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Hi, Coming from the other (road) side, I've been offered an Orange Sub 5 for sale. Does it still cut it as a decent mountain bike considering it is going on for 20 years old? All feedback gratefully received. Cheers, D

Hi all, I'm considering placing an order for a BJ End 2 End but am really struggling with colours. I saw and liked an Audax on the web that was Word Perfect Blue, and it bore bears little or no resemblance to the colour swatch on the BJ website. I'm considering the following colours... Verde...

My brother in law just purchased this locally. I don't know too much about it but I like the lugged frame with horizontal top tube and chromed rear stay and chrome forks. It has Shimano kit on it, I think Exage 300. Not really sure how good bad or indifferent it is but if anyone has any info...

Hi, I'm rebuilding a Raleigh, which had some Dia Compe BRS Blaze levers (concealed cabling) and Dia Compe calipers. So I broke the spring on the front caliper, can't find a replacement spring, and, having a pair of Shimano BR5800 calipers was considering fitting those. Two questions really...

OK. So had the BB threads chased and new Shimano BB installed. Popped on the chain rings this a.m. and was surprised at how little clearance there is between chain stay and teeth on inner chainring. What do we think - good to go? Or get a BB with a longer square taper shaft?

OK. I had the wrong size of hub forced into my 126 mm Raleigh frame. When I removed the wheel I realised it was a freewheel hub so upon removing the freewheel (7 speed) I was left with this... So how can I modify this to make it a 126 mm. OLN. Can I just take off the two outer lock nuts and...

Hi all, I have a rear wheel with what I believe is a seven speed screw on freewheel asp er the attached photo. Can someone advise please the tool required to remove this? I tried a Shimano cassette lockring tool but think I might need the freewheel remover type tool. Many thanks, D.

Hi all, Just looking a little help here. I have the above bike model and the threaded headset has brinelled, so it is time for a replacement. Head tube length (height) has been measured with the cups removed at 175mm. and the fork steerer tube (from the bottom of the fork crown race) is...

Hi all, Just about to rattle can spray a Raleigh frame. I was going to simply thread some set screw into the mudguard threaded holes. Does anyone have any idea what thread size they are? Rear derailleur is M10 x 1, I have a couple of bottle cage set screws I can use for bottle cage mounts...

Hi, Does anyone know the codes or RAL numbers for the cream yellow and white used on the Raleigh 501 Kellogg's Pro Tour? Thanks, D.

OK – so I have an early 90’s Raleigh 501 frame (Kelloggs Pro Tour) and was concerned about the level of rust on the chain stays. I rubbed down the rear stays, removed the surface rust and noticed that there are a few small areas that have some minor pitting where the rust was. I’m looking for...

Can anyone advise how to remove Raleigh head tube badge so that it could be reused?