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1980 Raleigh Touring 14

By onethirtynine on 03/10/2009. Bike tags: Road bike | acorn | Honjo | Minehaha | Raleigh | more tags >>
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Double-Butted Tange High-Tensile

SR Stem / Sakae Randonneur Bar

Tange Taper Gauge Fork / unknown headset (probably Tange)

Araya Alloy Rim / Suntour Road VX Hub

Araya Alloy Rim / Suntour Road VX Hub

Suntour VX

Raleigh Suede Saddle / SR Alloy Seatpost

Suntour Road VX Pedals / MKS Clips / Campagnolo Toe Straps / Suntour Chain

Suntour Ultra 7 13-32T Cluster / Sugino 34/48T Chainrings

Scored this bike on Ebay for a couple hundred bucks. It was completely NOS and bone-stock (circa 1979 catalog specs). The tires (original Raleigh road tires that came with the bike) didn't even have any wear on them. This is a Japanese-made Raleigh with high-tensile steel double-butted tubes (wtf?). Still it rides pretty nice. Rugged, stiff and unbearably heavy. Touring on a double crankset isn't as luxurious as having 21+ gears at your disposal but very doable if you're into "roughing it". I don't see a lot of these but I've heard of a guy in Germany who has toured on his for over 30 years.





People who friended this bike mastronaut, asmorse211, Aaron C, swardenh, shibbybeatzz, sibkis, blue_and_gold, jhvu74, spader725
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What a score!

Submitted by Ruffinit on 06/29/2009.

Gorgeous. Now get out there and ride! Looks like it's been waiting all it's life to get on the road. Adding to my cluster.

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And I've added it to mine

Submitted by eaglerock on 08/11/2009.

Pack mules

Are the Sakae Randnner (their oddball spelling) bars wide enough to be really usable? I've been looking for randonneur bars for a touring build, and although there's a lot of Sakae and GB bars floating around, they're all '70s skinny-narrow. It seems like the only modern-width options are Nitto: Randonneur and Noodle.

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yes

Submitted by onethirtynine on 08/12/2009.

of course it's wide enough!

the bar may be from the 70's but our anatomies haven't really changed much since then yet people were still riding for long distances.

it's all about personal preference so if you feel you need a wider bar, by all means get a wider bar.

btw, the Sakae Randnner is 42cm center to center on the ends (lower part) and 39cm center to center on the curves (upper part) which is the same as the 42cm Nitto Randonneur bar.

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clean and classic style

Submitted by blue_and_gold on 06/29/2009.

lovin it

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Love the front rack

Submitted by latron on 06/19/2009.

Very snappy. Watch that back axle though -- it's the only vintage component I don't love. Definitely limits the amount of weight you can put on the rear.

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Rear hub..

Submitted by Ruffinit on 06/29/2009.

I've never heard anything negative about the VX hub. Please enlighten..

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Really a classy

Submitted by mastronaut on 04/19/2009.

Raleigh ride...

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