Raligh Mirage a museum piece? 207mph pedal bike?

[ishaw]

Over the festive break I went to Brooklands to have a nose at the cars and was surprised to find a lot of old bikes, one of which was a Raleigh Mirage. To say it was NOS would be true, not a mile turned or a mark on it from what I could tell, but why it was considered a museum piece is a bit baffling:

So as I look at the pics, is a Raleigh activator and activator 2?

One for the BMX fans, a burner, plus some scaffold pipes, I mean grifter/chopper:

Now the 207mph bike - the record was set in 1995, so it is retro, though not strictly road or mtb as it was done on a rolling road on a carbin fibre bike (road shaped):

As if we needed further warnings, but a sobering reminder that it is not safe out there on your bike, not even if you hold 10 world cycling records:

Brings a whole new meaning to a Halford's special:

Hercules bikes - the finest lightweight bikes?

And finally, some proper retro bikes:

I just thought I'd post these as despite going to a place reknowned for cars, there was quite a lot of bike related stufff, even on buses and thought I'd share. Hopefully Photobucket will eventually display the pics the right way up, they appear the right way on my PC and in photobucket, so not sure why they are showing the wrong way up at present.

 

[MADJEZ]

Great pix, cheers.

Must visit it's not that far away from me.

 

[PrimalAdventure]

Was the gold plated Raleigh century still on display ? it was there a couple of years ago when I last went to Brooklands

 

[ishaw]

Was the gold plated Raleigh century still on display ? it was there a couple of years ago when I last went to Brooklands

I didn't notice it, but I have a load of other pics I can sift through. I didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked looking at the bikes, cars, well pretty much all of it, as I had the three year old son in tow, and he wanted to touch or play, or get in everything, so it's possible I was distracted and missed it.

 

[markwashington]

Some fantastic pictures, although why the Raleigh display decided to go with Activators instead of Dyna Tech, M-Trax and RSP is beyond me. I assume it's so the people looking round can go "I had one of those, I did my paper round on it for two years".

 

[johnnypie13]

Awesome stuff 207mph well you learn something new everyday

 

[lrh]

...one of which was a Raleigh Mirage. To say it was NOS would be true, not a mile turned or a mark on it from what I could tell, but why it was considered a museum piece is a bit baffling.

It was Raleigh's 1 millionth mountain bike, hence the "1,000,000" sign on it

 

[ishaw]

...one of which was a Raleigh Mirage. To say it was NOS would be true, not a mile turned or a mark on it from what I could tell, but why it was considered a museum piece is a bit baffling.

It was Raleigh's 1 millionth mountain bike, hence the "1,000,000" sign on it

I guess it could have been worse then.

 

[juice]

Now that's what i call a chainring. :shock:
All that little 60 T Paragon chainrings are useless against this monster.

 

[ishaw]

Now that's what i call a chainring. :shock:
All that little 60 T Paragon chainrings are useless against this monster.

I think the one hanging in the wall was even bigger!