raleigh twenty

[EltonFrog]

just had a look at sellers other items , he has another one, also £40

Stop! Just stop.

 

[EltonFrog]

I suspect there is a untapped reservoir of these bikes. They get bought ostensibly for shopping, used a few times and then chucked in the garage. Shame, but great for bargain hunters!

Probably true that, two of my ex mother in laws had one they never used! The fat cows prefered a broom stick.

 

[roadrash]

Probably true that, two of my ex mother in laws had one they never used! The fat cows prefered a broom stick.

two of.... bloody hell how many have you got are you collecting them

 

[EltonFrog]

two of.... bloody hell how many have you got are you collecting them

I'm not going to bother getting married again, I'm just going find a woman I don't like and buy her a house!

 

[roadrash]

just bought two new tyres for the twenty from @GarryG, very nice chap , thank you

 

[GarryG]

It was nice to meet someone face to face off of the forum too.

 

[EltonFrog]

I've done some fettling on my Dawes Kingpin. I was bought a Brooks Saddle for my birthday and I had a saddle bag sitting around so I put them on the bike, In the saddle bag are an old traditional puncture kit, old style tyre levers and one of those dumb bell type multi spanners.

I was wondering whether to change the handle bar grips.

 

[roadrash]

Looks nice, i think the grips still go well with the pedals , pump and whitewall tyres, i have a black b17, i think it will now go on the twenty

 

[raleighnut]

^^^^^ +1 the white grips are perfect, but I'd have gone for a B67 / Flyer rather than the B17.............(and a white saddle bag. like they had then)

 

[Hugh Manatee]

What strikes me most about these old bikes is the colours. The Raleigh and Dawes are just nice to look at. Here is a picture of the Moulton I saved earlier in the year from the scrap metal men. I had to build a new wheel (my first) for the rear and spent happy hours totally dismantling the SA hub and then rebuilding it with new pawl springs etc.

The bike is now with my mum and dad in the south west. Mum uses it every week to go shopping and, according to her, raises a lot of interest with random passers by!

 

[raleighnut]

A friend of mine had one of those in the 70s...............with drops on. he let me have a spin.

 

[EltonFrog]

^^^^^ +1 the white grips are perfect, but I'd have gone for a B67 / Flyer rather than the B17.............(and a white saddle bag. like they had then)

B67? Good greif no, they are fugly!

 

[raleighnut]

B67? Good greif no, they are fugly!

I've got one on my wish-list, its going on the trike.

 

[EltonFrog]

I've got one on my wish-list, its going on the trike.

I hope it's more comfortable than it looks! It looks like an instrument of torture to me!

 

[raleighnut]

I hope it's more comfortable than it looks! It looks like an instrument of torture to me!

Its only a B17 with springs, the top is the same.