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Howdy folks. Been a while since I was on here. Some may remember I restored a Raleigh Banana last summer. I had a mint few rides on her then I put her away over winter. Well today I got her out and I knew there were a few teething problems I needed to address before I get some miles done on...

Ay'up chap's n chapesses :lol: Just wanted to pop back in to my old home and see what's going on with folks. I just got back from an awesome 10 mile Time Trial where I set myself a target of beating my fastest ever time set on my 8.7kg Cannondale CAAD 12, pleased to say the Banana didn't...

Thanks malt :) She rides beautifully, better than my CAAD 12, it's my go to bike now :)

Cheers Pat. Motorola sounds ace, feel free to fire a pic up mate, would love to see it :)

Cheers Allen :) Yeah I have so many ideas for future builds, this being my first is alright, 90% perfect but theres room for improvement hence another build must happen :lol: Highlight for me has been I have already set faster times on every hill in my area on this than on my CAAD 12 which...

Thanks darylw357 8)

Cheers Mr Sand_Dune :)

Cheers Neil :) I think the addiction is knowing deep inside that you could do it better next time and that drives you to want to do it again. I'd love a Lance Armstrong replica more than anything, was it a Trek 5700 or something. Blue with white stars, not sure, but that would be special...

Today I completed my Banana build and it's been on my mind worrying about the weight of the thing. Fully loaded it's gonna be close to 13+kg that's with under seat bag, garmin, mounts etc and comparing that to my 8kg CAAD 12 naturally I was worried. It was almost dark so I made a mad dash for...

Awesome pictures Mike and the bike's not bad either lol in fact it's beautiful, love the colours. Inspired me to get up Matlock way.

Thanks widowmaker :wink: Yep she's a big old broad, but if I can climb the steepest hills around ere on that, imagine the boost in speed when I switch to the 8kg CAAD :lol:

Final data, component list, weights and cost: NEW Build - Raleigh Banana Weight Cost Cost of bike - - £55.00 Powder Coat - - £60.00 Raleigh Decals - - £29.50 Spray Paint (black) - - £7.14 Frame (Paint + decals complete) 2,365 - - Forks (Paint + decals complete)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCKiL9SXW4 Had to reduce size and quality of images to be able to upload:

I have been waiting for the day to type this post, but before I go any further the first thing I need to do is give thanks. I have just been through all 102 of my posts :shock: and I wanted to give a special shout out and say thank you, to all the following people who have helped me with...

Thanks chaps, am on it this morning :)

Thanks Matt gives me some comfort that. First ride then in the morning :)

Evening chaps. Well the Banana appears to be complete! It indexes up and down the cassette, moves quickly on the chainrings and no rubbing, yeah I think shes ready for a photo shoot then a test ride. I've just been going over everything with the torque wrench, 5nm for the stem clamp bolts as...

3k all in gets you that. Black leather wall paper from B&A, Sapphire screen, metal covered in soft velvet. BenQ W1200 HD projector. Yamaha 5.1 surround sound, speakers set into the walls at the rear. That's about it. Oh n a popcorn machine lol. Its all remote control, even have a neon Exit...

Thanks man :D sure does make watching the Tour nice. Horrors not bad too when the characters are larger than life size :lol: Nana looks way better than today's bikes I recon 8)

Re: :lol: :lol: :lol: Love point 7: 8) It's like you read my mind this evening. I couldn't get the cable outer right and it was snapping back and forth like an eel, so what I did was stop, take it back to basics, removed the protective bar tape and did as you said and used electrical...