I built it to fit me & my preferences. So yes, there is only one & not likely another. Unless I get some wild hair....

Mid-70s Nishiki International. PO added cantilever brakes and the unique shifter arrangement for half-step gearing. 26" wheels too.

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Those RH shifters are awesome!

Low end Paris Sport but in mint condition. The 7/11 bike was a rusted Centurion/Ironman. I painted it the same as the original 1987 7/11 team bike.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4097/4...2fc1d49fb2.jpg... somebody more obsessed with gearing than me... that's a relief. I don't see the advantage of the tandem RH shifters though - anyone care to explain?

1997 Simoncini Cyclocross Special: Columbus CROMAR, lugged construction, ovalized top tube, cable guides on the top of the top-tube for the rear brake and deralleur.

Build items;

Drivetrain: Sugino 48, 36 & 26 triple & a Suntour Winner seven speed 13-24 freewheel
Wheelset: 36 hole Campagnolo Record high flange hubs rebuilt with Sun CR18 rims
Tires: Challenge Parigi Roubaix open-tubulars
Derailleurs & Shifters: Shimano Deore XT derailleurs and Suntour ratcheting bar-end shifters
Brakes: Planet X Cantilevers with NOS Shimano 600 levers

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i don't have the real answer but, I often like to shift with my right hand. Would be fun to have them both on that side, instead of reaching through the frame.

Good answer... good answer... I like the way you think... I'm gonna be watching you... ;) :D

A rare bike from my collection, only a dozen were built in 1967, none were sold to the public. This is one from the CONDOR CYCLES basement in London, one of five race team bikes found there.

^^what color are you going to paint it?

Wow - now that qualifies as being pretty unique! I'm assuming you've never ridden it, but would love o hear about it if you have.

No moreexcuses, the 1967 S speed was tuned and ready for riding, and a nearby cyclerace track was deemed most appropriate. Before the testing I wanted toinvestigate the extra hard front suspension. Steve told me that Monty Young hadsaid that most if not all the riders preferred the suspension almost solid, butI felt that things had deteriorated in the long storage and removed the springand rubber to check, sure enough the rubber had swollen, effectively lockingthe forks. Brian Perkins kindly supplied a new one from his mini parts stockand to my relief the suspension was back in smooth action after decades. Theride was hard enough with 120psi tubs fitted anyway!
Before thephoto session with Pat Douglass, I had a trial run, just to try the ridingposition and gear selection, I soon found that I would not need the 72T ring,and that the saddle needed some rake and a couple of inches more post, a fewmore tweaks and all was fine for me.
My firstride on an S speed was initially a rather nervous affair, apart from the moneyinvested, there was the fact that the bike was irreplaceable and the track wascovered in leaves!
However allthis was soon forgotten, because the bike demanded concentration like a truerace bike. It accelerated quickly and I loved the short wheelbase, and did notfind it twitchy, but inch perfect when changing direction.
The brakeswere very powerful for vintage GB coureur plus sidepulls.
The bikesoon became pleasurable and I did not want to get off after a few laps. I feelthat in the hands of a young rider this would be very quick. The newly fettledfront suspension gave no trouble, but when photos of the ride were studied, thebellows seemed compressed, indicating there was scope for increasing thespring/rubber length, although no problems were apparent when “honking”.
I had heardconflicting reports about the handling of these bikes, but our test on thetrack revealed that these rare machines are fast and taut, with nimble steeringand a really formidable range of 12 gears, easily selected from the drops.
Above allthe Moulton S speed was fun to ride fast, and if not for the Raleigh takeoverwould have been a winner.

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photo by Pat Douglass.

I do have another bike just as rare that I would love to share, but I was pilloried by facebook hating members of the forum (only5 of them) when I suggested that bike enthusiasts might like to follow the unique bikes rebuild on there, and after all my hard work to share the experience! Anyone with FB accounts are welcome to search for Reg Harris rides a RALEIGH and follow the adventure...please join me..

The Reflex
 

If Duran Duran rode a bike it would probably be this one...

The Reflex

"Every little thing the reflex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark

I'm on a ride and I want to get off
But they won't slow down the roundabout"


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Zona c/f tandem with c/f lugs

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1966 Camile Dardenne handbuilt frame, Vitus tubing, Huret drop outs, refinished by me and built up using French-only parts (as far as I could). Now sports an Ideale brown leather saddle in place of that white plastic monstrosity - and Mafac Racer calipers instead of the Competitions in the photo, which were stretched for reach.

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1935 Claud Butler Super Velo, Reynolds HM tubing (fore-runner of 531), built up with a mix of parts from 1930 to 1986! The bakelite bell is from 1930, the Shimano chainset from 1986 - due to be replaced soon with something more fitting.

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The blue one's a 1953 Claud Butler Silver Jubilee - only 25 were built to commemorate Claud Butler's 25 years in business in that year. I bought it from the original owner in 2009 - this is as received, not in bad condition considering he'd only just had to give up riding it. I don't know of any other surviving examples of this particular model and yes, it's always been set up as a fixed wheel, no Drewing done!

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Another Claud Butler, this one's a 1966 Olympic Road, built up with Suntour gears as a tourer. The Road model was only produced for one year, the track model was more popular.

I am sure that more of these exist, but I have yet to find another one, or even any evidence of what year/model this example is. Thanks to the BF Members, I have narrowed it down to early 1980's, hence I have dubbed it the Bottecchia 'Arcana' . . .

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While many others have a Gitane TDF...I don't think many have one in this paint scheme...I bought it from the original owner...a very nice gentleman named Tom in his (I'm guessing) late 60s...he was part of several cycling teams in the early - mid 70s...Jesolo was a team based in Italy at the time and was starting a U.S. team...Tom tried out and made the team. Jesolo took his and his teammates bikes and repainted them w/ the Jesolo team colors. Tom raced the bike for about nine months until which time Jesolo gave him a team-issued bike. He kept this bike over the years for sentimental reasons, tinkering with it and riding it on occasion. Pics are in as bought condition...winter plans call for a Ideale saddle, new bar tape and general maintenance...

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suspension by Dr. Alex Moulton.

This is my Melton touring bike that was built in the late 70s or early 80s. It's a sweet riding bike with a lot of neat touches including a cinelli fork crown and bottom bracket. I built it up with a mix of suntour and campy parts:

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My Hobbs of Barbican project. Rescued from the metal recycler for $0.40/lb, dates to the 30s I guess and that's all I know.

I found out about this guy by seeing a truck full of scrap metal and some bike frames driving down a back road one afternoon. Did a U-turn and followed him to his yard, where I found, all ready for the crusher:
-WWII german folding paratrooper bike
- Raleigh Twenty
- Two old Moultons
and some other stuff. I promised to come back and take them all off his hands, but when I went back he was closed. I guess they went to the crusher.

My fillet-brazed Le Croco frame. Apparently made in Montreal, most likely early 80s... I started a thread on here when I first got it, not a lot of info on them.

I've seen a couple of other frames from this maker (on the net) but never lugless. It also has a press-fit cartridge BB unlike anything I've seen.

Both this and the Hobbs will probably take years to get back on the road, but at least they are in safe hands for the time being.

1972 Line Seeker CF race bike.
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I don't think I posted my bike on this thread yet because I wasn't sure how rare it really is, but so far, I have only seen two definite examples, one was an unridable, permanently damaged frame sold off by a museum at eBay. The other, owned by forum member "exxongraftek" that was being restored from a bare frameset by him last year. not sure if that one hit the road yet.