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Hi a mate bought this bike, it's badged as a Stratos but I'm sure it's not.
The seller was the widow of an ex-Raleigh employee and the bike was like this when he "got" it with the exception of the flat bars. I suspect it was decalled as a Stratos to get it "out the side door".
My question is :- What frame do you think it is - the frame number starts WB and numbered for 1982 - which I think makes it a Raleigh Lightweight Division (Nottingham) after the move from Worksop.
I've had a Stratos and as I remember they were not 531 DB, not red and not one of Raleighs' Lightweight line-up.
What may be a clue is the seat stay tops which are concave flattened - I've seen this on Raleighs a few times but can't remember which models had that feature. Other non-Stratos features are the chain hanger on the right rear seat stay, no mudguards mounting lugs, the position of the bare rear brake cable stops on the top tube and the bottle cage mountings. The rear drop outs are threaded for adjusting screws but they don't appear to be stamped with a makers name.
Anyone help?
The seller was the widow of an ex-Raleigh employee and the bike was like this when he "got" it with the exception of the flat bars. I suspect it was decalled as a Stratos to get it "out the side door".
My question is :- What frame do you think it is - the frame number starts WB and numbered for 1982 - which I think makes it a Raleigh Lightweight Division (Nottingham) after the move from Worksop.
I've had a Stratos and as I remember they were not 531 DB, not red and not one of Raleighs' Lightweight line-up.
What may be a clue is the seat stay tops which are concave flattened - I've seen this on Raleighs a few times but can't remember which models had that feature. Other non-Stratos features are the chain hanger on the right rear seat stay, no mudguards mounting lugs, the position of the bare rear brake cable stops on the top tube and the bottle cage mountings. The rear drop outs are threaded for adjusting screws but they don't appear to be stamped with a makers name.
Anyone help?
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