My TI-Raleigh SBDU Blog – Two Small New Features
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by Neil McGowran
11M ago
A website like ‘My TI-Raleigh SBDU Blog’ doesn’t take care of itself, it needs constant checking and maintaining. And over the last 18 months I’ve neglected mine because, well, you know, things haven’t been quite right for me. But thankfully, I’m in a slightly better place, and I’ve logged back on to see what needs sorting and tidying. After a quick look around, I found a couple of backend updates hadn’t been happening, some plugins and widgets had messed up and even my website emails had stopped pushing themselves through to me. It was certainly starting to get a bit messy behind the scenes b ..read more
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Bob Jackson Preserving SB498 NYC Reynolds 753 Show Frame
My TI-Raleigh SB4059 Blog
by Neil McGowran
11M ago
When builders create frames destined for cycle shows, they want the frame to be the best of the best. They want an object that represents the pinnacle of their brand. After all, they want sales, they want people to see they are embracing the latest technology. They want great press, and they want people to go away talking about what they’ve just seen. Step up SB498 representing Bob Jackson. New York City Cycle Show Provenance It’s amazing to see SB498 fulfilling it’s purpose, on display to the public crowds in New York in February 1976. Remember, this is only a few months after Reynolds 753 wa ..read more
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1974 SBDU SB9 – An Update Before Restarting The Restore
My TI-Raleigh SB4059 Blog
by Neil McGowran
11M ago
I’ve clearly taken the rebuild of my SB9 very slowly. Having well over a year away from my bikes hasn’t helped! At one point, parts from SB9, essentially the 1st generation Super Record Pat73 and 74 date coded groupset, were strewn all over the workshop floor. It wasn’t pretty! I was a bit concerned that my abandonment of bikes had resulted in me losing some of these important parts, but thankfully not, I’ve pulled all the parts back together and I’ll see if I can get this amazing bike restore back on track. To help me get back into it, and to push my motivation along, here is some background ..read more
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1978 Raleigh SBDU Reynolds 753 Special Order 61cm – New Arrival
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by Neil McGowran
11M ago
I’m Slowly settling back into WordPress with a beautiful example of a Raleigh SBDU bike. A special order dating to 1978. I love finding bikes in this original condition, unmolested, and from the original owner. SB1948 has lots of little oddities to explore. This bike should be a good exercise in reminding me about all the quirks of these frames and I’ll revisit some research I’ve done over the years throughout this post. A little background I bought SB1948 from John, the original owner. Sadly this is so long ago now, and the initial messages we shared on eBay have gone, things are still a bit ..read more
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1975 SBDU SB95 Reynolds 531 with Nervex Professional Lugs
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by Neil McGowran
11M ago
October has been a good month! It has also reinforced something I say a lot; “you cannot guarantee anything with the Specialist Bicycle Development Unit”. Just as I published my blog post about the unique SB662 with Nervex Professional lugs, another one has come along. After a decade of research and viewing over a 1000 frames, and never documenting one before, in the space of 23 days I now have two! Here is SB95, a 1975 SBDU frame with a difference. I had driven to London on the 26th September to collect SB662, and blogged about it a week later on Sunday 3rd October. Then the very next day, Mo ..read more
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SBDU Ilkeston SB662 First Look – What Does it Reveal?
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by Neil McGowran
11M ago
Sometimes I buy frames on a whim. In fact most of the frames I buy now are bought with no questions asked. I use my SBDU knowledge to build up enough of a feeling to just go with a hunch. So it’s always intriguing to get the frames back onto my workbench and give them a first look. Five minutes of scrutiny can give up lots of secrets. This SBDU Ilkeston frame gave up a few but also kept some. It doesn’t take long to take a bike to pieces, there was nothing exciting today, so no pictures here! The only item that bothered the spanners was the Mavic bottom bracket. Once the lock rings were remove ..read more
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TI-Raleigh Team Bike Number Use – Is There a Definitive Truth
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by Neil McGowran
11M ago
Is there a definitive truth about what each numbered bike was used for. Every now and then I dip into social media. I often jump straight back out after reading some comments. The problem can be that lots of statements are made, and worryingly, lots of those statements are believed. But what’s behind these statements, where did they come from, are there any proven facts, should they be believed without question. Hopefully in this post I can try and debunk a couple of different stories I’ve heard about TI-Raleigh team bike numbers. I really don’t know where some of these stories originate. I’ve ..read more
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Nervex Professional Lugs – A Unique 1976 SBDU Ilkeston Frame Joins my Collection – SB662 New Arrival
My TI-Raleigh SB4059 Blog
by Neil McGowran
11M ago
Yes, you read that correctly… an SBDU Ilkeston frame with Nervex Professional lugs. I’ve never seen one before. Even though I’ve viewed over a 1000 SBDU frames, spanning the entire period of the SBDU, I’ve not seen a frame with these lugs. That meant I really wanted to add this frame to my collection. Like so many other blog posts I’ve written, and bike purchases I’ve made, this story also started with an email; an email tip-off! That email gave me a link to an eBay listing of a bike described as a possible Mercian, but notably with an image displaying an SB frame number, SB662. The bit of the ..read more
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Alan Oakley’s Raleigh Dynaflite 753 (No Frame Number) – New Arrival
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by Neil McGowran
11M ago
Sometimes I feel the Raleigh Gods look favourably on me and send cool bikes my way. It’s either that, or it’s my dedication to a decade of blogging and networking to get my name out there that does it. Whatever it is, pictures of Alan Oakley’s Raleigh Dynaflite fell into my email inbox, and I muttered a little ‘thank you’ as I scrolled through the images. There is so much I want to put into this blog post. Sometimes my brain fires off thoughts and works at a pace that is too fast and I struggle to organise the many ideas in my head. I call it Blog Fog, and it can get so bad, it actually preven ..read more
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My TI-Raleigh SBDU Blog – Two Small New Features
My TI-Raleigh SB4059 Blog
by Neil McGowran
1y ago
A website like ‘My TI-Raleigh SBDU Blog’ doesn’t take care of itself, it needs constant checking and maintaining. And over the last 18 months I’ve neglected mine because, well, you know, things haven’t been quite right for me. But thankfully, I’m in a slightly better place, and I’ve logged back on to see what needs sorting and tidying. After a quick look around, I found a couple of backend updates hadn’t been happening, some plugins and widgets had messed up and even my website emails had stopped pushing themselves through to me. It was certainly starting to get a bit messy behind the scenes b ..read more
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