Raleigh 753 SB7191 Malcolm Elliot's Team Weinmann New ud-P3

[Maca]

Re: Raleigh 753 SB7191 Malcolm Elliot's Team Weinmann New ud-P2

Well its been a long time coming, life just seems to have a way of getting in the way. As does trying to get decals 100% right as well as find parts.

So the up date .......

Frame is now back and looking great in its pearl white and blue scheme, the decals are pretty much spot on (still waiting to get the horizontal "Raleigh" words 100%.

Found the correct alloy Ofmega head set.

By using a set of decals as the masks we were able to get a virtually perfect line between the blue and white that matches the shape of the chevron so you don't get any blue bleed under the red.

Found a lovely correct Cinelli stem to match the bars and original pearl white benotto tape.

Hope you like the pics of where it is up to now .....

 

[Maca]

Re: Raleigh 753 SB7191 Malcolm Elliot's Team Weinmann New ud-P2

Couple more.

Next step are to get the wheels back from builder, finish the decals, send the rear mech off to be customised and start the build in full.

 

[marshalllucky]

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That is just beautiful , amazing work.... Don`t know if you`ve ever seen these pictures from `85 , maybe your frame ? ( hope you dont mind me posting them ) although the frame on the right photo seems a bit smaller on the head tube and if you compare the seat tube decals to the bottle cage bosses ? maybe we retrobikers become a bit too obsessive lol

 

[Maca]

Thanks, I have a copy of the Mag on the left which has been a great reference but I haven't seen the pic on the right. Its great to think that could be my frame.

 

[Leopoldbloom]

Thought I'd start a thread on this build now that its about to start.

Going back to some point last year Hillary Stone was parting out some of his own frame collection. Being a Raleigh (SBDU) fan I noticed this one straight away.

SB7191 .... early 1985

It was a 753 but in a custom paint job. On closer inspection as well as having things like a number plate tag it also had the unusual (for Raleigh) simplex drop outs and front mech bolt.
Hillary advised that it had been sold to him as an ex Malcolm Elliot team frame, while he could not 100% prove it nor did he have any reason to disbelieve the person he got it from. A deal was done ..... it was my size after all.

Once I had the frame in my possession I did some more research to try and confirm was it or wasn't it. I can't be 100% sure but I'm 99.99 % it was / is a Malcolm Elliot frame.

So what did I find out ....

Its the right size to be and ME frame.
Its 1 digit away from another known ME frame which is SB7190 (also has the simplex fittings).
It was only the team bikes that SBDU really fitted with the Simplex bits.
The domestic Weinmann team did not stamp riders initials on the BB.

So based on this the decision was taken to fully restore it to team spec:

Weinmann Paint Job
Simplex 4000 Rear Mech
Simplex 422 Front Mech
Simplex Friction gear levers
Ofmega / EDCO crank depending which pictures or specs you look at
Ofmega / EDCO head set depending which pictures or specs you look at
Cinelli Bars and Stem
Weinmann Carrera 400 brakes
Maillard 700 hubs
Weinmann Carrera Rims
Turbo Saddle
Simplex Seat Post

Heres the frame as it stands.....

Lovely project - I have a few old 80s incl Fignons road bike and Malcolm's Last competition bike from 2011 season bought off him.