Raleigh Royal - Info required please

MartinB123 · Oct 1, 2015

Hello all,

I've see this for sale online with no info - can anyone shed any light on the Raleigh Royal and what year/spec this could be?

Pic below:

Thanks,

Martin

hamster · Oct 1, 2015

Very classy audax / light touring bike. A pal of mine had one, although later than yours. Nice.
those levers look wrong - flat bar levers fitted to drops. :facepalm:

MartinB123 · Oct 1, 2015

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Another thing I'm thinking of is the crank - would it have been a triple from standard? This one looks like a double..

biggs682 · Oct 1, 2015

last one i had was a double about 1985 ish , 531 main frame from memorey later ones had canti's

Martin Rattler · Oct 1, 2015

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The one in the photo looks to be from the ‘80s. I have a 1990 Royal with Shimano cantis and triple chainset, seven speed with indexed downtube levers. The frame is 531 ST. I think the earlier ones had double chainsets but I guess that they could be upgraded to a triple. They are excellent bikes, comfortable yet fairly nimble. I use mine as a light tourer/audax/winter trainer and if I didn’t have one already, I’d buy one! Or perhaps a Randoneur.

Vino · Oct 1, 2015

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Not sure how nimble a 29 1/2 lb tourer can be, but seems it was a good seller for a number of years. The 1984 version looks about right...

The first numeral of the serial number is the year of manufacture (e.g. '4' for 1984)

Midlife · Oct 1, 2015

Wasn't the Royle the Raleigh follow through of the Carlton Corsair?

Then it morphed later on into a more hardcore Tourer.

Shaun

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