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yes...sling shot out the apex

My latest little find, as I acquired it:

I think it's a Raleigh Caravel, although I don't know much else about it, where's best to fond more info?

Here it is after a decent clean up:

It just needs a chain and grip tape, which is on the way.

Fork is Stratos. Yea. Japanese. Go to the njs blog. There's a section for forks and they list the steerer tube length. Keep an eye on it for
your size. Super good service.

I anodized all the parts
black.

Thanks just what I thought, need 195 so I am screwed but will have a frame builder fix it, and yes fork is beautiful.

what make are them wheels henrycollie

Inspired by Freeman transports gravel racer and Pashleys guvnor this is a work in progress need a pair of racing/track forks with less rake new front brake caliper and lever new h/set rear rack
The frame Boland was an old rod brake sit up and beg from the tip the wheels were a sale bargain £30 , so far tyres have been the most expensive item!!
Quite happy with the way it looks but theres bound to be a few changes before summers here

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Very nice!

Inspired by Freeman transports gravel racer and Pashleys guvnor this is a work in progress need a pair of racing/track forks with less rake new front brake caliper and lever new h/set rear rack
The frame Boland was an old rod brake sit up and beg from the tip the wheels were a sale bargain £30 , so far tyres have been the most expensive item!!
Quite happy with the way it looks but theres bound to be a few changes before summers here

I'd be tempted to swap the stem for something older, more squarish and perhaps lugged (like an old GB stem). It would give the look you are after.

The revamped Mercian is coming along nicely... Pix tomorrow...

lovely bike, the bright components look sweet with the black. interested to know what stem that is?

It´s a Bontrager 100mm +/- 17°

Had a right old time with a jigsaw and a carry-freedom trailer today:

Widened the wheelbase and made a new flatbed for two bike racks and then some.

Needs a mattress.

that is so awesome, simple and effective ( i presume) well done on your hard graft

I can't take all the credit, it took a couple of us!

And yes, its fucking awesome. Really stable, nice handling and more importantly, quiet.

Coming along brilliantly. Reminds a bit of a modern Kestral tri frame.

Not really sure it looks like anything else I have seen before.. except Obree's frame, and these:



(I like that wheel on the last one)

A photo of mine, with "simulated fork".

The geometry looks a lot less crazy than I initially thought it would be.

Inspired by Freeman transports gravel racer and Pashleys guvnor this is a work in progress need a pair of racing/track forks with less rake new front brake caliper and lever new h/set rear rack
The frame Boland was an old rod brake sit up and beg from the tip the wheels were a sale bargain £30 , so far tyres have been the most expensive item!!
Quite happy with the way it looks but theres bound to be a few changes before summers here

I think it looks lovely, though agree about the stem and I would swap the crank out for something less new, other wise it's great.

I need the tyres? are they 28's or bigger? if they are bigger where did you get them?

also where were the bars from?

Had a right old time with a jigsaw and a carry-freedom trailer today:

Widened the wheelbase and made a new flatbed for two bike racks and then some.

Needs a mattress.

Simply awesome.

Had a right old time with a jigsaw and a carry-freedom trailer today:

Widened the wheelbase and made a new flatbed for two bike racks and then some.

take my hand in marriage!

if you're going to sell that rack, please let me know, those are massively useful for me!

Ed, I'll make you one. Any-time buddy.

That'd be brilliant, I have Clefty's old child trailer, I'll have to ask her if I can buy it off her.

it's a much better solution than trying to find a bike with strong enough rack for heavy duty stuff (like bricks, concrete etc.).

That rack is awesome.

That trailer is awesome.

fixed.

sorry, I'm being picky.

@ Ed - Cool beans, I'm not familiar with the child-bearing trailers but I'm sure they can be converted (There's one at work, I'll have a look at the frame and see if it'll take a flat-bed). We use the carry-freedoms for basically everything: the small one is excellent for bags of cement and crates of bits and the bigger one can basically just take more weight.

This widening mod limits the maximum load to 50Kg, which means no humans but lots of bulk.
We're using this one specifically for transporting bikes and frames.

The little one (in the first pic) is an utter joy: load it up and use it for training.

This widening mod limits the maximum load to 50Kg, which means no humans but lots of bulk.

basically, lots of bulk and the missus (she weight 45kg, I'm not joking).

I think it looks lovely, though agree about the stem and I would swap the crank out for something less new, other wise it's great.

I need the tyres? are they 28's or bigger? if they are bigger where did you get them?

Schawble 700 x 38c bought them on line

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