1950s Raleigh Lenton Sport followed me home tonight
03-15-21, 07:39 AM
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If it has a cable-actuated FD, it's a '60 or '61, I believe.
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1960 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix specification changes
- cable operated front Benelux gear changer
- Weinmann 730 brakes
- Weinmann rims
- new pattern steel 2.5" stem
- 15/16th steel Maes bend 'bars
- chrome decoration piece fitted over fork crown
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From Peter Kohler's history of the Raleigh Lenton:
1960 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix specification changes
1960 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix specification changes
- cable operated front Benelux gear changer
- Weinmann 730 brakes
- Weinmann rims
- new pattern steel 2.5" stem
- 15/16th steel Maes bend 'bars
- chrome decoration piece fitted over fork crown
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Unless it's been re-decaled at some point, the decals are consistent with the LGP. The boss for a lamp on the fork might indicate it's a UK model. In the catalogs Peter Kohler links to, I think that color was a UK-only offering in 1960.
03-15-21, 10:46 AM
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I've owned a few of these over the years. Here's a 1960/61 in grey with a similar decal style:
It came with the original receipt:
It came with the original receipt:
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The LGP is in my garage now. Pics to come...
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I still haven’t done anything, other than swapping out the dried out brake pads. It rides so nice though.
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I wouldn't be surprised if it's a safe bet that these Lentons are Nottingham overstock 1958/59 Raleigh Sports frames (which had both the braze-on and the later lugs; '57 had the transition lugs, IIRC) painted with the Lenton scheme. Aside from the paint job, it's a standard Sports frame and matches these years.
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I've had two of these, serial numbers ever so close. One was a 59 SW, this one's a 58. Perhaps the dumping of overstocked frames included the newly-redundant SW hubs. They even gave us the useless right hand fork mounts in their haste to dump the frames on the 'colonies' Still, I think it's cool. I traded one to a mechanic friend for a Fisher Montare and kept the other. Sorry for the derailment b dub. You've got some good Raleigh mojo going on.
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Here's a montage of my first one.
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I've had two of these, serial numbers ever so close. One was a 59 SW, this one's a 58. Perhaps the dumping of overstocked frames included the newly-redundant SW hubs. They even gave us the useless right hand fork mounts in their haste to dump the frames on the 'colonies' Still, I think it's cool. I traded one to a mechanic friend for a Fisher Montare and kept the other. Sorry for the derailment b dub. You've got some good Raleigh mojo going on.
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Oddly, both SW's I've owned have been excellent but I really don't put miles on them. Perhaps they were properly cared for and lubricated by conscientious, previous owners.
04-23-21, 11:34 AM
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Speaking of Supercycle, I have an early 70s gold one as well.
Original condition when I picked it up several years ago:
Original condition when I picked it up several years ago:
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