Recent content by Midlife

Lugs look quite thick with clunky shore lines, maybe I'm used to lugs filed down and very thin on frames of my era (70's ish)...

Personally I'd go for the TT bike, much more rare :) The original paints were very thin to save weight lol

Are the brakes Allen key bolts?

Tricky thing is that it's the"longfellow" version so 25" frame in old money so will only appeal to the taller rider. Apart from that it's in good nick. I'd start at £275? For a wider audience join LFGSS they have a thread devoted to buy/sell larger framed bikes.

Looks like a 1985 Competition 12, very smart :)

Are you certain it's a Raleigh and not ISO thread?

Is it quite an early Carlton?

Any other pics of the frame? I wonder if it's been converted to Allen key brakes?

Looks very Vagner (ish). Back in the 70's it was trendy to modify lugs and fork crowns with files and drills. Might not look like a stock item after such treatment :)

Looks nice, odd mix of components but each to their own l. The braze on front mech looks put of place.... Just out of curiosity is it numbered?

That's interesting Mr Nob, the rear cable guides go down the right side but for Campag brakes they are usually on the left. Did it run Weinmann's?

Dave Moulton wrote a few, articles on frame geometry for classic steel after he moved to the USA, I'll have a Google.

£450! Is the decimal point in the wrong place lol

200 microns is about 8/1000 of an Inch :)

I'd think about powder coat if it's cheap and cheerful one colour, modern powder coating is quite thin and the lug detail should be kept.