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That’s beautiful, thanks for sharing the pics. 👌

Thanks for responding to the ad. I think I have something lined up which I can make work but if that doesn’t happen I’ll get back to you.

Thanks for all the info and encouragement above, I have had a tinker with this and raided my spares stash to get it to here: The drop bars/stem and the carbon/white seatpost have been swapped out to this flat bar setup. I had forgotten that I had the Cinelli Groove stem but I think it works on...

Cheers for the pointer, I’ll keep digging. Tbh I’d consider another Montage in 21” - I have one in 19” and that rides really well, I’m 5’10” so the larger frame will be a better fit. 👍

I’m talking about the bikes that Raleigh put out with the Tange Unique-X headsets like on my Montage: Thunder Road in tequila sunrise paint with the same headset: I know that you’ve been around mtb’s forever and I respect that but please don’t use a wanted ad to troll someone, especially if...

I think Raleigh Ozarks, Thunder Road are 531 and 21.1mm, my 501 Montage is too. I had a late 80’s Orbit Frontier that was too.. I know it’s an obscure-ish size but I’m sure they’re out there.

Bit of a niche one but I’d thought I’d put a post up to see if anyone can help. I’m looking for an 80’s mtb/atb in size 21”, it needs to take a 21.1mm quill stem - like a late 80’s Raleigh, or I know the Orbit frontiers did too. Reynolds 531 preferred or maybe 501? Has anyone got anything...

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Road bikes are not my usual thing but I thought I’d share this here: This was given to me by a good friend of mine who has given up track cycling and needed to clear space at home. I don’t know too much about it other than it was originally a track/training bike for Ben Swift. His nickname...

This probably isn’t going to help but: All I can make out on mine is the 8 under where pro is stamped. Pretty sure these are powder coated from factory and it’s obscured the stamping pretty much. Sorry can’t help much here.. :)

I’ll let you know on the levers, if no one wants the whole lot I could potentially split. You might be right on the mechs actually now that you say it - I’m not 100%. Anyone else know?

Selling as a complete lot (hopefully!): Shimano 600 Arabesque bits + Tourney callipers. Campagnolo crankset, bottom bracket (gc) 112mm x 68mm English. Nuovo Record mechs, gran sport calliper. All for £130 posted uk. Thanks

Hi, yes I just tried both sets with standard 9/16 mtb pedals.

I love the attention to detail you’re taking with this already, it wasn’t a half bad looking bike when I got it - I think with the work you’re putting in it will look stunning. The crankset you’ve chosen looks really nice and do I spy a race face headset? This was actually fitted with a 68mm bb...

All finished now, I went with some dia-compe vc767 brakes and dp7 levers. Nothing too flash but they suit the build and seem to work well. Hopefully I’ll get out and ride this over the weekend and try it out properly.