What year would this Raleigh Sprite be?
11-11-08, 08:44 AM
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What year would this Raleigh Sprite be?
https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/bik/913116089.html
Apparently, it's a "later model" because it's derailleur geared, but any ideas? not planning on buying it, but was just curious.
Apparently, it's a "later model" because it's derailleur geared, but any ideas? not planning on buying it, but was just curious.
11-11-08, 08:49 AM
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This is a guess - '78 or '79.
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the round reflector makes it look like a 1976 to me.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/sprite.html
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https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/sprite.html
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Those "self-adjusting" brake levers (which are awful) peg it at around 1974 or 75, I believe.
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the round reflector makes it look like a 1976 to me.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/sprite.html
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https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/sprite.html
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It's a 1976.
Yep.
1976.
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'75 or '76.
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I agree with Kurt...
Short frame too!
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Short frame too!
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I have that bike's twin sister, but in coffee brown. I pulled it out of the dump last spring. I would have been in immaculate condition if someone hadn't tosses a TV onto it, damaging the front fender! It was missing the rear rack as the owner had added a vintage (also made in England) folding child seat.
It is a large frame DL-95, '75-'76 vintage.
With some fiddling, I got the self adjusting brakes to cooperate, although they do add a strange 'feel' to the braking process.
I'll have to get some pics up someday. It really is a nice bike.
It is a large frame DL-95, '75-'76 vintage.
With some fiddling, I got the self adjusting brakes to cooperate, although they do add a strange 'feel' to the braking process.
I'll have to get some pics up someday. It really is a nice bike.
