http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Nice Old Raleigh for Sale? en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:55:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413&page=2#post-72472 Mon, 28 May 2012 15:40:57 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 72472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This hasn't sold first time, so the seller has amended the price.</p> <p>It's gone <em>up</em> £10... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413&page=2#post-69860 Thu, 10 May 2012 11:50:25 +0000 crowriver 69860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>But decided again to get the Sunbeam back up and running before thinking of the next bike.</em></p> <p>Probably be on the road before my Tange CroMo MTB expedition tourer, the rate I'm progressing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413&page=2#post-69812 Thu, 10 May 2012 10:01:49 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 69812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should have clarified when I said, "<em>Would mean putting the fixed wheel frame from On-One on hold</em>" I meant that I wouldn't actually be intending this Raleigh as a fixed wheel project, but rather using as is (with the addition of some 'guards and possibly flat bars), so I wouldn't have been buying just for the frame.</p> <p>But decided again to get the Sunbeam back up and running before thinking of the <em>next</em> bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413&page=2#post-69201 Sun, 06 May 2012 21:24:26 +0000 Claggy Cog 69201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha ha ha, if you think that is expensive....check out this baby!! What is more it is reduced by 20%</p> <p><a href="http://www.wiggle.co.uk/de-rosa-protos-campagnolo-super-record-eps-2012/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wiggle.co.uk/de-rosa-protos-campagnolo-super-record-eps-2012/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69198 Sun, 06 May 2012 20:44:25 +0000 chdot 69198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>anth if you're looking for a large Raleigh I may (still) have something. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69196 Sun, 06 May 2012 20:35:14 +0000 Nelly 69196@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>anth, I have been dipping my toe in that market recently - and there are very few real gems.</p> <p>I agree with chdot - it is pricey, given you are only really buying the frame - you will probably have to replace wheels, brakes and who knows what else.</p> <p>The frame itself is 'ok' but there are better examples from that era.</p> <p>I did, however love those ludicrously small mudguards - remember them well from my first 'racer' !! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69190 Sun, 06 May 2012 20:02:02 +0000 crowriver 69190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got stem shifters on the Raleigh (which originally had dual indexed thumb shifters on the former flat bars). Left side (chainwheel derailleur) is friction only; Right side switches between friction and indexed (six speed SIS).</p> <p>Friction shifting is okay once you're used to it, the trick is trimming the shift, which can be necessary depending on the chainwheel/rear cog combo at any given moment. I think having the shifters on the stem it's easy enough with one hand. On the downtube? Hmm, nope. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69186 Sun, 06 May 2012 19:17:14 +0000 wee folding bike 69186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Nicola tuohy left it unlocked in the stairwell at 54 Hillhead St in 1984 and it was stolen, back when drop handlebars meant something.</em></p> <p>I stayed in 13 Hillhead st from September '84 to June '86 but it wasn't me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69173 Sun, 06 May 2012 17:37:58 +0000 chdot 69173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Overpriced. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69121 Sun, 06 May 2012 01:38:00 +0000 kaputnik 69121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the above weights (which are for tubesets alone), the weight of wheels, saddles, crankset, bars, tyres etc. probably have a lot more to do with it and can probably sway the total between 9 and 15kg easily. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69109 Sat, 05 May 2012 21:35:21 +0000 Uberuce 69109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll have to finger crowriver's bike for comparitive purposes. </p> <p>Horrible mental images of Mumford and Sons now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69094 Sat, 05 May 2012 16:57:10 +0000 kaputnik 69094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Well, Reynolds 501 isn't exactly lightweight</em></p> <p>But not as heavy as you might expect. There's a nice chart comparing some Reynolds tubesets <a href="http://equusbicycle.com/bike/reynolds/006reynolds80brochure.htm">here</a>. 501 Chromalloy is the heaviest at 2.3kg, but the 531 Tourist is only a smidge below at 2.2kg. 531 Comp 2.05kg then 531 Pro 1.9kg, so almost 20% lighter. Right down to 753 track at 1.75kg.</p> <p>501 doesn't really measure up when it comes to tensile strength compared to 753, but it isn't *that* far behind 531 and is ahead of regular CrMo and well ahead of Hi-tensile "carbon" steel.</p> <p>Interesting footnote on the diagram about how the 753 Track top tube is only 3 times thicker than the paper the leaflet is printed on! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69088 Sat, 05 May 2012 16:12:25 +0000 Uberuce 69088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yarp, I had a wee shoogle of a 531 conversion in ECA when I was flyering. Noticeably lighter to the hand, but I dunno how much lighter it feels to the feet.</p> <p>There's a gorgeous Raleigh in 531 parked on Ashley Terrace most days. I saw it and rider as I was marshaling the POP crowd:</p> <p>"HI, CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE OVER TO THE CYCLIST SIDE OF THE PATH? WE NEED TO KEEP THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE CLEAR, THANK YOU"</p> <p>"HI, CAN WE PLEASE ENSURE THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE OF THE PATH IS CLEAR UP MIDDLE MEADOW WALK, SO..</p> <p>Oh, hello. Do you park that in Ashley Terrace"?</p> <p>"Urm....yeah."</p> <p>"I go past it every day, it's gorgeous."</p> <p>[something bashful which was obscured by the sound of his friends laughing]</p> <p>"SO CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP TO THE CYCLIST SIDE, CHEERS"</p> <p>Ah, found that bike, cheers, Kaputnik; it's a Ventura. