A great little video about the restoration of a Raleigh Bomber. Well worth a watch - it’s pretty short. I must admit the reason behind the restoration made me shed a tear.
[url= http://road.cc/content/news/99050-video-rusty-1984-raleigh-bomber-gets-glorious-sentimental-restoration ]Raleigh Bomber Restoration.[/url]
I had the exact same one - even down to the mudguards. "Superchrome Blue"
PX'd it for my first Saracen Ltd Edition in 1989 (Exage Mtn & U-Brake).
Ah, I remember seeing that before. Magic. Same bike here too. Loved it.
I had the exact same bike too, loved it.
I had one of those ('92 I think) 🙂Saracen Ltd Edition
Great video. Thanks for posting. Never owned a Bomber.
Did own that M&S sweater in the last frame though.
Great film. I bet that seatpost was a bugger to get out!
I think there was a Saracen Ltd Edition at the end of every year, using up whatever pile of stuff they had overstocked 🙂
The Bomber needs the correct circular rear reflector. But the slightly different new tyres suit it better.
Bloody brilliant
I never had a Bomber but I did have the same speedo on my bike 🙂
Excellent! Thanks for posting.
Lovely story. thanks for sharing.
Always loved the Bomber, (and one of the best ever bike names to boot!) but eventually got a pale blue, 5 speed Maverick which was even betterer, (but TBH still shit. 😀 )
One of my mates had a Bomber with the 3spd Sturmey Archer hub when I had a 15spd Peugeot Lynx - way back in 1987. On twisty singletrack it just totally held its line and rode over everything we attempted at the time.
