I went to an auction this past weekend and came home with this Raleigh (and a stuffed mountain goat head). Of the four bikes there, the one that sold for the most was a Magna full suspension MTB which went for $90. A real Walmart piece of crap. This Raleigh was the only bike I was at all interested in and really only because of the leather saddle which was pretty rough but I thought I might be able to bring it back to life. Anyway, I wound up taking this thing home for $12.50
Since getting it home I threw on some white tires I had hanging around and gave it a good cleaning. I was going to sell the seat but when I mentioned it to my local bike mechanic he remembered that he had mis-ordered some Brooks leather grip tape a while back and offered to sell me the tape for $30 installed. I also stopped in to visit with a local (horse) saddle maker. He turned me onto a product called Skidmores. AWESOME STUFF. The job it did on the leather was way better than I expected.
Anybody got a pair of white shifter caps?
![Raleigh001.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7c6/7c6966375a3ce1708448e7a819d463f7.jpg)
Since getting it home I threw on some white tires I had hanging around and gave it a good cleaning. I was going to sell the seat but when I mentioned it to my local bike mechanic he remembered that he had mis-ordered some Brooks leather grip tape a while back and offered to sell me the tape for $30 installed. I also stopped in to visit with a local (horse) saddle maker. He turned me onto a product called Skidmores. AWESOME STUFF. The job it did on the leather was way better than I expected.
![Raleigh003.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8d3/8d3f304917ec781f187c9e17384c583a.jpg)
![Raleigh006.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/050/05064f7a7e9ace008f6b754ed569a00e.jpg)
![Raleigh004.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/97f/97f487a541021936dbd0c8577f82a4ae.jpg)
![Raleigh005.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/94c/94cad5fc3f818d4a6df029747d63bf6b.jpg)
![Raleigh007.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2e5/2e5e4ddda12bae5cebce60b22399f927.jpg)
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Anybody got a pair of white shifter caps?