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    Sold Dia compe 986 / 987 front+rear cantilevers...plus bits

    Absolute bargain!!! (Again!!!)
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    Build thread - Brodie Sovereign '95

    Might be the thickness of the new paint? With front derailleurs you can deform the clamp band slightly by clamping it in a vice (with soft jaws) against a larger DIA round bar to open it up slightly and/or use a longer M4 clamp bolt. The reason to try and open it up more in the vice is to...
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    Build thread - Brodie Sovereign '95

    In your photo the vernier scale is saying it is 29.15mm DIA.
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    Not yet, she soon will though! You're right, I'll probably get a resounding thump! 🥊
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    😍 💪 I'll include that as a selling point to the wife!
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    It's gonna' get a lot of love, possibly a build thread and I reckon the wife might ride it too!
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    Parcel Force. 22kgs, Express 24. Great price @ £23.99. Dropped off at his local Post Office. I use either Royal Mail or Paisley Freight depending on size/weight.
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    It is moi! I do love an old Raleigh having owned a few old Choppers, Grifters, Commados, Tomahawks in my time, I purchased Shoppers and RSW for spares. Raleigh were like British Leyland and many bikes shared many parts! I ended up keeping some fully build Shoppers/RSW's for a while because they...
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    Sold XT M735 rear mech...cheap.

    I’m sure @Markybeau will put it to good use 👍👌
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    Sold XT M735 rear mech...cheap.

    Brifters too modern for my retro rebuild tastes so I'm safe from being lured! 🤣 Looks like the rear mech has gone to a good home and not someone whose joined RetroBike within the last 5min to get a Tootyred bargain!
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    Sold XT M735 rear mech...cheap.

    I fighting very hard not to buy this. Someone else will almost certainly press the fire button!
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    Sold XT M735 rear mech...cheap.

    B-B-B-bargain!!!
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    Raleigh Activator I / II appreciation thread

    🤣 🤣 🤣 Keep wearing them rose tinted specs. I have numerous pairs too for some of the bikes I ride!!! 😍
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    There's an old guy just up the road from me who rides an old 26" MTB. He doesn't drive at all and he always seems to come back up the hill with his panniers full, backpack full and with carrier bags hanging off his bars. He doesn't look like an off-season Santa (great phrase by the way!), but a...
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    For Sale GONE GONE

    It's the perfect bike to pop to the local shops on, or even head into the city. Permanent lights, mudguards and a rack means it's a proper utility bike. Might even do a (re)build thread on it. The paint is staying. I'm gonna see how much I can "polish a turd" so to speak! 😁
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