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Even more hilarious. I ordered the key NGN 1 from an eBay seller in Australia. He just sent me a picture of NGN 1. No wonder this lock was so easy to pick. I bet it would open with a blank key.

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The title alone is so clever. This bike reminds me of my Sprite (that I should get to spanning on). Can’t wait to see the restoration and/or alterations🙂
 
By the way, Those Raleigh’s can be a different beast to work on, right?
 
Even more hilarious. I ordered the key NGN 1 from an eBay seller in Australia. He just sent me a picture of NGN 1. No wonder this lock was so easy to pick. I bet it would open with a blank key.

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Yeah, or one of those TSA keys just ground down a bit.
 
Wow, that's more of a blank than a key
 
Once you understand the amount of loose ball bearings involved and are no longer surprised by them falling all over the floor, it’s not too bad. I really like the Sturmey Archer 3 speed hubs.
Oh I love those vintage shifters as well. The thumb ones are cool but the twist grips are indeed the business as far as I’m concerned…
 
I meant finger shifters
 
Oh I love those vintage shifters as well. The thumb ones are cool but the twist grips are indeed the business as far as I’m concerned…

Interesting. I have a few Raleighs with the twist grips in my pile of future projects. I have never used the twist shift and for some reason assumed they were junk. Now i am anxious to try them out.
 
Interesting. I have a few Raleighs with the twist grips in my pile of future projects. I have never used the twist shift and for some reason assumed they were junk. Now i am anxious to try them out.
Oddly enough they came standard on the Huffy Escape that I have. I recall reading somewhere that at some point Raleigh had actually made a few bikes for Huffy. I know the Sportsman was rebadged but I’ve often wondered about the the Escape because most of my other geared Huffys are Shimano equipped
 
Great work on the polish
 
Just rebuilt the peddles. Cleaned them up, new grease and new ball bearings.

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This was new to me. The cone had two notches that fit into this star washer that prevents the cone from turning when the nut is tightened. Genius design. Not sure why it isn’t used more often? This is the fun part of taking things apart!

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My 100 yr old pedals on Quasi had a similar washer and cone nut combo. It was my first ever pedal overhaul,so I figured that was de rigueur.
 
Tonight’s activity was fixing the switch on the horn. I had to take the switch apart and solder the wire back in place.

I have never learned to solder. This took me over 2 hours! Just one wire to solder.

70% of the problem is I don’t know what I’m doing. 30% is I can’t see what I’m doing.

I forgot to take pic of the finished solder. Trust me, it is UGLY. No one will ever see it.

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The horn works!!!
 
Tonight’s activity was fixing the switch on the horn. I had to take the switch apart and solder the wire back in place.

I have never learned to solder. This took me over 2 hours! Just one wire to solder.

70% of the problem is I don’t know what I’m doing. 30% is I can’t see what I’m doing.

I forgot to take pic of the finished solder. Trust me, it is UGLY. No one will ever see it.

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The horn works!!!
Trick is temp just like welding tin your iron with solder (usually on high ) shake excess solder off apply on surface and place solder on surface iron and solder should never touch let the iron it will heat surface and melt. Like all things practice
 
I’m about to ‘seal’ these parts with Boiled Linseed Oil. This is not a tutorial. I have never really found any decent instructions for this.

I am just going to mix about 50:50 BLO to odorless mineral spirits and apply with rag. I’ve done it before with decent results.

Always put the oily rags outside to dry. Spontaneous combustion.

Some of these parts have rust removed.
Some original patina.
Nothing polished
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