1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix
07-21-22, 11:40 AM
#26
Newbie
I have one of these frames- my crank is shot- the hole is ovalized so Im going to try and do a parts bin build with this.
Could take forever...
Thx for sharing- looks gorgeous
Could take forever...
Thx for sharing- looks gorgeous
08-22-22, 09:41 AM
#27
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Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
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It's worth the time you take. The ride on these bikes is wonderful. A cross between a high end 70's ten-speed and a rod-braked English roadster.
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Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
