The Raleigh is Finally Done.

The temperatures rose enough that I could do my rattle can touch up painting yesterday. I was going to wait a few days for the paint to cure a little more, but I thought, "hey, I can at least put the bottom bracket back on."  It just sort of cascaded from there.  My main question was whether the chaincase I bought off British eBay would work, and it did, even with the 22 tooth sprocket.

The bike is sort of a hodgepodge of parts.  The AG Dynohub has the magnet and armature from a '55 front hub.  The rims and spokes are new.  The lights are Busch and Muller from Peter White Cycles.  As a tip of the hat to the original configuration, I mounted the taillight to the seat stay rather than replace the round reflector - which was rattling around with a broken bolt that would neither tighten nor loosen, so I siliconed the reflector down.

It feels good to keep a 67 year old utility bike on the streets.  It may have been headed for the trash heap - it was on Craig's List a long time before I decided to buy it.  I do not want to consider how much money I put in, so I won't.

It rides beautifully.