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raleighnut

raleighnut

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Tebb1t said:
The lawyer for the prosecution may raise the point that it is 531 main tubes only, with the rest high tensile steel....
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Thing is Raleigh bought out Carlton Cycles (amongst others) and from them aquired a bit of a 'black art' in cycle handling. My old Carlton Clubman has a wonderful 'loping' kind of ride, still responsive but comfortable (a real 'ride all day bike) and that is in 'Truewell' tubing.
Similarly I have a Raleigh 'Super Equipe' and although that is only Raleigh 18-30 tubing but still rides lovely'
Back in the 80's my ex had a Peugeot built with Columbus tubing and one day I went to the shed to find my bike had a flat tyre so I nicked her bike to get to work............................It was horrible to ride, twitchy steering and a nasty 'choppy' ride, I was knackered when I got to work..

There is still no way that bike is worth a fraction of the price though even if it was the 'prototype' (which I doubt)
 
Hover Fly

Hover Fly

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raleighnut said:
Similarly I have a Raleigh 'Super Equipe' and although that is only Raleigh 18-30 tubing but still rides lovely'
Back in the 80's my ex had a Peugeot built with Columbus tubing and one day I went to the shed to find my bike had a flat tyre so I nicked her bike to get to work............................It was horrible to ride, twitchy steering and a nasty 'choppy' ride, I was knackered when I got to work..
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Similar to my experience with a Peugeot 753 Chorus and Raleigh 531 and Victory, on paper the Peugeot has better specifications and is lighter, but the Raleigh is the better all round ride, perhaps slightly slower up hills, but comfortable for all day riding, a touch longer in the stays, slightly relaxed head angle,
 
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ebikeerwidnes

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Hover Fly said:
Similar to my experience with a Peugeot 753 Chorus and Raleigh 531 and Victory, on paper the Peugeot has better specifications and is lighter, but the Raleigh is the better all round ride, perhaps slightly slower up hills, but comfortable for all day riding, a touch longer in the stays, slightly relaxed head angle,
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My bike as a teenager was a Peugeot
Steel tubes but I was the only person at school - or that I knew - with 10 gears on his bike

It also had full length stainless steel mudguards - or shiny ones anyway

I loved that bike - no idea how it went because it was the only one I rode at the time

but it did some miles - mostly just me on it and no-one else
just like now
 
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Webbo2

Über Member
ebikeerwidnes said:
My bike as a teenager was a Peugeot
Steel tubes but I was the only person at school - or that I knew - with 10 gears on his bike

It also had full length stainless steel mudguards - or shiny ones anyway

I loved that bike - no idea how it went because it was the only one I rode at the time

but it did some miles - mostly just me on it and no-one else
just like now
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My first bike as an adult was a Carlton pro,am with 531 single butted tubes. I rode some time trials on it and did the 3 Peaks cyclocross on it.
 
biggs682

biggs682

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raleighnut said:
Can't see the price but it is a 'Carlton' type frame.
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£145 and not Reynolds
 
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