To continue the tale of the Williams racing bike....
After a good rummage down at the tip I returned with various parts and two whole bikes! Because I needed more bikes!
A
Raleigh Caprice for no other reason other than I liked the handlebars and brake levers, and think they will suit the Williams quite well, and...
Another Raleigh Pioneer, because I thought
as it was there it would be rude not to have it! Following a quick raid on my
parts stash and several parts stripped from newly aqquired bikes I put all the ingredients together in my shed
and came up with this.
I must admit that I was a bit dubious about the orange tyres, but as I had them, and they're brand new I thought that at the very least I would try them to see how they look. It's fair to say that the look has grown on me, and I quite like how it has turned out, and the way it looks. I'm not particularly a fan of riding in the rain, but I was itching to see if it rode as good as it looks and so I took it for a quick spin anyway. Happily it
rides pretty good, although the chain is siezed in places and keeps
jumping, I've given it a good dousing of WD-40 so hopefully after a bit
of a longer ride in the sunshine it will free itself up. Time will of course tell, but with any luck I shall be able to put a few miles on it before someone steals
it from me! Although as I've now got myself a pretty heavy duty lock around it I might
get to hang on to this one for a while!
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