Building my TI-Raleigh Team Pro 753 (…and the other SBDU Ilkeston bikes I've collected along the way…)
eBay! Love it or loathe it, every now and then it does serve a purpose. Personally I loathe it andContinue Reading
Every new addition gets a good clean and although it was already looking quite good, SH377T still needed a bitContinue Reading
The SBDU seemed to stop stamping their H reference on frames towards the end of 1979, meaning the frames comingContinue Reading
This is post number two looking at new arrival SB632, and I’m measuring geometry. How will this frame measure up? WhatContinue Reading
I’ve had another new arrival, not long after the 753 Dynaflite came into the workshop, I’ve found another rather special frameContinue Reading
Sometimes my frames come to me without any signs of originality meaning that I can’t accurately identify them. There isContinue Reading
The “Services des Courses” frameset is described by the SBDU at Ilkeston as “…out and out ‘Team Issue’ framesets embodyingContinue Reading
A few weeks after receiving my frame back from Dave, and I’ve finally assembled the kit to build it.
I was very excited to receive a frame sized box from the courier today and couldn’t wait to open it.
It’s been a few weeks since this little frame arrived, so after the small change of subject and posts about DaveContinue Reading
I started every morning by pulling my boots on and going to have a lovely cooked breakfast. The boots didn’tContinue Reading
Bikes are not much good if you can’t attach cables for brakes and gears, it would also be nice toContinue Reading
Bicycle forks… how hard can they be to make…
Day 2 started with a plan, more pictures, sore feet, a huge blister and a tube box still full ofContinue Reading
This is a little off topic, I normally keep this blog just for my SBDU Ilkeston bikes. However, I’ve justContinue Reading
Realistically, there may not be many ‘original owners’ of SBDU frames – I.E. those people who still own an SBDUContinue Reading
