Restoration twenty

[roadrash]

The raleigh twenty was available in many guises , BSA 20, TRIUMPH 20 , PHILIPS 20 to name a few, but were built at raleigh nottingham,the one that i bought for this project started out as a 1976 BSA 20.

time for a make over , stripdown, degrease polish etc, my mate is a vintage drum collector and used to cleaning and polishing various metals, so off to his workshop we went.
can you tell which one has been done

while deciding exactly which way to go with the frame it was time for some new rubber, saddle and grips


I decided that powder coating was what i wanted and stockport powder coaters duly obliged ,frame forks chainguard and two mudguards shotblasted, powdercoated for the princely sum of £50

 

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i collected the frame and was quite pleased with the results , apart from a bit of powder coat on the bottom bracket threads , (which running a 26TPI tap through soon sorted) a very good job,
so, time for rebuild,


time for some decals

 

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decal time


I still need to attach the raleigh headbadge and get a new chain , am i pleased with it

YOU BET I AM

 

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oh and i still need a raleigh chainset (with the herons)

 

[TissoT]

Nice job .... looks great.

nice to see it in its former glory ... than seeing it on a skip !

 

[roadrash]

Nice job .... looks great.

nice to see it in its former glory ... than seeing it on a skip !

Thanks

 

[TissoT]

Thanks

Its Allways good to talk to a guy from my home town !

 

[Saluki]

Nice job but I am having flashbacks to my 11th birthday when my Dad presented me with one of those as my 'new birthday bike'. All my friends had 'racers' and I got that bloomin' thing. I left it unlocked all over the place but nobody would nick it. I loathed it with a passion. I went and bought my own bike in the end, just before I was 12 by using my savings. That Raleigh Twenty had less than 40 miles on it as I refused to ride it.

Before you all think that I was a spoiled little brat, my Dad owned a bike shop and my parents knew the bike that I wanted. I used to go and polish it on Saturday mornings when I worked in his shop. Chores for a new bike was the deal.

 

[TissoT]

Nice job but I am having flashbacks to my 11th birthday when my Dad presented me with one of those as my 'new birthday bike'. All my friends had 'racers' and I got that bloomin' thing. I left it unlocked all over the place but nobody would nick it. I loathed it with a passion. I went and bought my own bike in the end, just before I was 12 by using my savings. That Raleigh Twenty had less than 40 miles on it as I refused to ride it.

Before you all think that I was a spoiled little brat, my Dad owned a bike shop and my parents knew the bike that I wanted. I used to go and polish it on Saturday mornings when I worked in his shop. Chores for a new bike was the deal.

The Start of your love affair for bikes and cycling .... I had a chopper ..... bloody terrible for handling ... Deathtrap !

 

[roadrash]

Nice job but I am having flashbacks to my 11th birthday when my Dad presented me with one of those as my 'new birthday bike'. All my friends had 'racers' and I got that bloomin' thing. I left it unlocked all over the place but nobody would nick it. I loathed it with a passion. I went and bought my own bike in the end, just before I was 12 by using my savings. That Raleigh Twenty had less than 40 miles on it as I refused to ride it.

Before you all think that I was a spoiled little brat, my Dad owned a bike shop and my parents knew the bike that I wanted. I used to go and polish it on Saturday mornings when I worked in his shop. Chores for a new bike was the deal.

oh now that is tight, hope you have the bike of your dreams now

 

[roadrash]

The Start of your love affair for bikes and cycling .... I had a chopper ..... bloody terrible for handling ... Deathtrap !

i had a grifter with cow horn handle bars

 

[TissoT]

i had a grifter with cow horn handle bars

That was the one I left outside the chippy ..

 

[Saluki]

oh now that is tight, hope you have the bike of your dreams now

I do

It has to be said that the restored Twenty looks lovely in green. You don't see many of them about at all nowadays.

 

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I do

It has to be said that the restored Twenty looks lovely in green. You don't see many of them about at all nowadays.

have a look what some people have done to them here

http://raleightwenty.webs.com/apps/forums/

 

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That was the one I left outside the chippy ..

ahh yates chippy...... im finding it wierd that we lived a couple of hundred yards apart.