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Nammonk I owe you a virtual beer, I didn't have a inverse allen key but I did the second thing you suggested. Loosened the nut on the back, at one point when trying to tighten it fully it went over to the left. I figured out that you can loosen it or tighten it a little and it more or less...

So I got the bike, it's in much better condition than I thought! Literally mint, just minor surface rust nothing deep and a little polishing of the chrome and it'll be perfect. It had new tyres and pads put on it so it's ready to go. One problem, I had to have the wheels taken off for it to...

You can't have another one rich! Leave some for the rest of us lol.

I don't mind at all passatman! I just won the auction for the RRA that the thread was started with, got if for £75 in the end! And a friend is picking it up for £15 so all in all not bad since he declined my offer of £110 off eBay lol! Will post pics when I get it tomorrow/tuesday and in...

Ah okay cheers! I'll look into getting one :) Will be way better than having the bike upside down like I usually do. How much were the tyres from there? I don't live too far from Bristol so I could pop over and get some if they aren't online. I'll have to check if they're 27 or 700c when they...

Cheers Rich, just checked out your threads! You have the bike looking awesome, good job on restoring it. Some good tips about cleaning up, just a question where did you get the bike holder? I could use one of them for cleaning the bike if it's nice and stable. Also where did you get the...

T-Cut does quite a bit then! Looks good for just out of the garage. Chainset on that RRA is so nice, sparkling too. They are quite rare, see them all the time on bikes on ebay though. Try a turbo or a brooks otherwise if you want a brown seat.

Cheers for the info Rolf! That's a lovely Carlton you renovated if it's the one in the picture. So you believe the 531 Record Aces are much better? Were the Aces better quality than the Sprints then? The sprint is a 501 so I imagine the Ace is a lot letter, and bound to have better parts on...

It's ok lol! If I could trade some of the height I would. I guess I'll have a bash at this 531 framed Ace :D

Bit steep isn't it... I won this the other for £88 as you can see, lovely bike and is a 531 but the seller was being an idiot and sold it to someone else on the bid as I wanted it to be collected by a courier and pay over paypal rather than cash in hand...

Bit steep isn't it...

Jesus it sold for £227.22 and it's only on a 501 frame with RX100 gears which aren't meant to be that good I believe... I guess it's for the nice paintwork and the colour scheme. Way out of my price range though lol, I guess I'll have to purchase a cheapish 531 and work on it a bit

Haha, I am a giant! I have super long legs. It's only 23.5 " :P I was going to buy that Carlton which was 25"!! What do you reckon its worth? I've never heard of the raleigh éclat, can't find any info on it.

Wow, thats in a fantastic condition. How much did you pick it up for? And how much are you looking for?