'85 Taiwanese-constructed Raleighs. The Alyeska & Kodiak were the top two in the touring line. Mainly differentiated by number of bottle bosses. My Alyeska has two.

I think because of the lack of name recognition and the Taiwaese manufacture, they go cheap. Mine was $350 or so on ebay in minty unridden condition including raleigh branded tires, raleigh braded black bottle, raleigh branded toe straps.... I have a Trek 620 w/ 46cm chaistays, and the ride on this is better.

Did 180 miles on it last spring Between 2pm Saturday and 9pm Sunday. Should have left the original saddle on though.

Tracks straight as a dream-- you can slap the handlebars as you ride and it will keep riding straight, even with all the weight on the back as you see in the photo!







Here's how I generally understand the reason that '80's touring bikes are sought after. In the '80's, The touring frames were the top of the line. By the late/mid '80's, racer fashion had taken over and the finest of the bikes were racing oriented. So late '70's- Mid '80s was a real high point. Just like the Japanese bass guitars I tend to aquire-- inexpensive, but really the best that was out there at the time!