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Very nice! I agree with Cefnbikie - far too good for a commuter! I refer you to my earlier post :)

I'm only 5' 10" with a 32" leg and I tend to go for 23.5 for preference; I also currently have a 22.5" and what feels like a 24.5 though I've never actually measured it, I just feel kind of high up on it! Incidentally, the chap I bought it off was definitely no taller than me and had cycled all...

What an idiot, hope he didn't try to use them like that! Does he find all the stuff falls out of his Ikea chest of drawers when he opens them?

Maybe there was an issue between them and Saturn car wheel maker

tsk tsk how ridiculous - there's gonna be all sorts of chafing going on there!

You might have a bit of an issue with chain wrap on the rear derailleur, but you'll probs be ok. I put a long cage on my Raleigh Pro Race when I did a similar conversion just in case, but that's mainly because it was sitting there waiting to be used!

A late 80s Raleigh will probably have bearings in a cage rather than loose inside the headset and bb. I know some like to replace these with loose bearings, but tbh they've probably lasted for the 1st 30 years of the bike's life so they can't be that bad and they're a lot harder to lose! You may...

Hi there Chris welcome to one of the best vintage bike forums! Looks like you've got yourself a very tidy little machine there, shouldn't need more than cables, a polish and maybe the bearings on headset, bottom bracket and wheels cleaned/replaced and it should ride a treat

Keep it as it is! Also, in case of another situation with a uniglide, only 7 speeds are hens' teeth, the 6 speeds aren't so rare, and the smallest cog is the one that holds it on so just get a 6 speed and swap the smallest cogs over.

Once you have a respray and make it look spanking you won't want to commute in all weathers, you'll "save it for best" and look for a tattier racer to commute on. Then one day you'll feel sorry for the commuter and treat it to a respray, and then you'll not want to ride it in all weathers and...

'76 Team pro maybe?

Very cheeky, I love it :lol:

Try looking for a date code on the components most likely to be original, such as crank or brake calipers. The serial doesn't give you any clue and the "BS6102 part 1" standard was introduced in '81 and is possibly still current!

He's not joking!

I agree, though you don't just have to look for a Ventoux, Raleigh made loads of models with more or less the same 501 frame. Look for Sirocco, Elan, Pro Race, Kelloggs etc. etc.These are nice, light, sporty machines, and you if you keep looking for a coupla weeks, one's bound to turn up. Like...

It looks pretty tidy (and quite pretty), it's a bit more than I'd be prepared to pay for a fairly basic model of bike but then pugs do command a bit of a premium (plus London prices :roll: ). They're easy to get bits for (though some have bits that are "French" threaded - still not a problem...

My daughter recently moved out; I do miss Wossername terribly, she had a fantastic collection of nail varnish!

I use photobucket, their mobile app works quite nicely; upload your photos then copy the "direct" code. On here, switch to "full editor", click Img button and paste the code you copied in between the two [img]s that appear

Ah yes, who can forget the Nova - didn't go down too well in Spanish speaking countries - or the MR2 in France (pronounced "Merde" en Francais)

Lots of things named after storms and winds, (most VW's and maseratis for instance), I've got a Chinook - not the helicopter, I haven't got room for all my bikes nevermind that - and had a Sirocco til recently. Edit: BTW a Welsh cauli is called a blodfresych which is not a good name for a bike...