Neil McGowranHennie Kuiper! Yes, HK276 has arrived and sits in my collection right next to other TI-Raleigh riders such as Jan Raas, René Pijnen, Cees Priem……
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SB1861, built at SBDU Ilkeston in late 1977 is back in the workstand, I need to get this bike completed. It has sat for too…
MK5 Professional? What’s that all about? Yes, this is an unexpected step back into the area of Worksop frame production. This time though, it’s not…
It’s time to figure out the correct SBDU frame number for my frame stamped as SB4522. Is that number correct? Is it SB5422, indicated on…
As if I don’t already have enough projects. As if I don’t already have enough plans to fulfil and enough mysteries tucked away in my…
This is probably the only bike that has had a pre-new arrival post. I wrote about this Campagnolo 50th Anniversary bike a short while ago…
I often ask myself if this bike will ever be finished. Is it good that I think there is always more to do? Will fitting…
There is no doubt that this bike is fitted with a Campagnolo Super Record 50th Anniversary Group. There is also no doubt that this is…
I’m definately dipping my toes into the unknown with this one. This MK. IV Raleigh Professional frame is a break from the norm for me.…
It’s amazing what can happen in a matter of minutes. I had my feet up, relaxing on a Sunday morning, doing nothing much at all…
An SBDU 531SL Aero frame? SB4944 was an impulse buy from quite some time ago. I saw it listed on Hilary Stone’s site as an…
I’ve bought a few frames from Hilary Stone over the years. He’s been the source for some of my best featured frames such as SB4409,…
My site has taken over all of my spare time recently. I’ve been expanding it so I can let people in, creating an area that…
My previous post turned up a couple of surprises about SB1995. The first, smaller surprise, was the owner’s initials on the fork. The bigger surprise…
“Never assume with the SBDU”. That is a phrase I say a lot. It is a mantra I repeat when I’m assessing SBDU frames and…
Recollections are a funny thing. Could you remember details or be precise about a specific date from maybe only a month ago? Could you remember…
It was a Thursday evening a couple of weeks ago, and as usual I was sitting in front of the laptop, half watching TV half…
I’ve been collecting for years. I can go for what seems like a lifetime without a new addition while at other times I seem to…
A lot has happened since this bike last graced my workstand. I’ve just checked through my posts and I last mentioned it in July 2017.…
SB518 is the third frame I have lined up this year to be painted in the TI-Raleigh colours (it’s nice to start the year with…
While I’m patiently waiting for the final few Dura-Ace 7400 series 6 speed components to arrive, I’m going to begin the paintwork restore on SB6560,…
SB6560 arrived in terrible condition with missing gear lever bosses and poorly applied transfers. It is a frame that has always been overlooked and put…
I’m gradually working my way through the snagging list on SB4059, all those little jobs that I know about and that require attention are slowly…
It has been a long couple of days but I’ve finally completed this small and difficult project to bring SB4059 up to spec in terms…
I think I must have been slightly bonkers to start this project but the desire to get SB4059 looking correct was too much! That morning…
I’ve recorded and blogged what seems like an amazing amount of detail relating to SBDU frames over the years and I’ve always strived to make…
Sometimes when I see a bike that someone else owns I feel a little pang of jealousy, I can’t help it. And that is exactly…
I currently have six or seven or maybe even eight or more projects and builds happening at the moment. But lots of projects means lots…
I wasn’t planning to do this job today, it just happened. I’d been thinking for the past week about how to tackle the task of…
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…