One of the last bikes made in Nottingham by the former great Raleigh

[bikeworkshop]

I love Raleigh, my grandmother lived within walking distance of the Wollaton factory and my dad went to the launch of the Chopper there. My first proper (ish) bike was a Raleigh Even More Extreme. I spent my youth lusting after various Raleigh RSPs.

However, the Activator was utter, utter garbage.

Looks like this one at least has alloy Rims and hubs.
I've seen activators with chromed steel Rims.
Put that together with plastic brake levers, even the Canti Crowd will walk away!

So to be fair, this model is just Utter Garbage - we should reserve "Utter, utter garbage" for the steel wheel number

Knowing late 90s raleigh, there's probably a model below that too

 

[Y282]

Ended up the British Leyland of bikes. Such a shame.

 

[finbar]

Looks like this one at least has alloy Rims and hubs.
I've seen activators with chromed steel Rims.
Put that together with plastic brake levers, even the Canti Crowd will walk away!

So to be fair, this model is just Utter Garbage - we should reserve "Utter, utter garbage" for the steel wheel number

Knowing late 90s raleigh, there's probably a model below that too

Fair! I'm specifically thinking of my friend's, which is the only one I've ridden. That was lower spec than this one, as it had one of those unicrown forks.
God it was horrible. Felt sorry for him, at the time I had a GT Outpost (bought from Super Cycles in Nottingham for £160 if I remember correctly) and my other MTB pal had a Cannondale. His parents weren't short of cash either, just a bad decision.

 

[incorrigible]

Environmentally speaking, it could serve as a reef if dumped in the ocean, but even the fish might object.
I can see this being ejected from the sea and thrown back on land.