I am awaiting your report on the re-rimmed wheels, SP, also amesja's as I know he just got the Suns too. In fact this thread and a couple of others have prompted me to 'max out' the improvements on our Ladies' Raleigh Sports. We have a 1969 like yours, but bronze green, with Schwalbes and Koolstop pads and new cables, otherwise 100% original including Brooks B72. I intend to change out the cog, which will mean a new chain of course, and I am going to overhaul the SA hub as well. I have done everything but that and, oh yeah, the headset. This is mostly teen daughter's go-to-school bike and I am also fixing her up a Centurion mixte as she finds the Raleigh heavy. Worst case is we keep the mixte and the Raleigh.