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69079 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:14:34 +0000 crowriver 69079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, Reynolds 501 isn't exactly lightweight. My Raleigh Pioneer Trail is 501 too. It's the equivalent of 4130 Chromoly, but double butted. Perfectly nice, better than 'gas pipe' hi-tensile 'carbon' steel, good and strong, reasonably light, but not in the same league as 531, 653, etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69069 Sat, 05 May 2012 13:12:31 +0000 kaputnik 69069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Uberuce your Record Sprint was part of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwright/4861016487/in/set-72157624655258334/lightbox/">Raleigh Lightweights</a> family according to the catalogue. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69055 Sat, 05 May 2012 10:14:23 +0000 Uberuce 69055@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My black fixie was of that ilk, now proudly sporting its shifter nubs like old soldier's war wounds. </p> <p>It was a twelve speed, and as Tom says, there was sod all difference between the front chainrings. Towards the end of its geared life the front shifter kept dropping down to the small ring, but it made no practical difference for commuting since it would get to north of 80" without being too silly on chainline. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69018 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:53:42 +0000 Tom 69018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think my younger brother had one of those. It cost about £110 new. It was a nice bike to ride. It had five sprockets at the back and two close ratio chainrings. I think the idea was to make big gear changes with the rear sprockets and fine adjustments with the chainrings - half-step gearing. Not that we knew that at the time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69006 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:49:33 +0000 crowriver 69006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know. Too big for me. Not a bad price though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69003 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:30:43 +0000 kaputnik 69003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://eastsidebikes.com/second-hand-bikes/sirius-631-57cm">The 631-framed Sirius with Campag groupset is even more lovely!</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-69002 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:25:15 +0000 crowriver 69002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a rather nice mid-1980s <a href="http://eastsidebikes.com/second-hand-bikes/dawes-shadow-52cm">Dawes Shadow at Eastside bikes</a> just now. It's my size (52cm) but I really don't need another bike at the mo. Might suit someone here though. Original bottle dynamo on the rear stay I see, frame pump, and a nice rear carrier too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68997 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:11:31 +0000 kaputnik 68997@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the dropouts are fairly vertical. Not sure how good a singlespeed / fixed conversion it would make, without an ugly chain tensioner. Also you'd have to be prepared to put up with the downtube shifter pegs sticking out looking a bit lost. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68993 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:48:58 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 68993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Still quite tempted by this. From the pics it does look in good nick, and I reckon Soul Cycles prices have probably gone up since (they do have some gorgeous bikes in just now). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68991 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:19:00 +0000 gembo 68991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Claggycog - I struggled with one hand and I struggled with one hand then the other. I had a nice dawes five speed but Nicola tuohy left it unlocked in the stairwell at 54 Hillhead St in 1984 and it was stolen, back when drop handlebars meant something. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68988 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:12:59 +0000 Claggy Cog 68988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was suggested in a book that I am reading about downtube gear shifters, which are invariably not indexed, that you really should learn to operate both of them with one hand, now that would be a neat trick. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68986 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:10:35 +0000 Claggy Cog 68986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo - well check these babies out then. Don't know how spoilt we are today!!</p> <p><a href="http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/huret.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/huret.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68984 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:08:04 +0000 Smudge 68984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo, like "brifters" (ugh) but simpler cheaper lighter and more reliable... what price progress ;-)) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68983 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:04:57 +0000 gembo 68983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC I have been googling and they are apparently some form of antique gear lever? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68981 Fri, 04 May 2012 20:00:17 +0000 Claggy Cog 68981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC I am pretty certain that Soul Cycles sold theirs for about £70 at the end of last year. Also a large frame, I notice these things being a rather tall woman myself. Raleigh used to use a lot of French components on their bikes, like Lyotard pedals, Stronglight chainsets, Huret gears, and Weinmann brakes (Swiss) which look budget but work very well and they lasted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68980 Fri, 04 May 2012 19:57:08 +0000 DaveC 68980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo... [snigger] are you being serious?? :o) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6413#post-68978 Fri, 04 May 2012 19:50:52 +0000 gembo 68978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What are the funny levers on the downtube for? </p>