Raleigh Competition

The Raleigh Competition was a Carlton-built ten-speed racing bicycle that sat near the top of the Raleigh road range, and the biketips guide to vintage Raleighs lists it among the most coveted models alongside the Professional and the Team Replica. Sheldon Brown's Retro Raleighs page describes the Competition as originally a ten-speed racing machine and reproduces the official 1978 catalogue specification for the Competition G.S.: Reynolds 531 butted tubes, forks and stays with Campagnolo fork ends, Bocama hand-profiled lugs, a Campagnolo Gran Sport cotterless crankset, Weinmann 605 alloy side-pull brakes, 700c Weinmann rims, a Brooks Professional saddle and a rear gear stop brazed on, in black or pearl silver, in 21.5, 23.5 and 25.5 inch frames. The page also shows a 1976 frame all in Reynolds 531 that its owner rebuilt as a modern interpretation of the Sports and Superbe three-speed, with a seven-speed internal-gear hub, and a black 1979 Competition G.S. with a Heron head badge.