{"id":16516,"date":"2016-02-08T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/?p=16516"},"modified":"2016-02-08T11:03:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T11:03:47","slug":"kanes-retro-bike-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane’s retro bike project"},"content":{"rendered":"

I may live to regret this impulse buy but I just couldn’t say no!<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/h2>\n

Raleigh Dyna-Tech 705 frame from the early 90s (1993?)<\/p>\n

\"raleigh<\/h2>\n

Why I got the frame<\/h2>\n

I’d been looking for an old retro frame to build into a fixie for a while. Mike (Merlin’s customer returns chief) had recently bought this frame and it really caught my eye.<\/p>\n

Not long after building it up he was after selling it to put the money towards a new bike. Mike is something of a serial bike builder! It was a no brainer, I snapped it up straight away. Even though is a little too big.<\/p>\n

How to build it up<\/h2>\n

The next issue is encountered was everyone’s opinions on what to build it up with.<\/p>\n

Whether to match the silver lugs or go with full black components..? Shiny silver stuff is hard to come by these days. Black would be the easier option.<\/p>\n

Whether to go a little earlier than 90s and fit an 80s Selle Turbo saddle<\/a> or\u00a0to fork out for a 90s period Selle Flite saddle<\/a>..?<\/p>\n

I don’t want to break the bank in the process but I also don’t want a nice frame to be built into a tacky-looking bike.<\/p>\n

Gears or singlespeed or fixed?<\/h2>\n

I began my initial search for a frame in order to build up a fixie.<\/p>\n

Not long after though I changed my mind and was swayed towards going singlespeed. I’m not too sure why. Maybe because I’m a bit of a wuss and I like the piece of mind of having a front and rear brake. The adjustable drop-outs would make it a good fixie though…<\/p>\n

Let me know your opinion in the comment section below.<\/p>\n

\"raleigh<\/h2>\n

First things to find<\/h2>\n

Sourcing new parts shouldn’t be too hard. Although I am thinking of going with silver components to match the polished lugs which will restrict my options.<\/p>\n

Silver singlespeed wheelset. Perhaps flip flop hubs so I have the option of going fixed if the temptation becomes too much?<\/p>\n

The most important bit for me is getting a polished silver ‘7’ quill stem. They really do make a retro bike look classy.<\/p>\n

Ask the audience<\/h2>\n

If it was your bike what would you do with it?<\/p>\n

If you have any ideas on what to build it up with – or what to definitely avoid – leave a comment in the section below. It would be greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n

Here’s some more pics<\/h2>\n

\"raleigh<\/p>\n

\"raleigh<\/p>\n

\"raleigh<\/p>\n

\"raleigh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I may live to regret this impulse buy but I just couldn’t say no!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":16522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[1870,1871,1307,88,405,686],"ppma_author":[4643],"class_list":["post-16516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-merlin-athletes","category-news","tag-dyna-tech","tag-dynatech","tag-raleigh","tag-retro","tag-retrobike","tag-vintage","author-kane-knightingale"],"yoast_head":"\nKane's retro bike project - Merlin Cycles Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kane's retro bike project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I may live to regret this impulse buy but I just couldn't say no! What is it? Raleigh Dyna-Tech 705 frame from the early 90s (1993?) Why I got the frame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Merlin Cycles Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-08T11:01:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-08T11:03:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kane Nightingale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kane Nightingale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kane Nightingale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9bee9f6591f9f11cda6d7b47fc765932\"},\"headline\":\"Kane’s retro bike project\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-08T11:01:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-08T11:03:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":423,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/P1080704.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"dyna tech\",\"dynatech\",\"raleigh\",\"retro\",\"retrobike\",\"vintage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Merlin Riders\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kane's retro bike project - Merlin Cycles Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/P1080704.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-08T11:01:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-08T11:03:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9bee9f6591f9f11cda6d7b47fc765932\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/P1080704.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/P1080704.jpg\",\"width\":1533,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"raleigh dyna tech 705 shifter mount\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/kanes-retro-bike-project\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kane’s retro bike project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Merlin Cycles Blog\",\"description\":\"Entertaining and useful stuff from the world of Merlin Cycles\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9bee9f6591f9f11cda6d7b47fc765932\",\"name\":\"Kane Nightingale\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=ga5d0af6797bd59a09076b6e7619879c4\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kane Nightingale\"},\"description\":\"The young apprentice at Merlin Cycles. Finding his feet before he begins to kick down the doors of the marketing world. Or something like that.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.merlincycles.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/kane-knightingale\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kane's retro bike project - Merlin Cycles Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kane's retro bike project","og_description":"I may live to regret this impulse buy but I just couldn't say no! What is it? Raleigh Dyna-Tech 705 frame from the early 90s (1993?) Why I got the frame","og_url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/","og_site_name":"Merlin Cycles Blog","article_published_time":"2016-02-08T11:01:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-02-08T11:03:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1533,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kane Nightingale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kane Nightingale","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/"},"author":{"name":"Kane Nightingale","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9bee9f6591f9f11cda6d7b47fc765932"},"headline":"Kane’s retro bike project","datePublished":"2016-02-08T11:01:08+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-08T11:03:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/"},"wordCount":423,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg","keywords":["dyna tech","dynatech","raleigh","retro","retrobike","vintage"],"articleSection":["Merlin Riders","News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/","url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/","name":"Kane's retro bike project - Merlin Cycles Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg","datePublished":"2016-02-08T11:01:08+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-08T11:03:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9bee9f6591f9f11cda6d7b47fc765932"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg","width":1533,"height":1024,"caption":"raleigh dyna tech 705 shifter mount"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/kanes-retro-bike-project\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kane’s retro bike project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/","name":"Merlin Cycles Blog","description":"Entertaining and useful stuff from the world of Merlin Cycles","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9bee9f6591f9f11cda6d7b47fc765932","name":"Kane Nightingale","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=ga5d0af6797bd59a09076b6e7619879c4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kane Nightingale"},"description":"The young apprentice at Merlin Cycles. Finding his feet before he begins to kick down the doors of the marketing world. Or something like that.","url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/author\/kane-knightingale\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1080704.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4OgqO-4io","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4643,"user_id":13,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kane-knightingale","display_name":"Kane Nightingale","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80eff43d29ac6d67e1bd48caf1f4afaae90b3d55e87755e8754b71a800f05257?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16516"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16525,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16516\/revisions\/16525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16516"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}