For the love of English 3 speeds...
01-13-16, 05:52 PM
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@redfoxdogs - your bike's a real gem. I've read his blog before, and I'm so inspired by the before & after of the bikes he does. Lucky to have someone like that in your neighborhood.
01-13-16, 05:53 PM
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01-13-16, 05:54 PM
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Brooks Saddle,
Picked this used B17 up today for a reasonable $20. It's missing the nose tensioner clasp but I think Urbane Cycles has this piece.
Picked this used B17 up today for a reasonable $20. It's missing the nose tensioner clasp but I think Urbane Cycles has this piece.
01-13-16, 05:56 PM
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01-13-16, 06:04 PM
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@redfoxdogs That came out beautifully. Rather spectacular looking bike. Well worth a little extra washing IMO.
01-13-16, 06:20 PM
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Positive Earth was a strange idea. There must have been a reason for it, but it's obscured by time now.
My first car had a sticker under the bonnet, that said "This vehicle is wired NEGATIVE EARTH", as a reminder.
01-13-16, 06:25 PM
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I think the 'Prince of Darkness' comment came from the vehicle electrics side of things. As far as I know, the Lucas bicycle electrical bits were OK.?
01-13-16, 06:33 PM
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01-13-16, 07:01 PM
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01-13-16, 07:32 PM
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@Narhay - are those new aluminum rims or original steel? Gorgeous. That's my size too.
I did find the correct stem for it (steel, raleigh stamped) but I don't really want to take the handlebars apart to replace the existing one.
The pump is a cheap Sunlite pump. It doesn't pump very well at all but it might be enough to mostly get home. It is more for show and to use the pump pegs.
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01-13-16, 08:34 PM
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Saddle refinishing
Great word , it looks like it should sound french. There is a footnote to why this saddle looks the way it does. After being forgotten for decades the leather was still supple and in sound condition, but the surface finish was scuffed and dried out. It was the kind of problem that leaves a smudge on the seat of your pants every time you go for a ride . Here is a method that can fix this. First, wash the saddle with a mild solution of dish soap, and let dry over night. Next, apply a coat or two of Kiwi Scuff Magic, which is liquid shoe polish. This will even out the color. Next, apply two coats of satin finish acrylic urethane with a clean cloth, leaving adaquate drying time in between coats.This is a waterborn clear finish usually applied to wood surfaces. It is flexible when dry, and will not darken your leather(very important to me). Now apply some Proofide that has been heated into a liquid and work it into the underside of the leather. It will absorb deeper and faster as a liquid. The leather is now sealed on the top, conditioned on the underside, and ride ready. It will not look new, but will look like what it is.
01-13-16, 09:23 PM
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I'm thinking of building new wheels for "Kathy", my 1978 original owner Raleigh Sport. It has the original wheels which are in nice shape. However for new wheel (front) I was thinking of using a mid-'70's G6 front Dynohub. I know the Superbes came with the front Dynohub, along with color matched rear rack, and locking fork. Would it be inappropriate for my modest Sport to have a G6 on the front? My sport is sort of unique, in that it's the warm silver with ocean blue head tube & seat post decals.
Opinions welcome.
Opinions welcome.
01-13-16, 09:51 PM
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I think Brooks saddles and dyno hubs go with vintage Raleighs like bread and butter. Besides, you already have the skills to make them work. Might as well put them to good use.
01-13-16, 10:32 PM
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I'm thinking of building new wheels for "Kathy", my 1978 original owner Raleigh Sport. It has the original wheels which are in nice shape. However for new wheel (front) I was thinking of using a mid-'70's G6 front Dynohub. I know the Superbes came with the front Dynohub, along with color matched rear rack, and locking fork. Would it be inappropriate for my modest Sport to have a G6 on the front? My sport is sort of unique, in that it's the warm silver with ocean blue head tube & seat post decals.
Opinions welcome.
Opinions welcome.
01-14-16, 10:19 AM
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01-14-16, 08:20 PM
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Another Cargo
01-14-16, 09:10 PM
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@velocixien
Pics or it never happened! Well, to put it another way I'd love to compare your Sport to my 79 Tourist.
Pics or it never happened! Well, to put it another way I'd love to compare your Sport to my 79 Tourist.
01-14-16, 11:30 PM
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Ok. I can post this 1978 Sport. Not where I have access to photos now. I'm just thinking about building a dynohub wheel. It's not gonna happen right away.
01-15-16, 12:06 AM
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I think most of the threads on older Nottingham bikes are BSF.
The current ISO bicycle thread standard is based on the old BSC (British Standard Cycle).
The threads on the Sturmey Archer Dynohubs are actually BA (British Associated). The terminals are 2BA and the four nuts that hold the thing together are 6BA.
During my apprenticeship, we were taught about all these as completely separate thread forms and it confused the hell out of me when I first looked at Bike Forums and everyone kept talking about bikes having 'Whitworth' theads. To me, Whitworth threads are very coarse threads used on the huge bolts which held steam engines and Battleships together.!
It's possible that the cotter pins might be 1/4" Whitworth, as they look quite coarse, but I'm pretty certain that everything else on a Raleigh is BSF.
I've since Googled this and found that someone has lumped all the old British threads together under the name Whitworth. I can't see how that helps anyone... (Grrr!)
Anyway, that's my rant over.
The current ISO bicycle thread standard is based on the old BSC (British Standard Cycle).
The threads on the Sturmey Archer Dynohubs are actually BA (British Associated). The terminals are 2BA and the four nuts that hold the thing together are 6BA.
During my apprenticeship, we were taught about all these as completely separate thread forms and it confused the hell out of me when I first looked at Bike Forums and everyone kept talking about bikes having 'Whitworth' theads. To me, Whitworth threads are very coarse threads used on the huge bolts which held steam engines and Battleships together.!
It's possible that the cotter pins might be 1/4" Whitworth, as they look quite coarse, but I'm pretty certain that everything else on a Raleigh is BSF.
I've since Googled this and found that someone has lumped all the old British threads together under the name Whitworth. I can't see how that helps anyone... (Grrr!)
Anyway, that's my rant over.
01-15-16, 07:04 AM
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01-15-16, 07:28 AM
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Most of us use the term "Whitworth" for anything that uses the same size nut and bolt sizes--the tools, mainly. The threading is another story. I believe Raleigh used 26tpi instead of 24tpi, but the heads of the fasteners are the same, so if one gets a set of Whitworth tools one has a fighting chance of not rounding off all of the nuts and bolt heads. Every now and then someone will get lucky and score a set of old Snap-On Whitworth tools. Hasn't been me, yet.
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