Raleigh Full Suspension - who made them??

[mrkawasaki]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RALEIGH-TEAM-ISSU ... .m14.l1318

Tidy looking!

Mr K

 

[pete_mcc]

saw that too, the rear end looks vaguely Intense-ish. It's a Horst link which should narrow it down because of the Specialized Patent so you'd assume that it wouldn't be a tiny builder or a short run due to costs

 

[Pickle]

When did they have those?

 

[OrangeRetro]

I agree that it looks nice, however I reckon this is the hardtail version...

http://www.discountbicycles.co.uk/biz/product.php?xProd=4230

The frame construction looks very similar, quite nicely made but at £269... Not top end.. :roll:

 

[pete_mcc]

That's true, but Raleigh have always done 'team replicas', I had a £99 copy of Barrie Clarkes bike from the early 90s. The shock on that frame is a £300 number which would put it higher end as would the Horst link and the sealed bearings on all the pivots

 

[OrangeRetro]

That's true, but Raleigh have always done 'team replicas', I had a £99 copy of Barrie Clarkes bike from the early 90s. The shock on that frame is a £300 number which would put it higher end as would the Horst link and the sealed bearings on all the pivots

You're right a magura odin doesn't come cheap.. but I can't find anything about a full sus Raleigh Team Issue.. in fact google isn't finding anything to do with Team Raleigh at all... I though that the idea of a company having a team was supposed to raise its profile... :?

 

[Carlos the Slackal]

That frame looks soooo familiar!

As it's modern, perhaps open the question up to the folks at Bikemagic or Singletrack?

 

[jonnyboy666]

i think you'll find it is someonelses frame that they have resprayed, looks similar to (but obviousley more xc-ish) the old club roost dh8, the rear drop out style not the swing link section, so i reckon it's tiawan built, the rear mech hanger suggests that aswell. the magura shock suggests german heritage and diamond back are quite big there so maybe it's a diamond back destined for germany then painted, after all diamond back and raleigh are connected at the hip.

but i'm just guessing!

 

[jango]

Looks nice, but it's tiny......one for the GF?

 

[cherrybomb]

Looks a nice frame what ever it is.