Classic & Vintage - Superb Superbe

1969 Raleigh Superbe, owned by a forum member. Just finished a pretty intensive clean-up of it:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_1.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_2.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_3.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_4.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_5.jpg

Obligatory fork lock picture:
http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_6.jpg

Enjoy!

-Kurt

omg, look at the bare ground! I want some! (36" snow base here in MA)

The Superbe is beautiful ..

Scott

omg, look at the bare ground! I want some! (36" snow base here in MA)

The Superbe is beautiful ..

Scott

Amateur...try 60-70" (or more). :)

(and I bet Scott thought this was something Suntour from the title :))

Amateur...try 60-70" (or more). :)


*head shaking* wussies the lot of you :innocent:

GORGEOUS Superbe BTW , :love:

Great looking bike.

For the snow bound forum members.......I wore sandals to work today !!!

omg, look at the bare ground! I want some! (36" snow base here in MA)


Amateur...try 60-70" (or more).


*head shaking* wussies the lot of you

hmmm, and I was going to comment that Kurt should have swept off the leaves from the driveway before snapping those pictures...

Cool bike, I've never seen that locking fork thing before, interesting.

Amateur...try 60-70" (or more). :)

(and I bet Scott thought this was something Suntour from the title :))

You have to remember, Scott has been tainted by a Raleigh appreciation. :twitchy::D

Very nice. I want one like that but in 23".

Beautiful Superbe! And I commend your use of a friction shifter mounted to the top tube. Looks great and easy to use. I really want to try that now.

Beautiful Superbe! And I commend your use of a friction shifter mounted to the top tube. Looks great and easy to use. I really want to try that now.

As a matter of fact, both levers are indexing and original SA components. Hub is an S5 w/bellcrank.

Only non-original bits are the tires, tubes, brake pads, and brake cables; pedals were also swapped out for post-'73 Union-made Raleigh rubberblocks.

-Kurt

It's remarkable to find those top tube levers intact as the plastic they're made from seems to have been inspired by Simplex Delrin.

Neal

Honestly, I was thinking it might be this:

http://gallery.roadbikereview.com/data/roadbike/500/superbe1.jpg

The one depicted is rather nice too. One of these years I need to get off my duff and make mine look worthy. :o

It's remarkable to find those top tube levers intact as the plastic they're made from seems to have been inspired by Simplex Delrin.

Pretty much the same stuff, but these have held up well:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/sturmey_s5shifters.jpg

Cables are originals as well, and work flawlessly, hence why we're leaving them in for the meantime.

-Kurt

Very nice. I want one like that but in 23".

There used to be a '69 Superbe, 23" frame size, in the neighborhood.

-Kurt

Honestly, I was thinking it might be this:

http://gallery.roadbikereview.com/data/roadbike/500/superbe1.jpg

The one depicted is rather nice too. One of these years I need to get off my duff and make mine look worthy. :o

I have one of those modern 1980s Superbes. It lives in Atlanta at my nephew's house waiting for me to visit. It needs to be ridden more and I promise to take pictures the next time I go.


Pretty much the same stuff, but these have held up well:

Cables are originals as well, and work flawlessly, hence why we're leaving them in for the meantime.

-Kurt

I was going to ask for a close up of the shifters. Thanks!

Where is the indexing mechanism? They look much like any friction shifter.

Nice!! Wonder if they ever made any for short people? Everyone I've seen is too tall, 30+ stand over.

I have one of those modern 1980s Superbes. It lives in Atlanta at my nephew's house waiting for me to visit. It needs to be ridden more and I promise to take pictures the next time I go.

Pastor Bob, if that ever decides to move north to a new home, I have a perfect group set for it!!

Scott

Where is the indexing mechanism? They look much like any friction shifter.

Probably a ball bearing rolling into a groove. Trust me, the indexing is extremely vague. Nevertheless, it works.


Nice!! Wonder if they ever made any for short people? Everyone I've seen is too tall, 30+ stand over.

Smallest Superbes were made in 21", I believe. This '69 is an example of one. You'd probably be better off with one of the smaller, silver, men's 19.5's from 1973-6 (IIRC) and fitting it out with Superbe bits.

