THE RALEIGH TWENTY

I'm a commuter and leisure cyclist living amongst the Pennine hills between Manchester and Leeds in the UK.

I wandered aimlessly into the local bike recycling centre and came out with a Triumph Twenty Traffic Master.

Attracted by the colour and half-looking for a Triumph (I had one as a kid), I rubbed a bit of the thick dust off with my finger to reveal a lovely deep blue mudguard. All the bike needed was the rear wheel relocating into the dropouts and a wipe down with a dry cloth.

The transfers are a bit mauled, rear mudguard is minus some paint, and the chainguard is missing, but for a 1978 bike these are mere details.

It's the most rock-solid folding bike I've ever ridden.