Show me your Raleigh's

[BiketoBasics]

Prior to the Kuwahara I use now, this was its' successor; a Raleigh Elkhorn with Raleigh "555sl" tubing and Shimano MT-700 shifting. Unfortunately, it developed a frame failure and was retired (in a Bladerunner sense).

 

[Gtpulse]

Prior to the Kuwahara I use now, this was its' successor; a Raleigh Elkhorn with Raleigh "555sl" tubing and Shimano MT-700 shifting. Unfortunately, it developed a frame failure and was retired (in a Bladerunner sense).



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That’s superb - is it one of the mid ‘80s USA range?

 

[BiketoBasics]

That’s superb - is it one of the mid ‘80s USA range?

Yes Indeed, mid 80's for sure. Was a nice ride. I would have liked to have seen another bottle braze-on on the seat tube and perhaps mid fork blade braze-ons. Replaceable brake boss braze-ons too! Not enough bikes have that feature.

 

[FredDeeley]

I’ve got one of these. It’s an 85’ with Suntour Mountech II derailleurs and a Sakae FX crankset. Easily the most comfortable bike I own.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

@FredDeeley I like that a lot

 

[Lucidone]

1999 M-TRAX 450. A little new perhaps but the plan is to retro-ise it with rigid forks / '97 components in a (vain?) attempt to make it look pretty(ish). Anyway, this is how it arrived and I haven't got far yet!

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Following wise words I'm going to ride this with the standard forks and see how I get on. Had a bit of a swap around, looking to add some M950 calipers, subtle manitou decals on the forks, a black bar and I then it should look something like I hope!

 

[joglo]

Following wise words I'm going to ride this with the standard forks and see how I get on. Had a bit of a swap around, looking to add some M950 calipers, subtle manitou decals on the forks, a black bar and I then it should look something like I hope!
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wow, removing also the Raleigh Decals from the down tube, made this bike a lot cleaner! Before it was a bit too much with the flame decals and all the lables.
I would have suspected that those decals had been under the clear coat, but it doesn't seem so, right?

I like it

 

[Lucidone]

Thanks, and yes, it certainly looks less confused.
Removing the stickers has left a barely discernable ridge (by feel) at the decal margins but the finish underneath looks identical to everywhere else. Maybe Raleigh put a further sealing coat over the decals?? My other M-TRAX bikes ('97's) appeared to have nothing at all over the decals.

 

[ibbz]

Following wise words I'm going to ride this with the standard forks and see how I get on. Had a bit of a swap around, looking to add some M950 calipers, subtle manitou decals on the forks, a black bar and I then it should look something like I hope!
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Love that

 

[ibbz]

My £30 Gumtree find
A Raleigh Courier with 3 sp Sturmey Archer hub gears
Great fun to ride and can load up with shopping and the wife at the back without any problems