roadbiker
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Well it is gas piping.
It's a mass produced hi-tensile frame made by the thousand on the assembly line then fitted with the cheapest parts Raleigh could get away with.
I don't butcher classic rides to make fixed gears thank you very much - but then I don't have any illusions about the worth what were the bike shaped objects of their day either. The comparison with the chopper doesn't wash either, the chopper was a kids bike with an unusual branding and style that reminds people of a certain time in there life, thats why they are collectable.
It wasn't anything collectable or of value when new and it certainly does not have any of the so called heritage value that you seem to think it has now either.
the raleigh magnum is not gas piping and the fork does not snap at all, they are worth restoring because iv had mine for 1 year now and hav'nt had any problems apart from punches.