Recent content by tom.senex

Thanks Carl. Have also been looking at this beauty but never ridden titanium and not sure how good it would be for bikepacking trips. Have to say it's beautiful though: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Raleigh- ... 1837wt_998

This one has a Tange headset (whatever that means). Had a look at the Chinook but think frame it's too big for me. Also, bet the ovaltech chainring helped overcoming those killer hills in Devon. Forgot to mention this one has cantis.

Here it is, I have been trying for ages to upload a photo, hope it works this time.

Sorry about the confusion, and thank you all for your replies. Quill size is indeed 21.1mm, think it's a '89 Montage colour is 'cool mint'. While at this, would you know what were the top of range Raleighs of that era, i.e. with lugged 501 frames but guess frames were all the same just...

Quill size in inches would be .833 sorry not very good with cm/mm Anyhow will will into the Mirage and Moonrun (do they have a Suntour or Shimano set up, would you know?)

Hello all, yes new to this site but have stumbled across it a few times in the past. Basically, some time ago I acquired and old cool mint '89 Raleigh Montage 18 speed with a Suntour (ovaltech chainring) set up. After a thorough clean and a few tweaks - the stem was too long and the quill too...