Modification Build, Vintage Raleigh 700c Road Gravel Bike Conversion (7.9kg) 

Living in SEA actually gives you an easier access and Cheaper bike/bike parts compared to the west, because Taiwan and China are just around the corner, I live in SEA too but my parents live in the west so I ocassionally go back and forth, so I can definetely testify to this :)

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Steel is real because it withstands the test of time.

@@acewilliams7917 Steel is real because you can whack it with a ball peen hammer! I'd never dream of bashing around an alloy or carbon thread-less stem like that.

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What are the clamps called that you used to set the over address? Could you share the link of the place where you bought them please?

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Thanks! Don't ever look down on yourself. I wasn't even skilled when I first started DIY stuffs few years ago. Just need patience and passion

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Thanks! yes I should have done that and it would have been perfect

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Those are what people call corner bars. They offer the stability of touring bike with drop bars feel

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@@AndyEFonRU-vid does not show anything... maybe because regional filter and shippability... Thanx!

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The color was coded as "Sparkling Grey", really nice color. All the best for your Raleigh project 😁

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Depends on what glue you use. Some glue are superior than others and will last even the toughest tests. And yes they held firmly until today

After a few months, it needed some tightening and eventually I opted to use the stock threaded steel fork back. While it lasted, it worked properly, but in the interest of longevity and maintenance free, I stick to threaded forks now

It has a lot to do with your arm reach. And this differs a lot from one person to another. In my case, I want a narrower option which will still offer stability and does not sacrifice comfort

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That's aluminum yes. It held really well. I am not a heavy rider in weight so there's no issues

I wish I knew. The bike ride straight as how it should be. Guess I am lucky?

As noted in the vid, the headset is 34mm, a normal size for modern road bikes using 28.6 mm straight steerer. I wanted to use my modern carbon fork on this frame. However old bikes normally can only accept 25.4mm steerer forks and thus their headset maxed out at 30mm, obviously I cannot fit in the 34mm headset onto a 30mm head tube. The dual seatclamps solved that problem as exhibited in the video and now I can use any modern 28.6mm forks I want. There's no trick for the seatpost, it's just a carbon 25.4mm tube with Schmolke carbon lug. The whole bike cost me $2500 approx all in

Indeed lol. The color code is Sparkling Grey (Samurai Paint)

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I have removed the headset after 2 months of usage and switched to traditional threaded steel forks for the sake of maintaining steel dynamics and feel of the bike. But it held good until I removed it

NIce, now it really is all steel! How much weight did the threaded fork add?@@AndyEFonRU-vid

I did all measurements and the clearance left for adaptation of 34mm cups to 30mm headtube was paper thin. Possibly doable if both the head tube and cups were sent for machining, but I don't normally do that, I always opt to improvise with whatever home tools available. As for durability, that setup remained intact with regular riding even on gravel, check out my other video of me doing some gravel adventures

​@@AndyEFonRU-vidWell, I get that you had to make this work, and the idea with seat clamps seems so simple but clever, but... 1. It seems for me like you have a nice, perfectly matched by color 1 1/8 inch carbon fork and just have to use it. I'm sure you could sell it and get samethin else(personally I like when fork is in contrast to frame, but still looks good). They harder to get and maybe more money/time consuming, but there are 1 inch carbon forks, also 1 inch threadless headsets and 1 inch ahead stems if really threaded headset doesn't fits your needs(thought that would be the easiest and proper thing to do). 2. Your solution is DIY ingenius but personally I would use it only with bike for local riding/commuting. Puting it on gravel/adventure bike for long distances, if that bolt in the clamp would crack or something else would happen, you might be out of means to repair it, no bike service, workshop nearby, you get the point. I hope you use some threadlock glue for clamp bolts. Before some trip I would probably put some epoxy "metal" glue or smth, to be less worried. 3. I saw the video, I watched it doing something else, and once i saw no top cap I've just thought "well, this guy is more hardcore than me in riding self-assembled bikes", so that seat post/headset thing is just nothing :) Breaking of top cap bolt happened to me once, of course it's not a disaster, but whole headset get loose a bit. ANYWAY enjoy that really nice bike, it took a lot of work/hours.

Raleigh uses the common 34.4mm British BSA threaded BB which is also a standard used by Shimano, so the Shimano BB fits in perfectly. No mods needed

This one is sufficiently new it doesn't use that weird Raleigh TPI shell

Although the diameter is the same, the thread pitch is different. Raleigh used a 26tpi thread pitch rather than the BSA 24tpi thread. That's what the Nottingham factory used if that's where the bike was originally built. I have a 1981 bike from that factory and it has a 71mm wide shell with 26tpi thread pitch for the bottom bracket. I have heard that a 24tpi thread will screw into a 26tpi shell but will jam after a couple of turns.

I had picked up an original Nottingham Record and tried earlier to fit items on it. Everything was from another planet I learned. Was going to put an Orange Vello threadless BB in it but sold the frame and moved on. It was and interesting bike had I been able to complete it.

The whole thing took me 3 weeks. 3-4 hours a day. Very tiring. This is my own personal bike that I ride regularly and I spent no reservations on the parts. It cost me in excess of USD $2230.00 all in, since many of the components are high end. It could be less, I just wanted my bike to have the best I could spare her

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The old stock weight was close to 18kg

@@AndyEFonRU-vid holy crap! I may have to do something like this. Fabulous Frankenbike!