Showing posts with label vintage bikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage bikes. Show all posts

Friday, July 20, 2012

100% All Original 1971 Raleigh Twenty

Monday, March 28, 2011

1970 Raleigh Record Fixie re-do

Early 1970's Raleigh Record Fixie.

Best head-badge ever.

Much better.
I redid the Raleigh Record from a few days ago because the bottom bracket was cross threaded and the cotter pinned cranks and steel rims that came on it just wont hold up.  Origin 8 cranks and cages, unsealed track hubs laced to Alex 450 Aero rims.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Holy Grail of Vintage Track Frames....

1977 Colnago Track frame
Owner had me remove the Italian bottom bracket before he shipped it to a buyer in Switzerland.  Sale price? One thousand even. 

Raleigh Record single speed project

This is the exact same Record that I have, as seen in my personal Bike Check.  I got to build this one in a low budget way similar to the way I would build mine if I made it a fixed gear.  Normally I think turning old road bikes into fixies is blasphemy (just hunt down a vintage track frame for real), but this one came sans rear wheel, front derailleur, stock leather seat and had already been converted to cruising bars a long time ago so it was a prime exception to the rule.  I didn't give this one the full beans because I didn't have the heart to smash apart the seized cotter pin cranks just yet, but we have some nice black and polished Origin 8 cranks and some hand build black and silver track wheels waiting for it for the right customer. 

Monday, June 28, 2010

Friday, June 18, 2010

Near Mint: 1975 Schwinn Hollywood Red

1975 Schwinn Hollywood
1975 Schwinn Hollywood. At Landmark but it ain't cheap. My iPhone spellchecked "ain't".

Monday, June 14, 2010