Mistery Raleigh frame

[ren531]

Can anyone on here provide any information about this frame ,I was given it more than a decade ago and was told it was some sort of special race frame don't know how old it is looks possibly 90s no model name just the Raleigh badge ,has a Tange head set ,Cinelli bottom bracket shell with SB7403 frame number and 59.5 on the opposite side witch is the frames size ,no transfers suggesting as to the frame tubing material.

 

[classic33]

Worth a read.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/identifying-a-raleigh-frame-no-sb4315.165520/

 

[midlife]

Yup, SB is the dead giveaway 1985-86 from the number. The other stamp is the size. Not that I'm jealous lol

 

[raleighnut]

It's an SBDU frame so hand brazed with probably 531 tubing the 59.5 would refer to the frame size.

Very Nice

 

[raleighnut]

Yup, SB is the dead giveaway 1985-86 from the number. The other stamp is the size. Not that I'm jealous lol

I'm not jealous either, no honest I'm not

 

[raleighnut]

https://www.ti-raleigh.com/

 

[Shadow121]

Wow, a nice bit of meat in the rear dropout, nice frame too.

 

[ren531]

Wow, a nice bit of meat in the rear dropout, nice frame too.

They are quite fine dropouts, i was trying to get as close as pos to get some detail realy, but yeh the camera angle distorts it a bit

 

[ren531]

Got some better photos of the frame outside, does anyone know if this would have been built exclusivly for the Raleigh professional race team or could it have been a shop bought thing, its odd that its so plain with just the Raleigh transfers and nothing else, although it is a very nice frame and i love the electric blue colour.

 

[midlife]

Frames were either built for stock and you bought them from a shop, or ordered a standard frame from a shop........ Or you ordered one to your own spec . In the early days the personal orders were stamped with an H on the BB. Frames for the pro team were stamped with the initials and the number of the frame built for them that season.

Back in the 70's the waiting times to get one was months and months.

Originalshinkicker on Retrobike is a fount of knowledge and has his own website.

 

[raleighnut]

Got some better photos of the frame outside, does anyone know if this would have been built exclusivly for the Raleigh professional race team or could it have been a shop bought thing, its odd that its so plain with just the Raleigh transfers and nothing else, although it is a very nice frame and i love the electric blue colour. View attachment 483520 View attachment 483522 View attachment 483523 View attachment 483526

I'm surprised it hasn't got a Reynolds sticker on it either 531 or 753 so it could be a repaint, no faking that Cinelli BB and frame No. though

 

[midlife]

Yup, it's had a refinish somewhere along the line....

 

[ren531]

Thanks guys i will have a look on Retrobike for more info

 

[classic33]

There should be a number on the bottom bracket running from one side to the other.

@midlife is right, it's an '86 frame.
(1986) Start SB7701: End SB8430

https://raleigh-sb4059.com/speciali...build-timeline-for-ilkeston-sb-frame-numbers/

 

[midlife]

While I remember there is an SBDU Facebook group, not in Facebook so can't say what it's like.