Raleigh Twenty Single Speed Stronglight 48T/Silligey Wheels

Needs finishing, can't find seat post
£120

Managed to sign in....:

what wheels are they?

http://sillgey.com/

http://minivelo.co.uk/sillgey

20"

Could you please provide more information about the bike?

Work that has been done, what needs doing, size of the seatpost, etc...

I am looking for a new folder project

Nothing really needs doing. Just setting up of brake cables. The bottom bracket was fitted by that Kiwi fella on the edge of Victoria Park. Can't remember his name. He retapped the bottom thread and fitted the BB to ensure the chainline is straight. All tyres are good. Not sure what size the seatpost is, I'll have a measure. Can't find the one I had but I remember it was about £6/£7 off ebay.

Think that's about it, probably owes me over £300 with the parts it has...I'm in Bishops Stortford but could post I suppose.

Thanks for the additional information @bigbadad

What is going on with the folding mechanism? I see black paint and a fresh bolt.
Are the chainset and BB new?
Is the rear hub double fixed?
What make are the bars and brake levers?

We're getting there...

Chainset, BB, wheels, pedals are all new....some marks from storage. I put this together approx 5 years ago and it's sat in corner of workshop since.

Re the folding mechanism - I wasn't happy with the strength of the stock folding mechanism so I drilled it out and tig'd in a proper nut and bolt. No flex now. Consider it a seperable rather than a folder. Not that twenties fold anyway.

Don't know about hub - how can I tell? It's SS rather than fixed now.

I can check the make of bars and levers tomorrow.

I hope so...

Have a look at the rear hub to see if there are lockring threads or if it is just a single thread for a freewheel.

Shame about the folding mechanism - I take it the hand is just redundant then?

If I remember from putting mine together, the Twenty seatpost is 1 1/8 inch / 28.6mm dia.

I'll have a close look tomorrow. When I first put this together you could feel the frame pivoting around that swivel joint and it felt like it would break in half. Rather than a shame I'd call it an approvement, this bike is fast and puts more force on that folding mech....the other handle also locks tight so it is fixed securely both ends rather than just one as stock.

Dia Compe levers, not sure what the bars are, couldn't see any markings I'm afraid. They are ally rather than steel if that helps.

Thanks for the update - what about the rear hub?

Oh tits.......I'll have a look tomorrow. Do you want any pictures of anything in particular whilst I'm at the workshop? Sorry fella.

You can.massively improve the headset on this by replacing the top part with a threadless 1". I used an mpart. Then load/tighten using the stock topnut.
The standard headset using a plastic bush instead of bearings and is dogshit.

Rear hub

Found the seatpost. Seat not included

Heehee. I've been wanting to do this to a Twenty/Stowaway since my friend bought one to get around town. The idea of whip-skidding on a "granny bike" just seemed so hilarious. I got even more serious about the idea when I saw a similar new build bike on Kickstarter. Props on solving the BB thread issue, that's the one thing that really held me back from trying anything like this.
If I was £100 richer, I'd be buying it by now. It's just the thing to fling on a train (cos it folds so it's luggage, right?) and still give my my fix of fixed when I get to the other end. Sadly, I'm not £100 richer though, so GLWS.