Coolwall : Raleigh or Saracen

[FluffyChicken]

Starting the year off with the important questions

Which is cooler?

Raleigh

or

Saracen

Vote away

( spun out from getting back into retro and now getting back to the important things in a retrobikes life )

 

[mikee]

Hmmm the hard ones first eh ?

I'll give it some thought , not as straight cut as it first seems

Mike

 

[mattr]

Very dependant on which year. And just going from one year to the next could change everything

 

[The History Man]

Raleigh.

God and SBDU made some lovely frames.

 

[mtbdave]

I loved the dyna tech models raliegh made, esp the team coloured ones in the early 90's.

Would love too find one of them in a 19/20"

 

[firedfromthecircus]

Very dependant on which year. And just going from one year to the next could change everything

We have to assume as it is posted in Retro MTB chat that we are looking at MTBs from the first each company produced through to 1997.

My vote goes to Saracen. First bikes up Kilimanjaro and they didn't build the Activator!

 

[mattr]

Even pre 97 there were good and bad years......

 

[sinnerman]

Re:

I'm sorry but as far as mountain bikes go Raleigh were never a brand that were deemed cool. And there in lied the problem, despite there best efforts.

 

[robdeanhove]

But in hindsight (from a view of 2014) the pre-97 Raleigh bikeshed includes some truly cool stuff! I vote Raleigh every time

 

[Dossa]

Re:

Saracen every time

Especially the early Kili Flyers.... Though Adrian Timmis' old Dyna Tech on here is one the best on the forum.