Is this a Raleigh Competition?
05-15-21, 09:33 PM
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Is this a Raleigh Competition?
Anybody know if this is a Raleigh Competition?
05-15-21, 10:53 PM
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Well the pictures couldn’t be much worse but yes, I think it is. I think these should have a late 1981 or 1982 serial number. As far as I can tell they looked like this after the Carlton plant at Worksop closed and before Huffy got the Raleigh USA Rights. Could also possibly be a non-USA market offering. I’ve never actually seen one from this time period though, so hopefully someone a bit more authoritative can weigh in here. I’m just going by what I’ve found on the Google. Matching examples can be found there.
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Looks like an early 80s competition to me, maybe 1981.
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It does look like it might be 80's but it's advertised as 70's. And it has a Carlton Cycles decal on it. Braze ons and I don't see any bits clamped on. I don't understand it. But if the seller gets in touch maybe I can go have a look.
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Okay I googled 1981 Raleigh Competition and it does match pictures purporting to be 1981 Raleigh Competitions. Just trying to look up tire sizes if I can find them. If it will take 28c or bigger I'd be interested.
05-16-21, 11:25 AM
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Looks like a UK market Competition. Not sure if the Canadian models were the same or not.
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05-16-21, 02:35 PM
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I can't tell you for sure that a 1981 will fit 28's, but I had a '79 and it fit 32's with no issue.
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Well, the good news is it fits 28s. The sort of tragic news is it's bent. It's not too obvious from the picture, but this is the last time I'm eyeballing a frame/fork since clearly my eyeballs are no good. I'm a bit heartbroken since I like the fit.
The paint near the headtube isn't rippled or cracked but it's definitely bent a little bit. I think I can still ride it but just not hard, which is easy since I don't ride hard.
I figure if I can ride it at a few hundred kms I can at least get enough fun out of it.
The paint near the headtube isn't rippled or cracked but it's definitely bent a little bit. I think I can still ride it but just not hard, which is easy since I don't ride hard.
I figure if I can ride it at a few hundred kms I can at least get enough fun out of it.
