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Rob Spedding

<p>Do you really need carbon-fibre, aero-tubing, electronic gears and disc brakes to enjoy riding a road bike? Of course not – watch the video below and you'll discover that you just need a bike!</p>

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Like many baby-boomers, Cycling Plus editor Rob Spedding has plenty of disposable income and a strong sense of nostalgia. So, in an effort to recapture his youth, he hit up eBay and picked up a great example of his first ever road bike, the Raleigh Sprint.

Universal bike image courtesy: Flickr user Birmingham Bike Foundry, used under CC2.0 Generic - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

1983 Raleigh Sprint - 13.8kg of Nostalgia (& Abysmal Braking)

Do you really need carbon-fibre, aero-tubing, electronic gears and disc brakes to enjoy riding a road bike? Of course not – watch the video below and you'll discover that you just need a bike!

Get your cycling mojo back – ride a vintage bike!

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