Raleigh Record Sprint (year?)

stevesey

Dirt Disciple
Here's my RRS - not sure of the year.

I purchased 2nd hand from LBS around the mid to late 90s. Rode to work for 1 summer, then largely a garage ornament. Just getting back into a bit of cycling to maintain fitness - tyres had gone brittle (hence the red, couldn't find yellow to go with the gold, straight black on the black rims might have looked better though). Have a sprung seat post and I've just slotted the 7 speed on the rear, otherwise all original (and old parts stored).

Any ideas on the the year (I'm guessing early 80s)
 

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MrW":2qob8c9b said:
The frame number will date it

The first number (after 2 letters) will be the last digit in the year

My guess? 1983!
Spot on.

Midlife":2qob8c9b said:
...........here's a guy who smartened his up no end :)
Looks spot on - but I'm not really going for the "concours" approach - would like to keep it all looking as original as possible though - but it's still a bike for riding. (Used to own a 1966 MGB even at 25+ years old it was being used for an 80 mile daily round trip in the winter).

DIY anodising and staining looks interesting though - I'm tempted by the idea of a triple chainset, but don't want to lose the gold.
 
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I've got the original spec of this bike somewhere, I'll dig it out and post it later :)
 
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