Lucky 7s Raleigh Maverick 1985ish???

[Charlieboy28]

logged onto ebay last night and came across a bike at £4 ish quid with a minute left to go that was relatively local,

did my usual lucky 7s i.e £7.77 and ended up winning the bloody thing

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1439.l2649

I believe its a Raleigh Maverick from mid 80's , i usually detest raleighs but this seemed to have a certain charm, havent picked it up yet though,

anyone got the low down on these things?, it looks pretty basic and low tec,

it also looks a bit like an early stumpy to my ignorant eyes, mixed with a bomber , im pretty sure its an SR BMX stem on it also

so have i bought an anchor or something that will bring a smile?

info appreciated

 

[legrandefromage]

They make great anchors/ paperweights/ weigh it in/ throw it at an enemy/ give it to Petemcc

 

[Charlieboy28]

They make great anchors/ paperweights/ weigh it in/ throw it at an enemy/ give it to Petemcc

but you have to admit it has a certain charm

 

[legrandefromage]

They make great anchors/ paperweights/ weigh it in/ throw it at an enemy/ give it to Petemcc

but you have to admit it has a certain charm

Retro BSO's dont get any better with age.

Polish it and flog it to some trendy at a car boot sale for £30

 

[hydorah]

Yeah it's a shame it looks nice and it's a survivor, but even for 1985/6 it was hideously out of date

5 gears? Caliper brakes? Steel rims?

It was a con back then, a pretend MTB for parents to buy 'cos they'd heard of the brand

You did however score a bargain, as a town bike it will be heavy, but kind of funky like LGF says, for people that think like that

 

[pete_mcc]

They make great anchors/ paperweights/ weigh it in/ throw it at an enemy/ give it to Petemcc

You can go off people very quickly. That's not the sort of thing you would wish on your worst enemy.

 

[terryhfs]

The Maverick 5 (this one) was a bot of a heavy monster MTB-lookalike. The Maverick 15, despite the HTS frame was a properly capable mountain bike. This is from 1985/6 at the latest.

 

[DeletedUser006]

I love Mavericks

My 1st bike was Maverick and had to get one to relive my yoof, Sadly passed I it to Maverick on the forum funnily enough , even though they are a lump and not high spec the Maverick 15 I had below was cool, lots of fun and rode real nice I did put deerhead mechs on it for some +ve gear changing

I love the original advert too

The 5 was low spec wth sidepull brakes and only 5 gears , you could Hot rod it - Weld some disc tabs on it for a laugh as you have no canti mounts would be vey cool that way