Raleigh 753 TEAM Banana Ex pro rider Resto complete

[Pointer]

Nice work! looks awesome.

 

[Elev12k]

Nice one Nick

 

[RooKilo]

I'm sure I've got a photo of Dave Rayner riding that (or a similar machine), I'll see if I can dig it out over the weekend

Nice bike, I like that a lot!

 

[pigman]

wow, looks great ... possibly too good to use in anger
surprised they (he) wasnt on clipless pedals by '89

 

[nick1968]

pic

I'm sure I've got a photo of Dave Rayner riding that (or a similar machine), I'll see if I can dig it out over the weekend

Nice bike, I like that a lot!

was it this one

 

[RooKilo]

Re: pic

I'm sure I've got a photo of Dave Rayner riding that (or a similar machine), I'll see if I can dig it out over the weekend

Nice bike, I like that a lot!

was it this one

No, an actual photo taken at a race (Welwyn Garden City prologue I think).

 

[Old Ned]

Lovely bike and a great advert. Some names to conjure with there as they say. Chris Walker races Superbikes these days and can be seen on the telly sometimes. Jonny Clay is with British Cycling, Adrian Timmis is a member here and a coach/consultant, I think Chris Lillywhite is still involved with the sport. Dave Mann was in Australia? Not sure about Tim Harris and Steve Douce but I'm sure they can't be far away from bikes.

 

[saarf]

ace provenance

 

[531 pro]

...is that aq Raleigh Banana in your pocket or

...I knew there was a Banana related pun in there somewhere. Terrific bike. Is that the original paint and stickers, or have you had it restored?

 

[nick1968]

frame

The decision to restore the frame did come with a heavy heart,i know there is much debate on restoration and originality.However the end result feels i went down the right route for me.All the decals were photographed and measured accordingly prior to the repaint and replaced as original.Ill drop a few pics of the frame prior to resto.