Recent content by Dicky71

I ticked the wrong box. I need to refresh my social media knowledge 😄. The price, postage and address issues are fine, my father doesn't plan on moving in the near future.

That's a surprise. I would like to buy it. Do i pay with PayPal? Give me the details and i'll try and sort it later today.

Hello again. Do you still have the chainset? Regards, Richard Lees.

They might have been in the Raleigh catalogue as early as 83, i would guess 84 and may have still been available 86. I bought a Rapide 1983,so i'm 99% it's from this span of years. I get the impression that the bikes ,especially road , that Raleigh produced after this period were offered with...

Hello. Are you based in the UK ? Regards, Richard Lees.

Hate to break it to you but the shoes are ready for retirement. I had a pair of those aswell, back in the 80s. They were great I only had Sidis untill the beginning of 2000 when they did something to the tongue that made them uncomfortable for me. Now i use nothing but shoes with BOA and...

He has explained that it's a prototype and it he's pimped it with some Drillium so it ought to tick your boxes. I judge it as a hack. It does the job without costing a sh**load of dosh.👍👍. Chapeau i'd say.

I saw a video(??) on Youtube made by Bikeituk recently that was about Graham Weigh and his private collection. Iirc, he mentioned that the white Vitus frames are quite rare. I don't have a problem with being corrected and the interview was very interesting and well worth a watch, IMO. Good Luck...

I thought it was in the unwritten rule book of cycling? Othewise it saves you from putting your arse out in the road if you need to take the wheel out. If all else fails it's all down to symetry and aesthetics, take your pick;)

Pssst, the front QR skewer is on the wrong side.

It looks like a case that the LBS was all sold out of inner tubes with a 60mm presta valve. I don't think the perpatrator of that "genial fix" is going to get the patent approved. I suppose while that person was in the flow, the solution to the problem regarding trying to get 37mm tyres through...

As long as your happy with the result, that's the most important thing.

Are you planning on riding the bike or is it going to hang on the wall? If you're going to ride it then you have to ask yourself if you can sit on your choice of saddle for 2 to 3 hours without causing discomfort. It doesn't matter how cool it is if it's gonna torture your arse, it's not worth...

A nice practical bike for riding to & from work without having to apply a 2nd mortgage. How tall are you? You might consider levelling the saddle to avoid back issues. As for the wifes comment, it might be wishfull thinking😃.

I suspected that the photos weren't put out in chronological order but i didn't want to accuse anyone of being unorganised. Nice build BTW.