1985 Raleigh Team U.S.A.
03-23-21, 03:47 PM
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1985 Raleigh Team U.S.A.
Not a "team" bike, but a marketing program. Nice 12 speed with team colors. 555 Steel frame is 22.5". Frame, fork & paint in great condition. Steel 27" 36 spoke wheels. Everything works and it rudes well. New tires and tubes.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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03-23-21, 04:44 PM
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I was researching these on ebay recently and was surprised at what they can bring. They are a bit over rated IMO.
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As presented I would say $150 or kinda hard to price very nice condition but has a downgraded set of none oem steel wheels . If it had nice set of alloys with good tires it would be worth $200-250 maybe a bit more in a hot market.
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$100. Looks pretty franken, especially with different pedals and the solid rear axle. Steel rims are way out of place. You could do yourself a favor by retaping the bars and removing both the reflector and dork disc. A more appropriate wheelset and better presentation could get you closer to $300.
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That does not look like a 22.5 inch frame to me
More like a 23.5 or 24
Cool bike. Love the colors !!!
More like a 23.5 or 24
Cool bike. Love the colors !!!
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Yep, that look larger than the stated size. I've had two of them both the wrong size. Nothing very special about these to be honest but I love the paint job and want one in my size solely for that reason.
That one looks pretty good but man, maybe $150 max.
Here's a gallery of pics from one of mine. It's been years but if I remember correctly this was stock.
https://pbase.com/jhuddle/team_usa
And one pic, they are beauties in terms of the patriotic paint scheme.
That one looks pretty good but man, maybe $150 max.
Here's a gallery of pics from one of mine. It's been years but if I remember correctly this was stock.
https://pbase.com/jhuddle/team_usa
And one pic, they are beauties in terms of the patriotic paint scheme.
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Update: sold this morning for $200.
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Great Job. As for the sizing RBCA bikes are all about %20 bigger they used s different sizing method style on nearly all there bikes not bad just different, My MT200 is a compact MTB hard frame labeled as 19" and properly set up it rides equal to about 21" and I can't find a single measurement on the frame that is 19"..
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