Can anyone identify this Raleigh frame for me?

[lae]

Enough pics? Phew. Frame number is WH7001066 so it's presumably a 1987 frame. 27.2 seatpost, Gipiemme dropouts front and rear... came with mostly Shimano 105 stuff and had a 'Shimano 105' decal on the frame.

I'm only asking because it's on ebay and somebody is asking me what model it is! I'd keep it but it's unfortunately too small for me.

 

[retro-rich]

looks quite similar to my record ace, pics in the thread i just posted, the lugs look similar and the dropouts are gipiemme also, mine also has the spring nut things on the rear dropout.

Wouldn't know if this shape is typical across all 531 raleighs of this era, someone else can maybe advise. Mine is an '86.

 

[retro-rich]

just noticed yours has two bottle cage mounts, mine has only one set

 

[David B]

looks quite similar to my record ace, pics in the thread i just posted, the lugs look similar and the dropouts are gipiemme also, mine also has the spring nut things on the rear dropout.

Wouldn't know if this shape is typical across all 531 raleighs of this era, someone else can maybe advise. Mine is an '86.

I have a late 80s/early 90s Quadra - ends, fork crown, 2 x sets bottle mounts and "RALEIGH" stamped into the seat stay tops are all similar to this frame, but by the time mine was built, the brake cable routing was the offset "five o'clock" pattern instead of dead on top of the top tube.

One other thing - yours has to be 87 or earlier due to the "Product of TI-Raleigh" sticker on the seat tube; TI sold Raleigh to Derby International in 1987 thus severing their links with cycle making, except of course as the supplier of Reynolds tubes.

Additional edit: Looks as though - according to the Reynolds decal - that this frame is 531 main tubes only rather than full 531, putting it at the lower sports/training end of the range.

Additional edit no.2: If it wasn't for the fact that it seems (but I could well be wrong) to use nutted rather than allen key brakes, I'd have said it was a dead ringer for the 1987 Triathlon model as the pale yellow paint and frame tubing spec is spot-on;

http://www.jaysmarine.com/1987raleighcat_uk_06_lg.jpg

David

 

[bowser]

maybe a triathlon ? looks right colour mid eighties built with shimano 105

 

[zotty]

Additional edit no.2: If it wasn't for the fact that it seems (but I could well be wrong) to use nutted rather than allen key brakes, I'd have said it was a dead ringer for the 1987 Triathlon model as the pale yellow paint and frame tubing spec is spot-on;

http://www.jaysmarine.com/1987raleighcat_uk_06_lg.jpg

David

recently done a rebuild on my dads triathlon and thats nutted ...

fairly confident its a Triathlon..

 

[lae]

Yep, it's a Triathlon - the non-faded paint matches the decals exactly. Thanks very much!

 

[lae]

And the bloody thing has a 531 fork as well as a 531 frame... I really wish it fitted me!

 

[zotty]

must admit its a lovely bike to ride!.. once rebuilt i did a fair few miles on dads (its out in Spain and i was there for 3 weeks!! whats a man supposed to do!) and i found the frame to be very tight .. dads is in gate size and still had minimal flex when pounded up some of those Spanish hills!.

so whats ya plan with it duder?

 

[lae]

I bought the bike for the wheels (Campagnolo hubs, Mavic MA40 rims, 36h) to go on my budget randonneury bike build, and upgraded my other bike with a few bits too. Since I didn't know what model the frame was, and consequently what it was worth, I just put it on ebay.