Recent content by RetroDavy

Thanks! Yes, reasons are all you need. I like your one in black Hammerite. Ticks my utilitarian boxes. Your super-clean metamorphosing Randonneur was one of the reasons I was so keen to get this one. It's 708 Touristique. I think the Royal was a bike with the same frame as the Randonneur...

First time out today for a recent rebuild of a 1996 Raleigh Royal in Reynolds 708. It came to me complete and just needing a good clean. I've tweaked it a bit with parts that I thought suited the bike better than the original equivalents: Nitto Randonneur bars and Periscopa stem, BR-R550...

Latest iteration of this bike, now featuring: Nitto bullmoose bars Magura brakes (rear mounts reversed and lightly filed to fit U brake mounts) Deore thumbshifters Suntour XC Ltd cranks Exage front mech XTR rear mech (the colour matches the frame!) Different saddle Both wheels on wide Exal rims...

Having the option to change your bar position after a few days would be good. I did one long ride, after a few days wishing my stem was several cm shorter and the bars several cm higher, but didn't have the adjustment. Maximum adjustment comes from both 1) spacers above and below the stem...

Stunning. Love the work and the story. And the understated descriptions of very skilled craftsmanship.

I missed this thread the first time round. I'd be in for one (maybe two) T-shirts.

I can't find one, but hopefully one exists somewhere. The closest I can find are the 1972 and two 1976 ones. The 1976 catalogue in the Retrobike archive looks like the later 1976 model range with a different set of models no longer including the Electron. On the NKilgariff site page, the early...

Also info about the Electron and other CB models on another page in the same site, with catalogue images etc. Brilliant resource.

Very nice. Some super-useful information here: "Frame Numbers" https://nkilgariff.com/frame-numbers/

This is a fantastic build. I love the contrasts throughout - the canti brakes and Alfine hub on the track frame, sealed black primer finish on a bike full of top notch parts... Just all brilliant stuff.

I'd be very happy to give these a home if still available. PMing.

Happy Christmas everyone! Thanks for making this site a great place for inspiration, advice, support, fun and diversion over the last year. Wishing you all a good year to come.

You may have come across this info already; fascinating reading - "Stokes of London Cycles - Three Speed Hub" http://threespeedhub.com/frame-builders/stokes-of-london-cycles/

Love this - a great story and project. H Lloyd's Reynolds decal catalogue suggests that transfer was used between 1937-1948: https://hlloydcycles.com/collections/reynolds?page=3

To cut a long story slightly shorter, my summary is that this is probably either a Holdsworth Professional frameset in 531 Competition, or a 653-framed Falcon, from somewhere between 1987 and 1990, with probability pointing towards 531C. Here’s the evidence: The six digit frame number starting...