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Looks great HM ! I think yours cleaned up better than mine - the chrome is in definitely in better condition. Must admit I was surprised by your comments of a dead feel to the frame and instability. True, these frames being plain gauge will never have the ride quality of butted 531 but I've been...

Re: Thanks for the compliments guys. The bike as it came to me was rideable but dusty and grimy. This was how it looked in July : Raleigh Europa1982 JULY 2017 by airbrake1, on Flickr Europa by airbrake1, on Flickr IMG_2869 CROP SHARP RSIZE by airbrake1, on Flickr I found this tucked in the...

Re: Another time warp 1982 Europa. Someone had fitted 27" wheels so I replaced them with a spare set of R500s. IMG_3138 LIGHTING CROP SHARP4 RSIZE by airbrake1, on Flickr 1982 Raleigh Europa by airbrake1, on Flickr

Only the 3 main tubes, the rear and front fork was 'gas pipe'.

Fastest I've ever gone was when I bought a dismantled Stratocaster type electric guitar and put it in my backpack with the neck sticking out. Coming home there's a steep drop where you can touch around 50mph freewheeling On this occasion there was a strong tailwind, plus with the the added...

dynatech chambo, a Dynatech serial number starting with an SB prefix would mean 'special build'. The hand made bikes produced at Ilkeston between 1974 and 1987 had the SB prefix of course, and many believe that it's use was exclusive to Ilkeston. However, when production of competition...

Here is a link to the Raleigh Forum with a few pictures. http://www.raleighbikes.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=299

Not as exotic, but I have a 531 / cro-moly dynatech from 1991.