Originally Posted by
Old Fat Guy
Very nice, I love the ride of the old Raleigh 3 speeds, but I have to ask, what do you have into it, excluding the saddle?
Let's see:
a 74 Raleigh Sports I bought from e-bay, that was actually too tall for me: $80. I stripped this bike of all mechanical, fenders, chain guard and wheels. I still have the frame which I plan to recycle thru e-bay.
a 70's Sports frame set in the correct size, from e-bay: $30
hand grips from Bike Nashbar: less than $10
the Honey B-17, again from e-bay: $50 [great deal, barely used saddle, that I actually bought for a totally different project bike. But it looks so good on the Raleigh!]
sand blasting and powder coating the frame: zip, nodda, zilch!! It pays to be the guy sending products to the powder coating vendor!!
pedals were another e-bay find. The seller sent me two left hand pedals. After I clued him in to what he did, he sent the matching right hand pedals at no charge, along with three sets of toe clips. So basically, this is my "FREE" pair.