Recent content by fishwinker

Ah, okay. Thank you. I think I had seen the Gran Tour photo somewhere, but the script of the Raleigh logo on the downtube is different - did that depend on the model, or perhaps the year it was built? The tubeset sticker says 531ST and specifically lists the stays as well as the main tubes and...

Thank you - that makes sense. I hadn't realised that the W prefix meant that it was built to be sold as a frameset rather than a complete bike. I guess that explains why there aren't any catalogue entries from the time or details of the original setup. It would have been quite a Christmas...

I bought this a while ago, and the seller told me it was a Grand Royal. I think he told me that it was bought in New Zealand, and the frames sold there were slightly different than the ones built for England. It looks like a Royal, but it has a half-chromed rear triangle, and the tubeset is...