Raleigh Record Mixte
11-10-12 | 08:48 PM
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Hogosha Sekai
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Raleigh Record Mixte
1975 Raleigh Record Mixte friend got it for me for 5 bucks today, picking it up tomorrow.
11-11-12 | 06:29 AM
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Bikes: '72 Motobecane Grand Record, '72 Gitane tandem, '72 Raleigh Super Course, '73 Raleigh Gran Sport, '73 Colnago Super, '76 Fiorelli Coppi, '78 Raleigh SBDU Team Pro, '78 Trek 930, '81 Holdsworth Special 650B, '86 Masi GC, ’94 Bridgestone RB-T
Can't beat a $5 bike. Here's a Record mixte I got for $15 and put a little $$ into for my GF:
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11-11-12 | 12:06 PM
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JE: That's cool! I was considering throwing on mustache bars already myself!
Robbie: Hopefully you are correct and I will do it justice, thanks for the encouragement!
And Esteban: I haz receipt from thrift store, they wanted 10 bucks but it was in the half off section.
Robbie: Hopefully you are correct and I will do it justice, thanks for the encouragement!
And Esteban: I haz receipt from thrift store, they wanted 10 bucks but it was in the half off section.
11-12-12 | 01:30 PM
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Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
11-12-12 | 04:26 PM
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As I plan to make this a gift for my SO, I find myself torn.. for the bikes sake I'm tempted to leave the steel wheels on, for my SO's sake I'm tempted to buy an alloy wheelset... input please?
11-12-12 | 04:31 PM
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Depends on the kind of riding she'll be doing. Anything serious I'd think you really need to go to alloy, but for just bopping around an urban area the steel wheels do have the advantage of being pretty indestructible.
11-12-12 | 04:38 PM
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11-12-12 | 06:23 PM
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Blah!!!! According to the catalogs this bike should have 26x 1 3/8 wheels, but it appears to have 27x 1 1/4... anyone know why that would be?
11-12-12 | 07:01 PM
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Run the steel and update as you get the chance. I do this with my wife's bikes. She doesn't ride a lot, but when I get the chance I upgrade her stuff just because.
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
11-12-12 | 07:05 PM
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That seems to be the current quick option, since it uses the older smaller raleigh axles too >.< This is getting "interesting".
11-12-12 | 07:08 PM
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At distances like that, steel wheels shouldn't really have a negative impact. And they do survive potholes and other impacts better. You can generally break a spoke and keep on riding (I recall a long ride on my steel wheeled Record back in my youth when I broke a spoke on a trip and continued on for the 80 miles to home with no problem).
11-12-12 | 09:32 PM
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Every Record I've seen came with 27's.
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12-14-12 | 05:40 PM
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Todays progress, BB rebuilt, headset rebuilt, fresh stem and bars, the cranks from my pile won't work sadly
, after some minor filing the rear drop outs now accept regular sized axles...
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