10 Speed SHOPPER

[Jake B]

A few years ago I was inspired to build the 'SE Shopper' based on the 1976 SE Chopper!

As you can see I did a pretty good job on this one!

So by looking at this pic of the 10 speed chopper, you can tell which way i am going??

There's going to be a few challenges on the way, as I want to build it as though it wouldv'e come out of the factory, as per my last one! I have a frameset on the side, and a few weeks back i sourced the correct 1970 handlebars!! And buried away somewhere I have a NOS 10 speed chainwheel with 6 1/2" arm to complete the shopper look!

Now to get 'rare part locating' which includes finding the correct huret front mech, and somehow building a 28h 5 speed 16" wheel!

 

[Funkme]

Welcome to the build off,good starting point,hope you have a lot of fun with it...

 

[brett4christ]

Love those bitty mags! What did they come from?

 

[Jake B]

Those mags were made by Raleigh for the special edition chopper/tomahawk in the 70s.

This build will hopefully be a nice one to accompany the SE!

 

[kingfish254]

Welcome to BOTEN from across the pond.
I have always wanted to find one of those little RSW's.
Never heard the Chopper's called Shoppers, but I knew that some of the Twenty's had that name.
Are you going to be building up that small RSW like a Chopper 10 Speed??? This is gonna be sick!!!!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Very cool concept, looking forward to seeing it!

Luke.

 

[Jake B]

Welcome to BOTEN from across the pond.
I have always wanted to find one of those little RSW's.
Never heard the Chopper's called Shoppers, but I knew that some of the Twenty's had that name.
Are you going to be building up that small RSW like a Chopper 10 Speed??? This is gonna be sick!!!!

Well I just thought when it comes to making the decals for these it will look smarter if they say Shopper, like that it's only 1 letter change.

Anyway,I've just seen there's a mk3 RSW on eBay only a few miles from home. The owner has stripped it to bare metal. The reason it has to be a mk3 RSW is because the way the frame is joined together round the bottom bracket, it looks most like a chopper frame! Hopefully I will win this bike and it will male life a lot easier. My other RSW frames have every last part missing and I don't want to go round looking for every last nut and bolt!

I've pulled out the handlebars for this build too, also got the grips fitted! When I built the 'SE Shopper' I purposely chose to use US spec twenty handlebars, these are basically the same as chopper ones in terms of angles, except for the fact they are lower rise

 

[kingfish254]

Very cool!
Good luck with the auction!

 

[Jake B]

I won the Aucton!!! Now gotta get it picked up and the build can begin

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I won the Aucton!!! Now gotta get it picked up and the build can begin

Luke.

 

[Jake B]

So here it is!! seems as though the whole bike has been acid dipped, as virtually none of the chrome is present!

On the plus side, the first thing i did was see if the cotter pin would budge, 1 whack with a hammer later

 

[kingfish254]

That really looks nice as a bare metal bike!

 

[dezzie]

Need any help the twenty forum on facebook has some great builders and knowledge, mostly twentys but quite a few rsw fans also - https://www.facebook.com/groups/RaleighTwenty/

 

[Jake B]

haha, I am one of the guys on that page Dezzie lol!


Now as for the RSW, when i get enough spare time I will make it into a clean bare metal frame, but will start off with mocking up!

 

[gowjobs]

Very cool. I'll watch this one, for sure. The bare metal and patina is a good starting place, if nothing else.

 

[Jake B]

Progress!!!

The grass is cut! And the strip down began! Fitted the wheel rims I will probably use, and got the bars on!

 

[Jake B]

Got impatient! So went back out and started to piece it together a bit more!

 

[kingfish254]

That is a great looking chainring there!!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

On the plus side, the first thing i did was see if the cotter pin would budge, 1 whack with a hammer later

I've never had that kind of luck with cottered cranks.
Looks like a fun little bike!

 

[Jake B]

This evening I took it one step further!

It kinda works! Took meme a while to sort out the wheel but I'm happy with the outcome!