Neil McGowranJoop Zoetemelk 1980 TI-Raleigh bike specification. I get asked about specification so many times. The most popular search terms I see on my blog stats…
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…
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 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…
Following the change of cables on SB4059 there is now only one thing that I need to do, one more thing to sort out, one…
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…
Is SB4059 ever going to be finished? The answer is probably no, but today I took another step closer when another piece of the puzzle…
This post gives me the opportunity to play with my favourite bike, my Team Pro 753 TI-Raleigh. I’ve built this bike as close to the…
Some things I set myself up to find for my bikes are extremely rare! Patience, and keeping one eye constantly on the internet, is the…
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…
I have a particular method of building a bike; always have, always will. The 2 things you need to get in first are bottom bracket…
When my frame arrived it was using 3 terrible self tapping screws to hold the head badge to the frame… ebay!!!!! Problem solved!
Is my frame 753? How old is it? These are 2 very important questions that need answers. You might also think I’m daft for buying…
After a long time watching frames come and go on the internet, I found a likely suspect on ebay. Other frames that I have seen…
Why create a blog about this? What exactly is this? What am I going to blog about?