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I'm firmly of the if-it-works-it's-right school of thought.
If you've done that many tours on it, I wouldn't change a thing.
If you've done that many tours on it, I wouldn't change a thing.
I'd have said this too but I thought it was too sentimental!If I'd ridden it to the places you have, I'd never be able to bring myself to part with it.
Which is exactly why I have continued to cherish and improve my Raleigh Amazon. I couldn't think of selling it, even for ten times the fifty quid it might make on eBay, although in all honesty I don't need it. It hasn't done any memorable tours to faraway places, it's been round Holland on tour and been used for day rides and as a pub bike in France, but we share too much history. Selling it would be like drowning a puppy.If I'd ridden it to the places you have, I'd never be able to bring myself to part with it.
That Ridgeback is a handsome old thing. Looks very 'useful'.I tour on 3 different 'cobbled together bikes an old Raleigh Outlander MTB (heavy load) a Ridgeback Hybrid (medium load) and a Raleigh Equipe (light load)
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The Ridgeback being my favourite and similar to yours in that nothing is standard.
I was given it as a frame and built it up to my own spec.That Ridgeback is a handsome old thing. Looks very 'useful'.