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Offline JAY

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RALIEGH Aero Pro
« on: September 10, 2011, 03:04 PM »
OK, just thought i'd put these pics up for you Raleigh guys, basically a guy locally found me and wanted some advice on restoring his old bike. My advice was to leave it original as the rust looked worse than it really was and even though the bike came in bits and the parts were caked in 20+ old black muck, dirt, dryed up grease etc i could see the potential in the bike and said i would restore it for him. It came with all original parts except the bars, stem, grips, however he found the bars and grips he took off when he got the bike. The stem was still missing but had a tuff neck which stays on the bike. The only thing that could not be saved was the tyres which were totally rotten and the back cable which again was rusted and rotten beyond repair.The tyres have been replaced with re-issues and a new rear cable fitted.The Frame and fork dropouts are totally mint with no marks and chrome and decals are all original. The bike has taken a few months to complete and most of the parts have came up brilliant, nothing has been blinged on it, just cleaned up nicely. Anyway, he's a few pics.............Oh yeah, the bike will stay with it's original owner and be ridden on the odd occasion, so Darren, if your reading this, look after it :knuppel2:









Jay......
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Re: RALIEGH Aero Pro
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2011, 03:08 PM »
sweet  :smitten:

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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2011, 03:22 PM »
turned out nice :smitten:

Tuf neck looks great on there :daumenhoch:

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Re: RALIEGH Aero Pro
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2011, 03:53 PM »

nice bit of resto that  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2011, 04:46 PM »
Looks great that. What did you do to clean it up?

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Re: RALIEGH Aero Pro
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2011, 04:50 PM »
Good job  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2011, 04:55 PM »
Wow !


I do like the Aero Pro's  :4_17_5:

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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2011, 05:27 PM »
Very nice Jay, the chrome has came up a treat :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2011, 05:35 PM »
stunning.

would love a chrome one of these...

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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2011, 05:41 PM »
Some nice TLC gone into that well done  :smitten:

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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2011, 05:45 PM »
That has turned out well nice, i bet the original owner is chuft to bits to get than back :daumenhoch: :coolsmiley: :coolsmiley:

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Re: RALIEGH Aero Pro
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2011, 06:02 PM »

Looks super good , top work done & a real turn around  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2011, 08:12 PM »
nice, wanted one BITD   :coolsmiley:

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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2011, 08:28 PM »
handsome :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :smitten:
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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2011, 08:29 PM »
Fantastic Resto  :smitten:
I might actually build a bike this year instead of just hoarding parts :)

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« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2011, 08:29 PM »
Loving that, came up a treat

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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2011, 08:32 PM »
thats come up brilliantly  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2011, 09:53 PM »
 :smitten:  :smitten:  :smitten: love these bikes.... great job BTW... :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2011, 10:12 PM »
Nice work fella  :daumenhoch:    Turned out real nice  8)
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2011, 12:22 PM »
Stunning restoration  :daumenhoch:


Better to crash and burn than fade away

Offline Retrodan72

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« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2011, 02:02 PM »
I think I want an AP now, rode my mates BITD and it was sweet. Top resto Jay. :daumenhoch:


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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2011, 02:44 PM »
I got a similar rusty Aero Pro with a resto just like that also Jay! And it came up a treat too. Very rewarding, top job.  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2011, 03:50 PM »
Looks great that, well done :daumenhoch:........can i send you mine to do :coolsmiley:

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« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2011, 12:07 PM »
There were only ever 2 Burner's I wanted BiTD, the CroMo (Tange) Burner and this puppy - my god, that is a stunning bike, made even better by the Tuff Neck for some strange reason......

Both were made by Tange and spec'd with awesome parts of which absolutely none came from Nottingham, but look at what this would cost to build today, even if you didn't want the f&f.

Simply stunning Jay, top work bud and 99% original to the bike :daumenhoch:
Still limping......

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« Reply #24 on: September 15, 2011, 12:15 PM »
Both were made by Tange and spec'd with awesome parts of which absolutely none came from Nottingham, but look at what this would cost to build today, even if you didn't want the f&f.

Behave ya' self.... the DECALS were printed in Hucknall  :D :D :D :D :D

Great bit of TLC Jay... expect nothing less though really.  :daumenhoch:

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