This has been one of my favorite builds! My very good friend John had been looking for a nice road bike frame to build up for some time. It was hard but, eventually i found a frame to fit his rather tall stature. It's a 63cm Raleigh Technium from 1986 made from "aircraft aluminum" (it's amazingly light for the era, lighter even then my Bianchi...) we got it for $85, and John was given most of the parts by a friend, making this a very cheap build. This beautiful bike rocks: shimano ultegra front and rear derailleurs, but only the right/rear ultegra STI shifter, on the other side it's the original down-tube shifter (suntour), a shimano 600 rear dual pivot brake, a shimano nexus front dual pivot brake (From eBay), and a nice shimano 600 double crankest. The gearing is 2x9 although we may upgrade it to a tipple.... updates to come.
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