1986 Raleigh Sirocco 501 - Neglected Racer to Restomod...

Whilst building up my Stumpjumper collection over the last year, i picked up a couple of Vintage Specialized Carbon Road Bikes - an Allez Comp and an Epic Comp after working of these decided to look for the 3 old Raleigh's I had back in the day the Sirocco, Road Ace & Quadra.

Here's the first my new Raleigh Sirocco project picked up last week near Chester. Its a 1986 with Reynolds 501 tubing finished in "Oyster with Wine Red Decor" and mostly Shimano 105 Golden Arrow components.

Bike is pretty dirty but mostly original expect rear mech and saddle. Plan is full strip down and rebuild with a few new parts but period correct except more modern tyres and saddle.

Here's a few pics prior to first wash and strip down...

DSC05251 by Matt Trimsport, on Flickr

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First small job was to remove that rear mudguard!

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Few pics with its big brother Road Ace prior to full clean and degrease...

DSC05286 by Matt Trimsport, on Flickr

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Few parts to source then rebuild soon!

Very nice, just needs my Team Corsa in there too

Had one of these BITD ride really well

Yeah great retro bikes, though not a fast handling as my Road Ace...

Managed to pickup another local Sirocco with a 24" frame but had the Golden Arrow brakes and Rear Mech mine was missing, plus threw on the Red Turbo Saddle from one of my other bikes. Have since managed to sell the larger Sirocco on at a profit even with the swapped parts!

DSC05743 by Matt Trimsport, on Flickr

Next is full strip down, clean, detail and add a few parts...