So which Raleigh MTB is worth having? (Activators n/a)

[The History Man]

Just say the word............

 

[SpaceFlightOrange]

I have a Max Cromo 2 from 94/95 which I've owned from new. Spent most of its life in the shed and only non-original parts are the v brakes. I binned the canti's a while ago when clearing out the shed oops!

Just in the process of making it into a hybrid style bike with 1.95 city jets and full SKS cromoplastic mudguards.

Working on it at the weekend made me realise what a nice bike it is - really light considering it has an oversize frame and nice components. I was surprised to find to has a cassette type freewheel.

What colour is it? I have one from the same time (94 I Think). had it from new. It was a dark metallic grey. Ran a set of Ballistics on it until I gave it to my dad. he replaced the original rigid fork and threw the Ballistics out!! :facepalm: it withstood a ton of abuse from me and my dad left it outside for about 6 years.

frame was chipped and rusting in a number of places, and the decals were long gone, so I recently had it power coated, but it was a cheap job, and whilst it looks ok, im not happy with the colour (its a battleship grey!) and they failed to mask the brake bosses! sanding these down has stalled the build, but as Im adding components to it its starting to look great. got a new seatpost, bars and stem (originals were long gone sadly), a NOS chainset to replace the recalled version that was still on it, NOS front mech, and NOS hubs (all alivio) struggling to find a NOS rear mech. new cassette and rims. oh, and NOS waveys to replace the gripshifts.

Just needs putting together

 

[Wright_payne]

Re:

Hi

It was gunmetal grey - I seem to remember the touch up from my '89 Orion injection ghia was a good match.

I have the raleigh catalogue from the time. If you want any pics let me know.

Regards

Ian

 

[barry2017]

Actually, I quite liked my Activator.

Really.

 

[SpaceFlightOrange]

Re: Re:

Hi

It was gunmetal grey - I seem to remember the touch up from my '89 Orion injection ghia was a good match.

I have the raleigh catalogue from the time. If you want any pics let me know.

Regards

Ian

Do you? That would be fantastic! Thanks

 

[Retro_Roy]

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how about a Raleigh Mountain Trials The Edge?
anyone have one? has 26"Fx24"R wheels.

 

[bedraggled]

The SBDU made mountain bikes.
Although they didn't make very many, I've got one.

 

[Miggy]

A would say the Raleigh Alien would be the mtb to own... If you can find one. You might have better luck with a close encounter of the 3rd kind unless you've got lady luck on your side.