Classic & Vintage - Rain Bike

My my much vaunted rain/winter bike is actualy finnished , ready to roll ect , at last , had to fit a new 27" tyre on the back ,luckily its raining so I can give it a try tomorrow :D I gave it a test run a few weeks ago when ' toolfreak' was here, it went ok but since then ive put the panniers & rack on, lights ect , we went on a trail ride but after our return the rear tyre blew up :mad: If I had a camera I could post a pic as it deffinatly belongs in classic & vintage ,very reminisant of a '50s-60s' touring bike , I feel I should wear long socks & +2s when I ride it !

What kind of bike is it? I'm looking at converting an early 1980's Canadian built Raleigh "Super Record" road bike to a commuter with fenders and rack. It would be back to the MTB for the winter, though - I don't think drop bars and riding in snow go together very well.

Originally posted by pinerider
What kind of bike is it? I'm looking at converting an early 1980's Canadian built Raleigh "Super Record" road bike to a commuter with fenders and rack. It would be back to the MTB for the winter, though - I don't think drop bars and riding in snow go together very well.
I don't know the make as its had a very clean paint job done (grey) not very exciting ,although the frame is quite old , steel . its a bigger frame than my regulare road bike (which is also a border line classic ) which is built out of Tange 900 d/butted CR-MO tube & this frame is marginaly lighter than that one ! it came with old 105 hubs & cranks/ chainwheels ,rear& front 105 changers, all in good cond. The chainstays are 2" longer than on my other bike & the w/base is 3" longer .I took it out for a 40 k ride to-night & I was well pleased with it :) it was'nt raining but the road was wet & the fenders worked well .I did notice though when taking down hill curves fast it felt a bit washy, almost like I was getting a flat tyre, I put this down to the lower pressure ( 70 psi ) of the too wide cheapo tyres (the only 27" ones avl.) I've got fitted + tyre liners , but Im used to 110 psi of the 700x23c,s on the other bike . The other side of the brake bridge rear brakes (to accomodate the pannier rack) seemed to work well . I took the chain-rings off a while ago & put them on my other bike as it had Bio-pace c/rings so this bike now has the Bio-pace rings but they seem ok I had quite a job adjusting the old 105 front changer to work smoothly with them , I was tempted to swap it with the Exage changer of the other bike but I got it right in the end :) I seemed to be able slip back into changing with the friction shifters ok & was trying alpine changes with varying rates of success ;) by the the time I got home.




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