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Back in the long hot summer of 1976 I had saved up enough to trade in my 5 speed Viscount Sebring for a bright yellow Peugeot which I think came from Partridge Cycles in Exeter, it ticked all the boxes including 10 gears, drop bars and centre pull brakes, everything a teenager could ask for. I...

I am curious as the only model I have seen is the North American market Portage that I believe was made in Japan, I would quite like one and even bought an old Royal with thoughts of converting it but there is not the tyre clearance for something a little wider.

I have posted this in the retro MTB section but have realised they are post 2000 so repeated it here, I am not bothered about the style of script or if it is a bit knocked about as long as it is not too bad, several 175 and 165s have come up on Ebay but not a 170 in two years of looking.

Please spare my Thorn Sterling from the indignity of mis-matched cranks, I am not bothered about the style of script or if it is a bit knocked about as long as it is not too bad, several 175 and 165s have come up on Ebay but not a 170 in two years of looking.

Or SA alloy but I think they only made them in 26 x 1 1/4 which is too narrow, a wheelset would also be fine but I have a nice pair of nos hubs to go in them.

Does anyone have a pair they wish to sell?

Does anyone know if wider tyres for the good old 26 x 1 3/8 rims are available? Preferably something better quality than the rubbish "Raleigh" branded Chinese made ones currently fitted to my Lenton which seem to puncture every time I go out on it.

I have an eye out for a Raleigh frameset from the mid 1980s to mid '90s for a porteur project using wider 45-50mm tyres and thought a Royal or Randonneur would be a good place to start but was concerned that they would not take that width of tyre, I have just discovered the Gemini with its nod...

Did Carlton ever make a flat handlebar, hub gear roadster or tourist model? I have searched the internet and apart from a couple of bikes that look like they have been modified all I can find are drop bar sports bikes with derailleur gears, I am curious as they seem to be a cut above your...

I have something of a fondness for these bikes as a couple of friends had them, I wanted one but when my dad finally agreed I needed a bigger bike and we went to the bike shop they only had a Sports in stock so that is what I had, I know it was the same bike in black but I did feel slightly...

A friend told me on Saturday evening that he had been clearing a barn out for a neighbour and had found an old bicycle that he was told to get rid of and thought that I might like, oh no another piece of crap I don't need was my first thought before he mentioned it might be a Carlton which...

As I tend towards hub gears I am unfamiliar with the finer points of derailleurs and as I am now doing a vintage build with clamp on downtube shifters I was wondering about the need for a stop on top of the tube, are they a necessity or not? Any advice appreciated.

I have seen a couple of Team Raleigh bikes from the 1970s with blue rather than red frames, they seem to be cheaper models with steel components and I was wondering if if any of the works bikes or SBDU models were made with this colour scheme or was it just another option for regular customers...

I am after what I would describe as a pair of vintage style rims with a curved profile across the top rather than angled if anyone has a pair similar to this one although it does not have to be Pacenti.

Some fittings missing but cost of postage only £3.50.

Does anyone have one they wish to sell? Plenty of 2, 3 and 4 on Ebay even a no.1 in black but not white.

I am after the above frameset or frame which I think are all the same although I would consider a complete bike and it needs to be the model with Raleigh engraved on the seat stays, horizontal rear dropouts and caliper brakes all of which I believe they had in 1986. Paint condition not important...

If anyone has read my post in the general section below you will know that I got rear ended on my freshly rebuild Raleigh Royal two days ago, more details down there, I did hear from the bike shop it was taken to that the frame is dented and broken so a write off, they are doing a full written...

I got rear ended by a car yesterday writing off my beautiful freshly rebuilt Raleigh Royal and giving me five fractured ribs which was not the best start to the day. The driver who I believe actually hit me in the ribs with her door mirror admitted responsibility to me, the witness in the...

Something like this if you have one spare please, I already have the matching rear. As used on the Raleigh Portage.