ksvb5368
Retro Guru
The bike actually never made the asking price so didnt sell. His number is also at the bottom so maybe you could see if he'll post it for an agreed price?
Whenever I am trying to find out about a potential bike I want to buy, I always try and find the catelogue so you can see where it fits into the range. There are loads of brochures online. I think this is especially good at the start when you don't have a good idea about component hierarchy ie Dura ace, Shimano 600 etc. Its also an idea to ask the seller the serial number, as for raleighs you can tell the year of the bike from this and find the right catelogue.
It is interesting to see some sellers reaction to you asking for the serial number, ie its probably stolen!
The next thing i think you should do is as mentioned above, learn about the hierarchy of components. Obviously the better the components the better the bike is probably going to be.
As for the bike you have mentioned about it is my opinion that you should not purchase this bike.
Raleigh actually bought Carlton at somepoint in the 1960's so that raleigh could have a bigger share of the high end market. However, in my own opinion the bikes declined from that point onwards. In the late 70's and 80's they were actually made side by side and I even have a raleigh sirocco which says it was handbuilt by carlton. Raleigh often, as manufacturers also do now, tried to push their own branded components. I think this was more on their recreational bikes. Certainly any bike I have went to see that has a raleigh crankset like the one have been at the lower end of the scale.
I think the sirocco I advised a while ago was a pretty good buy. Reynolds 501 tubing and would probably have shimano golden arrow components. Pretty nice in my opinion!
Whenever I am trying to find out about a potential bike I want to buy, I always try and find the catelogue so you can see where it fits into the range. There are loads of brochures online. I think this is especially good at the start when you don't have a good idea about component hierarchy ie Dura ace, Shimano 600 etc. Its also an idea to ask the seller the serial number, as for raleighs you can tell the year of the bike from this and find the right catelogue.
It is interesting to see some sellers reaction to you asking for the serial number, ie its probably stolen!
The next thing i think you should do is as mentioned above, learn about the hierarchy of components. Obviously the better the components the better the bike is probably going to be.
As for the bike you have mentioned about it is my opinion that you should not purchase this bike.
Raleigh actually bought Carlton at somepoint in the 1960's so that raleigh could have a bigger share of the high end market. However, in my own opinion the bikes declined from that point onwards. In the late 70's and 80's they were actually made side by side and I even have a raleigh sirocco which says it was handbuilt by carlton. Raleigh often, as manufacturers also do now, tried to push their own branded components. I think this was more on their recreational bikes. Certainly any bike I have went to see that has a raleigh crankset like the one have been at the lower end of the scale.
I think the sirocco I advised a while ago was a pretty good buy. Reynolds 501 tubing and would probably have shimano golden arrow components. Pretty nice in my opinion!
