My 1988 Raleigh Gemini winter bike.

[Stormy_ll]

Hope you guys don’t mind me resurrecting this thread!
I see what you all mean about it being a rare frame… found only a single specimen on sale and this is one of the only couple of threads I can find on it. Seen many pioneers as per, but am hoping to hold out for one of these to pop up.

Found a 58cm/23 inch frame but think it’ll be too large for me (at 5’10) to be workable.
Originally had the idea of doing a restomod on an old 26er and came across a picture of one of these. Full sized wheels, great tire clearance, good geometry, 531 tubing - what’s not to love!

 

[Cycleops]

We need pics

 

[Kevberlin]

This is a great thread.
Can anyone advise on the stand over height for the Gemini on a 57cm (22.5 inch) frame please
Thanks a lot,
Kev

 

[Kevberlin]

With plans ahead for a tour with one of my sons in Spring 2024, my stated intention was to buy a new bike from Spa Cycles, Temple Cycles or similar.
Then, I spotted this and everything changed. 😁😁😁
Now sat in my garage alongside my 1982 F W Evans roadie.

 

[Silver Shadow]

12 to 32 cassette coming thanks to members help\advice, bars changed with bar end shifters. Just not convinced on canti brakes as in the wet they are not great. I have some more blocks coming to try. I'm enjoying this ride.

 

[Kevberlin]

The bike looks neat.
As you say, the cantilevers aren’t great, but it will be interesting to see if decent blocks improve them.
I have cantilevers on my other bike, and I have had them in the past on a Galaxy. In each case they were fine.

 

[Silver Shadow]

The bike looks neat.
As you say, the cantilevers aren’t great, but it will be interesting to see if decent blocks improve them.
I have cantilevers on my other bike, and I have had them in the past on a Galaxy. In each case they were fine.

Thanks, I have a galaxy and the breaks are very good on that. Fingers crossed on the blocks

 

[John biggles]

I recently found a Gemini, I'd never heard of it as a Raleigh model before, but it looks like a slightly lower quality Raleigh royal frame but set up as a hybrid rather than a tourer. It's dismantled ok (seat post, handle bar stem and bottom bracket have all come out ok, even the rear drop out adjusters still move). It doesn't look like it's had much use, the cassette (yes, 6sp uniglide) chainrings (biopace) all look quite fresh. I'm planning to use it as an experimental bike, as it will take a 130old cassette rear wheel, so can go from 6 all the way up to 10 speed, and with that in mind I've put a hyperglide free hub body on the rear wheel in place of the uniglide one. There's a bit of surface rust, so looks scruffy, but I'm not planning on painting it at the moment, just cleaning, regreasing and then drop bars.

I might go for V brakes, or mini V brakes, but at the moment I'm just happy to have a nice frame to play with.

Mine has a W frame number (ie built in Worksop by the lightweight Raleigh factory, was this originally Carlton?)

They can only have been made for one or two years, then seem to have been surpassed by the pioneer (which I have one of too, with a chromo frame, which built up into a nice touring bike too)

 

[Jameshow]

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After taking the bike apart and rebuilding it, I've been using this 1988 Raleigh Gemini as a winter bike, riding it 2-3 times a week on 30-80 miles rides, it works well. Originally, it was a hybrid like this one below.

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Has anyone heard from Guy recently?
Not posted on the forum for a year. He's one of the few guys I've met in person on a @ColinJ ride.