I've been seeing a lot of nice Raleigh MTBs on the forum, Dynatechs etc. When I bought my first MTB back in 1990 Raleigh were completely off the radar and largely ignored in favour other manufacturers, Marin, Kona, Muddy Fox and Orange seemed to be very popular.
I had a bit of a hiatus from cycling from about 1992 through to about 2005, while I was mucking about doing other stuff, so I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on in the bicycle world. When I returned everything was made of aluminium and had bouncy bits at one or both ends and bore little resemblance to the bikes of the early 90s.
So when did Raleigh get back "back on board" and start making nice stuff? Raleigh aren't much in evidence now, so was it too little too late?
I had a bit of a hiatus from cycling from about 1992 through to about 2005, while I was mucking about doing other stuff, so I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on in the bicycle world. When I returned everything was made of aluminium and had bouncy bits at one or both ends and bore little resemblance to the bikes of the early 90s.
So when did Raleigh get back "back on board" and start making nice stuff? Raleigh aren't much in evidence now, so was it too little too late?