Vintage Customised Early 1970s Raleigh Stowaway Folder Aluminium Alloy Brakes are OK

Brakes are OK

Tubes - Schrader valve

​Value: authentic Superlight models in this condition are becoming hard to find

Manual Bell: The manual bell on the left handlebar makes it easier to warn passers-by or vehicles to increase driving safety

5” to 36

Vintage Customised Early 1970s Raleigh Stowaway Folder Aluminium Alloy Brakes are OKI have built this bike up from a frame which was originally supplied as a complete Raleigh Stowaway around 1974 by Frank Heywood Cycles of Leyland. The frame, in my favourite Raleigh colour, has acquired a beautiful patina over the past 52 years or so. I have stripped, cleaned, greased and reinstalled the bottom bracket and headset bearings. The bike has then been built using new lightweight components wherever possible wheel set, seat post, saddle,