Raleigh Tempest Frame - Any details

Hey all

Anyone by any chance have any information about the Raleigh tempest frame? Looking possibly for an old catalog page, or just any information / specs... what kind of steel (not 531 as far as I can guess), etc etc....

And any opinions on the overall quality.

cheers

got any pics?

http://oldroads.com/oldroads_files/405_23.jpg <--- just a google pic.. not mine or anything

bulgier.net

have loads of back dated raleigh catalogues it's juts a matter of finding which one

thanks dicki! take a look now.

Resurrection of this thread...

I was wondering if you'd found out anything about the tempest. I've owned one for a while and even with the production date I can't find any reference in the catalogues for it. I don't know that they're particularly remarkable frames - although mine is very big - it'd be interesting to find out what the original groupset was - I suspect crummy Raleigh 'custom' combined with Sachs ECO shifters.

Another 3 year thread bump :)

Using the search and found this thread, so adding what little information i have on mine.

First off Franknstein's photo link is still active and my bike is the same colour as the photo, gold metalflake with a brown front end and forks.
No tube details, no markings on mine so a budget tube set, the seatstay bridge is a simple stamped plate with some rack holes above brake.
Fork is fairly nice lugged affair, just stripped mine back to bare metal and can see brass in joints.
Frame is lugged, but lugs are really rough cast with loads of cast marks, i have a Record Sprint as well, thats a 501 main triangle version and is a big leap in all round quality.
Driveside chain stay has a round lug with a tapped hole near the BB shell, i presume for fitting a chain guard.
NDS seat stay has an odd braze on of a small threaded boss, this is on the inside of the stay below the flat plate chainstay bridge.

The ruined chainset that came off mine is a SR and if i measured right 118BCD, gears and mechs are Sachs, stem is SR and seatpost is a chrome 2 parter, unbranded open cage chromed headset.
Rear brake cable is held on with plastic plug in clips on the top tube, a small plug can be found on the lower head tube lug, i assumed there may have been some sort of dynamo cable route ?

I got mine 5 years ago, a hedge find rescue. I did at the time find a Raleigh forum (i belive that got hacked and shutdown) and asked on there if it was of any value to history before i did things to it. It was a budget low end bike, more of a working mans commuter than anything for racing.
I had to ditch the steel drop bars and steel rim 27" wheels as rotten, the brakes just have enough drop to run with 700c wheels, tyre clearance is excellent if you want to run 35mm CX tyres, haven't tried but 42mm will fit ok up front, but might be tight on the rear.
After 5 years of use it needs some loving, just stripped the fork back to metal and primed, same with the dropouts, and both chainstays needed some patches back to metal. Tempted to just rattle can the whole frame now.
After doing a SSEC on it i encountered some London bike shop staffers at the Madison ICE show, they remembered me because of the bike, because in there view it was a shitter that should have folded in half........ they had seen them through the shop........ tubes made of cheese was the mechs quote :) not worth converting to SS or fixed.
I got some track wheels and a riser bar and brake levers and have had fun with it for 5 years

First time poster....I got one for my 13th birthday, they were specific to halfords, you probably won't find the tempest in a Raleigh catalogue for this reason.
Not as good as the Equipe that every other kid at school had.

Hi, this is strange because what you call the Raleigh tempest, i call the Triumph Tempest because i have one and it has the Raleigh code number and name on a sticker under the pedal posts but it is identical to the Triumph with the added break levers and mine has 12 speed set up and although i have only just bought it and in the throes of restoring it only as a amateur i love the bike to bits, beautiful too ride ,brilliant secondary break levers as standard and all in a copper look ,and this is only supposed to be a budget bike, my Triumph doest have all the fancy transfers on unless any one knows where i can get them and the color is grey with sparkly bits lol that you can hardly see ,any way just waiting for my new tires inner tubes ,pedals and load more things to arrive,best wishes Brian.

I have a Brand new Raleigh Tempest never turned a wheel still got its caps on each wheel nut and stickers on wheel spokes carnt remember when it was bought new but it is 1000% spotless what do i do with it as its the perfect be nice to go in a main dealers window or a collector if anyone knows anyone please ring 07776404091