Well finally some movement on this, bought on as much by the fact I have to start doing some cardio or I will not fit in any of my clothes, and the beautiful area we moved to has so many places to ride.
A short walk and £40 later, I'm the proud owner of an as of yet unidentified Raleigh mtb. I'd always fancied a retro mtb project and this looks to be my size! I plan on riding around in the snow tomorrow, having had an absolute blast riding it home tonight.
Medium term will be new:
Saddle and seatpost Seatpost (if my spare doesn't work and this one isn't long enough
Handlebars - can't decide on what kind, but the current ones are very narrow
Slick tyres to allow use on the turbo, thinking tan wall city jets
Pedals - can't decide on spd/flat combo or just some nicer flats.
Longer term:
SJS & wald combo
mudguards
dynamo
Main priority is actually riding the bloody thing but honestly, thick snow and riding home in wellies like I was a kid again
Raleigh Outland! I recall it's usp were the bullhorn handlebars. Had one as a kid. Sticking a Michelin Wildgripper on the rear was my first branded upgrade. I cherished that tyre!
From googling it seems it was a lot of people’s first bike in the early 90s! Mine was a Raleigh of some descriptions, hand me down from a family friends kid, must have ridden it up and down my road thousands of times doing jumps off drop kerbs.
Well finally some movement on this, bought on as much by the fact I have to start doing some cardio or I will not fit in any of my clothes, and the beautiful area we moved to has so many places to ride.
A short walk and £40 later, I'm the proud owner of an as of yet unidentified Raleigh mtb. I'd always fancied a retro mtb project and this looks to be my size! I plan on riding around in the snow tomorrow, having had an absolute blast riding it home tonight.
Medium term will be new:
Longer term:
Main priority is actually riding the bloody thing but honestly, thick snow and riding home in wellies like I was a kid again