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Finally found a 531 for madam, the previous Wisp rebuild met her approval except that it was so heavy so have been looking for a better frame to base it on. I was after a late eighties galaxy mixte but difficult to come by, when I saw this one it looked suitable, although a lesser frame than a...

Hi Sorry for the intrusion, I'm normally in the road bit :) Wondered if anyone could shed some light on a bike I've been asked about. Belongs to a friend and presumably was in the shed for a while, he wants to get it running again and asking if worthwhile. It's a Liyang al 550. Frame...

Can anyone link me to some dual pivot nutted brakes standard reach in silver please (I currently have some allen key fit 39-49mm which seem to fit ok drop wise). If these aren't around anymore I guess it's a case of drilling the frame :(

Hi Can anyone advise me on yet another awkward aspect of my Randonneur build. I'd like to replace the hanger as the original is very crusty indeed. It's a one inch threaded steerer, but the flat side is on the front of the tube, rather than the rear where where all hangers seem to have...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 481wt_1318 Look at the price, and not met reserve!!! Good luck to him but seriously will it fetch that much?

New eBay purchase. I've been looking for one for a while and they don't seem to come up often, I don't think it's worth a huge amount as at best I think it's mid range, but it seems very light and looks great. The downtube shifters are indexed so it might be a good one to get me used to dt...

I've decided I'd like to learn how to build a wheel, most obvious candidate for a new wheel is the Randonneur rebuild I'm currently working on, just the back to start with as have a couple of spare fronts already which will get it on the road. My main question is this, with a tiagra 130mm...

Has anyone put any of these dual pivot brakes on a mixte frame before? Hoping to upgrade from the weinmann side pulls that are currently on there. Wondering about the cable run on the rear, currently the cable goes in to the bottom arm and clamps to the top, can the tektros be reversed like...

Some pics of a second hand randonneur I picked up with the intent to do up a bit. It had already had a respray when I got it, and there are a couple of oddities with the frame such as a serial number that doesn't conform to normal Raleigh type, and narrow rear drop outs of only 120mm...

A new thread to show some pics of progress so far, we bought the bike second hand for my other half as she thought she might like a road bike, but she wasn't so keen with the drops after trying it. So I put some flat sweep back bars on for her to try it and so far so good. So we decided to...

Raleigh wisp problems again.... I bought a cheap set of 27 inch wheels from the lbs, as the spokes on the originals are a bit beyond help and not cleaning up well. The rear oln of the new wheels is 130mm, the frame is 126mm and the forks spring open ok. The new front wheel is 100mm, and...

Hi I'm trying to fit a stronglight a9 to a Raleigh wisp. My calipers are naff and having trouble measuring if the crown is 26.4 iso or 27mm jis. Not sure about the head tube either. Before bashing away at the stronglight race I tried tapping an old 26.4 race i had and it didn't seem to...

Sorry if in the wrong place or already mentioned, Halfords have 20% off all bike parts till wednesday, most parts are a bit expensive but good prices on brooks saddles and tape. Web orders only but can do collect from store, got myself a new track pump :)

On my RRA I have Weinmann 500 side pull caliper brakes. When I stripped the bike and rebuilt, I shied away from fully stripping down the brakes. But, they are not set up right, when releasing the lever it leaves one pad on the rim. Last night I stripped the rear, polished all the surfaces...

Hi I'm after a triple chain set in nice shiny silver :) It's for a tourer rebuild, 7 speed setup, prefer nice low gears, 24 or 26 on the inner ring. Square taper, the current bb is 118mm And I think is jis? Something similar to the strong light impact chain set, needs to be in decent...

Any ideas? Hadn't noticed till after the powder coat, but looks like a dink in the drive side chain stay, there is the long dent, which i think is normal for these frames, but the small one near the BB worries me. Its a 531st rando if it makes any difference. Thanks.

Hi My other project is a Raleigh Wisp mixte frame I'm converting to a flat bar for the OH. I've put new bars and levers on it to make sure she likes the idea and found it comfy but I have one issue, I need to get some handlebar shifters that are easy to use, so the current stem or...

Hi For my Rando project, I need a new headset. The bike had come with a black 105 headset, which I decided I didnt want so when stripping the frame for it's respray I slung the old headset without measuring it (doh!). Since reading around the web it appears some older 105 headsets were...

Hi After spending last year restoring a Raleigh RRA (and not wanting to modernize it as turned out to be all original) I've picked up another project. I've wanted one for a while, after spending a summer riding a Dawes Galaxy and loving it, I've finally picked up a Raleigh Randonneur off...

The cable stop for the rear mech on the chain stay appears to be different to what I expected. Instead of taking the end of the final loop of outer and allowing the end to butt up to hold it in place, it is shaped like a small ring just large enough for the outer cable to pass right through...