-Kurt

Great looking bike. Give Manny my regards.
I met him at NAHBS last year, very smart guy.

The bike is cool in so many ways, gadgets and overall.

Was this the Source for the Price is Right video?

http://www.jaysmarine.com/raleigh_superbe_manny_3.jpg

There used to be a '69 Superbe, 23" frame size, in the neighborhood.

-Kurt

I'm not quite next door, but I have a '66 in 23". It's pretty solid for being as old as me, especially the chrome. I'm the furthest thing from an expert, but I think it's all original but the tires, and possibly missing a rack.

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I'm not quite next door, but I have a '66 in 23". It's pretty solid for being as old as me, especially the chrome. I'm the furthest thing from an expert, but I think it's all original but the tires, and possibly missing a rack.

Very pretty. Definitely not the local example.

Is that an original AW hub? I don't have any pre-1969 catalogs to know what the Superbe was running at the time. I know the '64s were a very interesting, two-tone example with green metallic Bluemels fenders; worked on one once. I've never seen one photographed online.

-Kurt

ohhh 3 speed love!

Very pretty. Definitely not the local example.

Is that an original AW hub? I don't have any pre-1969 catalogs to know what the Superbe was running at the time. I know the '64s were a very interesting, two-tone example with green metallic Bluemels fenders; worked on one once. I've never seen one photographed online.

-Kurt

Like this?

Aaron :)

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/34459/2113391460066886751S600x600Q85.jpg

Like this?

Nope; the '64 I saw had a black headtube and matching black accents behind the headlugs; identical to the white accents shown in that photo.

That Superbe in your photo is a '61, isn't it?

-Kurt

There used to be a '69 Superbe, 23" frame size, in the neighborhood.

-Kurt


I'm not quite next door, but I have a '66 in 23". It's pretty solid for being as old as me, especially the chrome. I'm the furthest thing from an expert, but I think it's all original but the tires, and possibly missing a rack.

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Nice!

One or two pop up on CL here every summer--I was out of town and missed one in September; I missed another one because I couldn't scrape up the cash in time. I got lucky with Twenties last year; one of these times I'll get lucky with a bronze green Superbe...

Then again, I have a GH6 to lace into a wheel, and I have an S5 hub, too, so I suppose my Black
'73 Sports will be close enough.

Was this the Source for the Price is Right video?

Yes, this is the "big wheel."

-Kurt

You guys got snow?
Over here it's been a stinking 35 degrees Celsius in the shade lately with horrible humidity
My '55 Raleigh nearly got sunstroke last weekend, and the Brooks is a bit sunburnt after that hot Sunday family ride.

Last Saturday I walked 10 minutes to the local winery for George Thorogood and the Destroyers, followed by Joe Cocker

Life can be very good

and no snow in sight

Very pretty. Definitely not the local example.

Is that an original AW hub? I don't have any pre-1969 catalogs to know what the Superbe was running at the time. I know the '64s were a very interesting, two-tone example with green metallic Bluemels fenders; worked on one once. I've never seen one photographed online.

-Kurt

Yes, the hub says Sturmey Archer England AW 66 11 THREE SPEED.

Yes, the hub says Sturmey Archer England AW 66 11 THREE SPEED.

A November hub date would almost certainly make it a 1967. The '69 Superbe in my photo shoot has a late 1968 rear hub, but a GH-6 that was built during the spring (don't remember the exact month) of 1969.

-Kurt

Nope; the '64 I saw had a black headtube and matching black accents behind the headlugs; identical to the white accents shown in that photo.

That Superbe in your photo is a '61, isn't it?

-Kurt

I believe it is, I didn't label the photo, it was one of about 180 that I took at the ABCE Tour in Minneapolis September 2009. The guy didn't ride it on the tour, but had it at the show and tell on Sunday. It looked brand new, no scratches, no wear marks, nothing. It was a garage find and IIRC he also has the matching step through version.

Aaron :)

http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/47089/2091564880066886751S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb44.webshots.com/47787/2376987610066886751S600x600Q85.jpg

They came in blue too...

not mine, I wish!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/__0sZkBzxvxs/TUycjH_O5hI/AAAAAAAABEI/wQksjZWwN6k/s800/Superbe-pair.jpg