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12-03-13, 09:33 PM
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12-04-13, 05:57 AM
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I love those first couple of years of the Kent-made Raleighs. It was like they went overboard doing a "British" bike to make up for the fact that the bikes weren't made in Nottingham anymore. Every time I get one of those in for a fix and flip, I'm tempted to keep it. Fortunately, nothing that's come thru has been my size.
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12-04-13, 09:27 AM
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1. I don't really collect them, they all have gone on to live new lives. I'm the type that feels like if its sat in my garage unridden for a year it's time to move it along, if it gets ridden it stays. I sort of regret selling a few but it keeps the hobby going and brings another fun project along.
4. Stickers seem to be a Univega ID thing? Only seen them on Univegas
4. Stickers seem to be a Univega ID thing? Only seen them on Univegas
12-04-13, 10:21 AM
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Love that Portage!
12-04-13, 10:37 AM
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That Portage is pretty rad. More photos!
12-04-13, 10:47 AM
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I love those first couple of years of the Kent-made Raleighs. It was like they went overboard doing a "British" bike to make up for the fact that the bikes weren't made in Nottingham anymore. Every time I get one of those in for a fix and flip, I'm tempted to keep it. Fortunately, nothing that's come thru has been my size.
The Portage is sweet. I love my Alyeska.
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12-04-13, 11:16 AM
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I agree that that most of the Raleigh USA bikes (AKA HUFFY!) at that time were built in Taiwan by Merida.
A really facinating story in manufacturing engineering. I wonder how Merida got up to that level of quality so quickly, and who in the US did the graphics and speced the bikes.
A really facinating story in manufacturing engineering. I wonder how Merida got up to that level of quality so quickly, and who in the US did the graphics and speced the bikes.
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12-06-13, 07:15 PM
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My 83 Univega Sportour that's going to get the" treatment". Will begin with some SR rando bars and aero Dia-compe levers. 
I just love this bike and the ride it gives !
12-07-13, 04:07 PM
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Peugeot Vagabond ca. 1985 which I got last summer from fellow CVer mparker326. Maybe he already posted the bike on this thread, I haven't gone back through all 50 pages (yet)?
SX610 Simplex RD looks all metal but it ain't. There's still quite a bit of Delrin in there, underneath the shiny chrome. This is a part I got from fellow CVer Randyjawa after the original one died an ugly and brutal death in a tangle with a deadly rope/stick combination that was waiting in the deep trailside weeds for me one day. Also a big thanks to fellow CVer smontero for dropping the very clean correct Maillard dork disk on me, also having needed replaced from the same tangle.
Lovely bit of Stronglight here, which I like a lot better after replacing the middle 45T ring with a 39T from Spa Cycles. And stupid cheap at $19 (shipped!) from England. Also cheap: those notoriously crummy Kenda gumwalls that got their own thread a while back. They'll stay until the end of the winter and then be upgraded when I pull this bike back off the shelf for riding again. This is emphstically not one of my rain bikes.
1979 Brooks Pro, best seat in (or out of) the house. This one gets around. I've used it on at least five of my bikes.
Soma rack I got from fellow CVer Cobrabyte. There's usually a big ugly Jandd box on there that I took off for the photo. The muted grey rack goes well with the grey shifters on the downtube, which I'm probably going to get rid of because of their massive suckitude. Seriously, they are the worst I've ever used. If you tighten them up enough to hold a gear, they're nearly impossible to budge. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
SX610 Simplex RD looks all metal but it ain't. There's still quite a bit of Delrin in there, underneath the shiny chrome. This is a part I got from fellow CVer Randyjawa after the original one died an ugly and brutal death in a tangle with a deadly rope/stick combination that was waiting in the deep trailside weeds for me one day. Also a big thanks to fellow CVer smontero for dropping the very clean correct Maillard dork disk on me, also having needed replaced from the same tangle.
Lovely bit of Stronglight here, which I like a lot better after replacing the middle 45T ring with a 39T from Spa Cycles. And stupid cheap at $19 (shipped!) from England. Also cheap: those notoriously crummy Kenda gumwalls that got their own thread a while back. They'll stay until the end of the winter and then be upgraded when I pull this bike back off the shelf for riding again. This is emphstically not one of my rain bikes.
1979 Brooks Pro, best seat in (or out of) the house. This one gets around. I've used it on at least five of my bikes.
Soma rack I got from fellow CVer Cobrabyte. There's usually a big ugly Jandd box on there that I took off for the photo. The muted grey rack goes well with the grey shifters on the downtube, which I'm probably going to get rid of because of their massive suckitude. Seriously, they are the worst I've ever used. If you tighten them up enough to hold a gear, they're nearly impossible to budge. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
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12-07-13, 04:33 PM
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Nice Vagabond!!
12-07-13, 07:22 PM
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Yes, nice ! Did I see MAFAC canti's on there ? Were those the original brakes ?
12-07-13, 09:10 PM
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Yes, original (AFAIK). Super low miles bike that I'm pretty sure came to me with original everything, except bar tape. Even have the original Peugeot branded tires with almost no wear. This is one of those oddball Canadian-built Pugs with English-threaded everything.
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
12-08-13, 04:42 PM
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Weinmanns ! How do they work for stopping ? Did you have to adjust them since you got the bike ? They look old school cool !
12-09-13, 02:16 AM
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They're fine, though not spectacular. The only 'adjustment' I have done to them is hooking up the brake cable to the the straddle. I daresay they have the original 28-year-old pads on them (AFAIK) and would likely improve with a modern upgrade. At any rate, I've not ridden this bike with more than myself and 10 lbs of baggage yet, so I haven't really asked too much of them so far.
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
12-13-13, 02:03 PM
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^ Great job on the Portage. Looks like a bike you could ride anywhere, all day long.
12-13-13, 02:13 PM
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12-13-13, 06:22 PM
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The muted grey rack goes well with the grey shifters on the downtube, which I'm probably going to get rid of because of their massive suckitude. Seriously, they are the worst I've ever used. If you tighten them up enough to hold a gear, they're nearly impossible to budge. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Sounds like there's a washer missing or backwards or something.
But that's a really pretty bike.
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12-13-13, 08:21 PM
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My vintage touring rig. Late 70's Tom Ritchey.
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12-14-13, 12:36 AM
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[QUOTE=crapshoot;16327491]Here are more pics of my Raleigh Portage.
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That is a gorgeous Portage. Love the color combo.
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That is a gorgeous Portage. Love the color combo.
12-15-13, 07:19 AM
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12-15-13, 07:24 AM
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That may not be a lug. That may be one of the Ritchey Faux lugs:
"Fake" Lugs
A small number of Ritchey frames were created with fake lugs. These "lugs" are created by hand as the bike was fillet brazed. The frame is intentionally given the appearance of a lugged frame, but is produced with by a much more time consuming process.As far as I know, this treatment only appears on the most expensive Ritchey model - the Annapurna.
Also note, that many bikes have a similar treatment at the top of the seat tube.
https://www.oldmountainbikes.com/tube_joining.html
"Fake" Lugs
A small number of Ritchey frames were created with fake lugs. These "lugs" are created by hand as the bike was fillet brazed. The frame is intentionally given the appearance of a lugged frame, but is produced with by a much more time consuming process.As far as I know, this treatment only appears on the most expensive Ritchey model - the Annapurna.
Also note, that many bikes have a similar treatment at the top of the seat tube.
https://www.oldmountainbikes.com/tube_joining.html
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