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What was the best bike Raleigh ever made?
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Posted 11 months ago #
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I had one of those 5 speed Arena's in 1976. IIRC it was the first bike to have those suicidal brake extensions. At least I remember the guy in the bike shop telling me that, though he didn't mention the suicidal bit. It was my first bike with drops and gears.
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avdave2 - don't forget the suicidal slip gear my Arena always seemed to drop into when I least needed it to. Many a bruise from that.
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My Raleigh history:
and a 94 M-Trax I can't find a piccy of.
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Raleigh Road Ace. Shimano 600, 1987 two months wages (or something). Still got it, although most parts except frame fork and crank replaced etc.
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Amazed no-one's mentioned the Raleigh Maverick. Got mine in 1986, first MTB and suddenly opened up literally tens of miles of wilderness to my spindly 16-yr old legs.
Of course, the first thing you do with a 40lb steel behemoth is bolt on bash guards, derailleur guards, front & rear racks and bullmoose bars, then race cyclo-cross on it. I got fit quick!
Pic pinched from Gravy Monsters thread on retrobikePosted 11 months ago # -
This was my first 'proper' bike (Raleigh Even More Extreme), but to be honest i never really liked it. Don't tell my dad that.
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I had one of these . . . . Tomahawk!!
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Superbe - my neighbour has one. He bought it new in the 50s when he came out of the army. Ridden nearly daily and still going strong.
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A Night Burner was my first bike, so loved that bike!
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Raleigh Road Ace. Shimano 600, 1987 two months wages (or something).
Nice one, Pegasus. Same here. Months of hard graft in a factory as a student to pay for it. I couldn't believe how well it handled compared to my wine red Raleigh Clubman 12 (hardly a racer, mind). Years of memories - hill climbs and 10 mile time trials on hot summer evenings (I can't remember much of the rainy days but there must have been a few). Mrs T reckons that my developing body was moulded around that bike (as she irons my bow legged jeans). It was my pride and joy. Recently got it fully restored and about to resurrect the old girl for a few rides....until something breaks and I can't replace it. Just wish the roads were as quiet now as they were then.Posted 11 months ago # -
Formula 3. It was a Tomahawk painted gold with Sturmy Archer 3 speed.
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Wanna play?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnzjuqcFkt0Always fancied a go on one - remember they had a pre-release model on display at the Malverns in the mid-nineties - tried to persuade my lads to have a demo but they were having none of it
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I had a Grifter, they were cool and all...
But my heart belongs to the Tomahawk I had previous to it.
I can smell the duraglit from hours spent polishing those chrome mudguards, and the WD40 from hours of washing the grease out of the bearings
Think mine was metallic red. There was a bike / car shop at the bottom of my road, I used to zoom down there and marvel at the 15p sparkely stickers and go faster stripes!
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i had a grifter and a super bomber. the grifter weighed 14 stone and was a hand me down from my sister that my old man had painted with hammerite
the superbomber was pretty cool but if i wanted one now (and i do as was just checking them out on ebay) it would have to be a Super Burner the gold and black one, that is still an awesome machine today. Plus they've released a Ltd Edition new version of it 
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