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Pink, black and white. I’m not sure about that red front wheel yet. I’m hoping the rust cleans up off the rear wheel.

It could be any time. I can't imagine having time to do an additional build before the holidays either.

I hate to make a suggestion and then back out but I found out that my son and his girlfriend/fiancee/whatever will be visiting from...

Pondo.........the bike as a gift for your birthday or $5 ?? It sounds like you're "fishing" for donations! 😂 I think you've been...

Got my Amazon package yesterday with a 20t rear sprocket for this thing, so I spent an hour juggling cranksets, sprockets, and bottom...

Aaaaand we have a springer. Now hopefully there's enough room to get a fender up in there...

Little stuff: Swapped out the grips for some white Western Flyer grips and cleaned the whitewalls a little. Bigger news: I have...

WHOA. Now that went surprisingly well... I have been researching what parts are missing off this bike. Along with the whole front end...

Daylight: Not only did the tires hold air all night, but after taking off the noisy hub shiners, this thing was dead silent on a trip...

I don't know that this is a build so much as me picking away at what was once a beautiful bike in an effort to make it less tragic. I...

Looking good so far!

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I had another thought. If you guys want to do a separate Raleigh step thru build off, I'll hold this one and build my Colson step thru...

Are you going to paint it two tone pink and red?

I’m ready to start with sanding and prep for painting.