Raleigh Special Products with 'B' frame number?

[Grease Monkey]

From my own researching with a hard wired Raleigh Team enthusiast (he's got a ludicrous collection of road and BMX Raleigh! ), he thinks the SB frame numbering stopped in c.1992 at approx SB 135xx. This would drop in nicely with the end of the Raleigh Castorama building which would likely be the last time Raleigh produced bikes for European teams in the 90's. He also confirmed that the prefix SBW was also in use concurrent with SB, and showed me an SBW 10889 which was c.1990.

I really do hope they get their act together and start building to end competition frames again because the desire and the customer base is absolutely still there for high end custom and bespoke build bicycles and frame sets.

 

[Matt_wood55]

Frame number is B with 5 digits following, I'm thinking it's not Ilkeston?

Any ideas where it was built? Nice Everest lugset and full sloping fork Crown.

Is this the bright yellow 653 that was on the Raleigh Facebook page? Lovely looking frame if it was / is

 

[bagpuss]

I really do hope they get their act together and start building to end competition frames again because the desire and the customer base is absolutely still there for high end custom and bespoke build bicycles and frame sets.[/quote]

They do ,but it is Raleigh USA and believe they are all carbon frames . Raleigh as you will know have reissued certain of their old classics which are made overseas . I do not know how well these have sold . Having seen several I was disappointed .

We can hope they do, but I do not think there is enough money available to support a Ti Raleigh style team and that is what but them center stage with a production base to match .

 

[bagpuss]

I really do hope they get their act together and start building to end competition frames again because the desire and the customer base is absolutely still there for high end custom and bespoke build bicycles and frame sets.

They do ,but it is Raleigh USA and believe they are all carbon frames . Raleigh uk as you will know have reissued certain of their old classics which are made overseas . I do not know how well these have sold . Having seen several I was disappointed .

We can hope they do, but I do not think there is enough money available to support a Ti Raleigh style team and that is what put them center stage with a production base to match .[/quote]