Category: Denton Cycles
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TI-Raleigh Creda Sturmey Archer Sportif Toe Clips SBDU Ilkeston Team Pro 753 SB4059
Is SB4059 ever going to be finished? The answer is probably no, but today I took another step closer when another piece of the puzzle slotted into place. I’ve had various sets of toe clips over the last 5 years but they have never been the period correct item. Period correct is what I am striving
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Denton Cycles SBDU Ilkeston TI-Raleigh SB6398 1984 Reynolds 753R Campagnolo Super Record 50th Anniversary Group – New Arrival
There are just too many things to describe on this bike. I actually had trouble thinking of a shorter blog title! It is everything I could ever want to find in a bike, it ticks so many boxes; and it all became reality in the space of a few hours on a Saturday evening.
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1975 to 1976 Reynolds 753 Tubing SBDU TI-Raleigh Road Frames
This is the post I’ve been most looking forward to writing and also fearing with equal measure… Reynolds 753 was a tube set that took the bicycle world by storm. It had unrivaled strength while being ultra light and thin for a steel tube. It is probably the most mis-understood tube set and the one that
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Jan Raas TI-Raleigh Professional Team Track Frame Reynolds 531 1978 JR178T
When you think about the TI-Raleigh team and the riders that rode for it, most people probably come out with a few names. Joop Zoetemelk is one, for his 1980 Tour win; the next name could well be Jan Raas.
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – A Complete Bike
A few weeks after receiving my frame back from Dave, and I’ve finally assembled the kit to build it.
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – Frame Painted and Ready to Build
I was very excited to receive a frame sized box from the courier today and couldn’t wait to open it.
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – Day 5
I started every morning by pulling my boots on and going to have a lovely cooked breakfast. The boots didn’t hurt so much now, the Elastoplast on each heel and big toe were doing their job well!
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – Day 4
Bikes are not much good if you can’t attach cables for brakes and gears, it would also be nice to carry a water bottle or two. That means that day 4 was all about ‘braze-ons’ – those little guides that you pass cables through!
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – Day 3
Bicycle forks… how hard can they be to make…
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – Day 2
Day 2 started with a plan, more pictures, sore feet, a huge blister and a tube box still full of tubes yet to be worked on…
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A Week Spent with Dave Yates Learning the Skills of Framebuilding – Day 1
This is a little off topic, I normally keep this blog just for my SBDU Ilkeston bikes. However, I’ve just spent a fascinating week in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, with Dave Yates learning how to build a bike frame.
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A slight diversion down memory lane
While I’m saving up the pennies and trying to source more parts for the Raleigh build, I thought I would reminisce a little. One of the best memories from the many I have while working at Denton Cycles was building the Salsa bikes for Jason Mcroy.