Raleigh Special Products Division Titanium

So...this is my Raleigh Special Products Division Titanium...

I believe the frame originates from around the mid 90s and the Look carbon fibre forks were included as part of the frameset. It was in an unused mint condition when I chanced upon it.

I decided to go for a semi-modern groupset, for performance and aesthetics, and went for a Campagnolo Record 10-speed from around 2007.

Wheels are H Plus Son Archetype rims (which I love and have on another of my bikes) around Campag Record hubs from the same era as the groupset.

Seatpost, stem and handlebars are Thomson. All finished off with a Fabric Scoop Pro Saddle.

Hope you like it!?

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Nice.

Looks similar to an R800 frame, but without the paint and flame job.


What's the frame number, that will help date it.

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NeilM":27ogdn4f said:

Nice.

Looks similar to an R800 frame, but without the paint and flame job.


What's the frame number, that will help date it.

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Frame number is K23128.

Have tried to figure out what that means but without much success!

Any ideas?

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I seem to remember that A was 1980/1 so K is 1999/2000, which is the last year frames were hand made in Nottingham.

We used to have a member on the forum who was production manager at the time, but I haven't seen him on here for a while.

The R800 was the titanium race bike sold by RSP at the time, the R700 was similar but in Reynolds 853 tubing. The Reynolds frame was also sold as a frameset (I have one) which was the 853... imaginative title ain't it. It is quite possible your frameset was also sold that way.

Is it painted? Or is that a bare titanium finish?

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NeilM":3jywjegt said:

I seem to remember that A was 1980/1 so K is 1999/2000, which is the last year frames were hand made in Nottingham.

We used to have a member on the forum who was production manager at the time, but I haven't seen him on here for a while.

The R800 was the titanium race bike sold by RSP at the time, the R700 was similar but in Reynolds 853 tubing. The Reynolds frame was also sold as a frameset (I have one) which was the 853... imaginative title ain't it. It is quite possible your frameset was also sold that way.

Is it painted? Or is that a bare titanium finish?

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It's a bare aluminium finish.

That dating would probably make sense as I have seen an identical frame on another site which apparently was purchased new around 2000.

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Aluminium?

Given the title of the thread, I thought it was titanium.

If it's aluminium, the year would still be right, but the model number would be different.

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NeilM":2m1dt0nh said:

Aluminium?

Given the title of the thread, I thought it was titanium.

If it's aluminium, the year would still be right, but the model number would be different.

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Sorry...its bare Titanium not aluminium.