Raleigh Record Ace rebuild ...

[Landsurfer]

As part of refurbishing my RRA I took off the bar tape to find a sea of corrosion damage.
Their scrap ...

Does anyone have a set of SR bars, preferably with a stem, for sale at a sensible price ?
Wide is good ...

And while we're at it SR 27.2 alloy seat pin ... .....

 

[Spiderweb]

The photo may not tell the full story but the bars look ok to me.

 

[Landsurfer]

Hi there ... i'm an aircraft engineer by profession and have 40 + experience with alloy structures .... but your right the picture does not show the pitting, the white corrosion powder ... failure beckons with these bars .... probably when i'm plunging down a steep hill ....

 

[smokeysmoo]

Don't know your plans for this but thought you might like a butchers at a Record Sprint I restored a few years back.

Great bike and yet another one I should have kept

Summer Mode: Winter Mode:

 

[rogerzilla]

TBH any SR stuff of that vintage is probably fatigued to death by now. I'd never ride bars or stem with an unknown history. You never know what NOS gear people are hoarding, though - I got a couple of 30-year old BBs in the post this week!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I don't know if it's what you had in mind but Planet X have quite a range of Nitto handlebars at the moment and mostly cheaper than I've seen elsewhere: https://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/components/finishing-kit/handle-bars
Stems too: https://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/components/finishing-kit/stems

 

[Gunk]

The photo may not tell the full story but the bars look ok to me.

me too, they’d respond to some Autosol and wirewool.

 

[Spiderweb]

me too, they’d respond to some Autosol and wirewool.

I think @Landsurfer knows his stuff🙂

 

[tom73]

I spy a westie

 

[Landsurfer]

I spy a westie

Photo bomb Westie .....