Neil McGowran2020 is moving fast, it will soon be February. I’ve already added two frames since the New Year and I’m aware I haven’t yet recapped……
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I’m kicking off the New Year with the spanners and getting stuck into SB8850. Every bike I receive comes apart. This is because every bike…
What do I have planned next year for My TI-Raleigh Blog? Tricky question as most things with me and my blog and collection just seem…
This was a quick decision, a moment of thought before pressing the button. It was a lovely Raleigh SBDU track bike. I knew this bike…
Did you know I have a “Premier League” of frames within my SBDU collection? I call the lucky ones that make it into this league…
It’s always nice to sit down and have a think about where my SBDU collection is and to plan where it is heading. That might…
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…
When I add a traditional horizontal top tube SBDU bike to my collection it can sometimes take a few careful measurements and a little bit…
Over the years since bike number one arrived (SB4059), I’ve continued to look at what I’m collecting and I’ve tried to add frames that plug…
I always find this topic a sad one to write about. I get sad when I know that someone is spending money on a bike…
Frame weight… it’s often talked about, requested and used as a measure to try and determine tubing type. From my own experience I can see…
This isn’t intended to be an Internet resource of Raleigh frame numbers! If you are reading this for anything other than SB number sequences from…
Emails dropping into my Inbox on a lazy Saturday afternoon are quickly becoming the best kind of email! The one I received last Saturday offered…
eBay! Love it or loathe it, every now and then it does serve a purpose. Personally I loathe it and while I’m definately not a…
What an amazing year! MORE frames, MORE posts, MORE visitors, MORE views, MORE comments, MORE questions and MORE people helped! In a year where the…
What would you consider rare about the Specialist Bicycle Development Unit (SBDU)? I’ve heard people say that SBDU Reynolds 753 frames are rare… are they,…
Finding bikes built by the Specialist Bicycle Development Unit (SBDU) that aren’t what they appear to be is part of the appeal of bike hunting…
I’ve not got much to write in this post as the pictures will hopefully say everything. This Raleigh Banana has been an awesome bike to…
To say that I’m happy with how 2017 has started is an understatement! My first SBDU bike for the year is built and it is…
I’ve been collecting a few items for this build since getting my hands on the frame in December last year. It’s been a bit of…
A little bit of a quick random post but inspired by a recent online ‘incident’ from a seller of a bike frame.
The time is 9PM on Thursday 15th December 2016 and my SBDU obsession has recently added the latest frame to my collection. The collection currently totals…
This build is moving quickly! I found an amazing condition Dura-Ace 7400/7402 series group set from the late 1980s almost immediately after getting my hands…
I’m stepping out of my comfort zone with this one. Although this is an SBDU frame, it was built after the Ilkeston era when the…