For Sale Raleigh Touriste 60cm Frame .

[winjohn]

This is a frame I picked up at the beginning of April and have built up the bike you see now.

You can read the thread here for the full story

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Thread '1989? Raleigh Touriste build.'

Apr 9, 2025

It all began with this post by London Classic highlighting a frame on eBay being offered for silly money (£16.32)


With it being less than a 30-minute drive from me I was interested. I was almost put off by the title of the thread which specified a 56cm frame which would have been too small for me but looking at the photos the headtube looked larger than it would be for that size, I was hoping it would be 58cm.

So at that price for a 531 frame and fork with canti bosses, in my...

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It is not a pristine show pony but makes a useful bike for everyday riding with the ability to take some large diameter rubber in the touring biased frame with its canti bosses.

It is Reynolds 531, not ST so probably not the steed for a two month trek around Europe. It has 105 cranks and rear mech, STX cantis, RSX front mech, Brooks B17 saddle and all the other bits you can see from the photos.

I have T-Cut and polished the frame but it still shows a fair bit of "patina" and I repainted the non-drive side chainstay almost the same colour!

I would have kept it if I did not also have a Merciam KoM and and M Steel tourer, I mustn't be greedy and will let someone else enjoy this one.

There is a small dent under the top tube that I have tried to show in the last photo in the next post but I hadn't even noticed this until I polished the frame today.

Unfortunately I am not posting this but I could meet halfway up to 75 miles from Winchester.

I am looking for £125

Let me know if you have any more questions.

More photos in the next post.

 

[winjohn]

More photos including the dent!