Recent content by jaywire

That's kind of what I thought, that it would be a 700. I sized up a spare 700 wheel in the frame and it looked at little small for the frame, 27" fitted the frame better. Is there an easy way to confirm that a blank frame is either 700 or 27? Measure brake drop?

And here's a couple of very bad (sorry) photos of the frame as I've got it now. Oval seat tube and braze on mech hanger.

Customer sent me the attached pic, not been able to confirm that it is actually a Thunder though? I've never heard of it either and no real confirmation on the web yet.

I had a pair of forks go missing at the paint shop :( Apparently the bike was a 1973 Raleigh Thunder but I'm having very little luck finding much out about this bike online. Anyone heard of it? Any suggestions for equivalent forks? The frame fits 27" 1 1/4 wheels and the steerer tube is a...