Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
Raleigh 20's and their variants are great bikes and have quite the cult following...
Their biggest issue is braking and replacing the steel wheels with alloy ones will make quite a difference as will replacing the brakes with stiffer units.
The things you can do with an R20 are limitless... I have 3 of them.
Forrest the fixed gear... a 1973 Phillip's 20
The SO's completely stock 1974 Raleigh 20 - new wheels are in the works.
Grace... Forrest's sister. She is sporting a custom dual drive.
What beautiful bikes you have... I now need to find another one myself, as someone stole Rosie (my birthday R20) from the boot of my car last week. I'm still devastated. For the next one, I'll be looking at replacing the brakes first off before doing any downhill runs - and it won't be in the boot of my car for any amount of time.