Recent content by Stump28

Yes lacquered over now. The angle makes it look lower however it is quite a bit lower than the original would have been. I wanted it to sit between the cable guide and shifter bands. Should be well clear of the chainset though

Re: Starting to look more bike like now. Untitled by ash reynolds, on Flickr

Re: Some good points but have to disagree completely with the view on the young, way off the mark!

Re: Home sprays always a good option if you’re not wanting to shel out much for the finish. Doing mine at the moment as a temp finish. I’m at around £40 2 colour including decals. Finish is pretty good. No need to spend big money on a decent home job to get as good a result as you will

Re: Re: Likely a good reason for expensive complete builds, people want their money back with a bit, unfortunately rarely works like that!

Re: I can see the attraction of finished projects but I think this differentiates the collector from the enthusiast. There’s certainly a place for bikes already finished to a fine standard, however I’m with you, for me personally it’s about the build.

Re: I think it’s common with everything really, buyers want to feel like they’ve picked up a bargain for next to nothing and sellers don’t want to feel like they’ve given something away without hitting a really good price. I don’t buy full bikes so I’ve only noticed frame prices but there do...

Re: Final colours on. Happy with the results so far although a little lighter and brighter in th flesh. Untitled by ash reynolds, on Flickr

Re: So, slow start to this one. After stripping the frame for painting the stays turned out to be quite pitted, nothing to deep but enough to warrant a proper repair job. Unfortunately the friend that'll be filling them is taking a year out so a proper restore is going to have to go on hold for...

Re: A well loved and restored bike is always worth the effort regardless of marque. Good looking bike!

Re: Paint scheme lugs and fork crown match that of the 1973 ish Raleigh gran sport. Considering they were building Carlton’s at this point it’s probably a good indication of age at least

Re: Re: Might sound like an obvious question but seeing as a dust seal change doesn’t involve any kind of strip to the air side you’d be unlucky if it wasn’t just a re air error

Re: Try ramping the pressure up on the air side to see if it firms up and keep an eye on your gauge reading over a few days that’ll give you an idea as to wether it’s an air issue. Otherwise try compressing the forks, might sound obvious but it can take 50 or so compressions on some fox forks...

Re: Is that after re setting psi on the air side?

Re: Re: Have to agree. I’ve ran hydro for last 8 years, never had a leak and require not much more than a 15 minute service yearly. I’ve not ridden mech that can compare yet