1991 Raleigh Tomac Signature

This was my Grail bike for years - a 1991 Merlin/C9 Raleigh Tomac Signature. You can tell the Merln from Litespeed bikes most easily by the rear dropouts and seattube - monostay connection but the finish on the Ti parts is another, more subtle distinguishing feature.

this build is most similar to that Tomac rode in early 1991 with pre-Answer Manitou fork though the earliest iteration had the famous drop bars he had also used in 1990 aboard his Yeti C-26.

It rides just as awesomely as it looks and I imagine chasing Ned, Rishi and Tinker whenever I'm in the saddle.






I did race a slightly different build - Rockshox and different Tioga disc in the 2014 Keyesville Classic so this bike is no garage queen.





Here's the build spec as seen in the first set of pics:

Frame:​​​1991 Raleigh (Merlin/Easton C9) Tomac Signature
Fork:​​​Manitou (Pre-Answer)
Headset: ​​Shimano XTR M900
Stem: ​​​Tioga T-bone Avenger
Handlebar: ​​Tioga Mountain XT Carbo
Grips: ​​​ODI Attack
Bar ends: ​​Tioga Power Studs
Brakes:​​​Shimano XTR M900 ​​
Brake Pads:​​Shimano XTR M900
Brake Cables: ​​Shimano XTR Grey housing
Cable hangers:​​Shimano M900
Cable Guides:​​Shimano Dura Ace
Shift/Brake Levers: ​Shimano XTR M900
Derailleur Cables: ​Shimano XTR Grey housing
Front Derailleur: ​Shimano XTR M900
Rear Derailleur:​​Shimano XTR M900
Cassette: ​​Shimano XTR M900
Chain:​​​Shimano
Cranks:​​​Shimano XTR M900
Crank Bolts: ​​SRP Ti
Chainrings: ​​Shimano
Chainring bolts: ​SRP Ti
Bottom Bracket: ​Ti spindle
Pedals:​​​Shimano M737
Bottle Cage:​​King Ti
Hub Skewers:​​Ringle
Rims:​​​Mavic 231 Ceramic (F)/Sun (R)
Hubs: ​​​Shimano Deore XTR M900
Spokes:​​​14g (F)/Tioga Disc (R)
Tyres: ​​​Tioga Trail Dawg (F)/Mud Dawg R
Tubes: ​​​Pink Latex
Saddle:​​​Selle Italia Flite Ti
Seatpost:​​Tioga Carbon

Very very nice

looks great dude, really want another disc drive now haha

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CCMDoc":soqx6bmy said:

I imagine chasing Ned, Rishi and Tinker whenever I'm in the saddle.

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I bet! I would imagine tailing Frischi for the same reason. Great to see it being used as intended

What part did M900 XTR play in early 1991? I'm sure its commercial release was for the 92 season so there must have been loads of pre-production stuff around in 91 but how early?

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Love it when I see bikes of this caliber being used for what they were designed for!

This is all kinds of amazing!

I was reading some blogs the other day about Tomac's old frames (the infamous garage sale circa 2006-08??) and there was mention of one that sold for upwards of USD6000 - is this te one I'm on about?

As with many others I'm very envious - I collected pictures of Tomac and had a collage of them on my bedroom wall as a kid, I even did a project for school about him and I was always excited to see the next magazine issues with pics of his bike featuring different components. So the fact that you have a few variations on the build is also very impressive! Especially that mint original Disk Drive and a 32H DD-Pro too!

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Amazing. Grail bike for me too.

I'll never find one though...

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That is HAWT!

Insane. Good to see one still charging!