Raleigh project
03-12-24, 04:56 AM
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Raleigh project
picked up a new project today
what is it?
what is it?
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03-12-24, 05:04 AM
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One of these:
The color doesn't look familiar to me, though. That is, it looks like a Raleigh blue, but not one of those used on these frames.
The color doesn't look familiar to me, though. That is, it looks like a Raleigh blue, but not one of those used on these frames.
03-12-24, 05:41 AM
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Cool frameset in need of an Evaporust bath! Great reference chart above. Hopefully the lugs, crown and drops can identify which one you have.
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From the top tube decal, I'm thinking Gran Course.
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03-12-24, 11:17 AM
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If those are Campagnolo dropouts you may well be right. In that case I would expect a serial number from late 1984 or 1985. Soody , what says the BB shell?
OTOH, Raleigh did build versions of these frames that are not catalogued, the "non-fixie's bike" mentioned above being an example.
OTOH, Raleigh did build versions of these frames that are not catalogued, the "non-fixie's bike" mentioned above being an example.
03-12-24, 11:53 PM
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yep, campag dropouts
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03-13-24, 02:34 AM
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Thank you for the additional pictures. The September '84 serial number and the Campagnolo dropouts would make it an early '85 MY Gran Course, I'd say.
From the 1985 catalogue:
These are really nice frames, IMO. Sleek and sexy, with their sloping fork crowns and slender seat clusters. This is one of mine, an '84 Competition 12:
What are your plans with it?
From the 1985 catalogue:
These are really nice frames, IMO. Sleek and sexy, with their sloping fork crowns and slender seat clusters. This is one of mine, an '84 Competition 12:
What are your plans with it?
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Great info thank you. Yours is gorgeous. I wish i had that large size. This one won't fit me, so i'll try to find a rider, and spec it for them.
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at first glance thought beastie's lug pattern might be the BOCAMA Competition 83, then when non-fixie posted that excellent crosstable saw that the only two patterns employed were Prugnat, the frame is certainly not 62 serie so it must be the S4 (oops, ins't that a secret locus within Area 51?)
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at first glance thought beastie's lug pattern might be the BOCAMA Competition 83, then when non-fixie posted that excellent crosstable saw that the only two patterns employed were Prugnat, the frame is certainly not 62 serie so it must be the S4 (oops, ins't that a secret locus within Area 51?)
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I'm gonna try an acid bath
03-13-24, 10:01 PM
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03-14-24, 02:05 AM
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You assume correctly. The serial number of the frame I was trying to identify has a "W" prefix.
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It's still hanging from the rafters as a frameset, where it's been for the last 20 years. The paint on the top tube is a bit too rough for me to build it up as-is. I keep going back and forth about whether to keep its current color scheme, switch to the team colors, or just paint the top tube. If I happen to paint something else the same color red, I'll probably opt for the latter. Fork in the pic is not original.
