The British bike thread

[3wheeler7]

The saddlebag support is indeed the RRA specific part, clips onto 4 pips and locks in place with 2 swinging plates.


Very scarce now, like the pedals and mudguard wingnuts. The second black RRA has got a pair of ulra rare alloy RRA front wheel wing nuts - the only pair I've ever seen.


Sorry Guiness the Tour of Britain was one of the first I did after retirement 6 years ago, rescued it off a garage wall in Kettering for £20, all original including the Shimano Positron gears!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

 

[squirrelchaser]

The saddlebag support is indeed the RRA specific part, clips onto 4 pips and locks in place with 2 swinging plates.
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Very scarce now, like the pedals and mudguard wingnuts. The second black RRA has got a pair of ulra rare alloy RRA front wheel wing nuts - the only pair I've ever seen.
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Sorry Guiness the Tour of Britain was one of the first I did after retirement 6 years ago, rescued it off a garage wall in Kettering for £20, all original including the Shimano Positron gears!

Immaculate .
It confuses me how the British mass cycle and component manufacturing industry can have gone from this level to irrelevance in the way it seemed to do .

 

[3wheeler7]

Picked up a TF hub last year, built it into a wheel but have yet to use it - maybe this year.
Also picked up an ASC 3 speed fixed hub, so another one on the waiting list.

 

[3wheeler7]

It confuses me how the British mass cycle and component manufacturing industry can have gone from this level to irrelevance in the way it seemed to do .

By the mid 50s even Raleigh had recognised that offering optional equipment on their top bikes was just too expensive - hence they dropped the RRA and the revised Super Lenton took it's place for a couple of years before being replaced itself by the RRA Moderne (with derailleurs shock/horror!)

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

By the mid 50s even Raleigh had recognised that offering optional equipment on their top bikes was just too expensive - hence they dropped the RRA and the revised Super Lenton took it's place for a couple of years before being replaced itself by the RRA Moderne (with derailleurs shock/horror!)

I like my Super Lenton

 

[3wheeler7]

Waiting for pictures of it........................................

 

[squirrelchaser]

By the mid 50s even Raleigh had recognised that offering optional equipment on their top bikes was just too expensive - hence they dropped the RRA and the revised Super Lenton took it's place for a couple of years before being replaced itself by the RRA Moderne (with derailleurs shock/horror!)

I understand that , at least to some extent , what confuses me is how the French , Italians and Japanese were able to keep doing it while we couldn't. Is there something intransigent in our "nature" ?
Has there ever been a British made derailleur ?

 

[ferrus]

Has there ever been a British made derailleur ?

The Cyclo Gear Company/Cyclo Benelux (the ‘Super 60’ was a fine but heavy derailleur.)
Quite a few other early mech’s from GB (Altenburger), Hercules, BSA, Constrictor, Resilion/Philips etc

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Waiting for pictures of it........................................

You know what it looks like It's in the queue.