Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop
Blogging about bike building, maintenance and tweaks
Monday, 19 April 2021
Raleigh Twenty Project: Latest renovation finished, BSA 20
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Finally finished! Here are photos of the bike I've been renovating. Remember the rust was mainly on the mudguards (fenders) and chaingua...
Sturmey Archer 3 Speed Shifter: Make a new Cover Plate
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It's common for the cover plate on the ubiquitous Sturmey Archer shifter to fall off and disappear. It leaves behind a sticky mess on th...
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Raleigh Twenty handlebar grips
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The standard Raleigh Twenty hand grips are plastic, yellowing and uncomfortable. They are also stuck on very strongly. To remove, I first tr...
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Monday, 5 April 2021
Fitting Shimano Di2 Electronic Ultegra gears to a Lynskey Titanium frame
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At the opposite extreme to a 1978 Raleigh shopper, is this swanky thang from Tennessee: It's a Lynskey R300 road bike, to which I'm...
Thursday, 1 April 2021
Chuck's Tech Opinion: How to decide what to keep and what to change on a Raleigh Twenty, and Pedals!
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As you work on a Twenty, you start to get a feel of the engineering. I find it useful to categorise: some parts are really well thought out ...
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Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Chuck's Tech Opinion: Shimano Uniglide cassettes, replacing cogs/sprockets
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Just before Shimano came up with the Hyperglide (HG) cassette system that we know and love today, it introduced the Uniglide (UG) arrangemen...
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