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Been a while but I've been fairly busy. Raleigh pioneer now has mudguards. Didn't realise the threads on the mudguard and rack mounts on Raleigh's are not a standard M5x0.8 thread. But got there in the end had to helicoil one and tap the others.

Great work, love the bike!

395 stamped on the BB , different number on the forks. Don't know if the forks are original or not, looking at photos online I've not seen any Holdsworth's with the same fork lugs.

That looks like a lot of fun! Never ridden single speed off road, would like to try that surly out though!

Planning to use these brakes, front one was a bit bent, rear has lots of holes!

The qr won't clamp the drop outs, it worked fine on 5 speed bike with campag dropouts so I assume they must be thicker.

Edit: if I use a rear derailleur it will work

Axel on the rear hub I wanted to use is about a millimeter too long for the drop outs :/

Need to come up with a solution for this..

Thanks for the info! It's my dad's bike, he's had it since the 60's was already repainted when he got it. Then he repainted it with some Pat Rohan decals and Austin Allegro paint. It's really light and flexible so I'm guessing it's made from the Reynolds super light. Also noticed the lugs are pinned but maybe that was standard practice then. Got the forks as well which are very curved.

Unknown lightweight, nervex lugs.

Trying to sort this one, got a Williams crank but no cottered axel of the correct length. Going to try and get one ordered. DS bottom bracket thread is nasty but seems to be working. Head tube could do with facing.

Nice, would hav had this for sure! I'm currently battling a few seat posts, going to try RJ the bike guys impact wrench method next..

Couldn't resist going out today! Chilterns again, so many trails round here just got to be careful as there are also a lot of walkers. More fun on a rigid fork, have to look where I'm going!

Ones with rod brakes:
Royal Enfield single speed
Raleigh 3 speed
BSA 3 speed
Sunbeam 3 speed
Dayton ladys

And the one in the picture below which im ashamed to say I've neeglected, a wearwell 3 speed

And a quick scrub today

MTB got a shakedown yesterday after I bled the brakes and installed a new headset. Nothing fell of! And I swapped the stem for a longer one and the handlebars for a narrower one. Definitely improved it.

Tried caustic soda tried heat tried to cut it out, but I've messed it up. My only option now is to dissolve it with caustic probably, think I need to block up the bottom of the seat post somehow. Had to melt out the bottom bracket, was a plastic skf thing.

Been wanting to do this muddy fox up for a while but the seat post if giving me so much grief

Put the brake back together, bled it, not better, bled it again just in case. Seemed to work for 30 seconds then started sticking again. Going to order new seals for the caliper if that doesn't work then they are junk.

In Chilterns somewhere near sonning common, cycled out of Reading.
Haha thanks yeh got to love the blues greats!

You say you don't enjoy it so if you want a roll up imagine having a roll up and how it's unpleasant. Your body is telling you something. It is possible to just stop, but also take the help you can get from vaping or whatever of you need too. I've not smoked for maybe 4 months, can tell me lungs are still full of tar but I'm kind of obsessed with not making them dirty again. Good luck :)

Mud was like treacle in the woods today, hard work. New tyres seemed worse in the mud than some 25 year old specialized tyres on my other MTB but maybe it was just that bit muddier...

Awesome car! I drive a C15, but the neighbours gardener has an Acadiane in the same colour as yours.

Yeah they are really solid, I think for the geometry specialized used on their old MTBs works really well too.
Not actually got the stx stuff set up yet just cleaned it up so fingers crossed!

Nice project!
I have a rockhopper from around the same age but it's the FS (front suspension) I had some rigid forks from a hardrock that work really well on it. I don't think these bikes where ever designed around suspension forks, the head tube dropped a cm at most with the hard rock forks so accounting for fork sag I'd say they didnt design the frames differently for suspension or non suspension.
I have an stx 7 speed group on another bike, seems pretty solid!

Bleeding the brakes is so complicated for my simple brain and there are some tiny parts that need to be held on to very carefully!
First problem, the brake lever adjuster screw was stuck, got some pliers tried to turn it but it just broke something, but there is an hex bolt behind the lever which moved it luckily.
Bled the back brake because it was rubbing, reset the caliper and as soon as I squeezed the brake it's rubbing again.
Decided to take the caliper apart, manage to get the pistons out with a floor pump, some plastic pump adaptor and a football pump adaptor with some PTFE tape around it for the second piston. Cleaned out going to flip the seals 180 and put back together.