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ah ok, I only was on this forum in the last year. Didnt realise that one had been on here

you guys dont like this sort of thing?

didnt even know green tires existed, i cant really imagine them looking good on many things

I really love this, not for everyone if you arent into the vintage thing though :)

sorry to be picky, i would prefer one with a plain metal finish, this would kind of look weird on my build

I am after a 52 tooth 1/8 chainring 144 BCD chainring for my track bike.

I am located in bournemouth so will pay postage or can possibly meet next weekend as I am in london then

Edit: I will accept 50 and 51 too :)

The rusty distressed look is definitely in this season!

dam! I shouldn't have re painted my bike! well. It will take about another 50 years to get it to where it was again :(

aha doppelkorn... the thing is the saddle is a bit perished. It was pretty loose and cracked and generally fragile. When I was sitting on it my bum was touching the rails that are underneath the leather so I tightened it and it ripped. Seeing how fragile and cracked it is I think I really will have to replace it. Oddly enough despite the rails and the rip its still pretty comfortable. It says "wright and co Olympic" on the side but is identical to the brooks B73

about the saddlebag... I do rather want one. I have a shoulder bag that I think I could add two small brackets onto and have the straps attached to the saddle, the idea being I could use it for a saddle and shoulder bag. I will post some pics When I get round to this

Lae I do wonder about the seatstays. I really cant get my head around it. The saddle bag I did have but it literally fell apart in my hands it was so old.

THis may be of interest: http://film.britishcouncil.org/how-a-bicycle-is-made

this seems to be from the period my bike is from. Its interesting to see how they painted the frames.... the guy just dunks it in a bath of enamel paint! This is actually quite good because it paints the inside of the tubes as well, wich was quite comforting to me when I was wondering if the frame might be badly rusted inside.

the chain has this wierd silvery lumpy coating, its horrid. I have a lovely black and gun metal sort of chain that would be perfect but its too short

hi guys, glad you like it :) Yeah I am not too sure about the chain myself :P I was imagining it to be less bright.

The cranks I got new ones, the original ones are still good but I wanted a smaller chainring. Lots of hills in my home town. All in all the things that aren't original are the bb some bearings the crankset and the chain, the pedals and a new cog for the sturmey archer.

rik I would say I spent about 4 hours a day for the past week and a half I think. I am a student and have this summer break and nothing was really happening this last month so it was great to have this project

This is just to show a really fun project I have been working on this summer. Basically this year I had the intention of having a good track bike and a good road bike by the end of the year, the track bike done this is the project that led to the road bike

Here is how it all started:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7996315713/in/photostream#

then this happened:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7999188057/in/photostream/

and finally this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/8006291348/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/8006290889/in/photostream/

Just took it out for a spin through the countryside back roads (I thought appropriate) and its a very very smooth ride, with a 46t chainring and 22t sprocketed sturmey archer hub climbing and starting from still is very easy, its heavy but this seems to be a bit of a non issue to me. This project took 2 weeks and if I told you it did not envolve swearing I would be a filthy liar :) New BB unit, new bearings and grease on all the hub internals and a new coat of paint. It took a while to wire brush all the rust from the wheels but now its all done and all mine and I love it!

I still have bad dreams about the dirty foul UGLY battle with the cotter pin that wouldent move.....

mihaicara I was the brit who ended up owning the pista, petre is bringing it to england when he comes back here, I am looking forwards to taking it to our bournemouth velodrome :)

All sold

provisionally sold pending payment

well! Why dont YOOOOU buy it then?

ah mate, I had an opportunity to buy something else, too good to miss

added 2 new pictures with close up of rust spots.

I find these 26 tpi ones turn up on ebay every now and again, here is one now: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Raleigh-Bottom-Bracket-/180965644484?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item2a226498c4#ht_500wt_1160

That has a cottered spindle and only 1 cup though so might not be suited to you? Sheldon says "generally a raleigh with cottered cranks will be 26tpi" or something to that effect, I also remember reading that raleigh only did 26tpi until the 90s.

I would recommend looking out for a cottered raleigh bb on ebay, buy it and if you dont have a cottered bb on your current raleigh just buy a new raleigh spindle.

Wheel sold. The frame remains. I will put some more pictures up

Both Sold pending payment. mode are you asking about the threading on the hub?

Hi guys

SOLD SOLD SOLD

For sale I have two things, both part of a build that never really happened

Gitane 52cm C-T road frame, included with this are a system ex seat post, 48t crankset, lightrace headset and sakae stem. I am told it is reynolds 531 or equivalent by the guy I bought it off at the herne hill bike jumble sale some time ago. The BB is french. has spots of rust.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7931435684/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7931439250/in/photostream/

More pictures showing the bits of rust

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7944693358/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7944696220/in/photostream

£Sold posted less collected

SOLD Halo Aero Rage rear wheel, flip flop SOLD

machined brake surface, sealed cartridge bearings that are nice and smooth and a 16t freewheel. I have riden this and it has a few niks as I have shown in the picture but these are small and only cosmetic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7931445736/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55203562@N02/7931442322/in/photostream/

SOLD

Dibs and pm's please :)

I am living in bournemouth and am from hertford, neither have overly busy and/or furious roads. I dont really feel afraid of anything when cycling on the road. I tend to get scared when I stop cycling, what I am afraid of is that I might be overly un scared, in the same way that I am not scared of wasps or bees as I have never been stung, though I am afraid one day this might lead me to be careless and get stung... so to speak :)

the bike was done before with the squid but.... it just reminds me of this guy:

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