RSW 16

[roadrash]

ive just found an RSW 16 for sale locally, its all there but it wants a lot of tidying up , I can buy it for less than the price of a pair of tyres for it would cost, I certainly don't need it but it would be rude not too......wouldn't it...…. of course it would , pics when I pick it up at weekend.

 

[raleighnut]

 

[tyred]

Lovely. I love small wheelers. They're so much fun.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Love RSW 16s. Friend has a mint one like the one his mother had that we rode as kids. Dead slow though, fine for a pub/shopper but not further. Full of character though!

 

[roadrash]

Lovely. I love small wheelers. They're so much fun.

I have been known to purchase a....., ok then....a few Raleigh twenty's in the past but this will be my first RSW16, as you rightly say , they are so much fun.

Love RSW 16s. Friend has a mint one like the one his mother had that we rode as kids. Dead slow though, fine for a pub/shopper but not further. Full of character though!

yeah , I wont be going too far on it

 

[Drago]

Not brilliant bikes, but a fascinating period piece.

 

[midlife]

The Bike that sealed Moulton's fate lol.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I have been known to purchase a....., ok then....a few Raleigh twenty's in the past but this will be my first RSW16, as you rightly say , they are so much fun.



yeah , I wont be going too far on it

You can ride a 20 for mikes though, great little bikes :-)

 

[roadrash]

You can ride a 20 for mikes though, great little bikes :-)

I don't know mike

 

[Fab Foodie]

I don't know mike

Tsk....miles :-)

 

[Salar]

I had one about five years ago. Heavy thing, paid £4 for it, sold it on. Some of the parts are worth a few bob as they fit the Chopper.
The front brake cable toggle is apparently quite a rarity.

 

[rogerzilla]

The Chopper frame is supposed to be a hack of the RSW16 (you can see it at the front), although the general shape of the Chopper is very obviously based on a Schwinn Stingray.

The RSW16 was Raleigh's attempt to undermine the Moulton (which it also owned the rights to, but was presumably paying Alex Moulton as a result). There wasn't any prospect of suspension at the intended RRP, hence the big tyres.

 

[Salty seadog]

Well we had one on the Fridays Christmas ride yesterday, would have done the best part of 30 miles.

 

[Ian H]

My friend and I, aged about 14-15, rode two of these from West London to Aldermaston to visit his uncle. It was about 40 miles there, mostly along the A4. On arrival we rang the doorbell. He wasn't in, so we turned around and rode 40 miles back.

It was my school bike, because it would carry an enormous amount of stuff. It was an 8 mile journey each way.

 

[roadrash]

I was hoping to pick it up today but seller not answering phone