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I managed to pick one up for GBP10 a while back for a project and have two Dawes Kingpins too.
I expect you've checked our Sheldon Brown's Raleigh Twenty page at
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html
but Guy Bouchard at
http://www.cybertechs.qc.ca/prs/jgbouchar/twenty.htm
is worth a look too. There are others of course such as Roy Bird at
http://www.hpv.on.ca/hpvso/myhpvrb.htm
It seems that the US and Canada are big fans of converting these old bikes into modern commuters.
Reesycle at
http://mysite.freeserve.com/longbowman/Reesycle_Home.html offers a British alternative.
Good luck with project.
Trealaw Boy.
PS: Don't agree with you view of the War I'm afraid!
Lenny Taylor wrote:
> I felt a need to brag about the Raleigh Twenty I just purchased. It's going to need a lot of
> tender loving care to get into shape, but it is all original and is all there. It looks like it
> sat in someone's garage for the past thirty years without being ridden. I rode a Raleigh RSW
> Compact when I was in High School (34 years ago!!) and have nothing but fond memories of
> it. So when this became available on eBay at a reasonable price, I jumped on it.
>
> I'm debating on putting it to original, or updating it with a Shimano 7-speed hub. I definitely
> need to update it to aluminum wheels with better brakes. It's a charming little beast though.
>
> Forgive my giddiness. It's a nice break from the thoughts of war. (My nephew is serving in the US
> Marines, currently in Iraq moving north.) For those of you in the group in the UK, you can't begin
> to imagine the good will that your Prime Minister has garnered for England. France on the other
> hand can go it alone the next time they need some help. **** on em!
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> I managed to pick one up for
GBP10 a while back for a project and have two Dawes Kingpins too.
<p>I expect you've checked our Sheldon Brown's Raleigh Twenty page at <a href="
http://www.sheldonbr-
own.com/raleigh-twenty.html">
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html</a><a
href="
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html"></a>
<q>but Guy Bouchard at <a href="
http://www.cybertechs.qc.ca/prs/jgbouchar/twenty.htm">
http://www.cy-
bertechs.qc.ca/prs/jgbouchar/twenty.htm</a>
<r>is worth a look too. There are others of course such as Roy Bird at <a
href="
http://www.hpv.on.ca/hpvso/myhpvrb.htm">
http://www.hpv.on.ca/hpvso/myhpvrb.htm</a>
<s>It seems that the US and Canada are big fans of converting these old bikes into modern
commuters. Reesycle at <a href="
http://mysite.freeserve.com/longbowman/Reesycle_Home-
.html">
http://mysite.freeserve.com/longbowman/Reesycle_Home.html</a> offers a British
alternative.
<t>Good luck with project.
<u>Trealaw Boy.
<v>PS: Don't agree with you view of the War I'm afraid!
<w>Lenny Taylor wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I felt a need to brag about the Raleigh Twenty I just
purchased. It's going <br>to need a lot of tender loving care to get into shape, but it is
all <br>original and is all there. It looks like it sat in someone's garage for the
<br>past thirty years without being ridden. I rode a Raleigh RSW Compact when I <br>was in
High School (34 years ago!!) and have nothing but fond memories of <br>it. So when this
became available on eBay at a reasonable price, I jumped <br>on it.
<x>I'm debating on putting it to original, or updating it with a Shimano <br>7-speed hub. I
definitely need to update it to aluminum wheels with better <br>brakes. It's a charming
little beast though.
<y>Forgive my giddiness. It's a nice break from the thoughts of war. (My <br>nephew is
serving in the US Marines, currently in Iraq moving north.) For <br>those of you in the group in
the UK, you can't begin to imagine the good <br>will that your Prime Minister has garnered for
England. France on the other <br>hand can go it alone the next time they need some
help. **** on em!</blockquote> </html>
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