@Guinessisgoodforyou Thanks for all the photos! Lots of interesting bits in there. I love the Raleigh script for the randonneur and related models, and the colours too... How come you ended up with so many of those, and Raleigh in general?
First proper memory of road bikes and 531 up close and personal for me would be a Record Ace frameset owned by my father coming down from the loft, complete with campag DT shifters and veloce everything else. Looks a bit dated now but Raleigh still has that nostalgic link in my head. Bought in the mid 80s for £20 I believe.
@SteelNipple Appreciate the insightful comment, I think that sums everything up really quite nicely. Losing motivation to ride may make that seem like the natural course of interest while remaining idle looking at forums and such... Happy to report its reversing slightly now, but at the same time I feel like at least with vintage bikes, the tinkering will never end, and a project is never complete
@Nob Loving the organisation there, a lot of real nice frames I likely won't be seeing again at least for a long time! Is there a story to the Evert frame? Did a quick google search but could only find info about Evert Dolman Belgian cyclist from the 60s. It has a super modern vibe to it similar to lugless and bonded frames from the 80s which is making it hard to guess a date...
