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I ma tempted to buy another nad keep it exactly stock....

I love that Raleigh Mantis. It wasn't that, but I love it....

This is my 1998/9 Raleigh Max Aero 18GS cruiser. MTBs originally evolved from beach cruisers. This one's evolving the other way. I had a Max Aero 18GS new from Halfords in 1999 and loved using it, right up to when it was stolen from me in 2006. 18 months ago I managed to find a good condition...

Original tyres on a Raleigh Pioneer Classic are 700x35c gumwalls. I still have 2 of the original tyres in my shed.... Both ours are now running 700x38C for better comfort. 700x40c fits inside the mudguards but only just

Thanks, but if all Raleigh Bombers had the distinctive curved top bar seen in Monkeyshred's recent Youtube rebuild, it wasn't one of those - had a straight top tube My understanding is that most bombers had fewer gears and riser instead of flat handlebars

Thanks - the first thing I searched was "lizard patterned Raleigh" when I decided I wanted to know what my old bike was so I've seen a lot of Lizards Assuming that all Raleigh Lizards were the same green-blue colourway theme with blank printed stencil-style labels and no pattern in the paint...

Hi all For a while I've been trying to remember my first MTB, which was a gift from my parents in (I think) 1990 but might have been a 1989 model. Can anyone help from this indistinct recollection of details? Things I am sure about - it was a Shimano 18-speed (3x6) and it was bought from...

There's already an aftermarket battery rebuild scene for the first hybrid cars (Honda Insight Coupé - the battery pack can be rebuilt with NIMh D-cells !). Unless the bike battery is inside the frame I'm sure a rebuild could be done that would add capacity too

Sorry to revive an old thread, but it was the best match for the search term... Does any member in the Home Counties have a facility to remove a ball-race (RH drive cup - the one with the notches) and willing to take on the job? I have a good wheel with a ruined Sturmey Archer AW hub stuck in...

And because we really need a bike that's haunted by the person riding it when it got written off......

OK, thats a possibility I wasn't aware of. The only s/speed cranksets I'm familiar with are the type on my Triumph (per profile pic) - which is single-piece. So I can get a s/s crank with removable chainring, remove it from the crank spider and put a narrower chainring on?

Thanks. I've done some more looking at the 2 bikes now. While both have the same 5speed rear wheel and rear derailleur the front cranksets differ. The 10-speed has removable rings and chainset bolts. The 5 speed has a one piece crank-chainring (square taper), as you say above - so I need...

Schwalbe Landcruisers are often available for about £12. Had them on my old BSA Westcoast years ago that was mainly used for road and towpaths, and they were a really good compromise. Had about 3 punctures in 4 years and could still pedal to about 20mph on level ground (heavy bike...)

Hiya Posting this here despite the bike pre-dating 1998 as I'm open to modern suggestions and not doing a classic restoration per se.... Recently purchased a pair of mint condition 1990s Raleigh Pioneer Classic hybrids after my wife expressed an interest in riding with me (she hadn't ridden...

time to start modding the pair of Pioneer Classics I recently bought for my wifey and I - we both like more vintage appearance, and after doing a shameless backdating of an 80s Triumph as my singlespeed ride, I'm keen to backdate the already somewhat retro Pioneers. They currently have...

Here is the single-speed I built in 2011 using advice from this website and which until this month has been my sole bike. Raleigh frame branded Triumph. Date uncertain, it came to me with a broken saddle, 2 somewhat buckled steel wheels and a Sturmey-Archer three speed that only worked in...

Wow. I didn't know people still patch tubes. I've been running Slime tubes for so long - normally inside semi-protected tyres - that "just keep pumping until it holds pressure" has become a way of life, and I change tubes if I get a puncture I can't get to stay resealed. Although I need...

HI all I was a member here ten or so years ago when I sought advice about rebuilding a 1980s Triumph 3-speed roadster for use as an everyday bike. I took the advice and followed it (singlespeed conversion, alloy wheels, Schwalbe Delta Cruiser tyres, slime in the inner tubes, modern bottom...

Thanks I had hoped that someone would point out an obscure supplier of high quality sealed B/Bs with nonstandard axle lengths. I think in the absence of that you certainly have the right solution....

interesting... I'll look into that Only obvious concern is I'd be restricting the degree to which the drive-side threads of the B/Bracket screwed into the B/B shell on the frame by at least 3mm... I know that on a standard B/B the pedalling tightens rather than loosens, but is this likely...