Identify my Raleigh

[jarle]

Hi,

got a not-so-new Raleigh the other day, but there is no further specification of model. What do you say?

 

[raleighnut]

Very nice ladies tourer 60s-early 70s by riveted head badge, try Retro Raleighs for model/catalogues around this vintage. The drum brakes would lead me to look on the early side of my time period.

 

[Cycleops]

That's very nice jarle. Never seen those drum brakes before. What make are the derailleurs? That can also help date it. How are you planning to restore it?

 

[jarle]

The drum brakes are Sturmey Archer, the derailleurs are Shimano FE and RS.

 

[raleighnut]

S A drums are probably date stamped, frame no on bottom bracket should help dating as well

 

[GGJ]

Shimano RS dates from late 70s to early 80s and the FE the early 80s also

 

[jarle]

No frame number on bottom bracket, but the SA drums are stamped "5 79" and "4 81" - does this mean May 1979 and April 1981?

 

[Dogtrousers]

"Suicide" brake levers were an early 70s - mid 80s thing weren't they? Would they help date it?

 

[jarle]

Does the sticker with a flag and the text "Raleigh" and "Made in England" (in my case: near the bottom bracket) mean that the bike was made for export, or did such stickers appear on bikes made for the domestic market as well?

 

[arch684]

I have a raleigh medale from 1983 the sticker near the bottom bracket has only the flag and made in england so you may be right

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

That is a 'Mixte' frame by the way:

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org....on=search&searchtext=Raleigh&tpage=4&items=16

http://veterancycleclublibrary.org....on=search&searchtext=Raleigh&tpage=5&items=16

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Looking at those catalogues, it annoyingly doesn't have everything, so the closest I can see is a 'Royale 10' from 1983, followed by a 'Misty' from 1981.

Neither are identical paint/detailwise, so it might just be an earlier version of a Royale or similar.