raleigh hand me down
06-11-12, 10:56 AM
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raleigh hand me down PICTURE
new to the forum. sorry if this is the wrong section for this post. My dad gave me this bicycle he has had for as long as I can remember. I believe it was made in 1992. Anyone have any info or know what model this would be? It has shimano 600 and 105 parts.
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06-11-12, 09:11 PM
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I was thinking it is a mid '90s Raleigh Competition but I could be wrong. Can you take a couple of photos of the tubing decals, rear drops, and fork crown?
06-11-12, 10:29 PM
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going by sheldonbrowns website on serial number it was made in 1992 in April. The only decal on the bike says raleigh USA.
https://imgur.com/s0cXR,ooyjg,RuRkj,A...6r,ZP239,AOu8u
I uploaded 8 pictures to the link above. You can zoom in on them or just click on 1 thru 8 to look at the different pictures.
https://imgur.com/s0cXR,ooyjg,RuRkj,A...6r,ZP239,AOu8u
I uploaded 8 pictures to the link above. You can zoom in on them or just click on 1 thru 8 to look at the different pictures.
06-11-12, 10:35 PM
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06-12-12, 11:07 AM
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seat tube sticker appears to say "made in USA". I didn't know Raleigh actually made anything in the USA in that era.
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yup...
From Sheldon Brown:
American made Raleighs manufactured in Kent, Washington, By Derby Cycle
Sample The Techniums were the Kent, WA frames.
Yep.
"Of all the bikes we tested, undoubtedly the most technically innovative is the Raleigh Technium 480, which is made in Raleigh's new facitity in Seattle, Washington." - Bicycle Rider, September, 1986.
Bicycle Guide magazine even had a big feature story on the factory and how the bikes were manufactured.
Then of course Mike Melton hand built built a small number of very special competition Raleigh bikes.
tcsnumber: R 003310123 A
also...
R (all)
Digits 1 & 5 are year. Sample is from 2001
Digits 2,3,4 are day (001-365). Sample is from February 2
digits 5-9 are sequential. Sample is the 123rd bike built that shift.
A = morning shift B= evening shift. Sample is morning shift.
Letter code may or may not be present, depending on production schedule.
From Sheldon Brown:
American made Raleighs manufactured in Kent, Washington, By Derby Cycle
Sample The Techniums were the Kent, WA frames.
Yep.
"Of all the bikes we tested, undoubtedly the most technically innovative is the Raleigh Technium 480, which is made in Raleigh's new facitity in Seattle, Washington." - Bicycle Rider, September, 1986.
Bicycle Guide magazine even had a big feature story on the factory and how the bikes were manufactured.
Then of course Mike Melton hand built built a small number of very special competition Raleigh bikes.
tcsnumber: R 003310123 A
also...
R (all)
Digits 1 & 5 are year. Sample is from 2001
Digits 2,3,4 are day (001-365). Sample is from February 2
digits 5-9 are sequential. Sample is the 123rd bike built that shift.
A = morning shift B= evening shift. Sample is morning shift.
Letter code may or may not be present, depending on production schedule.
06-12-12, 08:01 PM
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Cool. I thought they were all Asian then. A good friend of mine has a Technium from the late 80s with similar lugwork, but it's an aluminum frame. (A lower end model which he bought new, but it's still going strong.)
