Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop

Blogging about bike building, maintenance and tweaks

Thursday, 15 July 2010

Renovating a Raleigh Twenty: Part 5 - Chain

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I decided to break the old chain at the half link. Although I'd cleaned and oiled it and it was ok in practice, it was stretched/worn be...

Raleigh Twenty on a train

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Well, she's not as small as a Dahon and nowhere near the compactness of a Brompton. Here, I haven't dropped the handlebars, or seatp...
Sunday, 11 July 2010

Renovating a Raleigh Twenty: Part 4 - Bottom Bracket

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I was intending to service the bottom bracket and change the chain today, but was stumped by the fact that the old chain had 93 links. That...
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Shimergo Reynolds 531C road bike

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I bought this Reynolds 531C frame brand new from SJS Cycles' eBay store. Originally, I fitted it with Shimano down tube gear levers, but...

Raleigh Twenty Links

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Here are some of my favourite sites about the Raleigh Twenty: 1. Fabulous Raleigh Twenty to Life site. 2. Sheldon Brown's pages which ...

Awesome Wooden bike

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A wooden frame? This beauty is to die for! More details here and click here for the Waldmeister website . Marcus Wall Meyer seems to be a g...
Monday, 5 July 2010

Iceni Road Bike Photographs

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In an earlier blog post , I explained that I'd bought this frame from Askew Cycles , and built it up from that. Here are some more image...
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