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It's not Ventura BTW
A wild stab in the dark from memory of a built up bike from 1987
Shaun
Unidentified raleigh racers
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A wild stab in the dark from memory of a built up bike from 1987
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mikeymustard
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Very close though, the Ventura was the same as record ace but without 531 forks, this isn't a record ace either
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I think that is the frame I built up, Road Ace in 531c and mine is an 83 so is not a Worksop bike (built by the same guys though, just in Nottingham and not SBDU either)
Not mine but the same frame.
So not a Worksop frame, shame that, by 87 Raleigh were cutting corners to try to economise (maybe that's why they gone back to a pressed fork crown instead of the forged 'unicrown' they used earlier.)
raleighnut
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What was the bike they only made in pearl white, from the mid 80's?[/QUOTE
Best piccy I can find of the front end of an 82 RRA showing the forged fork crown detail.
classic33
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Similar, but not the same. Shifters are in a different posistion. Either side on the frame(bagged for safekeeping, somewhere safe), and all tubes were brazed.I think that is the frame I built up, Road Ace in 531c and mine is an 83 so is not a Worksop bike (built by the same guys though, just in Nottingham and not SBDU either)
Not mine but the same frame.
So not a Worksop frame, shame that, by 87 Raleigh were cutting corners to try to economise (maybe that's why they gone back to a pressed fork crown instead of the forged 'unicrown' they used earlier.)
Stuck seatpost meant I had it given.
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Mine has standard shifter bosses but like I said mine is an 83 whereas those pics seem to be of an 82 ,so last of the Worksop ones (the bosses on the back of the tube like that were for a specific Shimano shifter and they (Shimano) dropped it from the range.
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very nice indeed!
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mikeymustard
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Here's a couple of pics of bike two; are these Haden lugs? Frame no. is WE7 and thats just about all I know. Most of the mechanicals have been changed.
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Any idea what it could be? I've a sneaking suspicion it's a '77 Professional just going by the lugs and lack of mudguard eyes, but I could be way off
biggs682
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Had a message from a chap I met through eBay (previously bought a Carlton frame and a Raleigh flyer from him) saying he had a bike I might be interested in. My mate and I had been talking about doing a project together so this seemed like the ideal opportunity. All we knew was that it was a 531 framed unknown make, it had campag derailleurs, and that he was looking for about 50 spuds for it. He sent me some tiny photos by mms which showed Athena mech and an apparent dent in the top tube. It looked to me like a reasonably high end mid to late eighties Raleigh.
So we hot-tailed it over to Tewkesbury yesterday to take a look.
Before we even got there I had another text saying he'd just got another one in, a Raleigh with 105 all over it.
When we got there we were confronted by, not just any old Raleighs, these were the good sh*t! Both of them were a bit tatty to be fair, but my mate's just bought a compressor and spray kit, has chatted up the lad that sprayed his car for a lesson and is itching to use it on something!
My phone updated to Android 6 last night and my last few pics must've not been backed up, so I only have a couple of the one bike, but see if you can guess what it is:
Sorry it's all upside down!
looking at these pics and the ones of the type 8806 i had its not one of them An 80's Raleigh designed by G.O.D
raleighnut
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Now that one has the forged fork crown I'd expect on a 'High End' Raleigh from the 80s, nice.
