Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

My 1976 Raleigh Tourist DL-1

Before and after restoration of my 1976 DL-1:


And here is how it is outfitted today:


It is mostly stock with a few upgrades:
- New bearings and lube
- New Schwalbe Delta Cruiser Cream Tires (and tubes and rim tape)
- New Brooks B66 Honey Saddle (the old B66 went onto my 1976 Raleigh Sprite)
- New Sunlite 16" Frame Pump
- NOS Sturmey Archer Shifter
- Rivendell Portuguese Cork Grips finished with Amber Shellac
- 'Upgraded' the plastic fulcrum sleeve and cable pulley to the older metal versions
- Black Acorn roll bag (which is actually full of tools)
- New Fibrax brake pads.
- New Black Izumi Chain (original chain broke on my first ride and shortening wasn't an option)
- Used Raleigh Pedals (from a 1978 Raleigh Sports)
- 22-Tooth Sturmey Archer Rear Sprocket
- SOMA Torpedo 1-Watt LED headlamp and headlamp bracket clamp
- Crane Suzu Brass Bell
- Catseye Aluminum Fender Reflector (NOS)

1976 Raleigh Catalog Page



This is the year that my Tourist was made. It seems that, in the US anyway, the Tourist was not outfitted with a rear mudguard reflector, nor did it have the tip of the mudguard painted white in this year. Instead, it came with a large rectangular red "Catseye" reflector mounted to the seat stay horizontal.

Found at http://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/roadster.html