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Did these heavy duties have a rear brake as I notice there is a bridge with a hole drilled, and looks substantial. Also the plastic protectors on the front axle are for when a bike is packaged for shipping to prevent the axle poking through the box. Did you consider keeping the original patina and making it an oily rag restoration?

I got a beach cruiser from a guy a while back it has same looking chain star and pedals. It’s called a diamond back Della Cruz. It most definitely have been modeled after you bike. The seat is the same too.

first time i seen that...now i know what a stretched chain looks like.

What tires are those? They look like kenda nimbus and the appear to be on backwards

I have this bike all original. No flaking Gold paint. I love this bike. Its solid. I replaced the tires and tubes 5 years again and it rolls so nice. Thanks for sharing your video.

Put a small washer behind the brake pad to move brakes closer to the wheel

Thanks

Mudguards?

Nice bike , don't like the plastic pedals ! I am an American , I live in England and have a 1940 Robin Hood which I restored to original authentic condition . I'll try to send you photos .

The silver pump looks really neat on the black frame. I like the grips, as well!

Nice work

I have the same shifter on my brompton

Beautiful bike and spot.

I have that seat on my 72 Sports. How did you remove that front spring? Thanks,, Larry Brightwell in North Carolina

You did a great job and I love the new gumwall tyres, but why did you remove the mud guards???

The metal on those tools is often flimsy and the lios get chewed up. Its easier sometimes to use the same bearing press and just a large adjustable wrench that can make good contact.

Nice looking bike. But it's the least looking sports bike ever no?

The Raleigh company makes me proud to be English! I must say you've done a splendid job on the sensitive restoration, bike looks great, well done!

What gear combination you used on that bike? Super cool bike btw.

Very nice. Late 50s 21" frame, original finish. Good bike. These were always geared a bit tall for me so I use 22T cogs on the hub.

So cool to see another Raleigh Sports getting some love! I have a 1973 Sports, black, all original but missing the chain guard. I swapped the original Merriwether saddle for a Brooks B73 with 3 coil springs, and I love it. Next up for restoration, I have a '72 Sports step-through in bronze green, with a 3spd/coaster-brake Sturmey-Archer S3C hub. I'm curious about the wheels you used, are they 650b? Keep up the good work, I just added my subscription!😁

great video. and bike is sweet too

Beautiful bike, this is the first time I see it and I love that fork. I noticed the chain guard right away at the beginning of the video and I think it looks cool an clean, would definitely keep it.

gorgeous bike, one of my favorites. I love the front fork

this is a good tip i was taught this many many years ago but what i did is used the washers and a spanner wrench same method it saves on the knuckles when the wrench seeeee lips

I have a similar home made set up that tightens with a quick release and two large washers. Same result. Yeah those older ones can be a bear, particularly if it's been forever or never since they were serviced!

Great work. For a more comfortable ride switch the rear wheel cog from 18 to 19 or 20, It is simple to change. You can order one on line. or look around for another rear wheel with an SA hub with more teeth. Good Luck!

Cool bike! I've got an 86 too. Yours is really original. I had to hunt for the Slingshot stem. Pretty rare bikes now. Nice job describing it.

Wow I have same exact bike. I'd love to find new decals for mine. You mind me asking were you got the decals? Are they water slide?

I have a Schwinn MTB frame and forks that were made in Japan of Ishiwata MTB oversize double butted tubing that is lugged jointed. The SN is BS34nnnn stamped to the US of the BB. There in no numbers stamped onto the steerer head nor badge. The frame was apparently sold as not assembled by Schwinn. How is your SN formatted and located Les

I like the handle bars

Very nice bike. The rebuilt wheels look appropriate too. Looked better with the original bar and stem, chain guard and fenders though :)

Well done video. The first time I encountered this problem I was puzzled . Raleigh made terrific bicycles and over the years I appreciate them even more.

Interesting... but silly design, every tire or tube change requires adjusting the hub, you'd have to carry a cone wrench around with you, in addition to a wrench for the axle nuts...

I had an older Schwinn cruiser. We visited Yosemite in the late 80s. The park rented Schwinn cruisers. We got back home and I bought two new ones. I used it a lot, coasters made for a great dog walker bike. I gave it to a friend so he could ride with his young kids. My cruiser now is a 83’ Stumpjumper single speed. I see a Heavy Duty s on CL now and then. Nice work on yours, loving the ape hangers! Cheers from Chicago!

Excellent! I too have a '73 Raleigh Sports, even in the same color. Both of my wheels were rusted to death so I bought 2 new rims in the proper size, but I neglected to keep any of the spokes so I don't know what size to order. I'm using the original hubs for both so may I ask you the spoke size you used please?

love the color combo

Nice, it's quite an old Gazelle too. Weird with the break calipers in the front and a coaster break in the rear. You don't see that very often. Mostly drumbreaks. Very large framesize. I think you're right: not the original paintjob. it should have decals on the frame. The chaincover is called a "lakdoek kettingkast" and are generally a pain in the ass. Cool that it popped up in the states.

This is a great project, I did two like it one with standard rear wheel and one with the kick back brake. a small adjustment on the rear adjustment screw can often fix the "no gear" problem. Did you choose not to have fenders?

Amazing barnfind and restoration! Love the red fork. The back tire looks like it's on backwards based on the threads pattern. Is there a direction arrow on it somewhere?

Nice bike

The green is what first caught my eye in the shop!

I have one two, but repainted it

Kenda still makes OEM 100psi slick gumwalls for these bikes... They're inexpensive. (The Swedish bike racks are also cheap and available.)

A graceful bike from a more elegant time.

I worked in a Raleigh dealership in the mid to late '70's to earn my college tuition. I sold and worked on many of these bicycles. They were popular with the students. Yours seemed to be from before 5-1-75 as that was the day that all bicycles had to be sold with reflectors and a round chainring guard on the front sprocket. I can't remember when they started coming with vinal seats but I would guess it was after reflector "D Day". A lot of customers would ask for that seat before it was standard equipment or get it later after they trashed the original seat. Raleigh offered the Sprite in two versions: a 5 speed or a 10 speed. Both came with French derailleurs. All those nuts with the Raleigh "R" on them are the British Whitworth sizes. They are neither SAE nor metric. Ditto for those steel brake calipers. The derailleur system was metric. Original axle nuts on the wheels would be Whitworth also as would be stem bolts and seat post bolt and saddle tilt nuts. We didn't like the self adjusters back then. The factory cable housing wasn't the best and would compress when braking causing a spongy feel. This inhibited the self adjusters from working at their best. Better cable housing was expensive then being Italian or Japanese ( from their pro bikes). Today's options are more diverse. Thanks for your video. It brought back memories. And I think you kept the bike as close to original as possible. The pletscher rear rack was Swiss. It came on some models and it was always easy to talk a customer into getting one. At that time the rack was about 7 dollars. Some customers kept the fenders and some didn't want them. In the bike boom days it was the fashion for everyone to have a multi speed bike and lots of Americans, myself included back then, thought fenders weren't sporty especially in mild climates( I was in New Orleans then). Gotta go . My wife is calling. Thanks for the memories.

Very well done video. I have a 1970 Raleigh DL1. The one thing not mentioned here is the wheel won’t come off unless you pull the forks apart. Try just pulling it up and off like s Schwinn. Won't go. Very peculiar, like most things Raleigh did. I still can't figure out why it won't slide off without spreading the forks.