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srjman, my apologies, it does seem to be true, congratulations!

Hate to sound like the cycnic but this has got to be a wind-up. I smell a troll. If I'm wrong, sorry buddy, but $17, really?

Thanks for the advice, chaps. Much appreciated.

I'm still riding daily on my 1988 Mavic MA40 rims with all 72 eyelets corroded. Both wheels still running true, no problems. Cosmetic only, I'd say.

My only road bike for the forseeable future is my beloved 1984 Raleigh Gran Tour. I've recently resurrected it and will use it daily, all year round. I had my LBS regrease my Shimano 600 hubs but I just wondered what the accepted advice is in respect of regular maintenance, given that I'll...

Fast commuter indeed! Very nice, wouldn't call a Graham Weigh 531 mutton exactly! What is the chainstay protector, one of those neoprene things? I'm looking for one for my forthcoming respray job.

Oh, benny, the full blast and paint job is £60 for a stock non-metallic colour and another £30 for an extra coat of lacquer. For another £30 (I think) they will match any RAL shade, in other words an infinite number of colours. Very reasonable, I think. Bob Jackson charge £90 for a...

Thanks, chaps. The company is Hendersons in Edinburgh and they have all the necessary threaded blanking plugs for bb, mudguard eyes etc, I think they do quite a few bike frames. I appreciate the comments on decals vs vinyl cut letters; they were my thoughts too, I wondered if they might...

Oops, 48 views and no replies. Did I commit the cardinal sin of talking about a non-original restoration? :0)

I'm preparing to have my old 531 frame blasted and painted by a reputable Edinburgh steelwork painting company. I'm opting for a two pack polyurethane (I'm ex-paint industry so not looking for paint advice per se) and plan to apply vinyl-cut lettering to the frame, and new 531 decals. The...

Is that a Bob Jackson Lime Green respray? Looks great by the way, nice job.

Danone, I'm a recent returner to road biking after a 20 year break through injury. Before I recently restored my 1980's road bike I was using an MTB with a lockout fork (to prevent energy losses described above) and very narrow (23c I think) slicks, pumped up to 125psi. This is about the...

Thanks so much for sharing that. The most amazing piece of film making and the most incredible cycling film I've ever seen. Remarkable on all levels. I'm going to watch that a few times!

I've cycled for over 40 years, helmetless, without incident. I cycle with great care only on quiet country roads with little traffic. The probability of me having an accident that would result in a head injury is infinitessimally small. Also , I much prefer the feeling of cycling...

"THE BELOW PICTURE SHOWS HOW TO LOCK UP YOUR BIKE IN YOUR HOUSE " You wwwwhat????!!!!!!! I'm sorry, but that is just unbelievable, what sort of world do we live in that we have to lock our bikes up INSIDE the house for God's sake? So do such people expect regular nocturnal visits from...

Willhouse, thanks for your offer on the Shimano hubs but having read up on them I'm not convinced of the long-term availability of their cassette spares (nor the short term availability of my own funds!!) so I'm erring toward sticking with screw-on freewheel systems since I have no plans to...

That's about the nicest bike I've seen on here, and just great that it's going to be properly ridden not just sat in heated garage. I'm going down a slightly similar route with an old 531 with a mix of old/new and being ridden every day as my only road bike. I'm interested in the wheels -...

Hi Sam, I ride my 1985 531c Raleigh Gran Tour and use a Hamax Siesta on it sometimes. It's a great child seat and I have no worries clamping it to the seat tube, as the connection bracket has its load spread over a large area of the tube. Mind you, as well as an old classic, my bike is a...

Tony, see my other post in the main section, my dropouts are actually 122mm so I'm concerned at what my options are.

I was rather surprised to find that the distance between my rear dropouts is only 122mm. For two reasons. One, the Shimano 600 hub is 126mm. Two, the frame is a mid 1980's 531c (Raleigh Gran Tour) which surely would have been 126mm, wouldn't it? Anyway, I've had the frame from new and...