John Tomac Raleigh Signature Edition (another one!)

[john]

Bit like buses these

UK based online retailer Kinetic Rush have dug out their John Tomac Raleigh for display in their Leamington shop, John Atkins Cycles. What this means for us is they’ve done a whole load of great pictures of this iconic machine, enjoy

Further images on the front page John Tomac Raleigh Signature Edition. Thanks to Kinetic Rush for the images, complete set of images and details can be seen on their blog.

 

[scant]

Bit like buses these

I've added my comments to the front page. but just for clarity:

"this bike above is 1 of the 60 Litespeed built models that were available to buy.
Mombat in the US has the same bike, with different components.
http://mombat.org/MOMBAT/Bikes/1993_Raleigh_Tomac.html

The earlier Merlin built frames werent available to the general public. There are numerous differences.
The Merlin frame is a satin finish. the Litespeed is bead blasted.
The Merlin has a press fit bearing bottom bracket with grease ports, the Litespeed has a threaded bottom bracket shell.
The Litespeed has a smaller constant diameter wishbone. The Merlin has a larger diameter that changes from round to oval at the seatstays.
The Litespeed has the classic 2hole dropouts that all Litespeeds of the early 90s used. The Merlin has the more open dropout design."

 

[FluffyChicken]

scant, what year is this frame then ?
I know the forks are 1992, but I have no idea if they are original (mombat used the 1993 forks)

 

[racer x]

Would this one be totally original spec

 

[minor_LEGEND]

Spec wise I think it's thrown together for display purposes.
Very close to early 1992 racing year spec IMO.

i was an utter Tomes anorak in my teens.

 

[ti-fat-man]

how tall is JT?

what's the frame size, as it looks proper big.

cool rig though...

 

[minor_LEGEND]

He's not that tall, but I think it's an illusion with the saddle being too low & the stem having more rise than Tomac used to run. Likewise the barends are pointing skyward. They ought to be stubbies & pretty much horizontal/parallel with the ground.