Raleigh SB serial number Reynolds 753 Ti Frame
07-28-21, 07:12 PM
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just as a general comment on the 753 Raleigh Team bikes... I've got one and I really love the ride of the lighter gauge tubes!
I'm 6 feet tall and 155 pounds, so a bit lighter than the average American of my height. As such, production frames are generally pretty stiff and overbuilt. My 60cm Raleigh Team frame has a bit more flex and feels much better (to me) than my similar 531 Raleigh International or SP tubed Olmo Competition.
my serial number is 47xx (just to be similarly coy about the exact #), so it should be pretty similar to the one for sale by the OP.
Steve in Peoria
I'm 6 feet tall and 155 pounds, so a bit lighter than the average American of my height. As such, production frames are generally pretty stiff and overbuilt. My 60cm Raleigh Team frame has a bit more flex and feels much better (to me) than my similar 531 Raleigh International or SP tubed Olmo Competition.
my serial number is 47xx (just to be similarly coy about the exact #), so it should be pretty similar to the one for sale by the OP.
Steve in Peoria
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08-04-21, 02:31 PM
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Interestingly, the thing I find most cool about the SBDU bikes, is that they are one of the only vehicles that are "named" by their serial numbers. I have SB4484 and SB7979. I have many vehicular interests, and the only other ones I have personally heard referred to by S/N are Carrol Shelby's products. Both of mine are in process of reversing their histories back to their initial configuration...
SB4484. Joe Weiderholt (Raleigh SRC Team history)
SB7979 (in process)
SB4484. Joe Weiderholt (Raleigh SRC Team history)
SB7979 (in process)
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08-07-21, 06:02 PM
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Okay, at the risk of ridicule... What is that brazed-on knob thingie on the interior side of the right chainstay for?
08-07-21, 08:02 PM
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>> knob thingie
It's a chain hanger; keeps the chain from flopping around when the rear wheel is removed but the rear derailer is still in place.
cheers -mathias
It's a chain hanger; keeps the chain from flopping around when the rear wheel is removed but the rear derailer is still in place.
cheers -mathias
08-09-21, 03:16 AM
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I gotta wonder why they'd put a luxury (?) appurtenance on a super-duper racing frame, at a time when it was stylish to drill holes in alloy components to save a few grams. Plus, if I rode a Team Pro, I'd like the guy from the support van to hop out and take care of these little details for me. (These are philosophical musings, not a question.
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08-09-21, 12:38 PM
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These SBDU frames were sold to the public, the actual team bikes were built custom to the professional rider likely would not have had the chain hanger as they would have had a whole spare bike, think of the amateur racer changing his own tire or tube, the chain hanger would have been useful. this is all my supposition not what i have seen written as an actual account.
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Personally, I like the chain hanger. Makes removal and installation much easier.
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08-10-21, 06:18 PM
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With (at most) rare exception, SBDU frames were built to customer's exact specifications via this mailed/faxed sheet. Note the chain hanger option is checked in this order. "Off the peg" offerings came from the "Lightweight Unit".
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08-11-21, 02:01 PM
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That a cool piece of history right there...
