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For sale Raleigh Royal 1986/87 23” £190
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Size 231/2” 60 cm - centre to top of seat tube frame. Full 531 frame and forks and 27” wheels. Gears are 12speed with suntour down tube shifters, sach r/d, shimano freehub 14-24, maillard front hub and campagnolo rear hub, weinmann 610 centre pull brakes, sakae sa 170mm chainset 50/36, rims weinmann. Rear OLN is 126mm but with a little persuasion can get a 130mm in there. No saddle or pedals will be sold with the bike as these are personal items.
Overall condition is good for age. Frame paint does have surface rust which with more effort may rub off. There are chips to the paint and rashes and areas could do with touching up here and there. The chrome has rust in places especially on one side. It does however imo, give it some nice patina.
Frame threads are all good and I personally chased the bottom bracket shell, the eyelets and the frame bosses.
I have done some sympathetic restoration with a clean and light oiling here and there. Stem and post are free moving. New grease in b/b and the axle and bearings were all good when I had it all apart. Still a lot of life left in this. Even the chainset rings have lots of life left in it.
The two areas that will need addressing are; it needs a new chain as this is worn by my gauge and the rear rim is slightly wobbling. Somebody before me has trued it straight but if I was keeping it, I would put a new rim on it. I did put a new rear tube in as the old one was flat.
These frames do take 700c wheels and with a little adjustment with the brakes and rear frame dropout threads.
Overall, this rides nicely and is smooth. I would consider keeping it and restoring it myself but it is a little on the big size for me and I have other projects before this one. If you are looking for a new rolling project with scope to improve it even more so, this will be a good one to go with.
I have an unused 27x1/1/4 Michelin World tour tyre and some natty alu full guards I can throw in for the buyer if interested.
I am based in mid Essex but travel into the city of London twice a week.
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