'76 Arena, before & after

[fingers]

I'd pop some lacquer on to keep it looking sweet.

Great looking old thing tho

 

[Spokesmann]

Good on you...............
Cycling would be dead boring, if we all rode Colnago's...
Nice job, by the way.

Utterly boring!!

 

[Dead Rats]

very good work, I'm refurbing a 1976 Raleigh right now!

 

[jawsum]

very good work, I'm refurbing a 1976 Raleigh right now!

i'd like to see that

 

[Dead Rats]

very good work, I'm refurbing a 1976 Raleigh right now!

i'd like to see that

It might not even be a Raleigh but was certainly made in their factory!

Here it is as bought - with bent forks

now, as it looked today before I took it for a respray (with 1984 Sun behind it) it's going to be ivory with burgundy lugs, gold NOS Raleigh downtube decals... I have some NOS chrome forks sorted...

... and a rear mech from this very poorly '70s Raleigh (sadly some of this had to be chucked as beyond repair, the frame is going to be a wall hanger!)

 

[Spokesmann]

Good to see an old Olympus from 76. I had one of those then, it cost £61.00 and I remember riding it home from the shop pleased as punch.

 

[Dead Rats]

after

jawsum, I think you should refurb and refit the dynamo bracket

 

[jawsum]

yeah i will, i didn't realise it was a dynamo bracket, i thought it was for those huge old ever-ready d cell lights

i think i fancy some dynamos for it as well now

 

[Dead Rats]

yeah i will, i didn't realise it was a dynamo bracket, i thought it was for those huge old ever-ready d cell lights

i think i fancy some dynamos for it as well now

I wasn't setting this up... but I have the Union dynamo that came with mine for ready to sell, complete and now in full working order

 

[jawsum]

how many $'s do you want? have you got a pic of it in situ ?

also, what happened to that child seat type thingy? i might like to purchase that if it was going spare