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Anybody know what Raleigh this might be, or have any experience restoring one? It’s not far from me, and I’m tempted. Just a little worried I’ll be faced with odd standards and won’t find anything in my parts bin!

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RSW 16

Headset looks very like the set up on the Twenty which has a plastic bushing instead of a top bearing. The headtube on the Twenty has a notch so you have to cut that away and the face it up and you can fit a normal headset.

The steerer thread might be a funny thread pitch, it's close enough that you can run the normal tap down it and it'll sort of rearrange the threads into place. The bb is the same, and a funny width too. I cut a sliver off each side and faced it up. Easy enough if you have the tools.

I love mine,more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
As MV has mentioned some quirks that you should be aware of,but nothing insurmountable.
It needs to be really cheap to make it worthwhile.
Rumour has it Raleigh sold them at cost price in an effort to put Moulton out of business.
Interesting info. in the link.

https://www.bicyclehub.co.uk/raleigh-rsw

Good luck !

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Meant to thank you and @mig for your responses! Decided to avoid another money pit this time, but there’s only so long I can put one off

That’s a Mk1 RSW 66. That’s complete and even has its original saddle. Looks filthy but not corroded. They’re REALLY good little bikes compared to all other small wheeled bikes IMO. If it’s still available I’d 100% snap that up.

It’s got a conventional ball headset, standard bottom bracket, Sturmey Archer rear, Dynohub front and shares pretty much everything with the Raleigh Chopper. Heavy bike but it’ll survive the apocalypse.

I had mine from 2010 to earlier this year. Station to work bike for 6 years and it went to Le Mans a couple of times and into London all the time. Then it was my OH’s station bike and it’s had a Hamax kids seat on since about 2019. I only gave it up when we separated earlier this year because I knew she’d use it for the school run.

Tldr; they’re fucking good bikes.

This made me chuckle, it’s like they’ve been stalking us.

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Way too cool for school!

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