Building my TI-Raleigh Team Pro 753 (…and the other SBDU Ilkeston bikes I've collected along the way…)
It has been a long couple of days but I’ve finally completed this small and difficult project to bring SB4059Continue Reading
I think I must have been slightly bonkers to start this project but the desire to get SB4059 looking correctContinue Reading
Following on from my previous blog posts about SBDU fork ends and seat stay caps, here is another short postContinue Reading
I wasn’t planning to do this job today, it just happened. I’d been thinking for the past week about howContinue Reading
It’s just over six years since I fastened the first component to this frame and four or five years sinceContinue Reading
SBDU frames and the TI colours have become hugely popular. More people are seeking to buy an SBDU frame andContinue Reading
Following the change of cables on SB4059 there is now only one thing that I need to do, one moreContinue Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about this bike. SB4059 is my original bike, number #1 in theContinue Reading
It’s been a busy week! First came SB4933, an SBDU 531SL frame with beautiful chrome and exquisite new paint. FollowingContinue Reading
I’ve started a few blog posts recently with the words “I received an email…”; and this story is the same.Continue Reading
If I ever get the time and opportunity, I’ll take bikes into my wife’s photography studio and pick up theContinue Reading
The SBDU seemed to stop stamping their H reference on frames towards the end of 1979, meaning the frames comingContinue Reading
I’ve been itching to bring the original paint on this frame back to life ever since it arrived last week.Continue Reading
The process of purchasing SB3505 was super smooth… a late Friday evening email, additional images on the Saturday, deal doneContinue Reading
It’s been a busy week. Two SBDU frames have been received, unpacked, documented and blogged. SB1500 was intriguing, it didn’tContinue Reading
I’ve been searching and looking to expand my collection into new areas for as long as I’ve been collecting theseContinue Reading
Sometimes my plans for builds go smoothly and sometimes those plans stall and start to back up. I started theContinue Reading
Back at the beginning of May, I had a weekend of frame repairs! SB4409 had new transfers and a bitContinue Reading
Now that is a massively bold statement to make… here it is again just to make sure that I didContinue Reading
After selling one of my frames a few years ago (SB447), I promised myself that I wouldn’t sell another. TheseContinue Reading
There has always been lots said on the subject of Reynolds 753, and that doesn’t surprise me. This tubing had such an impact onContinue Reading
The last time you saw this frame, it was dirty, greasy, dusty and covered in spider’s webs. The parts wereContinue Reading
I’ve been itching to take this bike to pieces and to get my first good look at the detail ofContinue Reading
Bikes do not get more original than this! Original owner, original paint and original components. After a 500 mile roundContinue Reading
The Easter weekend has given me some free time so I decided to work on a couple of projects. SB4409Continue Reading
Over the last couple of years the amount of people seeking anything painted black red and yellow has spiralled. So many Raleigh framesContinue Reading
I thought I had moved away from using tubs, but I had second thoughts about them after I decided to rebuild theContinue Reading
It’s been a little while, but SB5794 is finally getting the wheels that it deserves! When I initially built thisContinue 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
