greenfinger
Retro Guru
As the title says guy's let's see all those dyna-techs, m-trax etc.. It would be interesting to see how many we have on here.
Post your retro raleigh pics...
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greenfinger
Retro Guru
Here's my m-trax, xt/lx bits and bobs, currently being used around the woods evenings/weekends and traveling to and from work inbetween. May try and make it a bit more special someday 
Do 1940s Raleighs count? I have two of those...
1949 Raleigh Clubman, 531 framed, suprisingly quick. Sturmey FM 4 speed hub, dynamo lighting front and rear. All other things being equal, this can easily see off most mountain bikes on a straight road and it's very comfortable.
1948 Raleigh Superbe. Class. Feels very stately, and bombproof. Has dynamo lighting too, but this has a backup battery so it works when you stop (I thought Busch & Muller invented this in the 90s!). Every modern utility bike is at best a cheaper copy of this.
But I also have this:
I think it's an M Trax 1000, it's been repainted and will be built up as soon as I find some new forks for it.
1949 Raleigh Clubman, 531 framed, suprisingly quick. Sturmey FM 4 speed hub, dynamo lighting front and rear. All other things being equal, this can easily see off most mountain bikes on a straight road and it's very comfortable.
1948 Raleigh Superbe. Class. Feels very stately, and bombproof. Has dynamo lighting too, but this has a backup battery so it works when you stop (I thought Busch & Muller invented this in the 90s!). Every modern utility bike is at best a cheaper copy of this.
But I also have this:
I think it's an M Trax 1000, it's been repainted and will be built up as soon as I find some new forks for it.
greenfinger
Retro Guru
Cool! Any raleigh's as long as they're retro. There have been threads for alot of the other bike marques but can't remember seing one for raleigh. Not the flashest of bike manufactureres but they had the abilities to make some bloody good bikes
Any raleigh's as long as they're retro. There have been threads for alot of the other bike marques but can't remember seing one for raleigh. Not the flashest of bike manufactureres but they had the abilities to make some bloody good bikes
Here's my Raleigh Torus XT titanium from i believe '98
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The Headset,saddle,seatpost and forks arent period correct,but its mostly there
The CK/bonty wheelset are from '98 and i believe would have a place as an obvious upgrade.
I've since replaced the purple bar with a more fitting black kore one
And i love my torus
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The Headset,saddle,seatpost and forks arent period correct,but its mostly there
The CK/bonty wheelset are from '98 and i believe would have a place as an obvious upgrade.
I've since replaced the purple bar with a more fitting black kore one
And i love my torus
velomaniac
MacRetro Rider
Ignore this message, having image posting bother and hit wrong key
I know you have the big brother of this one, The " Moonshine"velomaniac":7ft0jlhz said:Ignore this message, having image posting bother and hit wrong key
Full 531 frame, straight blade forks and Deore DX parts.
Drop me a line if you want to adopt the lil brother
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Speaking of big brothers, this beauty belongs to mine:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=
Couple more pics in my gallery.
cheers
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=
Couple more pics in my gallery.
cheers
