Recent content by MyNameIsEarl

Hi, my Raleighs are measured from the centre of the BB to the top of the seat tube, where the post goes in - so C-T-T. Others please correct me if you think I'm wrong though!

...and now sold!

Now moved to ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/187116154220

Hi all, I took the advice above and have put everything back to the original spec, and as close to the 1987/1988 brochure as possible. I'm also now open to offers :) I'll keep it here over the weekend, but will move to ebay next week if no one is interested. Cheers!

Just asking for some views here, but other than size(!) :) do you think it would be better to put this back to completely original (rather than my preference), to help sell it? It's such a nice bike, even the original rubbers on the brake levers are like new, and not worn/cracked at all.

Hi, I've got a Raleigh Royal for sale at the moment on this very forum :) I have a 33 inch inside leg and the bike is set up for me at 76cm from the BB to the top of the seat, if it's helpful to gauge size. Mine's a 23.5 inch/60cm...

Hi, I'm selling my Raleigh Royal that I've had a couple of years, which has only done a few hundred miles with a trip to Normandy last year. One previous owner, who owned this bike from new and has the original handbook, sales literature, tool kit, purchase receipt, and even a signed card from...

Thanks! - it gives me another option if I have problems with the 5600 105 FD

Thanks for the reassurance, I'll see how it goes and get an extension kit if needed.

Hi, could you please let me know if they'll be any problems with my upgrade to a modern compact chainset on a 90's braze-on frame? There's about a 7mm gap at the moment (should be 2-3mm!). The FD is at the bottom of the frame's braze-on, so there's no more adjustment available. It shifts fine...

Thanks for the replies, that makes life easier for me :) So, I shouldn't have any issue using a Shimano freewheel on the Campag hub?

Doh! :facepalm: I see that now, thanks! Hmm...it's not clear from what I can see on Sheldon Brown's site re Campag vs Shimano freewheels (https://www.sheldonbrown.com/freewheels.html) I'm assuming the Campag hub is Italian threaded and a Shimano freewheel would be ISO threaded? not a lot of...

Hi, I've just picked up a 1989 'Abilita' built by Paul Wilkins in Dorset, and have a quick question regarding Campag freewheel/hub/Shimano freewheel compatibility. The guy I bought it from used to race it and it has a really small block on the back, something like 14-20, and I'm really...

Thanks pigman, that's reassuring. I'm not fussed about making it a 'fixie' (I don't like that term either). I'm too old to learn riding fixed, and hear it's not good for your knees, either. I will definitely be keeping both brakes, but may go all out and get some aero brake levers for a cleaner...

Looking further into this, I think the easiest thing is just to keep the 5 speed block at the back. The chainset is 50-40 and the cassette is 14-17-20-22-24. The chainline looks fine in the 50x20, so am thinking of just keeping it like that, which gives me a 65.75" ratio (it's hilly round...