Any 1980's Raleigh Experts?

tyke1973
tyke1973 Posts: 33
edited September 2012 in Road general
I just bought a Raleigh Record Sprint for £50 the guy said it was all how he bought it nearly 30 years ago apart from a flatbar he put on it.
The thing is there seems to be a lot of variation with this model with regards to decals, chainset, RD etc.
I've seen black/gold chainsets, all black (mine) and chrome, and 4 diff sets of decals.
Everything is suntour on my model but i've seen Shimano.

Can anyone shed any light on things please?

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Shed light on what? :lol:

    What do you want to know?! The Sprint was made for a few years so the design changed a bit. If you just want general info, post some pics on the Retrobike forums. Suntour probably means it is no later than early 80s and is a good thing as you'll be hard pushed to find a better groupset than the Suntour of those days (assuming it is VX or better still Cyclone level).
    Faster than a tent.......
  • navrig
    navrig Posts: 1,352
    Try Sheldon Brown:

    http://sheldonbrown.com/oldbikes/index.html
  • Silly Old Hector
    Silly Old Hector Posts: 573
    Mine was a early 80's black 501 frame, with gold, anodised Groupset ( make ? )

    Was way too big for me, but it was fast :wink:

    Changed the wheels to some handbuilts with Campag hubs - as a 15 y.o. I thought it was the dog's...

    What did I know :lol:
    All the gear, but no idea...
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Mmm black and gold. Niice ! It was around for years so I'd expect there to be lots of versions of it.
  • Slack
    Slack Posts: 326
    The late 80's saw the black components, earlier models had the gold bling...I think.

    £50 :shock: I threw my old one in the bin earlier this year; and it wouldn't fit in, so I took the angle grinder to it! :oops:
    Plymouthsteve for councillor!!
  • CYCLESPORT1
    CYCLESPORT1 Posts: 471
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ouij/140145744/
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Slack wrote:
    The late 80's saw the black components, earlier models had the gold bling...I think.

    £50 :shock: I threw my old one in the bin earlier this year; and it wouldn't fit in, so I took the angle grinder to it! :oops:

    Late 80s is unlikely for Suntour on a Raleigh.

    You cut one up? Even shabby ones can make £150 on ebay with a good advert and phrases like 'would make a good fixie' in it.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • craker
    craker Posts: 1,739
    Rolf F wrote:
    You cut one up? Even shabby ones can make £150 on ebay with a good advert and phrases like 'would make a good fixie' in it.

    Found mine at the rubbish dump. Made a fixie out of it...

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