Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Which 80's frame? Raleigh Olympian or Panasonic Sport

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nowitsshowtime
06-03-10, 02:39 PM
I need to get rid of my other two fg's and I'm having trouble deciding which one to keep.

One is a Panasonic Sport, just like this one:
http://oldtenspeedgallery.com/blog/wp-content/bikes/2009/10/jeff-panasonic-sport-02.jpg

High ten steel, but I feel like I like the fit and don't feel as stretched out in this bike as my Motobecane Track.

Other option is a Raleigh Olympian. chrome moly, its mid 80s. Mine is black frame with red
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/ffreydom/olym1.jpg

Any input? I think its going to end up with the olympian on top


sharpsandflatts
06-03-10, 02:47 PM
Cromo>HiTen all else being equal. So unless the Raleigh is in much worse shape, I'd keep that one.

Retro Grouch
06-03-10, 05:16 PM
Cromo>HiTen all else being equal. So unless the Raleigh is in much worse shape, I'd keep that one.

If the answer's this obvious I'm thinking there's something else going on that the OP didn't mention in his post.


Doohickie
06-03-10, 08:08 PM
Raleigh.

I had a chance to buy an Olympian and now I shoot myself that I didn't snag it. It was a good bike.

soyboy
06-03-10, 11:45 PM
raleigh makes good bikes, panasonic makes nice tvs, they've made and continue to make some decent bikes but that doesn't really look like one of them, it's probably sturdy as all hell but the raleigh's a better bike

the_don
06-04-10, 06:03 AM
raleigh makes good bikes, panasonic makes nice tvs, they've made and continue to make some decent bikes but that doesn't really look like one of them, it's probably sturdy as all hell but the raleigh's a better bike

Panasonic make great bikes, here's mine!

http://pct.panasonic.co.jp/news/img/wa21.jpg

Doohickie
06-04-10, 02:16 PM
And actually the Raleigh in question is a Huffy.

nowitsshowtime
06-07-10, 07:40 AM
Is the raleigh listed really a huffy/made by huffy? I was going to go with the raleigh but that makes me think again