For Sale Very Rare Raleigh USA Technium MT600

[RobtheGob]

Hi I have just registered and thought this would be of interest to your membership group:

FOR SALE:
My Raleigh USA Technium MT600 was bought new from Raleigh Head Office in Nottingham in 1993 and I am ashamed to say has had very little use!

I am aware this was manufactured by Raleigh USA as it was the "one mint sample" sent over from Raleigh USA to Raleigh GB and was on display in the Raleigh Head Office Triumph Road Board Room of "Raleigh Special Products Division" from whom I purchased it on 16th December 1993.

This is therefore a very rare bike in original great condition for its age and my paperwork proves provenance.
It has always been stored inside. Everything on it is original specification.
The paperwork denotes the Bottom Bracket Number and the manufacturing barcode.
I have the letter headed receipt which shows and confirms all this.

I do want to sell it now and believe it would be sought after by a serious collector to be used or be on display in a Cycle Museum.
If someone at Retrobike wishes to advise me what is best, I will be guided by you.
It is available for collection from Nottingham.
£750
Serious offers considered as I would like it to go to someone who would appreciate it.
I look froward to your reply.
Kind Regards
Rob

 

[mk one]

No offers @RobtheGob it needs a price adding please.

 

[RobtheGob]

Hi ,
Sorry not sure how much would be a realistic price for my very rare vintage Raleigh.
Please put it on for £750.

 

[shepp]

Hi Rob, though the bike isn’t common and in great condition, its unlikely to be worth that kind of money. Being an aluminum frame, a lower gear group set and lower end stem/bars/seatpost it would be a cheaper bike when new (£400-500?). General rule is a bikes very unlikely to be worth more than it is sold as parts, nor more than when the bike was sold new. Hope this helps. Dan

 

[Markybeau]

The really desirable Raleighs of this period were, mostly, made of titanium. Raleigh weren't a brand closely associated with aluminium. Whilst this is 'rare' in the UK, it needs to have a u.s.p that makes it desirable - it doesn't. Unfortunately, as clean and unused as it is, this is niche and unremarkable, even for a collector. For someone such as myself, who likes a Raleigh, it's still niche and not something that would interest me. There are a huge number of old bikes out there, many of them 'rare' and the collector market is currently shrinking. During Covid you would likely have had people queuing round the block to buy it. Not now. I wish you the best of luck with your sale.

 

[Frankenorange]

In today's market, even in such great condition and with uts provenance, the price on this should be more £75 than £750.

 

[RobtheGob]

Hi Rob, though the bike isn’t common and in great condition, its unlikely to be worth that kind of money. Being an aluminum frame, a lower gear group set and lower end stem/bars/seatpost it would be a cheaper bike when new (£400-500?). General rule is a bikes very unlikely to be worth more than it is sold as parts, nor more than when the bike was sold new. Hope this helps. Dan

Hi Dan,
Many thanks for your kind words. I take onboard your comments and will reduce the price accordingly.
I only took it out once for a ride for about 3 miles to accompany my children on their new Raleigh bikes in December 1993. After that they went out on their own as most kids do!

I have only ever seen another one of this USA MT600 bike when I was in Spain on business many years ago.

My very good friend was the manager of Raleigh Special Products Division in 1993 and was kind enough to sell it too me from their Board Room where it had been on display.
I appreciate a lot of the kit that was on this bike was ahead of its time and aluminium, as Ivan told me they were working on considering titanium construction in Raleigh UK.

Hopefully it will be of interest to someone with its history and provenance.
£300 and Collection only from Nottingham NG9
Kind Regards
Rob

 

[Black_puma]

Hi I have just registered and thought this would be of interest to your membership group:

FOR SALE:
My Raleigh USA Technium MT600 was bought new from Raleigh Head Office in Nottingham in 1993 and I am ashamed to say has had very little use!

I am aware this was manufactured by Raleigh USA as it was the "one mint sample" sent over from Raleigh USA to Raleigh GB and was on display in the Raleigh Head Office Triumph Road Board Room of "Raleigh Special Products Division" from whom I purchased it on 16th December 1993.

This is therefore a very rare bike in original great condition for its age and my paperwork proves provenance.
It has always been stored inside. Everything on it is original specification.
The paperwork denotes the Bottom Bracket Number and the manufacturing barcode.
I have the letter headed receipt which shows and confirms all this.

I do want to sell it now and believe it would be sought after by a serious collector to be used or be on display in a Cycle Museum.
If someone at Retrobike wishes to advise me what is best, I will be guided by you.
It is available for collection from Nottingham.
£750
Serious offers considered as I would like it to go to someone who would appreciate it.
I look froward to your reply.
Kind Regards
Rob

I am really confused by this frame as it seems to have a lot of out of place things going on, as in non consistent joints, the head tube joint looks like it's an aluminium frame with chunky welds. Then moving to the seat tube joint it looks like a steel frame with the smaller welds, then moving to the bottom bracket area, the chain stays look to be welded too, like a regular frame, but the the down tube joint with the bottom bracket shell looks to be bonded..?????
I get it, it may be a rare frame in the UK, but it certainly isn't a high end model as the joints aren't consistent and are not of a very high standard in terms of quality of welding.

 

[shepp]

I am really confused by this frame as it seems to have a lot of out of place things going on, as in non consistent joints, the head tube joint looks like it's an aluminium frame with chunky welds. Then moving to the seat tube joint it looks like a steel frame with the smaller welds, then moving to the bottom bracket area, the chain stays look to be welded too, like a regular frame, but the the down tube joint with the bottom bracket shell looks to be bonded..?????
I get it, it may be a rare frame in the UK, but it certainly isn't a high end model as the joints aren't consistent and are not of a very high standard in terms of quality of welding.

It’s definitely bonded before the seat tube on both the down and top tube. Half alu and half steel, very odd

 

[Sundayjumper]

Yep. Steel stays & seat tube as a unit, bonded to aluminum (sic) head, top & down tube. It's the kind of thing that would get breathlessly announced in a paid article as "IS THIS THE FUTURE OF BICYCLE FRAMES".

Everyone: "No".

I can't stop thinking about this though:

I appreciate a lot of the kit that was on this bike was ahead of its time...

Where ? All I see is ordinary mid-level kit. And nobody makes bonded steel/alu frames now so that's patently not "ahead of its time". It was very much of its time, and that's where it stayed.