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Auction for Ti Raleigh 61cm 531C Track frame Number SB4634
1981 vintage Raleigh Frame
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Auction for Ti Raleigh 61cm 531C Track frame Number SB4634
This is the first of a number of 1980 vintage TI Raleigh track frames I have for sale in sizes from 50cm to 61cm.
This is one of the “Stadium bikes” from Meadowbank Velodrome in Edinburgh.
They came directly from Gerald O Donovan of the Raleigh Special Bicycle Development Unit in Ilkeston in 1981 and have been used and perhaps a little neglected over the past 31 years with fading paint and the odd scrape here and there.
There is some information on the SBDU here :
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/raleigh-sbdu-builders.html
These are the bikes that have been used to introduce three generations of Scottish Track riders on the path to Championships success, they include :
Tom Annable, Eddie Alexander, Allister Watson, Stuart Brydon, Tom Glen, Anthony Stirrat, Craig McLean, Chris Hoy, Pete Jacques, Julie Paulding, Carol Gray, Kate Cullen, Daisy Sherwood, Toby Sherwood, Charline Joiner, Jenny Davis, Louise Haston, Kenny Ayre, and Katie Archibald as well as all the riders whose names I have forgotten.
Here is a little of the history:
*"In August 1980 Brian Annable negotiated an agreement with Gerald O Donovan of Raleigh Cycles to supply 11 track bikes to the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) for a special price of £3300.
The Council also agreed to fund the provision of track lighting by East of Scotland Cycling Association (ESCA), and to donate £700 for ESCA to recondition the Carltons that were supplied when the track opened in 1970.
BA reached an agreement between ESCA and CEC that ESCA would become responsible for ownership, deployment, maintenance, and safety in use of the track machines, and CEC would fund the purchase of components needing replacement."*These bikes are more than 30 years old now and I would like to replace them with modern alloy track frames, probably Dolan Precursa's or Track Champions frames / bikes.
In order to do this, the frames are being auctioned off to riders who appreciate what are possibly the finest lugged 531 steel track frames to be made in Britain over the last 30 years.
**** If you would like to bid on this frame have a look at the pictures here: ****
https://picasaweb.google.com/trackki...ackFrameSB4634
**and read this : **
The Auction will open on the 27th of December 2011 at 00:01 am and will run for 7 days to the 3rd of January with bidding remaining open 10 minutes after last bid (no sniping).
Place your bid in this thread
and send your contact details in an email with the title < Raleigh SB4634 bid >and the amount you are bidding to trackkitforsale@gmail.com
That way the current bid will be shown on this forum thread .
A donation to the forum costs will be made on completion of the sale.
**You are bidding on a 61cm Ti Raleigh Track frame and forks. Number SB4634 **
The top tube has a slight dent 8cm back from the head tube on the top tube just under the "G" on the Raleigh which is hardly noticeable, but it's there when you run your finger along the tube.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...0/P1060862.JPG
There are no other dents or dings on any of the other tubes.
The BB, seat pin and stem all came out of the frame easily and the threads are in good condition.
This is a frame that has never been used in the wet but it has been in a damp bike store so there is a little superficial corrosion on the paint chips.
Top tube centre to centre is 58cm
Seat tube centre to centre is 59cm
Head tube is 18.6cm
The frame weighs 2056g and the fork is 832g
The frame has not been cleaned up or polished at all so it may look a bit better once it's had a bit of TLC as it's not had much of that the last 30 years !
***** Place your bid in this thread*** **and send your contact details in an email with the title < Raleigh SB4634 bid >and the amount you are bidding to trackkitforsale@gmail.com
Good Luck !
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Thanks for your patience !
Not heard back from Velocio yet but if there are no objections I am planning to take his suggestion and ....
The Auction will open on the 27th of December 2011 at 10am and will run for 7 days to the 3rd of January with bidding remaining open 10 minutes after last bid (no sniping).I will post the info in the for sale thread and link it from here when I have written out the details. The frame will be the 61cm SB 4634 one described in the thread, depending how that goes I will sort out the others after that .
Regards Allister
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Aerospoke 650C carbon wheel with alloy rim, for tubulars, as you can see the hub needs looking at.
More Pics here :
https://picasaweb.google.com/trackkitforsale/Aerospoke650CTubularWheel#
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Hmmm... are 5 spoke white front wheels not cool any more ?
In that case I have a 650C Aerospoke tubular wheels for sale , needs a bit of work to fix the axle / hub, can post some pics if there is any interest.
