Wow, that's beautiful!!! Let us know how it performs. Regards, Richard
On Monday, April 17, 2017 at 8:03:28 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: > > on their way from France. > Will be taking the first distance ride on my old-bike project today (it > already has a bigger Brooks bag with room for the tools). > > Bought a '57 Lenton Grand Prix bare frame and original fork on CR. What > makes this frame tricky to build, aside from the Raleigh threads, is the > Sturmey-Archer spec. droputs: > 115mm OLD, 8mm axle slots. > Also learned the single shifter boss was all English - though it looked > like a Simplex/Huret boss, it will only fit Cyclo. > > I have a set of Zeus dropouts, but I'm proud to have built this bike > without altering the frame. > What's really cool about the 1957 frame, is that it was gun-metal blued > beneath the paint, making it rust-proof, but also, the bluing and silver > paint diffused together, giving the paint a platinum-gray patina. > > I knew I could build a better bike than take to hunt down and buy back the > original parts. Used many parts that I already had here, sourced a few, > and engineered the hubset with the help of Michael R. at Phil Wood. > The only correct parts on this bike are the saddle, stem, and right-side > shifter. > > Yellow Jersey had the NOS 26tpi Whitworth headset. > Phil BB, custom Phil hubs, 8mm axles, 115mm OLD. Had to use Synergy O/C > rim to get the hubs approved by Phil Engr. > Cyclotouriste triple, half-steps plus granny, wide 5sp IRC freewheel. > Raleigh-branded VGT RD, Cyclone FD. > Already had around a Simplex chainguard that I tinkered to fit with the > Cyclone FD, using and slightly altering the Simplex hardware. > GB Hiduminium stem, Maes bars, NOS Weinmann 730 side pulls. > > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Lenton%20GP/aP4150001.jpg> > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Lenton%20GP/aP4150005.jpg> > > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Lenton%20GP/aP4150003.jpg> > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Lenton%20GP/aP4150006.jpg> > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
