scrvta

My grandpa gave me his old bike. No idea how old it is. It's a Raleigh. 3 speed. I've had it for a couple years. Haven't really ridden it. Not a super smooth ride. It's in ok condition. I can no longer hold onto it since I am moving . Do you think it is worth anything? In a bike shop or on Craigslist? Ball park estimate? Let me know. Thank you!

wrk101

Bike shops are a total waste of time, at least around here, for selling older bikes. Your town could be better.


Marketing a bike so it gets anything close to full value is a lot of work, most bikes sell for less than market value.

Now I see your pics, condition looks pretty good! Missing its original chain guard (at least, I think that bike came with a chain guard).

Depending where you live, $100, maybe $125. If you are in a red hot bicycle market (NYC, San Fran, Portland, OR), you could get more.

Watch out for the scammers on C/L, it can be a PITA if you haven't sold on C/L before.

RubberLegs

Need to use the (IMG) code to work here, and should post this in the "Classic and Vintage Bicycles: What's it Worth? Appraisals and Inquiries" area....a few down from C&V...Should be a decent bike, may need tires and lubrication to make her ride better. VALUE may depend a LOT on where you live, around here (in Florida....year round biking) Raleighs seem to run $75-200...a LOT depends on shape and model....if it has a leather Brooks saddle....just THAT can be worth $50

RubberLegs

Oops...NOW the pics show up!

no1mad 

Moved to Appraisals from C&V

RALEIGH_COMP 

i just paid 125 for mine, and here in southern California thats a little high to average. I think men's frames tend to be worth more. too bad you dont have time to clean it up some or just take your time selling. I see an original rack, dyno-hub, and a rear running light? around here 100 bucks would be a fairly average deal, where are you located?

PatTheSlat 

Looks like a 23" frame, which probably makes it worth a bit more than usual, as the much more common size is 21" (at least that's the case with the Sports, not sure if that also applies to other models).

scrvta

I have the chain guard and a few other original peices (headlight, etc.) in a bag. The wiring and generator thing on the back wheel does not work to power the headlight and rear lights so I took them off.

lostarchitect 

The generator is on the front wheel. The rear wheel has an IGH (Internal Gear Hub).

conradpdx

Really the value depends on if the Dynohub on the wheel works... If it came with a bottle generator I suspect it might not (which could also explain the rough ride).

Looks to me like a midish 70's Sports or perhaps a Superbe. with a dyno package.

To determine if it's a Superbe look at the front fork, if it has a key hole it's a Superbe. Worth more if you also have the key to that lock.

I'd guess by looking at the logos, the lack of triangles between the Hurons on the chain wheel and what looks to be a vynal Brooks (can really tell) seat that it is Sports probably a 73 or 74 with the Dyno package. The rear hub and the dyno hub will both have dates stamped on them, which is the year of manufacture on the hubs, later in the year it might be the next years model. I'd guess the rear hub would be closer to the date of the bikes birthday, since there were alot less Dynohubs made than AWs (the model of the Internal gear hub).

Some of the things that I did notice: No reflector on the rear fender, can't tell if it has braze on mounts for a pump on the downtube (doesn't appear to but hard to tell - and if so do you have the pump?), missing the front fender, do you have the saddle bag and tools that wuold have come with it. Does it also have all the red"R" nuts (front wheels, chainwheel, and seatpost). Likewise the locking front fork adds vaue, though not much without the key.

Also price would depend on where you're at, bike heavy markets if its all there and working would put it around $200+. Less bike friendly markets around $100.00. Of course it's harder to sell them in the winter, your best bet would be to wait if you could till spring. So even though these are typical prices, you might need to offer it for less for a quick sell if you have limited time.

It's a good bike. though it's not known as one of better time periods for the Raleigh bikes- at the time the company was doing a lot of cost cutting so the quality was a little less than previous years. Though it is likely one of the last model years that wasn't branded as a "Rampar" which is good. The rough ride I suspect is from three things : needs the bearings lubed, oil in the IGH and your tires are knobbier than you'd usually see on this kind of bike, and there is the possibility that they are also the wrong tire size, which wouldn't help either.

Good luck, if I didn't already have 4 similiar bikes in my garage waiting for work, I'd make an offer on it. But I'm running out of garage.

kc0yef 

$200 in Seattle