Category: My Bikes
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Raleigh International
To me all bikes are amazing in some way or another. At one end of the spectrum I am amazed at how an entirely rideable bike can be purchased at Walmart for next to nothing, while at the other end of the spectrum I am amazed that anyone would pay ten grand or more for…
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Raleigh R600 Road Bike
I tend to be cheap, maybe frugal, and I have an appreciation for vintage and unique bikes so I usually buy used bikes that I can service and then enjoy riding. I’ve only purchased a few bikes new off the showroom floor, with this Raleigh R600 being both the last and most expensive of my…
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Handlebar Spider
First shot with a new borescope found this spider down in the middle of the handlebars on a bike I regularly ride. I can only imagine what is down inside some of the less ridden bikes. Cheap borescope purchased off Amazon.
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Raleigh Twenty Folder
Yes, I got one of these. Not because it is some amazing bike, but because it is such an amazing oddity. 20″ (451) wheels on a bike for full-size people and it folds and it’s a 3 speed Sturmey-Archer. Waiting on new tires so I’ve only ridden up and down the neighborhood a time or…
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Raleigh Sports
This late 50’s junk store buy is a made in England, all steel classic. All-Steel was Raleigh’s claim to fame for years and they weren’t kidding. They also weren’t comparing themselves to makers of aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber bikes. No their steel bikes were far superior to bikes made from wood, cast iron, etc.…
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M2 Franken Jumper
My main trail ride for the last couple of decades and still my favorite for riding tight trails. It started life as an Stumpjumper M2 FS, and was quickly stripped for it’s components by some, more money than brains guy, who was going to use them to build up a Cannondale Headshok bike. I gladly…
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