent laughed at me and said: " that fork is three iterations old" 🤯

Not-having-discs is the definition of retro nowdays, and even then, if you look in the mtb section, seems discs are ok as long a your wheels aren't 27.5🤣

A wheel rail and pantograph would be more er deterministic🍻

Not on a retro piece today A bit far for mtb, a bit knobbly for road... Through the plantation, through the woods Along ancient byways and new growth Through the bat tunnel on the wye valley greenway... Getting to chepstow for coffee Bikes are Ace! 😍

An additional benefit of this style of lock is extra "reach" in a 4wdConfrontation style situation, if you know what I mean. You can swiftly reduce excess 4wd width by "mirror removal from a safe distance" and although safety goggles and a secure exit path are as necessary as chainsaw...

Maybe the stem, if it isn't 21mm. And the little roller for the rear brake cable - not because its worth anything, but it has a certain functional charm. The rest is better recycled.

The lee chi levers and the RH thumby are the parts I wouldn't put straight into bikeworkshop scrap bin

Sadly it was The Friday Afternoon of the entire Raleigh operation!

Check those welds! Mig! Check that BB! Made in britain🤯

I had what felt like a sticky headset... turned out to be the steerer cracking in half!🤕

If it's cleaned up and working ok that's what you want. Get Riding👍 but if there's wear in the straight ahead position, you can rotate the cups to reduce it, but ideally you'd replace the headset.

Our new residents😍

Always surprises me how rarely we see broken bars without evidence of prior crash - but that sensation of a handlebar breaking when riding is never forgotten😬 With motor vehicles, driver error is around 95%, mechanical failure 5% Retrobikers is probably no different. In Bristol, a deliveroo...

Looks like it was chucked together on the hearth by a major concern, and badged up for HP?