Great story behind this bike, peel back the layers of paint and manage to find out who its made by during the video! comment below on what we should do with the pannier rack.
Nice work. For the rack I always think of these old bikes as practical work horses, so I'd be tempted to give it a quick sand down, prime and then a black gloss coat before putting it back on.
Not 100% sure but think alot of these are raleigh. If you look at the brakes caliper after cleaning should be a tiny sir walter logo. I thought it was Elswick hopper looks very similar to one I'm restoring. Think the front axle is 5/16 and rear 3/8 but they normally have flat axles. I'm also building a old raleigh sport atm and it's a bugger finding the right size parts that have the right thread as some use the 24 tpi and others 26tpi. Great content thanks for sharing.
That’s a four speed hub, clean the hub and you will find the build date stamped into it, something like 58 4. Meaning 1958 April. Rear carriers are sought after preststeel from 1950s
@@TheRestorationShack hope it helps, it looked like a two piece toggle chain as you can see it sticking through on the non drive side, that means a four speed to me. The toggle chain unscrews in the middle, small flat screwdriver on non drive and twist other side as usual. They are fiddly to rebuild but very satisfying.
Really like your videos,very informative and easy on the ears.keep up the good work,I'm sure your subs and likes will only increase.
Cheers, really appreciate it! 👍
Nice work. For the rack I always think of these old bikes as practical work horses, so I'd be tempted to give it a quick sand down, prime and then a black gloss coat before putting it back on.
Think that’s the direction I’m going, although it not original, it’s part of its history 👍👍
Not 100% sure but think alot of these are raleigh. If you look at the brakes caliper after cleaning should be a tiny sir walter logo. I thought it was Elswick hopper looks very similar to one I'm restoring. Think the front axle is 5/16 and rear 3/8 but they normally have flat axles. I'm also building a old raleigh sport atm and it's a bugger finding the right size parts that have the right thread as some use the 24 tpi and others 26tpi. Great content thanks for sharing.
Thanks for info and glad video was interesting 👍
That’s a four speed hub, clean the hub and you will find the build date stamped into it, something like 58 4. Meaning 1958 April. Rear carriers are sought after preststeel from 1950s
Will have a look, may have had a replacement shifter fitted, as that is only 3 speed. Another interesting bit to investigate - thanks
@@TheRestorationShack hope it helps, it looked like a two piece toggle chain as you can see it sticking through on the non drive side, that means a four speed to me. The toggle chain unscrews in the middle, small flat screwdriver on non drive and twist other side as usual. They are fiddly to rebuild but very satisfying.