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Does anyone else remember or own this special set of Look Carbon pedals that came in this special case? I bought them brand new in the late 80s and along with the fluorescent green Carbon pedals it also came with a Look watch, a metal lapel badge and a Look water bottle. I don't have any of the...

Wow, I had a Kuwahara Pacer hybrid in the 90s, but I never realised that they also made pure road bikes.

Re: You could route the gear cable so that it doesn't go through the loop on your head tube.

After over twenty years in my possession I've decided to sell my Kuwahara Pacer Hybrid. If this was an Ebay listing I'd be putting "RARE" in the title as they are they are quite a rare bike to find as it's from that short period of time in the late 80s early 90s when Kuwahara made non-BMX bikes...

They look like they are early HG hubs so they should be capable of using both UG and HG cassettes.

The number of speeds 7/8/9? that the Exage set uses may determine whether or not you will have to upgrade derailleurs etc.

Just search on Ebay for 26 1 3/8 tyres. Even most branches of Halfords sell them. Also you might want to look at this thread. viewtopic.php?f=12&t=271744

I seem to remember that Elswick were very much at the lower end of the market, so personally I wouldn't buy it at that price unless you particularly want an Elswick.

You may need to fit a spacer on the freehub as most modern wheels are designed for 8/9/10 Speed cassettes. Also have you actually tried to fit the wheel in the bike as most 80s frame would have been designed for 126mm wide hubs whereas most modern wheels will be at least 130mm wide.

When I was browsing the Chain Reaction cycles site recently I did notice that they are selling some NOS Shimano RSX rear hubs that use cassettes and are 126mm wide, so you could get one of them made up into a rear wheel. Of course you would still need to source a front wheel...

I think that your bike would look a lot better with a more modern seatpost if you can afford one as that old style one kind of ruins the look for me.

It's probably because chainrings have now got smaller. Years ago your average road bike would have a 52/42 and tourers/MTB 48/38/28, whereas now it's typically 50/34 on a road bike and 44/32/22 on a MTB.

Re: Raleigh Weekender - Advice Please! [Updated - Bike Compl Nice, the tan saddle/tape works really well with the frame colour!

Re: My First MTB - the actual one! It looks like you both also had one of those early Giro helmets with a lycra cover just like I used to have. I only threw mine away a few years ago!

That's a very nice winter/training bike for only £34 you jammy bugger! :D