Raleigh Record Sprint (year?)

[stevesey]

Here's my RRS - not sure of the year.

I purchased 2nd hand from LBS around the mid to late 90s. Rode to work for 1 summer, then largely a garage ornament. Just getting back into a bit of cycling to maintain fitness - tyres had gone brittle (hence the red, couldn't find yellow to go with the gold, straight black on the black rims might have looked better though). Have a sprung seat post and I've just slotted the 7 speed on the rear, otherwise all original (and old parts stored).

Any ideas on the the year (I'm guessing early 80s)

 

[MrW]

The frame number will date it

The first number (after 2 letters) will be the last digit in the year

My guess? 1983!

Oh, and period looking tyres: http://www.decathlon.co.uk/dynamic-clas ... 76246.html

 

[Midlife]

Yep, the frame number will date it...........here's a guy who smartened his up no end

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=247409

Shaun

 

[stevesey]

Re:

The frame number will date it

The first number (after 2 letters) will be the last digit in the year

My guess? 1983!

Spot on.

...........here's a guy who smartened his up no end

Looks spot on - but I'm not really going for the "concours" approach - would like to keep it all looking as original as possible though - but it's still a bike for riding. (Used to own a 1966 MGB even at 25+ years old it was being used for an 80 mile daily round trip in the winter).

DIY anodising and staining looks interesting though - I'm tempted by the idea of a triple chainset, but don't want to lose the gold.

 

[MrW]

Re:

I've got the original spec of this bike somewhere, I'll dig it out and post it later

 

[MrW]

Re:

Here you go:

 

[Bats]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u8D91f2j8

Here's what they looked like brand new.

I have one that was exact same as this. I say "was" because I pulled it out of a scrap pile. Had all the wrong parts on it. Now it's my fixed gear hack. Rides really well.