90's Raleigh Equipe

[biggs682]

just used this for todays commute to work and will use for rest of day doing a total of 7 miles which will take its mileage from new to 11 miles YES 11 MILES FROM NEW IN 1990 !

as you can imagine its in very clean condition just needing some polish to finish it off along with removing the dust , will post pics later ..

 

[biggs682]

well after using it all 4 ways i can say it rides very nice and towards the end the brakes even started to work !

just need a wipe down to remove the dirt and dust

 

[monkeylc]

where did you find that?

 

[DCLane]

Looks good. Basically, a new bike.

What's the plan for it next?

 

[biggs682]

where did you find that?

local seller on e bay .

Looks good. Basically, a new bike.

What's the plan for it next?

not sure because its a bit small for me , but yes almost new , even with plastic transport cups over wheel nuts !

 

[Cycleops]

I guess there is nothing else you can really do with it. If you change it and upgrade it that would be a shame, just nice to keep it original condition. That's make take anyway.

 

[biggs682]

it just needs using

 

[flashspix]

I happened across this Equipe today, will be doing some light fettling and some general tidying up, looks all original, bit big for me, I'm a 5 ft 7 and a halfer, but might suit the tallerish rider. 5ft10 and up

 

[biggs682]

I happened across this Equipe today, will be doing some light fettling and some general tidying up, looks all original, bit big for me, I'm a 5 ft 7 and a halfer, but might suit the tallerish rider. 5ft10 and up

its strange how it seams that back in the day it was either small sized frames or large size only and mostly large

nice clean example either way

 

[mikeymustard]

its strange how it seams that back in the day it was either small sized frames or large size only and mostly large

nice clean example either way

maybe the medium-sized bikes got used more (cos they fitted people better) and got worn out

 

[raleighnut]

My 87 Raleigh Equipe

Equipe 2

• raleighnut
• 18 May 2016

Equipe

• raleighnut
• 18 May 2016

Well it's a 'Super' Equipe actually (Red and White) the bike that got me my username on CC

 

[mikeymustard]

Nice @raleighnut are you leaving home in that saddle bag?

 

[mikeymustard]

It's nice to see folks being kind to the - how can I put this delicately - lower order bikes. They should be valued too. And they're more likely to be the bikes we rode as youngsters; not everyone could afford top of the range, when I was a teen in the 70s we thought my friend's Claud Butler was the last word in bikes

 

[raleighnut]

Nice @raleighnut are you leaving home in that saddle bag?

That's a Camper 'longflap' and the top is on its 'short' setting (it will expand a lot more on the other set of top straps) and yes I have been known to nip up to Derbyshire for a weekend, that is what it was bought for.

 

[mikeymustard]

Do you find it gets a bit tail happy when there's a lot of gear in it?