1993 Raleigh Elan

Dermot Illogical

1993 Raleigh Elan in very good condition. Lives indoors, and has for all it's life.
14 speed Shimano Exage 300. 52 & 40 (Biopace) up front. I have a couple of cassettes for it. Saddle is Selle XO but I have the original as well. Changed the brake levers, but again I have the originals.
Reynolds 501 steel frame.
Size is 56cm. I'm 6ft and it's spot on for me.
€250 ono

Will put recent photos up tomorrow but here's one from a few months back. Original wheels are back on it now so it does look a little bit different.

winterwarden

Have you any interest in trading at all ? I'm trying to find something to replace my Giant Escape 3 (2013) flat bar with an older style road bike.

Mind you, if I could sell the Giant otherwise I'd be interested.

Interested anyway. Where are you living? (Cork here)

Dermot Illogical

winterwarden wrote: »

Have you any interest in trading at all ? I'm trying to find something to replace my Giant Escape 3 (2013) flat bar with an older style road bike.

Mind you, if I could sell the Giant otherwise I'd be interested. Where are you living? (Cork here)

Hi. I'm living in North County Dublin. Can't trade as I need to free up space. At the moment I have 5 complete bikes in my TV room and need to either bring it down to four or get a smaller telly.

winterwarden

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

Hi. I'm living in North County Dublin. Can't trade as I need to free up space. At the moment I have 5 complete bikes in my TV room and need to either bring it down to four or get a smaller telly.

Fair enough, I'd still be interested though. Currently out of action with a dislocated collarbone so using the time to try and swap out the commuter.

You said it would come with the original wheels, do you have an updated pic for that?

Dermot Illogical

winterwarden wrote: »

Fair enough, I'd still be interested though. Currently out of action with a dislocated collarbone so using the time to try and swap out the commuter.

You said it would come with the original wheels, do you have an updated pic for that?

I'll be home this evening and will take and post a new pic.
There are some pictures of it with original wheels in an old post here to give you an idea in the meantime.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76280667

The Raleigh decals have dried out and flaked off since that was taken though.

winterwarden

Excellent cheers. I've made my Giant available to my friends/family first, might be throwing it up here or on donedeal/adverts later myself.

mirv

Gorgeous bike, would love it if it were a 4-6cm smaller!

Dermot Illogical

Late home from work this evening and ran out of daylight. Will take pictures after work tomorrow. Should be home earlier than today.

winterwarden

Take your time. If the components shown in the first photo and mentioned are the same, with the wheels the ones from the older photo, I can pretty much piece it together anyway. It's a gorgeous setup.

winterwarden

I'll make a preliminary offer of €200 btw. I'm going to have to pay for petrol for the trip up and down.

Dermot Illogical

I took some fresh photos today. Apologies for the image quality. Old camera and poor light.


Cat not included.


Nice badges those Raleighs used to have.


Made in England. Those specks of tar are Irish though.


Original Biopace cranks. 52/40. Could do with a bit of a clean but in great shape for 20 years old.

I'm including the following original parts: Bottle holder, reflectors and holders and saddle. I also have the original cassette and chain. I swapped them out to get a better ratio for hills. They're used but have life left in them yet. There are new & unused tyres (Michelin Lithion) on it.

Edit: Also I have put back on the original platform pedals as can be seen in the pics.

winterwarden

Looks just about as I imagined so. You've kept it in fantastic shape.

Let me know if you're open to the offer (there's wiggle room here), and also when you'd want to sell by.

Dermot Illogical

winterwarden wrote: »

Looks just about as I imagined so. You've kept it in fantastic shape.

Let me know if you're open to the offer (there's wiggle room here), and also when you'd want to sell by.

I couldn't let it go for that I'm afraid. As for timescale, I'm not in any huge rush to sell. I need the space but could put it in the attic if needs be, so no great hurry.

About the condition of the bike... It may be 20 years old, but it has only been used for 1 of those years. I bought it new but never got into cycling. I kept it in a spare bedroom until a neighbour mentioned he was looking for a bike. I sold it to him. Late 2011 he swapped it back to me having kept it unused in a bedroom himself. I used it to commute exactly 7,034km since then. So it hasn't had a lot of use. Both ends of my commute the bike was kept indoors.
It has a few marks as you would expect, but is in really great condition for a 20 year old bike. One thing I noticed while looking at it today is that the rear wheel (Alesa Steel rim) needs to be trued. It's not badly out, but could do with a tweak. That's about it.

winterwarden

Alright, I'll meet your asking price then!

I'll have to figure out when I can plan to take the trip up. Dependent on my gf for the car, but likely to be soon enough, maybe a week or so?

Dermot Illogical

winterwarden wrote: »

Alright, I'll meet your asking price then!

I'll have to figure out when I can plan to take the trip up. Dependent on my gf for the car, but likely to be soon enough, maybe a week or so?

Accepted. A week or so is no problem. Will PM you my details.


Edit: I sent a PM. If you didn't get it (I'm not sure what postcount is needed to receive PMs) let me know here and we can figure something out.

Newgrange Warrior

Cheers for the link. Unfortunately it be too small.

Lumen

Offer asking.

Wife is going to murder me.

Dermot Illogical

Lumen wrote: »

Offer asking.

Wife is going to murder me.

Now there's a youtube hit in the making.

Winterwarden is in doubt. I'll pm him and see what the latest is. Will get back to you.

Dermot Illogical

Offer accepted Lumen. Will pm you.

winterwarden

Glad to see it finding a home. Will you miss it?

RobFowl

Lumen wrote: »

Offer asking.

Wife is going to murder me.

It's a beaut Lumen and was sorely tempted my self. Hope it serves you well

Dermot Illogical

winterwarden wrote: »

Glad to see it finding a home. Will you miss it?

I already do. But it's gone to a good home.
Thanks Lumen! A pleasure to deal with.

Lumen

That's a hell of a bike.

Cheers Mr Illogical!

kirwan85

Hi, Just wondering is this bike still available?

Had my lovely Raleigh Elan stolen from my shed recently and looking for something similar?

Dermot Illogical

kirwan85 wrote: »

Hi, Just wondering is this bike still available?

Had my lovely Raleigh Elan stolen from my shed recently and looking for something similar?

Sold to Lumen I'm afraid...