1980's Raleigh Winner

Got given this frame as it was apparently heading for the skip! As it was a small sized road frame I took the opportunity to build it up as a singlespeed for the girlfriend this summer. She didn't want anything too special so I kept to a relatively low budget but tried to keep a retro theme going.

The rough spec is as follows;

The wheels are Zenith track hubs laced to Mavic Open Sports.

Sugino R2D cranks with a 46T chainring

17T freewheel

Retro riveted saddle from Velo Solo (http://www.velosolo.co.uk/)

Stem & bars were rescued from the original frame with a clean up and some new bar tape.

Pedals, seatpost and brakes are just generic items i've picked up over the past couple of months.

The next build for me will be the new dedicated track bike, watch this space.

Wheel Truing

Had a request to true a couple of wheels. On-one hubs laced to Rigida DP18's. The finished article;

Turbo Training @ Hearne Hill

Another Thursday night session down at HH. Session was as follows;

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Part1
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20secs sprint / 40secs recovery x 5
repeat 3 times

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Part2
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2mins medium pace
1min fast pace
10secs sprint
1min fast pace
2mins medium pace
repeat 3 times

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Part3
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10secs sprint
20secs recovery
repeat 6 times

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OK so i'm new to all of this but don't get along very well with Facebook and wanted a place to document my bike related activites in and around London. Seeing as the spring of 2011 is approaching it's as good a time to start as any...