Raleigh Alyeska

I got this bicycle at a garage sale for $15.

It's sort of a touring bike. I think the former owner swapped out a Tange fork for the original.

I like touring bikes, and this one has Raleigh 555 double-butted tubing.

The fork is set up for a 700c wheel and cantilever brakes. The frame was set up for 27" wheels and cantilever brakes. When I got it, it had a a 700 wheel on the front and a 27" wheel on the back. When I swapped a 700c wheel onto the back, the brakes would no longer hit the rim! What a drag.

Since I did not want to be stuck with mismatched rims, I cut the cantilever posts off the frame. At this point I could braze new posts on, but at the moment I have no tanks for my acetylene welder. It's not important enough to me to pay someone else to do the work. So I am simply going to run a centerpull brake on the back.

I plan on this being an around-town bike so it should be okay.

The frame is currently at Oregon Powder Coat in Tangent. The work will cost <$100 to have the Alyeska and a pair of Blackburn racks done. They will be GREEN.

External links

http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1985/pages/07raleigh-alyeska.html