Comments on: Raleigh One Way: Something old, something new

By: utterly nutterly nutjob

utterly nutterly nutjob — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:26:02 +0000

at last some one is having the brains to build a normal bike, not one of these comedy crackpot job bikes, which i have to buy today.
this week i intend to buy a bike as you as showing, IF I CAN FIND ONE, but i don’t expect them to in the shops.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:10:22 +0000

TCS is correct, but Raleigh USA designers told me that they looked to the old UK Raleigh club touring bikes of old for their design inspiration.

Shimano has been around for nearly 100 years, but I don’t believe they were building 3-speed hubs for export in the 1940s and 50s. I’m certain the old Raleigh tourers used Sturmey Archer.

By: tcs

tcs — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:52:24 +0000

Uh, the “Raleigh” under discussion is Raleigh USA, a different company from Raleigh UK. Raleigh USA’s heritage is bonded Technium derailleur bikes and that funky off road bike with the 24″ rear wheel, and not “all steel” three-speeds.

BTW, Raleigh USA’s two 3 speed models use Shimano hubs, not Sturmey-Archer! LOL, and so much for channeling heritage.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:18:32 +0000

No real problems, Stuart. If you flip the wheel around you’ll need to move the brakes because the wheel position has changed.

By: Stuart Grant

Stuart Grant — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:20:06 +0000

Fritz, jut wondering if you’d had problems with the rear brake bosses on you one way?

By: Rex

Rex — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:30:33 +0000

Interesting, this is very nearly the spec for my commuting bike that I built last year. A 70′s Nisiki (72 deg 72 deg) with Tange No. 2 tubing, flip flop hub (16 fixed & 17 free), with a 45 tooth crank, fenders, lights, & drop bars. I run 700 x 35c tires just to smooth things out, and I use a rear rack insted of saddle bag. It is the best bike I have ever owned.