Tuesday, May 15, 2018

2017 Lugged Raleigh Team, What A Weird Bike

We don't do much with Raleigh any more, especially road bikes, so this one completely escaped my notice.  And it musta been a dud, as they are still flogging them two years later, but the thing is really odd.  The spec is pretty fucking nuts with mostly silver mostly Campag, genuine Nitto bar, stem, and post, and a Turbo saddle, and it looks fucking great and even has horizontal drops, a threaded headset, and proper downtube shifter bosses, but the geometry is a fucking nightmare; why the hell didn't they just copy the geometry of an RB-1?  The interwebs rumors say this is a Japanese market model pinched by the USA company.  Oh, well.  Coulda been a fun bike if it had actually fit properly.


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  1. e-RICHIEMay 15, 2018 at 6:57 PM

    I agree.

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    1. viragMay 15, 2018 at 7:50 PM

      it's way more annoying that they had so many nit-picky details right but completely gooched the geometry. although the geo in the smaller sizes at least resembles alot of the last generation of women's racing style bikes from like 5 years ago, so there's that.

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