mikeymustard
Guru
Had a message from a chap I met through eBay (previously bought a Carlton frame and a Raleigh flyer from him) saying he had a bike I might be interested in. My mate and I had been talking about doing a project together so this seemed like the ideal opportunity. All we knew was that it was a 531 framed unknown make, it had campag derailleurs, and that he was looking for about 50 spuds for it. He sent me some tiny photos by mms which showed Athena mech and an apparent dent in the top tube. It looked to me like a reasonably high end mid to late eighties Raleigh.
So we hot-tailed it over to Tewkesbury yesterday to take a look.
Before we even got there I had another text saying he'd just got another one in, a Raleigh with 105 all over it.
When we got there we were confronted by, not just any old Raleighs, these were the good sh*t! Both of them were a bit tatty to be fair, but my mate's just bought a compressor and spray kit, has chatted up the lad that sprayed his car for a lesson and is itching to use it on something!
My phone updated to Android 6 last night and my last few pics must've not been backed up, so I only have a couple of the one bike, but see if you can guess what it is:
Sorry it's all upside down!
So we hot-tailed it over to Tewkesbury yesterday to take a look.
Before we even got there I had another text saying he'd just got another one in, a Raleigh with 105 all over it.
When we got there we were confronted by, not just any old Raleighs, these were the good sh*t! Both of them were a bit tatty to be fair, but my mate's just bought a compressor and spray kit, has chatted up the lad that sprayed his car for a lesson and is itching to use it on something!
My phone updated to Android 6 last night and my last few pics must've not been backed up, so I only have a couple of the one bike, but see if you can guess what it is:
Sorry it's all upside down!
