Ira Ryan posted a preview of a track bike he just built painted with a 70’s Raleigh-inspired paint job (hint: click on the flickr link for more photos of it). I thought it would be interesting to see the various Raleigh Track bike paint schemes, so here they are. Click on the year to go the the Raleigh catalog for that year, or the image to go to the specific catalog page.
1972.
1973 and 1974. In ‘74, the classic red and yellow scheme was introduced in the Team Professional, but the Track was still in the old scheme. (74 tech specs):
1975 and 1976. (75 tech specs)
Roy Schuiten, 1974 World Professional Pursuit Champion, in the 1975 catalog:
And a 1979 on Flickr:
[...] bike on the right is a gorgeous new machine from Ira Ryan, with a vintage Raleigh-inspired paint job, and running what, from a distance, looked like a set of classic Suntour Superbe Pro track [...]
I currently own the Roy Schuiten track frame. Where might i find answers regarding the history of my frame? I was told it was special.
Thanks for posting the photos of the classic paint jobs. I personally like the 1973 and 1974 color schemes but don’t have much hope of getting my bike to look like that. Too pricey to have someone else paint it, and I don’t have the time or energy to do it myself. But I can dream.