Beauty!

Ye old Raleigh

Ye old Raleigh




Sunday, November 1, 2009

Headset, Stem, Flatbar and Good Looks

The stem is an old quill from BNB. It fit nicely, 26mm clamp. The headset needed lots of work since there were no bearings and I'm still considering replacing the crown race. I went by Rose Bike to get some bearings. Size 5/32. Since the threading on ye old Raleigh is 26tpi and not the ISO standard of 24tpi it would be quite the task looking for any new threaded races. The pressed cups in the head tube seemed decent; I wondered if they're the originals. The crown race was worn, but what a project it would be to find a new one. I'm still in the market, if anyone's got ideas. For now, all the parts were cleaned well with white gas (the best degreaser a mountaineer will have on hand) and shined up. New balls and lube and the headset was moving back and forth like a dream, with some bumps once the play was removed. Hence, new crown race.

Flatbar from the old clunker found by the dumpster by the Orono Land Trust trails fit the 26 clamp. Threw on the old bar ends from my MTB, and BAM! Handlebars! Now I'll return the bar I bought for 15 bucks, or keep it for the next project. Or use it in the up and coming zombie war by welding a nice 52T ring on the end. Great for killing zombies. Kind of like the "Lobo" from World War Z, by Max Brooks.

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