Recent content by LondonClassic

Ah yes, youre right. Maybe more of an ox than a gazelle?

Looks like a gusset where the down tube meets head tube, seat stays are pure beef...looks set up for rough stuff. Sellers valuation is optomistic IMHO.

Thanks - PM coming.

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I have a black fabric one - a more recent example without the WC bands decal. Needs a bit of a clean but no rips to the fabric- so say £22 posted if you're interested.

Great seeing a touring bike used extensively!

aw man...I was so close to getting to the blasters this morning as well...

Thanks :) I would like to learn but I'm accumulating extra tools as I do this and running out of space. FB marketplace had offered up a compressor, a scissor lift, a tyre de-beader, wheel balancer and brake piston kit for not much monies. I have a great metal fab shop 5 mins from home and unlike...

I lack both Mig welder and skills so agricultural methods it was.

@VintageSteve welcome to the forum. I think what @trailwright is saying is the Raleigh engineering team didn't commit to make a Triathlon specific bike with this model. Bar the rims and paint its exactly the same bike as the Raleigh Quadra and the same frame as the Ritmo - also in the same...

Just as an aside I did this - and could not get the cached copy of the site to work locally. I had all the component pages but they are not referenced to that component (eg the page for a Campagnolo C Record Crankset is not labelled 'Campagnolo C Record Crankset' but by an index number - so you...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205677109074

https://ebay.us/m/zGirMM Seller also has a pommel horse for sale, which will make a nice talking point for any home.

Lovely bike. You're probably better waiting out for better selling times. Could be years away but as others intimate here you will not anywhere near your current price.

In the UK it feels like the bias is towards larger tyre clearances and mudguard and rack fixings. Pure race machinery with x25 or x28 max clearance is seen as a bit limiting now with the trend for wider rubber.