Just googled 'Raleigh Milk Race Special' as i'm looking for another and came across this thread. I think I abandoned it due to hostilities. Anyhow, 3 years later and she is still going strong and now put 80 miles a week on her to keep fitness up for weekends away MTBing. Since the first post I...
Oh no, I'm not illegally cycling am I!? I like to have fun with my bike, surely that's the aim with cycling? I am running a back brake only and it seems pretty much the same as front only except I skid sometimes and the cable is held on with blue 'happy 21st birthday' balloons. I have also stuck...
Just to show that Im not a complete and utter bastard and do show some sympathy for the bike, here is one of the brakes cleaned up. Atm running front only but going to swap to rear only
Well the original bike cost me £30, but the wheels, seat, seatpost, new crank, new bb, new chain, new rat trap pedals and brakes came to £60 so not too bad
This scares me a little, my mum is from wakefield.. how you know caistor!?
Anyhow if you must know, I am at uni in loughborough at the min, the flattest place on the plannet and I ripped off the gears, noticing a significant improvement. Also this bike owes me a total of..... £90
Hey guys, here is my noble steed. I do 40 miles a week on her minimum. I know alot of these sites are very anti single speed so be good to me! Here are a few pics
Wait it wont let me till I have two posts!?
Hope you all like her as much as I do. Next in the pipeline is white tires...