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just got chatting to a fella on belfast gumtree when I was looking some wheels there, mentioned if he ever came across any decent frames. got this back.

"hi
i collect 1940/ 1950 british frames. bates, hetchins,claud butler etc. what sort of frames are you looking for?
neil"

I think this may be some kind of elaborate frame based honeytrap as it sounds too good to be true lol

Paypal sent to tathagata for the wheel so that should be me all sorted.

http://www.lfgss.com/post1557622-32661.html

heres mine from start to before lacquer. montana jade.

Resprayed but still needs lacquered, the frame was a total rusted mess when I got it. Camera cant seem to deal with the colour its a turquiose kinda colour and it comes out either green or blue. It'll be getting chrome 27" classic looking wheels, I've the back bought but just tracking down a front.

What a show that was.

brooks
campag
cinelli

I'd like to have seen him spend longer in rourkes tbh.

Worth 4k?

A rear wheel, hub, tyre, bars and a brake lever was £7. I reckon £5 for a front.

I collect japanese chefs knives too, at one point for £500 you could get a beautifully hand made blade by some of the best blacksmiths in the world. The same people who would be stunned when I told them this thought nothing of dropping fortunes on a set of golf clubs.

I suppose at the end of the day value is all relative and amounts to what someone is willing to pay.

to put it in perspective thats still the price of a very cheap second hand car.

yes, up in belfast. so taking a frame to dublin is a bit of a trek. I'd rather buy a really nice frame than spend £150 between travel and powdercoating.

The frame was made by raleigh dublin in 79.

the colour looks much brighter above than it is

Tomasito, I liked the smoothed out bare metal too.

Hopefully it looks good when its finished, it'll be chrome old school style wheels, chrome drop bars to match the crank and black saddle and handlebar tape.

cheapest place that powdercoats is 120 euro in dublin + 100 miles travel, so its not like I have the option of dandering to armourtex, its hardly the swankiest frame either.

Its at 2 primer and 4 coats of colour now and looking pretty much solid, montana black seems to be really nice paint though, going to smooth it out with some 1000 wet and dry and then hit it with and couple of coats tomorrow.

This is my first bike build and a pretty steep learning curve, but im enjoying it.

all the headset and cranks etc is super masked to all hell, The cranks and headset would stuck pretty tight to the extent that I was worried about removing them with anymore force.

Let me know chief.

either dirt cheap or cheap like a budgie will be fine.

its pretty solid after one tin of montana and two coats, dunno if it really needs more than that hmmm

how many coats people usually stick on.

Ive a tin of lacquer coming in the post to put over it too.

Two coats of primer, now just on first coat.

This montana black is some job, I dunno if its going to need a second tin.

No, im not spraying inside it just started to mizzle a little bit so I brought it inside.

Looks more bluey green than it does in pic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/4838606792/

those pedals are horrendous tho!

its a lovely bike though I wise my gumtree came up with stuff this decent.

Looking a 27" chrome front wheel, if it came with a tyre, tremendous.

doesent need to be too fancy, just chrome type and I dont mind an odd bit of surface rust.

I'm sure someone has one of these stripped off an old raleigh or something.

also cheap (like a budgie) would also be nice.

I'm in N.I so you would have to post, but its just standard royal mail prices.

wheel, dirty harry and drops arrived today.

cheers.

its to fit a 27" wheel. on a raleigh bike.

Phew, smoothed out the frame of pump holder and various gear/brake holders as well as that fugly light connector on the fork is gone :)

bought the paint im spraying with, just waiting on primer and lacquer arriving from ebay, needs a final sanding and scrub. I must be mad spending this amount of time/money/effort on a raleigh frame, not sure if its even 501. anyway heres a pic to show change and paint color.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/4835261058/

anyone know where you can buy a stem bolt?

yes they are still available, I'd like a chrome front side pull brake style wise not too fussy as regards brand or anything like that, or do you mean size?

are they just standard alloy/chrome toe clips? as thats what im after.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/4819360862/

before: this doesent show you quite how rusty and in generally shit order the frame was in.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/4831552481/

after.

It took 2 days on and off, the green tin nitromorse, steel wool and some sandpaper.

Get a pair of proper thick rubber gloves and watch your eyes nitromorse isnt nice I've used it on boats and furniture before and im still wary off it, good ventilation too.

All that effort for an old raleigh frame, I must be mad lol

paid there for wheels, bars and a dirty harry front brake.

its woods thread, I just replied to it.

you have any racing style chrome handlebars?

fixed wheels or geared?

I have a set of raleigh/weinman centre pull brakes.

Its a front weinman 610 and a back weinman 750, brakes have "made in switzerland" on the back and date from 1970's.

If you need the levers as well, give me a shout you can have those too, I presume these will be used as replacements for someones old centre pulls.

Now i'm after a chrome side pull brake (for the front) or some toe clips maybe.

I live in belfast so no pick up, but its just a standard royal mail postage charge, I'll pay postage to you, you pay postage to me.

if you need more pics or anything drop me a pm.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34123558@N08/4830480714/