Neil McGowranWhat do you call it? Do you say Rear Derailleur, Rear Mech, Rear Mechanism, ‘Mech’ or just ‘Gears’… they are all names to describe the…
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It’s just over six years since I fastened the first component to this frame and four or five years since I completed the first build…
The year was 1984. I was only 14 and riding a beat up Raleigh Grifter around the estate. My parent’s shed was my workshop and…
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about this bike. SB4059 is my original bike, number #1 in the collection, the bike that started…
The process of purchasing SB3505 was super smooth… a late Friday evening email, additional images on the Saturday, deal done on the Sunday morning, packaged…
All of the 50th Anniversary parts that I’ve carefully and patiently cleaned over the last couple of weeks have been re-united with the SBDU Ilkeston 753R…
I’m well on the way to getting every part of this build back to their very best. Part three was all about the components of…
Part three is here..! That means I finally get to work with the Campagnolo Super Record 50th Anniversary group. Part one was frame prep, the…
Part two of the build to restore SB6398… and all that frame prep in part one will pay off now when I fit the head set…
Here it is, the time has finally come… It’s time to build SB6398. The end result of this build will be a bike that is 100%…
This bike has had a lot of attention on the Internet since I acquired it and I’m not surprised, it is a rather special machine.…
There are just too many things to describe on this bike. I actually had trouble thinking of a shorter blog title! It is everything I…
I’m frequently asked about the specification of TI-Raleigh’s team bikes. The most popular search terms I see on my blog stats and the most viewed…
One thing I’ve tried to combine with my blog is a comprehensive photographic record. I try to capture each build or every workshop task with…
It’s been 18 month since I claimed to have finished this build and posted the complete bike post and build specification. With most things however,…
I’ve just realised that I have never detailed the build of this bike. I tried my best to recreate a build specification that was sent…
I’m going to use a term that my 13 year old daughter Lauren uses… “Oh My Gosh!”, it’s finished! Christmas has come early, I have…
After a few diversions with other Raleigh frames, I’m back to my 753 Team Pro. A lot has been happening although it’s still not quite…
I used to get a new bike every Christmas. This was in the mid to late 70’s, and I loved them. They weren’t anything special,…
This may be a lengthy post but I want to recap of what’s happened so far in my project to put together my Raleigh TI Team frame.…
My frameset came with an extremely loose and mangled Chorus headset; I really couldn’t stand the look of it sitting in this frame, so without…