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Good man & thank you for the advise Bruce, I will have a measure tomorrow & get one on order, ebay to the rescue. Annoyingly the rims were past it, tons of deep rust so i had to get a new set of rims, but keeping the old maillard hubs, got all the bits, now just itching to reassemble. thanks...

Legends! Thanks for the input, the vimeo vid is super funny & yep he deffo had to have a holiday due to the stress caused by stem removal. But i cant get the stem nut out "so i'm pretty f*k'd" as they would say! I even tried spinning the wedge nut 90deg & got a solid bar down the side & hit it...

Hey all! been awhile, hope you all enjoying pedaling in the sun & stopping at all those beer gardens : ) I have loads on new & refub chromey bits to put on my bike & am ready to spray my frame, but I cant get the stem out!!!!! its stuck fast, I mean fast, tried everything in this video...

Awesome, thanks for the help,my own piece of history. Thanks again peeps!

Re: Hey Guru, I'm also convinced its a Scorpio, even the mech looks the same, except I am missing the cover & the also the wheels are black. Hi Twosheds! thanks, great forum, its like ive found my home : ) bike addition is an affliction! Anyway after scratching half the bike with a Stanley...

Re: Thanks for the help! Managed to find some awesome advertising : ) I will be as fast as Concorde when shes ready. thanks again

Remember to clean the rims regularly, remove all that old rubber & dirt, helps a lot. I used to use white spirit, let dry & wash off. Also might sound crazy but i used to sand the face with corse sandpaper in opposite direction to rim, i.e. fine lines to increase friction. That's when i used to...

Re: "Hey" quite a lot, looks ok from a distance (like 100m) but up close she needs some plastic surgery. I am trying to identify what it is, if its anything interesting ile restore like for like, otherwise I will mod her, either way sand blasting/repaint & full rebuild required! Things i...

Re: The spec! ps i have no idea what any of this means, good/bad or ugly Also I recon the frame was orange at some point, will upload close ups Wheels: Made in France, Rigida, superchromix Hubs: R Mallard 88, F Atom Tyres: Conti 27 1 1/4" Brakes: 750 & 610 BB: cottered Gear Lever: 5...

Hey : ) soz like a fool this was meant to go into "newie welcome page" oopsy, any ways Hi! Give me 10 & i will show you the beast!

Hey! Hi! all u Two wheelers. Instead of buying a newie I have brought myself a banger to do up for some crazy reason, built a few new bike over the years but this is the first time I have ventured into the dark side of retro! eek Picked myself up a raleigh "something" needs a bit of tlc, so...

New to all this, but I have tried the following in the past few days. Coca cola "good" 3 days soak White Vineger "very good" 2/3 day soak Amazingly sprinkle some water on the rust then rub with tinfoil, cleans up well. Also Autosol Metal Polish Think i will be trying Oxalic acid! : )...