Raleigh ID

In article <[email hidden]>, "Gary in VA"

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I picked up an old Raleigh from a customer a couple of days ago and was wondering if anyone here
could help me with the model and year of this bike. The pic is at the link below.

gallery.consumerreview.comRaleighRightSide.jpgOpen ↗

Thanks,

Gary in VA

check out www.sheldonbrown.com

look for articles/index. I believe he has a page about dating the Raleighs.

( Ihope thats right. )

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Gary in VA said:

Quoted message said:

I picked up an old Raleigh from a customer a couple of days ago and was wondering if anyone here
could help me with the model and year of this bike. The pic is at the link below.

gallery.consumerreview.comRaleighRightSide.jpgOpen ↗

H. M. Leary said:

check out www.sheldonbrown.com

look for articles/index. I believe he has a page about dating the Raleighs.

Thanks for the plug, but most of my info is on the English made ones. retroraleighs.comretroraleighs.comOpen ↗ and
sheldonbrown.comenglishOpen ↗

That bike is a _very_ early mountain bike, probably 1980-82. Early MTB frames were commonly heavily
overbuilt, as is this one with the extra "mixte" stays. The ridiculous super-wide riser bars are
also typical of the early MTB era.

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