Raleigh Milk Race
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losidan
Senior Retro Guru
Fairly base line model. They released loads of different editions over the years over what were pretty much the same base model. (Eg Raleigh Banana)Bona Kona":2xponbb8 said:
My guess from blind is it will be steel 18:30 basic tubing with steel wheels and Sachs Huret Groupset. Possibly base level Weinmann brakes?
I used to have an old Raleigh Pursuit years ago as purely a training bike, pretty much the same model I would say. Tough as old boots and took some right abuse.
Semi horizontal dropouts I would thought...Ripe for a fixed project!
Percybigun
Old School Hero
See here for full spec:
http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ncl/pics/ ... %20Library).pdf
They were a low range model so it didnt get a reynolds frame, but as said above the old raleighs are very tough. If its a 21" frame or smaller they are fairly light anyway.
The gears, brakes, wheels etc will be steel with chrome plated ((if still original), they will be heavy & prone to rust compared to alloy. You could replace these with retro or new alloy bits to make the bike lighter, smoother and easier on the eye. Dont go too mad on the spends though, i saw a 1988 mint Elan (top of the raleigh reynolds 501 range with shimano exage biopace groupset) on ebay for £70 BIN recently!
Well worth fitting a 7speed shimano screw on freewheel cassette, for more gears and it will transform the ride smoothness and gearchange. They are only £15.
http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ncl/pics/ ... %20Library).pdf
They were a low range model so it didnt get a reynolds frame, but as said above the old raleighs are very tough. If its a 21" frame or smaller they are fairly light anyway.
The gears, brakes, wheels etc will be steel with chrome plated ((if still original), they will be heavy & prone to rust compared to alloy. You could replace these with retro or new alloy bits to make the bike lighter, smoother and easier on the eye. Dont go too mad on the spends though, i saw a 1988 mint Elan (top of the raleigh reynolds 501 range with shimano exage biopace groupset) on ebay for £70 BIN recently!
Well worth fitting a 7speed shimano screw on freewheel cassette, for more gears and it will transform the ride smoothness and gearchange. They are only £15.
Percybigun
Old School Hero
See here for full spec:
http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ncl/pics/ ... %20Library).pdf
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They were a low range model so it didnt get a reynolds frame, but as said above the old raleighs are very tough. If its a 21" frame or smaller they are fairly light anyway.
The gears, brakes, wheels etc will be steel with chrome plated ((if still original), they will be heavy & prone to rust compared to alloy. You could replace these with retro or new alloy bits to make the bike lighter, smoother and easier on the eye. Dont go too mad on the spends though, i saw a 1988 mint Elan (top of the raleigh reynolds 501 range with shimano exage biopace groupset) on ebay for £70 BIN recently!
Well worth fitting a 7speed shimano screw on freewheel cassette, for more gears and it will transform the ride smoothness and gearchange. They are only £15.
http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/ncl/pics/ ... %20Library).pdf
Copy & paste the above into your browser address field
They were a low range model so it didnt get a reynolds frame, but as said above the old raleighs are very tough. If its a 21" frame or smaller they are fairly light anyway.
The gears, brakes, wheels etc will be steel with chrome plated ((if still original), they will be heavy & prone to rust compared to alloy. You could replace these with retro or new alloy bits to make the bike lighter, smoother and easier on the eye. Dont go too mad on the spends though, i saw a 1988 mint Elan (top of the raleigh reynolds 501 range with shimano exage biopace groupset) on ebay for £70 BIN recently!
Well worth fitting a 7speed shimano screw on freewheel cassette, for more gears and it will transform the ride smoothness and gearchange. They are only £15.
