[QUOTE=restlessswind;20260004]What are some suggestions on 110 (4.25") grips? I find the typical 120mm -130mm grips too long on OEM bars. I have found some Raleigh type reproductions by Kenda https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ral...19.m1438.l2649
But I was hoping to find something a little more comfy.[/QUOT

Simple green has cleaned the white grips to mostly new every time. Purple Power works as well. If you know how to get them off.Hot water

Snow sucks about now

Lean back ride is good

This is a Pigseye snow dump in April. 10+ heavy snow

Where is Pigseye?

Weather forcasts suck

Pigseye is the region minniapolis/St.paul then bigger before they had county's

The nickname belongs to St.Paul Minnesota. No idea why. The Big Apple, Bean Town, Windy City The Big Easy I get, but Pigseye? Who knows.

Its the name of a dude that lived in the area. They were even going to name St. Paul after him. Now there is a just a lake by that name, near the Warner Road bike path.








And the snow sucks.

Went to a well-known antiques place in the area today looking for an oddly dimensioned window sash for a project I have in mind. I've posted before about the bikes I've found there, usually weathered and/or damaged and wildly overpriced. Today's finds were unpriced and I did not ask because I was on a mission. Found my window.

Nice little Sears made in Austria, missing a few parts.
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Badly resprayed Raleigh Sports that matches its backdrop. Don't look too closely lest you suffer as I did.
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Huffy Sports featuring a mighty Made In England decal on the downtube. Nice little bike.
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A little TLC will fix that Raleigh right up.

10 inches of snow so far this one is $40 a 23"https://fargo.craigslist.org/bik/d/a...543413936.html
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This three speed thing is getting busy around here. I am picking up this green sports tomorrow. Seller said it was a decoration in his home. Anyone know what year they started using this chain ring?

Nice chainring on the Sears, these seem to be common on European 3 speeds

The term comes from Step thru market bike. When you have a bike loaded up with stuff and it is heavy, one cannot easily kick your leg over the seat and back. It is just easier to step thru the frame to get on the bike.

Looks like a 23" ladies' frame. Everybody needs one.

I believe it's mid '72. I *think* I've seen a 73 model with the old style crank, but maybe not.

Thanks! My 69 has the old style and I have a picture of a 70 with the old style. I will report back tomorrow with a hub date.

Nice. Classic bronze green in excellent condition. I'm always learning new things here. I would have answered 1974 because that's the first time heron chainrings without V brackets appeared in the Raleigh catalogs. The 1973 catalog shows the Sports with the newer style graphics still with the V brackets. This bike, with it's older style graphics proves they started producing them a couple of years before then. Let us know the hub date after you have her home, but I'll bet @Mooo is spot on with mid 1972.

73-74 looks real good I'm looking at the crank.

I have $40 not much more but I do.

It needs you johnnyspaghetti!

190 miles away

We eat easter candy, my partner is recovering from... and on the up. I should be the first to go.

Only one?

To illustrate market differences: early 60s men's Rudge, good shape for an old bike but hardly cherry, going off hereabouts for $150. And I'm considering it.

My nephew has move there recently. I wonder if he knows this yet?

Well, obviously everybody needs more than one. I have the one that I got for free and I swore I'd hold off for a better deal on every subsequent one.

The Red river flows north

Cryptic, yet revealing.