70s Raleigh Sports: Source for small parts & better wheels (US)?
04-28-21, 01:40 PM
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70s Raleigh Sports: Source for small parts & better wheels (US)?
I picked up a crusty single speed sports. It needs a seat post binder bolt/nut, stem binder bolt/nut, a left crank, and, screw it, a decent wheelset, preferably with an SA AW and aluminum rims, and, ugh, OK, tires.
I haveall some of this stuff in my basement at home, but I'm extendedly away. If you had to order to be shipped, where would you get these things? I'd like to have the wheelset with good tires, because I have another, better Raleigh at home that I want to upgrade eventually. Thanks!
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04-28-21, 03:32 PM
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Yellow Jersey, Arlington, Wisconsin has comprehensive small parts for old Raleigh’s.
Harris Cyclery near Boston is also very good.
It can often make sense to buy a complete parts bike. Still lots of old Raleigh available.
Harris Cyclery near Boston is also very good.
It can often make sense to buy a complete parts bike. Still lots of old Raleigh available.
04-28-21, 03:43 PM
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Al rim wheelsets are not commonly available as such, but most people will lace a 590 ISO Sun CR18 to an AW hub W/SS spokes that match the hub drilling.
Going to 3 speed hubs from single speed.
Does it have caliper brakes already?
Need for shifter, pulley/fulcrum & stop, cable.
Going to 3 speed hubs from single speed.
Does it have caliper brakes already?
Need for shifter, pulley/fulcrum & stop, cable.
04-28-21, 05:25 PM
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Yeah, buying a complete Sports as a parts donor is likely the best option. Lady’s frames usually go for relatively small money around here.
04-29-21, 06:45 AM
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Sun CR-18's seem to be the only frequently available EA3/590 rim out there in the US, which is a bit irritating, given that this size is still produced for Japanese city bicycles.
Rigida, under Van Schothorst, offered some single-wall, 36h aluminum EA3's for the EU market. I found a pair here on an UK-market Ammaco Monte Carlo (the boring hybrid model from the early '00s, not the road bike from the 1980's) that was brought here to the States. I wouldn't mind finding some more.
-Kurt
Rigida, under Van Schothorst, offered some single-wall, 36h aluminum EA3's for the EU market. I found a pair here on an UK-market Ammaco Monte Carlo (the boring hybrid model from the early '00s, not the road bike from the 1980's) that was brought here to the States. I wouldn't mind finding some more.
-Kurt
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