It's a $15 Nashbar Bor Yeuh front rack, which they don't seem to carry any longer. Fitting it required no modification at all. Plug 'n play.

Neal

I've been looking for a cheap rack like that for my early 80's Bianchi light tourer/commuter. Can't seem to find one anywhere for the right price. $15 woulda been great. For kick's here's the machine I'm referring to. Sorry to cloud this english thread with italian :)

http://www.brian-payne.com/gallery/m...serialNumber=2

barely visible now, but yes its in cursive.

My plan this weekend is to remove and thoroughly clean the braking and shifting components and determine if the brake levers can stay or not.

Hey I run those same fenders on my other Raleigh :thumb:

I decided I'd ride it til something failed and then i'd strip it apart and start the restoration.

So I took it out Saturday to go climb some hills and made it about 10 miles...I was cruising down a big long hill and the rear end started to feel a little squirrelly, then hit a bump that let me know in no uncertain terms that my rear tire was flat.

So that was the fail, I got a lift home and started strippin.

Almost everything has come off with a minimal of effort and lube, but I've got the 2 most classic stuck parts: The stem and the cottered Cranks. The stem is stuck in damn tight...Some reading around here tells me not to force it too much or I'll kill the forks, and I'm prepared to hack it off and ream out the remains if need be. The cranks :rolleyes: well I'd love to replace the BB and switch to modern style cranks but from the sounds of things its pretty tough to locate a modern BB of the correct size for older Raleigh's

Also I'm pretty sure now the forks aren't original. I can't find pics of any 70's raleigh with all chrome forks, just chrome ends...mine's all chrome.

All the components are in great cosmetic shape, just grimy and need to be shined up.

Will post up some before and after pics soon

I dont know all the options for bottom brackets but I do know there is a Phil Wood setup that works with the Raleigh threading. They are a little spendy but seem to be really high quality. I think that is what I'm going to do on my 69 SC.

Well Its finally finished :D I just went for the first ride on it and everything performed wonderully, including my first attempt at building my own wheels (I bombed a big hill too!). Thank so much for all the help guys, I am really happy with this.

Here's the before....
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...7&d=1217605405
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...6&d=1217605391
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...8&d=1217605535

And here's the after.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...1&d=1238880987
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...1&d=1238881003
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...1&d=1238881016

And here's the rundown.

1972 Raleigh Super Course
Suntour Superbe Front & Rear Derailleurs
Suntour Friction Shifters
Cane Creek SCR5 Brake Levers
Weinmann 750 Rear Brake
Weinmann 610 Front Brake
SR Stem
Nitto Noodle Bars
Velo-Orange Elkhide Bar wraps
Brooks B-17 Honey Saddle
Normandy Hubs
Sun CR-18 700c Wheels
Bontrager Tires with the reflective sidewall.


It rides like a dream. Cottered Cranks and all...no clunking noises..actually i think its quieter than my '07 Raleigh One-Way.

The first place I took it was to my LBS (Bicycle Tech, in Lincoln Park) to show off a little. They've been really helpful all along the way, and really supportive too so they were amped to see it after all this time. One of the techs, Scott noticed I was missing my headbadge and broke out his collection of Vintage Headbadges. He had some really cool ones that he showed me, and managed to find the exact correct headbadge for my bike and gave it to me! :thumb: whatta great guy. I had to true up the rear wheel a little when I got back home but aside from that everything is great.

Amazing. Anyone out there have one with an original Huret Luxe rear derailleur, though?

I'm pretty sure those Hurets were used 1974 and later. Simplex Criterium front and rear were the norm at least until 1972, I'm pretty sure. 1974 started the Super Course Mk. II.

Just did that to an '87 Cannondale fork.
Mounted the fork to the drillpress table and turned it upwise. Drilled out the stem stub with a 13/16" drill, leaving a thin shim inside the steer tube. I carefully cut a slot in that with a hacksaw blade and popped it out. Good to go.

It's all about the right tool for the job. :thumb:

Boy am I glad it didn't come to that. I would have been woefully unprepared both tool and skill wise to follow through on what I had said.

I'm all talk :lol:

What a beautiful end result. :thumb:

Hopefully I'll catch up to you on one of the vintage rides that crop up in the region over the season.

Thanks, yeah I really hope to do a couple C&V rides with you local dudes this summer. that would be really cool.

Some recent updates to the old girl and Now the drivetrain has taken a turn for the modern...

new 73mm square taper BB to replace cottered crankset
Sugino triple crankset

some 1st gen Cyclone Shifters
and move the saddle over to a Brooks Flyer.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_C_ZmRsQylO0/TA...o/img_1421.jpg

got a bit lucky with the camera too.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_C_ZmRsQylO0/TA...4/img_1443.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_C_ZmRsQylO0/TA...0/img_1423.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_C_ZmRsQylO0/TA...4/img_1444.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_C_ZmRsQylO0/TA...4/img_1450.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_C_ZmRsQylO0/TA...4/img_1439.jpg

That looks great. I gotta paint mine one of these days.
What's the flower for? I've never seen one mounted in that location.

Makes you go faster. ;) :D

According to ancient Hawaiian custom, on the left, it means you're lookin'. On the right, it means you're tooken'. In the middle - well there's a number of ways to interpret that. :innocent:

zb - Looks even better than the previous "after" picture. Well done.

My '70 came with a Luxe, the worst cable-actuated derailleur ever made. I "upgraded" to a Simplex around 1973. I think they came up with that one so Raleigh could put on a 14-33 freewheel to compete with Peugeot's 36/28 "alpine" gearing.

The Huret front wasn't too bad, though, and those long steel Luxe levers were a conversion piece. The rubber tips rotted off about the same time I gave up on the Luxe.

Deez – I am a fan of SC’s (I have three of them posted in this thread), along with a recently acquired Gran Sport, and I’ve watched the prices closely for a while...
I’ve seen them sell recently for $25 – $450, but I can tell you with certainly that the median price is steadily climbing.

I think you got a good deal at $150. (You would likely have to pass through the pearly gates to find one at $25).

It is a wonderful bike to ride distance on and it would make a great touring bike indeed. I would highly recommend the Panaracer Panasela tires for that purpose – none better IMO.


redneckwes - Beautiful bike. Love the green and brown combination !


Zaphod – You certainly transformed that SC back into a thing of beauty! I am sure it would thank you if it could talk!
In this case your certainly made the right determinations about the repainting and everything else). - A great build!

I like the newest incantation very much. Now you can ride it in all weather. With the change of crank and addition of fenders, is it lighter overall?

Did you use the old cups or new cups in the bottom bracket? If new cups, then it's English thread, not Raleigh thread? And how did you get the fixed cup in and out?

Beautiful job! I'm glad the chrome was still in good condition.

That is really sweet. Great job on the resto