cipolinni
Old School Grand Master
Hi everyone
Some of you may be cursing me for what iv'e done to this quite rare Raleigh Gran Sport from 1983
I thought of restoring this to it's former glory,same colour/components etc. The whole bike was in a state,components shot,seat post stuck.
So carried out a restoration project of my own.
Removed the seat post,caustic soda method,dissolved all the alloy post away. Rubbed all the frame with fine paper and wire wool,removed all the rust spots,2 Coats of primer,etching primer on the exposed steel area.
Chose a nice Olympic White top coat,kept the decals simple.Raleigh DT decal and new Reynolds 531c frame and forks decals. Breeze Blue Headstock and seat post panel. Final coat of clear laquer. I seem to recall some of the gran sport models did actually have this colour scheme at some point
Anyway my plan is to use this over the winter months,waiting for delivery of Salmon profil aero alloy guards (close clearance)
The components are a mix of Campagnolo aero seat post,Shimano 600 tricolor chainset,300EX Front/Rear mechs,Modolo Corsa Brake calipers and levers,Cinelli bar and stem,Campagnolo chorus hubs with mavic rims. Hope you like it.
Any comments greatly accepted,Good or Bad
Some of you may be cursing me for what iv'e done to this quite rare Raleigh Gran Sport from 1983
I thought of restoring this to it's former glory,same colour/components etc. The whole bike was in a state,components shot,seat post stuck.
So carried out a restoration project of my own.
Removed the seat post,caustic soda method,dissolved all the alloy post away. Rubbed all the frame with fine paper and wire wool,removed all the rust spots,2 Coats of primer,etching primer on the exposed steel area.
Chose a nice Olympic White top coat,kept the decals simple.Raleigh DT decal and new Reynolds 531c frame and forks decals. Breeze Blue Headstock and seat post panel. Final coat of clear laquer. I seem to recall some of the gran sport models did actually have this colour scheme at some point
Anyway my plan is to use this over the winter months,waiting for delivery of Salmon profil aero alloy guards (close clearance)
The components are a mix of Campagnolo aero seat post,Shimano 600 tricolor chainset,300EX Front/Rear mechs,Modolo Corsa Brake calipers and levers,Cinelli bar and stem,Campagnolo chorus hubs with mavic rims. Hope you like it.
Any comments greatly accepted,Good or Bad