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auchencrow 03-16-10 08:32 AM

Show us your Raleigh Super Course!
 
These great old Raleigh Super Courses seem to have a strong following here in C&V – and deservedly so, IMHO, since they’re so well-mannered, and their classic style just seems to define the genre. They are also among the most adaptable of bikes for sport/utility or touring, as has been illustrated here, on more than one occasion.

The Super Courses were high enough the Raleigh hierarchy as to be very well regarded, yet common enough so that many of us can aspire to actually owning one.

So, I though it was about time for a "show us your SC" thread. Here is your opportunity to post yours!

auchencrow 03-16-10 11:09 AM

'72 SC, Suntour V- GT Luxe rear derailleur, SL frt, ratcheting Power Shifters and (half-wrap Tressostar tape... My first stab at wheel building, and it rolls OK.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ighSCsidea.jpg

ScottRyder 03-16-10 12:07 PM

Here's my '73:

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...DSC_0102-1.jpg

Scott

auchencrow 03-16-10 12:20 PM


Originally Posted by Scottryder (Post 10533927)
Here's my '73:

Nice. - what running gear?

ohjonnybegoode 03-16-10 12:35 PM

I need to take better pics, but here is my '74 SC MKII - my favorite ride in my humble collection. I believe it to be all orginial (except a previous owner added turkey wings) other than the saddle...( I have a B17 on the way from the auction site...I thought a B-17 Narrow would be, um...too narrow for me...:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/...92473383_o.jpg

ScottRyder 03-16-10 12:56 PM


Originally Posted by auchencrow (Post 10533980)
Nice. - what running gear?

The brakes are the originals Weinmanns, the rest is Shimano 600 Arabesque. Really shifts and rides great.

Scott

mparker326 03-16-10 01:04 PM

Here is my 73. Also equipped with Shimano Arabesque.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_2601.jpg

auchencrow 03-16-10 02:24 PM


Originally Posted by ohjonnybegoode (Post 10534041)
I need to take better pics, but here is my '74 SC MKII - my favorite ride in my humble collection. I believe it to be all orginial (except a previous owner added turkey wings) other than the saddle...( I have a B17 on the way from the auction site...I thought a B-17 Narrow would be, um...too narrow for me...:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/...92473383_o.jpg

Hi ohjonnybegoode !
Your collection can't be TOO humble if it includes that MKII. (Gotta lose the Turkey wings though!):)

auchencrow 03-16-10 02:28 PM


Originally Posted by mparker326 (Post 10534174)
Here is my 73. Also equipped with Shimano Arabesque.

Very classy mparker326.

noglider 03-16-10 02:59 PM

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This one is a '71 or '72. I call it a '71 for argument's sake.

I'm using the upright bars now, as it's a commuter/errand bike for me now.

The ride quality is far beyond my expectations. I'm using Panaracer Pasela tires, which are fantastic.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...8&d=1268773126

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...9&d=1268773138

Night Tiger 03-16-10 03:15 PM

Here's mine, a '73, though sadly she's since moved to California. Viscount cranks, Suntour Vx RD, Titlist FD, GB bars.

[IMG]http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/Nitto001.jpg[/IMG]

VintageRide 03-16-10 03:18 PM

I posted this in a separate thread but in case some here missed it I will throw it in. I traded it in when new but at least owned one - it was a 1978 model. Here it is with just a few miles on it. Managed to install some Campagnolo Record components and the Sugino crank set before realizing that I was aspiring towards something more expensive. I should have kept it but limited finances back then forced me to trade it in on something Italian.



http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/207/img305611.jpg

bikamper 03-16-10 03:48 PM

My '73 loaded for bear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...littleload.jpg
Fixed FW 3 speed. Nervar crank with Lambert ring, GB bars and stem, Middlemore saddle.

ScottRyder 03-16-10 04:46 PM


Originally Posted by bikamper (Post 10534902)
My '73 loaded for bear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...littleload.jpg
Fixed FW 3 speed. Nervar crank with Lambert ring, GB bars and stem, Middlemore saddle.

Nice! Now that's what it's all about!!!

Scott

bibliobob 03-16-10 05:18 PM


Originally Posted by auchencrow (Post 10533642)
'72 SC, Suntour V- GT Luxe rear derailleur, SL frt, ratcheting Power Shifters and (half-wrap Tressostar tape... My first stab at wheel building, and it rolls OK.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ighSCsidea.jpg

Beauty! I just picked up the same. I look forward to taking it for a spin soon. This thread has me excited!

Grand Bois 03-16-10 05:23 PM

I built this little single speed '74 MK II for my wife. She never liked it, so I sold the frame and fork at a bike swap for $35. It was recently on eBay, nicely built up as a fixed gear, with a BIN price of $600. I don't know if it sold. I didn't bother to look.

http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/41...600x600Q85.jpg

clubman 03-16-10 05:34 PM

Bad pic but rode this around town fixed for a couple of years. It was $25 at a garage sale but missing most of the original components. Very stable bike...a treat to ride with hands off the bars. A '76 I believe.

Attachment 141932

auchencrow 03-16-10 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by Grand Bois (Post 10535266)
I built this little single speed '74 MK II for my wife. She never liked it, so I sold the frame and fork at a bike swap for $35. It was recently on eBay, nicely built up as a fixed gear, with a BIN price of $600. I don't know if it sold. I didn't bother to look.

OMG - a Super Course Mixtie Fixtie ^.
Some hipster probably bid their first born for it.
(This straight MkII recently sold on ebay for $400... )

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...e400onebay.jpg

auchencrow 03-16-10 06:01 PM


Originally Posted by bikamper (Post 10534902)
My '73 loaded for bear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...littleload.jpg
Fixed FW 3 speed. Nervar crank with Lambert ring, GB bars and stem, Middlemore saddle.

I'd say it's loaded - How on earth did you load that truck on your pannier?

(very cool touring rig BTW.)

USAZorro 03-16-10 07:03 PM

Here's mine, from the post-chrome era.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_jfJf3GdX2mQ/Sv...0/IMGP2431.JPG

bikamper 03-16-10 07:06 PM


Originally Posted by auchencrow (Post 10535445)
I'd say it's loaded - How on earth did you load that truck on your pannier?

(very cool touring rig BTW.)

That old truck is like an old dog that always wants to come along. Here it is crammed into the pannier of my Superbe.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ttingready.jpg
And thanks.

TomHilbert 03-16-10 07:51 PM

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My 1974 Supercourse, repainted in 1982 with my initials, torn down in 1986, built up again last October

TomHilbert 03-16-10 07:53 PM

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Again

Nogyro 03-16-10 09:32 PM

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Here's my 73' SC that I bought new when I was 14. :p Little did I know that I would ride it for a couple of years, then pretty much let it sit for another 34 years before riding it again. LOL I got the bug last year about this time and drug the ole' SC out of storage, tore it down, re-greased all the bearings, put some new tires on, and oiled the stock Brooks B-17 narrow seat, and off I went. It still has original Weinmann brakes, Simplex derailleurs, cranks, etc, even the original vinyl handlebar tape. :D Put almost 2000 miles on it since last spring.

curbtender 03-16-10 09:41 PM

This came up tonight, somebody's bike...

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64cm extra large raleigh super course,reynolds 531 - $120 (san jose)

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just need wheels and seat,,made of reynolds 531,for a taller person,sugino super mighty cranks worth $ 60,universal super 68 calipers worth $50,you can sell this parts and get the frame for free,so at $120 for everything is good deal,408 8392905
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