Childhood Dream Bike Build come True.

Short video showing my Childhood Dream Bike Build.

My very first race bike was the Raleigh Team cadet with the aerospace aero 18-23 tubing painted in the iconic Panasonic colours. This was the lowest level model available and was the maximum I could squeeze out of my parents for Christmas. I remember being obsessed with the Raleigh Team Corsa which was the next level up which had Reynolds 501 tubing and the Shimano Gold Arrow groupset which later became better known as the Shimano 105. The first restoration we did on the channel was that exact model and is what got me hooked on restoring bicycles. After investing a lot of my time reading old Raleigh brochures I noticed the frame only section which had the Raleigh Gran Course frame in Reynolds 531c tubing in my favourite colour scheme, the Panasonic team colours. You can imagine my excitement when one came up for sale in immaculate condition, I had to have it. Not knowing exactly how I was going to build the frame up, it sat gathering dust for a while.

For some time now I’d been having some trouble with modern groupset’s with numerous chain snaps. My confidence had completely gone. After riding a retro Italian Rossin bicycle for some time with no issues I decided Id build the Raleigh frame up with the same nine speed Campagnolo groupset.

I set about finding new old stock to complete the build. I used Pete Matthews, the master wheel builder to build not one but two sets of wheels up.

Watch the full build and ride: https://youtu.be/oZWnB4FzN5I

This really is one bicycle staying in my collection and will be used regularly. Absolutely made up with this dream road bike build.

I hope that this video gives you some ideas, help and inspiration in your own bicycle projects. If you are new to the channel then please have a look around, we have many more vintage road bike restorations plus bicycle maintenance videos to help a long the way.

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