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looks excellent, looking forward to seeing it built up.

Love it. what rims are they on there?

Lovely bike and a great story too, it looks stunning.

This blog is worth a look: a collection of 'sightings' of the team issue 753 frames mainly but there are lots of 531 in there too for ref. http://radpropaganda.org/raleigh-team-p ... fessional/

I'd probably leave it off too. Both of my Ti Raleigh's have the tubing type sticker at the top of the seat tube but they're both large frames, tricky one. The paint job should speak for itself anyway.

Still waiting for the frame to come back. Just collected the wheels, they look great, these are the original Mavic OR10 rims in Gold with the old Campagnolo Record Pista hubs. I've just chucked a couple of new Conti tubs on for a stretch. Very happy with the way these have turned out...

Great. Will have a look myself - good luck.

Yep went for Mercian, not 100% happy with the yellow as a match (its a little too bright) but I went for it. But yes it will be great to compare the two. Re the codes..Sorry I was working from memory - would varnish fix be the one? I assume that the foil (metallic) backed decals are printed...

Interesting. Mine is currently having the same treatment but at Mercian with Decals from H Lloyd, so I would also like to know. My SBDU track frame is 100% original. The Ilkeston oval stickers (World Champ stripes on foil sticker) are not underneath any clear coat. They have been on the...

Thanks for all the help. I'm now on the case!

I bought these on here last year for around £75 minus the cassette, since then I've only covered around 300miles on them. Perfectly true, practically zero wear to the braking surface. Bearings ok could use some new grease. They have had the overly large stickers removed. I will include the...

Hmm good advice, maybe I was lucky, it's been well over a year since I did it. I used a grey primer over the Raleigh paint (which I had rubbed down) then sprayed multiple layers over. I was really surprised at how good the finish is.

meant to say that I took plenty of time respraying my MTrax (link in signature below) frame using cans, a couple of good days between coats and I have a very tough finish. I used the orginal paint as a base.

This was started a while back http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=105277 might be worth combining into one thread Mods? I currently have a frame at Mercian, i have only heard good reviews until now? CTK - what was wrong with your experience? I will post some pics up when I get...

Thanks, yes I've seen a couple, I guess this is the best route.

Sorry if this has been covered, I couldn't find anything using the search. I have a few old pairs of campag hub'd wheels and I'm looking for a couple of threaded freewheels in 6speed form. Can you still buy new ones or am I stuck with second hand? I've had a good look on the web but no luck...

I sourced all of them from H Lloyd Cycles, they even have the 531 Ti logos on the forks. Mercian are actually ordering them for me, I gave them all of the details. Nick at H Lloyd cycles is very helpful.

Big brother and my daily ride, this requires a full rebuild soon, the paintwork is in great shape and it would be a shame to respray so I'm not going to!: Since these photos were taken I have switched wheels to something more suitable.

and the forks: and before the strip down:

Dropped the frame and two sets of forks off at Mercian Cycles on Saturday: 6-8weeks later I will post the resulting respray up, but for now here it is currently: