1980s Raleigh frame numbers

[biggs682]

It's not been crashed in the 11 year I've had it, and I'm not in the habit of running into curbs either - so could be old damage, or as midlife says, could just be the toll of years. Forks are probably original, so ....

I'm assuming it's scrap now, unless anyone knows of some other use for it (wall art?), so I'm on the lookout for something comparable to move all the parts to.

A frame builder Would replace the head tube and lugs if that's what you wanted but I wouldn't expect any change from £200 I should think .

But loads of nice bikes and frames out there for very little

 

[ren531]

I had a 50s Rudge roadster with rod brakes and had a really bad front brake judder that had a cracked but previously repaired head tube and they were bike's with lots of metal in them , I cured the juddering in the end with a support bracket from under the fork crown , did many many years of juddering crack the head tube, could it be responsible for unexplained cracks in frames.