1977 Claud Butler Cavalier #005616

In between visiting family and all that ‘Christmas stuff’ Jimmy thought he’d have a crack at applying some of the stickers... :xmas-wink:
 

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Psimpson":5jowm70d said:
Spot on, your son must be looking forward to riding it.
Yes, but we’ve been told to “stop soding about with bikes and join in with Christmas” :xmas-wink:
 
Right, she’s booked in to January’s RBotM so we’d better crack on! ....JIMMY!! :shock:
 

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Letting Jimmy having a go at the fun stuff :wink:
 

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Work in progress, but I think the lads getting the hang of it... 8)
 

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Jim’s done a cracking job with this SR (Sakae Ringo) chainset… Its as per the one in the CB 1977 Catalogue and I’m pretty sure it’s classed as a light alloy version, but its not listed in Velobase so I don’t really know its exact component name, any ideas from you lot would be gratefully received.

I think you’ll agree it looks much better than the more modern 3 cog Shimano that had been put on the bike sometime in its life!

Now on to the next batch of mucky parts!
 

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This bike still had its original SunTour rear mech (date stamped December 1977 so I’m assuming original) a quality Mk1 Cyclone GT. 8)
Described as better and lighter than the equivalent Campagonolo on Velobase…. :shock:

I do love these old Japanese derailleurs, especially the kit designed like the Italian stuff, just before the Japanese started going their own way design-wise. Anyway, I thought it only proper to match this up with a full SunTour set and I had a CompeV front deraileur stamped ’79 but was definitely around pre ’77 and a pair of SunTour DLW LD-1000 levers, same period Campy copies in the parts box.
So a little bit of elbow grease (and a bit of colouring in to tie in with the Holdsworth Kingfisher Orange & Blue racing scheme) and so we've just got the brake set to go (Weinmann of course)
 

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