A review at the time lamented the fact that the only British-made components on the bike were the Sturmey Archer toe straps. They were happy enough being used for braking only. You knew where you were with brake levers in the 1980s. After I hit a kerb on a cycle path and flattened both rims I put the Shimano blocks back on for the replacement wheels. The classic racing chainrings of 52 and 42. This one has a scratch from when I fell off in a multi-storey car park in Lincoln. The rear derailleur took a rear sprocket up to 28T. ![]() Older front derailleurs could cope with larger chainring differences, I believe. Not long after I got it Raleigh upgraded the Road Ace to Shimano 600EX with SIS gearing. I think when I bought the bike in 1987 it was the previous year’s model. ![]() My Raleigh Road Ace:įriction gear levers mounted on the downtube. A sprinkling of rust and a few scratches. It hasn’t had a lot of use and I haven’t had to modify it much (a 24T rear sprocket to replace the 21T original) it is almost entirely assembled from Shimano 600 components. Another trip down memory lane, then: a racing bike that I bought in the 1980s. Maybe I’m a bit too obsessed with order, but I can’t help being a little shaken by the variety of names on the parts of my latest machine (Sora, Tiagra, Tektro, ITM, 2200 etc).
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