Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop
Blogging about bike building, maintenance and tweaks
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Renovating a Raleigh Twenty: Part 6 - Headset, nylon bush & handlebars
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The infamous nylon headset bushing. (For a general description of the headset and a quick service, see this post ). Instead of a top race, t...
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Monday, 2 August 2010
Raleigh Twenty in a public bike shed
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An unassuming bike, locked up in a shed. She's taking shape now. The only major piece left is to replace the rear steel rim with an allo...
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 ...
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