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The drive side dropout broke. I really love this bike. It was my daily driver for about 6 years. | |||
Currently it is just a frame (and fork) hanging on the wall in my garage. | |||
I plan to replace the dropout, see https://framebuilderssupplies.com/ | |||
Perhaps it's time to put canti posts on the back to match the fork? This old frame does not want disc brakes. | |||
Maybe I will add a trailer hitch too. Time to re-evaluate. | |||
I got this bicycle at a garage sale for $15. | I got this bicycle at a garage sale for $15. | ||
It's | It's a touring bike. I think the former owner swapped out a Tange fork for the original. | ||
I love touring bikes, and this one has Raleigh 555 triple-butted tubing. | |||
Touring bikes are all about adventure, even when they are just sleeping in the garage. Even when they are just a stripped down frame hanging on the wall. They wait patiently for you, | |||
they know more adventures are coming. | |||
The fork is set up for a 700c wheel and cantilever brakes. | The fork is set up for a 700c wheel and cantilever brakes. | ||
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Since I did not want to be stuck with mismatched rims, I cut the cantilever posts off the frame. At this point I could braze new posts on, but at the moment I have no tanks for my acetylene welder. It's not important enough to me to pay someone else to do the work. So I am simply going to run a centerpull brake on the back. | Since I did not want to be stuck with mismatched rims, I cut the cantilever posts off the frame. At this point I could braze new posts on, but at the moment I have no tanks for my acetylene welder. It's not important enough to me to pay someone else to do the work. So I am simply going to run a centerpull brake on the back. | ||
I | I've never actually toured with it so a centerpull on the back has been just fine. | ||
I had it powder coated at Oregon Powder Coat in Tangent. The work cost <$100 to have the Alyeska and a pair of Blackburn racks done. They are GREEN. It's beautiful. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1985/pages/07raleigh-alyeska.html | http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1985/pages/07raleigh-alyeska.html | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 28 January 2022
The drive side dropout broke. I really love this bike. It was my daily driver for about 6 years.
Currently it is just a frame (and fork) hanging on the wall in my garage.
I plan to replace the dropout, see https://framebuilderssupplies.com/ Perhaps it's time to put canti posts on the back to match the fork? This old frame does not want disc brakes. Maybe I will add a trailer hitch too. Time to re-evaluate.
I got this bicycle at a garage sale for $15.
It's a touring bike. I think the former owner swapped out a Tange fork for the original.
I love touring bikes, and this one has Raleigh 555 triple-butted tubing.
Touring bikes are all about adventure, even when they are just sleeping in the garage. Even when they are just a stripped down frame hanging on the wall. They wait patiently for you, they know more adventures are coming.
The fork is set up for a 700c wheel and cantilever brakes. The frame was set up for 27" wheels and cantilever brakes. When I got it, it had a a 700 wheel on the front and a 27" wheel on the back. When I swapped a 700c wheel onto the back, the brakes would no longer hit the rim! What a drag.
Since I did not want to be stuck with mismatched rims, I cut the cantilever posts off the frame. At this point I could braze new posts on, but at the moment I have no tanks for my acetylene welder. It's not important enough to me to pay someone else to do the work. So I am simply going to run a centerpull brake on the back.
I've never actually toured with it so a centerpull on the back has been just fine.
I had it powder coated at Oregon Powder Coat in Tangent. The work cost <$100 to have the Alyeska and a pair of Blackburn racks done. They are GREEN. It's beautiful.
External links
http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1985/pages/07raleigh-alyeska.html
