Recent content by topbanana

I'm Ashford Tel, you? Percy you must be on comission for the the Weinman XR18's! :D I would love them but this is meant to be a budget rebuild, I suppose the old saying buy nice or buy twice might apply but I need to keep the build to under £100 really. As I would like to start looking...

I noticed they didn't have qr's but I presume that I could them in the future. I now require a crank puller to strip the bottom bracket, any ideas on what would be suitable or should I go to my LBS? Thanks

Looks very nice, the repaint looks very good. Are you going to put the decals back on? What is it like to ride?

Thanks the for advise Scilly, I must admit I agree with you regarding the wheels. Maybe they'll work on a future project I have in mind. I think the wheels you recommended with the following: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-SPEED-FREEW ... 33529d23f8 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAIR-BIKE-CYC...

Right update time! I'm am going to shot blast the frame and forks, I have to send some parts to the shot blasters next week so I will bung that in with it as well. I'm not sure if I will paint in Team Banana colours, or just go with a solid colour, maybe yellow to keep with the banana...

The derailliers are off and have been sprayed with some wd40, it seems the front is has the chrome flaking off but should be still be servicable and the same with the rear. I need to source some levers still, would really like some metal ones but I want to keep the budget down. However...

This does seem to be a full rebuild now! Oh well it'll keep me entertained! I don't think I can post pictures yet until I get my post count up. Can anyone recommend some nice black wheels? Thanks for all the recommendations so far, Percy I can see my PayPal account taking a hit tonight!

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z106 ... 020818.jpg I haven't got any photo's of my own bike yet but this is the same, just in a lot better condition. I need to replace the following parts: - The gear levers in picture 1 - The front derailluer in picture 4 - The rear derailluer in...

Thanks for the reply, I have had a look but couldn't see the Banana on there, but I'll look again tonight. The tyres have perished and I can see any writing on them, I'll try and get some pictures up tonight so everyone can see the task ahead of me. I am now thinking about a respray now...

Good evening all, I've bought my first road bike today, a Raleigh Team Banana but I need to do some minor repairs, and I need some advice on the replacement parts needed. Firstly, I need to some new tyres and inner tubes, how can I work out what size I need? Secondly, I need a new...