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Suzue "Disco Hubs" with sealed bearings...... probably the best choice for bling street wheels !
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If you live near Edinburgh have a look here once the weather improves !
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I had one of these in the mid 80's it was really light and very nice to ride as a track sprinters road bike.
Nice buy for some one taller than me :-(
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The recent Dolan price cut has changed the second hand market a bit !
however you are paying £20 for delivery and need to get a brake as well as mudguards and they have not done that very nice blue colour for a couple of years now, I like it .
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Yep ,
International post no problem .... PM sent -
I have put some snaps for the 61cm frame number SB 4634 up on Picassa here :
https://picasaweb.google.com/trackkitforsale/TiRaleighTrackFrameSB4634
These are the picture straight out of the camera of the frame on my kitchen radiator. ( no image adjustments !)
The top tube has a slight dent 8cm back fromm the head tube on the top tube just under the "G" on the Raleigh which is hardly noticable, but it's there when you run your finger along the tube.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4wncJnJLafM/Tux_sfC1yWI/AAAAAAAAG74/hKYwXbtgkII/s800/P1060862.JPG
There are no other dents or dings on the tubes.
The BB, seat pin and stem all came out of the frame easily and the threads are in good condition.
This is a frame that has never been used in the wet but it has been in a damp bike store so there is a little superficial corrosion on the paint chips.
Top tube centre to centre is 58cm
Seat tube centre to centre is 59cm
Head tube is 18.6cm
The frame weighs 2056g and the fork is 832g
The frame has not been cleaned up or polished at all so it may look a bit better once it's had a bit of TLC as it's not had much of that the last 30 years !
I will contact Velocio again to see if we can sort out the sale details.
Allister
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This Christmas lark is really getting in the way of getting on with the cycling things !
Pictures of the Easton - Kinesis 650C alloy fork can be seen here :
https://picasaweb.google.com/trackkitforsale/650CEastonKinesisAlloyForks
The fork column is 24.5cm from the crown race to top with the last 6cm threaded.
£ 40 including UK postage.
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Never got that done last night,
I will post them up mid morning.
Allister
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I have some of these in the spare room,
I will look them out and post a snap or two once the bairns are in bed ...
Allister
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I have the first batch of 4 bare frames and forks in the house now,
they are :
SB4636 54.5cm
SB4637 54.5cm
SB4638 52.0cm
SB4634 61.0cmI will check with Velocio about the practicalities of his suggestion for an auction to sell the frames and what I would need to do to make it work out in every ones best interests.
Regards Allister
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The rear wheel can be used with screw on freewheel with 5,6,or 7 cogs the wheel dish and spacing won't allow an 8 speed freewheel with out the tyre rubbing on the chainstays of a race bike, might get away with it on a tourer.
You could use it on the track if you used one of these fixed adaptor / spacer devices but there is no effective lock ring in that case.
They are nice wheels, we have a few and they sound great on slightly bumpy tarmac !
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Campagnolo hubs with oil ports are not always road ones,
I have a pair of large flange record track hubs with oil ports and spring steel covers.
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This may be of interest if you are looking for calipers......
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The Raleigh frames are made from Reynolds 531 C, steel forks, stays and butted frame tubes.
Ti Raleigh part comes from the TI Group plc (formerly Tube Investments) which was a holding company for specialised http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering companies, Raleigh Industries joined the group in 1960 and this was reflected in the "Ti Raleigh" decals of the top of the range SBDU (special bicycle development unit) frames.
They are not Ti as in titanium tubing.
This is a Ti Raleigh !
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Nice camera, how many shutter actuation's ?
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Thanks for all the thoughts and suggestions and information regarding this.
I will take the plan I have formulated with your input to our committee and hope to be in a position to start some thing more definite by the end of next week.
Regards Allister
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Take the £40 offer, I just gave a set away to a girl for her winter bike.....
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they are all SB's right ?
Just had a quick look at some of the frames this afternoon and they are indeed all numbered from SB 46XX in sequence which puts them as mid 81 vintage.
Most are in the Red Ti Ralegh livery but a couple have been repainted in single colour red.
LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of fixed gear and single-speed cyclists.
I don't much like blind auctions either, it's like buying a house in Scotland.... :-(
Apologies for that , I copied and pasted the wrong text in to the box, it's been put right now so as the bid goes on the forum and a copy with details to the email so as I have details of who is bidding and can respond to any questions if needed.
regards Allister