My Bike rides

[Beekay 4,272]

There you go ya cheeky bugger ! You've proved me wrong, yet again. Well done mate, keep yer 'trackless ' trim.

[plantfit 7,097]

My latest project, A Raleigh rotorvator er I mean a Raleigh Activator, made mid to late 1990's, heavy, rubbish suspension, cheap components, uncomfortable and the tyres go where they feel like but when I worked at the factory in the 90's I welded hundreds if not thousands of those back ends so I got a bit nostalgic when this came up for sale

 

 

It looks a lot cleaner now after a good pressure wash, oil and grease and gears and brakes set up

 

Rog

 

[plantfit 7,097]

2 minutes ago, Beekay said:

There you go ya cheeky bugger ! You've proved me wrong, yet again. Well done mate, keep yer 'trackless ' trim.

I've also got a horse drawn tram (single decker) I'm converting too but that's taking a bit longer for some reason

 

Rog

[Beekay 4,272]

Found a super you tube video, 'Welcome to the trolleybus museum at Sandtoft'.

There's some cracking footage on there you might enjoy, unless of course you are already aware of it.

There's a whole list of stuff from them, which I'm going to enjoy wading through.  

[plantfit 7,097]

Sandtoft is one place I'm planning on visiting this year, they have two Nottingham trolley buses and one doing runs so hopefully I can have a ride on it, thanks for the info Barrie

 

Rog

[Beekay 4,272]

You're more than welcome mate. I hope you enjoy your visit.

Don't forget to take your camera.  B.

[Beekay 4,272]

Here's a cycle for P.P, and an engine for me mate Rog. Always assuming I've not already shown it...

London to Brighton rally. 

[siddha 796]

Excellent tricycles. I have a friend who fettles these not far from Nottingham he specialises in De Dion Boutons.

 

[plantfit 7,097]

Don't see many pavement cycles being ridden these days but I managed a go on one when I was in North Wales

 

 

Rog

[plantfit 7,097]

The Raleigh Activator 2  restoration project is now finished, all stripped down greased and oiled and rebuilt, I changed the front forks because original Raleigh ones were rubbish even on new Activators they never worked proper, anyway I got these new old stock forks (pink in colour) stripped and cleaned inside then greased, sprayed two coats of grey primer on the main legs followed by two coats of "quick silver" paint followed by two coats of clear lacquer, changed the front brake to a "V" brake instead of the original cantilever brake (originals very poor even when new) all I got to do now is ride the thing

 

 

Rog

[oldphil 319]

2 hours ago, plantfit said:

The Raleigh Activator 2  restoration project is now finished,

I really wish I hadn't taken the Raleigh Nitro to the dump now!

[philmayfield 5,353]

I wish I hadn’t given all my bicycles away now including my folding electric bike plus my exercise bike. At least they’re still in the family but 150 miles away. I was  pleased to see the back of the exercise bike though. They make for an incredibly boring ride!

[Beekay 4,272]

Where's the mudguards Rog ? You're gonna get your back bloody soaked when it rains. Not only that , but there's no pannier carrier on the back. Where's Mrs. Plantfit going to sit when you go for a picnic.

[philmayfield 5,353]

‘Proper’ cyclists don’t have mudguards BK. They love going along with a big streak of muddy water up their back. 

[trogg 1,739]

Here is my bike a Raleigh Mustang, the wife brought it me for Christmas **** years ago. I used to ride it every where now it sits in my shed forgotten. 10 Years ago my grandson used it as his had a puncture and he was going out with his friends for the day on bikes. When he came back he said never again and named it the Tank, compared to his it was.

[plantfit 7,097]

1 hour ago, Beekay said:

Where's the mudguards Rog ? You're gonna get your back bloody soaked when it rains. Not only that , but there's no pannier carrier on the back. Where's Mrs. Plantfit going to sit when you go for a picnic.

As you can see from this picture it does have mudguard or rather did, I took them off because they look stupid, as for Mrs plantfit,,,,,,sshh, she don't know about this one yet ha ha ha

 

 

Rog

[philmayfield 5,353]

How can you keep that hidden from your wife? Does she live somewhere else?

[plantfit 7,097]

Old phil, the Raleigh Nitro was a half decent bike, mild steel frame frame with lower end Shimano components, it was a 1990's bike and I welded many back ends on them, the frames were the same for many of the 90's bikes with mild steel frames just different paint schemes and a few minor changes to the component specs,

Trogg, the Mustang was a heavy bike I think that was Raleigh's attempt at the mountain bike market as was the Raleigh Bomber but the least said about that the better

 

Rog

[plantfit 7,097]

2 minutes ago, philmayfield said:

How can you keep that hidden from your wife? Does she live somewhere else?

not allowed in the shed mate

 

Rog

[trogg 1,739]

Not sure where to post this , I use Postimages to post photos , but whatever I try they always seem to come out small. Can anyone show me the right way , thanks .

[plantfit 7,097]

When I post a picture from post image I click on the "Hotlinks for forums" then right click on it to copy then when back on nottstalgia just right click and paste, hope this helps, I saw your picture of the Mustang, much better chainset on that than what they put on the later versions, hang on to it, give it a good clean and oiling and ride it

 

Rog

 

[trogg 1,739]

Many thanks Plantfit, I will try that in future, the bike is oiled occasionally , I retrieved it today to pump up the tyres. I am unable to ride it as my left knee will not bend enough.

[IAN FINN 570]

Put an electric motor on it trogg.

[philmayfield 5,353]

I think, even with an electric motor, there does need to be a certain amount of gentle pedal input. That was certainly the case with my Carrera Cross City that I gave away to my son. I wish I’d kept that now my hip is working again but I haven’t the heart to ask for it back even though he’s got six bikes!

I do recollect the post war bicycles that had a two stroke motor built into the rear wheel or a motor that pressed a drive wheel onto the rear tyre. ‘Cyclemaster’ or something like that?

[plantfit 7,097]

Just for you Phil

 

Rog