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I do this regularly, there's no problem rolling up with a bike to go to Cambridge, although there's really only rack space for four bikes, the numbers allowed are not actively restricted, so you should be fine! Have never tried in peak hour though...

Havent suffered too badly yet, first commute happening tomorrow, so all shall be revealed then...

Soooo, the raleigh pursuit suddenly became a Steyr Clubman after the raleigh's bottom bracket threads let go on the first ride :(

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses! Also jealous of your larger frame, i'm slightly concerned mine will turn out too small for me...

I am indeed in the uk, though i suspect mine may be significantly younger than a lot of pursuits, i'll post some pictues of it in it's original guise later if that'd be any help with dating...

I also have 63119 under the bb, but no letters in evidence anywhere...

8113091, found at the bottom of the seat post tube, just above the bb

Fred, those are indeed the ones, just picked them up, paid £50, they run true and free so i'm reasonably happy, and just judging by eye the chainline also looks very close to being spot on.

Tommy, I haven't owned it from new, it was given to me in a poor state, I haven't a clue what year, but the serial number is still readable if it would mean anything to you?

Shall post pictures in a minute :)

Wheelset i've been offered is on the red frame. Brand is Nologo... Any good?

Does this mean the chainline is guarunteed to be correct?

Just been offered a wheelset for £50, my only concern is that the rear hub is flip flop, how does one adjust chainline when you wish to use cogs on both sides of the hub? As it obviously rules out re-spacing the hub and re-dishing the wheel, as by making one side correct in this manner the oher side would surely be thrown even further out of alignment?

Forks back to bare metal, thinking clear lacquer...

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Well i'm tempted to leave it for a little additional stiffness. Settled on 700c now, the clearances look like they'll be pretty awesome! Debating purchasing a set of halo twin rail couriers for the tyres, anyone have any experience of them? Good? Bad?

And what is the original spacing for the rear dropouts? I have no idea whether or not mine has been stretched out or squashed in at any point in its life...

Raleighracer, can't you adjust the spacers in your hub to get the correct chainline/width?

presumably i could get the wheel re-dished then? Just found an old 700c wheel which i didnt think I had, it's a front unfortunately, so not much good for sizing the frame, but i held it roughly in position and i'm now fairly confident there's enough room. Fits in the forks with a nice tight clearance at the top, about 4 mm ;)

New bottom bracket arrived today, which fitted nicely, but for the fact that the threads inside the frame seem to have come close to being non existant, so no real idea how long they'll last before they rip out and i'm looking for a new frame :(

On the plus side the silver cranks look pretty neat against the black frame. Pictures in a minute!

What size is your frame? And what size wheels are you running?

Looking forward to seeing how this develops, any idea what colour you're gonna spray the frame?

Is that the original wheelset? I didnt think splined/freehub cassettes had been around that long!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330697600019#ht_591wt_1110

Any idea why the description here specifically says these are unsuitably for singlespeed freewheels?

okay, just mocked up the bike with a 26 inch wheel from another bike, frankly it looks daft, going to have to just bite the bullet and go for 700c I think. Not sure I wish to get into the business of trying to mix and match obsolete old british tyre sizes with wheels that probably aren't available anymore, I can just see it being a can of worms which i'd rather not open!

Does anybody know off the top of their head roughly what the total diameter of a typical 700c wheel+tyre is? Just so i can be sure they'll fit the frame before i spend money...

so the tyres i have purchased are most likely to be for 27 inch rims? the iso numbers are 32-597

Not overly concerned, the tyres were only £7.50 each!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400256224268?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_500wt_1127

I believe the rim i wish to use is actually from a very cheap 26 inch mtb... So what would be my best bet to find a narrow tyre to fit?

So, my ultra cheap 26 inch tyres arrived today, however when i attempted to size them up against my ultra cheap 26 inch rims i discovered that the rim will happily fit through the centre of the tyre with about a centimeter to spare all round...

So how much can 26 inch wheels vary? Are there different types of 26 inch wheels?

Thanks