Someone just gave us this, might fix it up, 80's I presume, the paintwork is original but it's been destickered, it has Stronglight chainset, Sachs Huret gears, SR stem and big bars. Any ideas what model and the age? Cheers
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I don't know, but it looks identical to my first MTB!
Could be anything from a mustang to a marauder to a maverick maybe? I'd guess a maverick.
I was just going to say Maverick circa 1985.
Transporter beat me to it!
I'm going to say no it wasn't.
I think that accolade goes to the early 80's Raleigh Bomber.
It was basically a clunker, based on what they were hammering down Cali mountainsides.
Remember the Bomber, always had it pegged as a ‘tracker’ as it was basically what we had all done to our road bikes at the time and that’s what we called them round our way. But yes, the Bomber thinking about it was very much a clunker style, good shout!
I remember as kids me and my sister were bought bikes one christmas.
I wanted a Mongoose BMX and got a no name thing that wasn't great.
My sister got a Raleigh Bomber and she didn't ask for a bike.
I rode the Bomber loads and hardly touched the BMX.
After leaving school I got myself a Raleigh Montage. Lovely colour and really nice bike. Somebody else obviously thought the same as it was nicked after a few months. So was its identical replacement 🙁
Got a 1991 GT Timberline after that. Looked awesome with its grey speckled paint but weighed about 47 tonnes. That didn't get stolen as the scroat proabably couldn't move the damn thing.
Thanks all, yes that Maverick on ebay looks the same, cheers
Sure its not resprayed? Certainly does look like my old Mustang...still got it too, the grey to white fade with the red horse decals. Got to be Raleighs first 'ATB'
Got a 1991 GT Timberline after that. Looked awesome with its grey speckled paint but weighed about 47 tonnes. That didn’t get stolen as the scroat proabably couldn’t move the damn thing.
I had a Tequesta of that era...loved the paint job: a light cloudy blue with matching stem and forks. Happy days
Maverick for sure
1985
They did 3 models
5 speed with side pull brakes (light blue metallic) - my first MTB
15 speed (grey) with cantis
15 speed top line model in burgundy
Following year they moved to champagne and brown fade
p7eaven
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Remember the Bomber, always had it pegged as a ‘tracker’ as it was basically what we had all done to our road bikes at the time and that’s what we called them round our way. But yes, the Bomber thinking about it was very much a clunker style, good shout!
I had a black Bomber and my brother had a chrome one, complete with 3 speed Sturmer Archer
My mate Ian Hartley had a Bomber, I only had a Burner GS so was well jealous.
Back in the early nineties I had one of those Mavericks in for a complete rebuild, as lots of plastic and rubber bits melted in a boiler outhouse fire where it was stored. It lived again. Don't think my carbon Spark would fare as well!
Oh my days. Goose bumps. Ive dreamed of getting a bike built with the same geometry as my old maverick ( but with non shit components obviously)
I recognise that stem a mile off. Weighs about as much as a whole modern bike.
Must be a later model with the cantis
Sidepulls FTW
15 speed top line model in burgundy
The burgundy one had sidepulls brakes. Doubt it was top of the line....
There was also a light grey Marauder with side pull brakes, 87ish. 5 speed, I think. My first mountain bike, and I loved it - as long as I didn’t need to stop...
thegeneralist
Free Member15 speed top line model in burgundy
The burgundy one had sidepulls brakes. Doubt it was top of the line
I know the one you are thinking of. That was another version (earlier even?) of the 5 I mentioned that was light blue.
The year the model in the picture shown, the range was the one I quoted.
Like twonks, I too had a Bomber (blue… I could always identify my skid marks down our street), must have been 1985ish, and later a 1991 Timberline (also blue, but no novelty skid marks).
Sachs Hurry, I think got bought and the new company was Sachs and that then got bought/merged as what is now Sram - I think... suspect that is very wrong but I don't think so.
A 15sp Maverick was my first MTB as well. Bought from a Raleigh dealer in Aberdeen during the Oct holidays in 1985, for £175 I think, and I've been addicted to this sport ever since.
Bez
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I could always identify my skid marks down our street
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