Raleigh Royale before and after cleaning
11-17-20, 08:03 AM
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Raleigh Royale before and after cleaning
Somehow this Raleigh made it to the United States. It was apparently first sold by the British Bicycle Co. in Kowloon, Hong Kong. I removed the fenders and lights and replaced the GB brake handles with a pair that has safety levers. I kept all the original parts. I believe some time in the past the origianl Simplex front derailleur was replaced, as it now has a SunTour. The chrome cleaned up pretty nicely overall, the worst part being a little pitting around the valve on the front rim.
Left side before
Right side before
Left side after
Left side before
Right side before
Left side after
11-17-20, 10:54 AM
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I have an older Royale with Huret derailleurs, north road handlebars, Brooks B-17 saddle, steel 700C rims, ESGE rear brake bridge, internally routed light wiring, a Belgian license plate, wingnuts, and BSA fork that appears to be original. Does your bike have a headbadge or a decal?
I don't remember what I paid for mine, but it was most likely around $75 a few years ago.
I don't remember what I paid for mine, but it was most likely around $75 a few years ago.
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11-17-20, 12:54 PM
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I have an older Royale with Huret derailleurs, north road handlebars, Brooks B-17 saddle, steel 700C rims, ESGE rear brake bridge, internally routed light wiring, a Belgian license plate, wingnuts, and BSA fork that appears to be original. Does your bike have a headbadge or a decal?
I don't remember what I paid for mine, but it was most likely around $75 a few years ago.
I don't remember what I paid for mine, but it was most likely around $75 a few years ago.
11-17-20, 01:29 PM
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Your bike seems something like this, but a later model.
11-17-20, 05:17 PM
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Your Royale looks really nice as well. I see you're also missing the air pump. Have you tried to find one? That spec sheet/ad you just posted does look a lot like mine but not all the equipment they have listed is the same as mine.
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For Late 60's and 70's bikes it was common if not likely that lesser and mid level model s not matching spec sheets. As for dating the OP's is 76/77 based on the oem Grab on foam grips 76 and the cotter crank stopped on lesser road models 77/78 when the went to Raliegh branded Japanese and asian components on this level bike. With the really nice paint cosmetics I would say $200-250 or so ready to ride fixed up version with fenders., first as is version about $100 .
