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Hello chaps, I've just finished rebuilding a bike for a friend and am wondering if anyone can identify what the frame started out as. It's been sprayed to look like a Holdsworth Triathalon [sic] from 1987: However, the paintjob is clearly a DIY effort and I don't think the frame is right...

Hello Retrobikers, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a problem I've got because it's preventing me from finishing a new bike build :( Basically, I've bought a Shimano 5703 groupset to build up a frame that I built some time ago. Everything's come together nicely except I can't get the...

Hello chaps, I know that there are some very knowledgeable people with regard to Raleigh's lightweight output in the 1980's. I've got a late Road Ace in 531c tubing but I just spotted this: That's a 753 sticker. If I didn't know better I'd assume that someone's just stuck that over the...

Hello all, I'm currently thinking of buying this bike, but as it's been refinished in the past by Bob Jackson, I can't tell if it's any good: What does anyone think? Worth a look? Cheers :-)

Hello chaps, I'm after a bit of advice, please - I've got a lady friend who rides a classic Raleigh Royale ladies bike from the 1980's but the brakes give her trouble. She's currently using the original Weinmann Safety levers which came with the drop handlebars - the type that has a standard...

Had one of my friends' bikes in for a rebuild. It's an early 1990's Orbit step-through frame in 531c tubing which we found a while ago on eBay for not a lot of cash, but she's decided to take it touring around Scotland this summer so it needed some better gearing. I stripped it down and while...

Hello all, I've posted about this bike before so apologies if any of this is repetitious! I've had the bike for nearly a year now and just got round to servicing it as it had been hung up unused for several years prior to purchase. Last time I posted about it, there was some discussion about...

Hello chaps, I was wondering if anyone can ID this headbadge: I haven't seen one of these before and it may just be generic as it's a refinished frame but I thought I'd ask if anyone knew either way. Cheers for now, Simon.

Hello everyone, This is probably me showing me ignorance here - I don't recognise that headbadge and the seat stays look like Carlton ones: Is there anything odd about that frame, or is it just an early one?

Hi all, Has anybody got a pair of Shimano Dyna Drive pedal adapters that will enable me to fit normal pedals to an early Deore crankset? I need to replace the pedals so that they don't damage the Mrs's shoes. They look like this: Looking to pay around a tenner plus postage to Cambridge...

Hello chaps, I'm having to replace the bar tape on an 80's Viscount lady's bike and the lady in question (a friend of my partner) has requested that I replace it with something authentic-looking. I have bought this which looks to be the right stuff and not the only bar tape in the world to...

Hello all, I'm about to invest in a work stand to hold my bikes while I work on them and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for ones that are particularly good or bad for classic road bikes. I was looking at the Park Took one as a benchmark but have noted that the vertical part of...

Hello all, Thought I'd share a recent purchase with you as it's a beaut! It's the lightest steel bike I've handled for quite a while, thanks to the lovely late Raleigh 531c frame but also the fact that everything else which could be made by Campagnolo is - it appears to have a complete late...

Hello all, Picked this little gem up on eBay over the weekend. On first glimpse, it looks like a basket-case which is good for nothing but the local metal recyclers but, look again and you see the period 1950's Reynolds 531 sticker and nice lug work on the head tube and forks. It's been...

Hello chaps, I picked this frame up on eBay some time ago as it was cheap and I needed some of its parts for another build. It was bought as a 'bitsa' bike but had mostly early 1980's Record Ace parts on it: Custom drilled chainset, Suntour Cyclone rear dérailleur, Campag levers and front...

Hello all, I got rather a bargain on eBay recently - a 531-framed touring bike, raced and built by Max Pendleton using parts from the family bike workshop. The story goes that this frame started life as something else, before it was re-finished with Max's name because he was competing on it...

Hello all, Not sure if anyone's interested but I'm currently doing a frame-building course at Downland Cycles near Canterbury - at the end of 11 days of tuition I should have gained the knowledge and experience to build custom steel frames using traditional techniques. I'll also have a...

I was given this bike by a family friend who had hung up his cycle clips for the last time, and this coincided with my holiday plans for this year: to cycle the gravel tracks of the New Forest. The bike has been built up with touring bars, fatter tyres and new Shimano Tiagra gears, ready for...

Hi all, Thought this might make you laugh. If you had $45,000 to spend on transport, which would you choose? 1. 1939 Raleigh Superbe 0r 2. 2001 Aston Martin DB7 (& $1500 spending money) I like old Raleighs a lot, but I think on balance I'd go for the Aston!

Hi there, I've been asked to build a bike for a lady-friend and I'd like to base it on a 70's or 80's Mixte 531 (or similar) frame. Ideally it'd be able to take a rear pannier rack and 700c wheels but these two requirements are very easy to accommodate on pretty much any frame. Anyone got one...