I really want one of these

I don’t know why – I already have quite a nice cross bike

That is rather nice

Last years model as raced by Gabby Day was awesome too … shame without importing your own that we will never see them in UK.

I’m not sure what the deal is with Raleigh – in the states they look to have some pretty high end bikes, yet we only get chaff over here. Is the name like a franchise and its basically a different company in each country?

Isn’t that a dirty disco (or same factory made)?

Raleigh Probably has better stock control though 😉

From my understanding of Raleigh UK and Raleigh USA is that they are completely independent companies …

… Think when Raleigh was sold and parted out years ago this was the result.

Night and Day difference between the 2 companies and the bikes they produce … Raleigh USA do a lovely belt drive 29er too ..

Not sure on the Dirty Disco comment … doesn’t even look the same … those seat stays are lovely on the Raleigh

Raleigh USA’s cross bikes – esp their SSCX machines – are usually fantastic looking. That thing looks the b-ll—s..!

(Is the Raleigh USA/IK deal the same with Bianchi – some interesting bikes in the Bianchi USA range?)

Ah, righty – cheers Paul.

Its a shame that they can’t bring them over here – the UK Raleigh they had in Cycling plus got really good reviews but looked awful.

Raleigh USA have really good stuff. Raleigh UK remains in the domain of Halfords, i.e crap

What are the wheels in that picture?

The wheels are Cole Carbon’s, produced under license (or something) for Raleigh.

I liked the look of this Raleigh:

but with a view to sticking some gears on the back perhaps.

That, or a Van Dessel WTF. Paul78, did you find the Van Dessel as heavy as it sounds? (7.2lb for the frame and EBB??)

13thfloormonk, Van Dessel WTF was not lightweight but its was built for bikepacking so when I loaded it up it felt as heavy as anything else i had used in the past 🙂

On subject of Van Dessel .. Full Tilt Boogie disc model would be a very similar bike to this Raleigh

More details. http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/04/19/2013-raleigh-rxc-pro-carbon-disc-cyclocross-bike-alloy-model-too/