Raleigh Bikes

[Kirstenp]

I have been told that Raleigh was rebranded and are now being sold as Axis Bikes. Does anyone know if this is true?

[Meis]

Axis is the old Raleigh, but Raleigh still exists. Someone else bought the rights to the name

[Danger Dassie]

No.

Raleigh SA was locally designed, specced and branded by Probike, it went through a change as 'Nomad' on the MTB range with the Raleigh logo being less prominent.

Probike now no longer have the Raleigh brand as Raleigh themselves have now appointed an agency/distributor to import the overseas specced range.

 

Probike have brought out their own brand of value for money and entry level bikes, Axis. Design, spec and build are still done locally by Probike themselves. It could be viewed that these are done as a supplementary range to the Scott bikes for whom Probike are the local agents.

 

With Scott themselves buying into Probike, it's possible that Raleigh saw this as a conflict to building their brand and presence on the growing local market with the full range, including the upper end of models.

Edited May 21, 2012 by danger dassie

[Kirstenp]

I am a mtb'er, and want to buy a road bike as well. I am looking for a descent 2nd hand bike and was offered a Raleigh RC600 full 105 bike. I thought that i would be able to get a good deal on 2nd hand bikes, but it seems there are a lot of potential pitfalls.

 

Would you thik its better to buy a lower end new bike, or keep looking for a descent 2nd hand bike?

[Longbarn Killer]

There are plenty of good used bikes out there and you can save quite a few bucks, however, I prefer going the new route.

[Danger Dassie]

I am a mtb'er, and want to buy a road bike as well. I am looking for a descent 2nd hand bike and was offered a Raleigh RC600 full 105 bike. I thought that i would be able to get a good deal on 2nd hand bikes, but it seems there are a lot of potential pitfalls.

 

Would you thik its better to buy a lower end new bike, or keep looking for a descent 2nd hand bike?

 

As long as the frame has no cracks and the components aren't too worn you can get some good deals.

But there are some good options for new bikes too, the Axis site has some really well priced and specced road bike, or you could check Sports Basement for clearance stock of a couple of brands at reduced prices.

[CAAD4]

So are the new Ralley agents in place with contact details yet?

[Agteros]

www.raleighsa.co.za takes you to www.raleighusa.com ...?

www.raleigh.co.za is dead now

 

www.raleigh.com is a hotel group with chicks flying off the wall..

http://cdn.blvds.com/raleigh-com/files/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-17-at-5.20.18-PM-320x260.png

[Starvin' Marvin]

the Axis AR10 is the 2009/2010 RC6000c with Ultegra group. Still a good frame with even better components.

[Starvin' Marvin]

Unfortunately because there seems to be no clear Raleigh agents in SA I will either be buying a Scott or specialized come october/november.

[HairyLegs]

I think Emotion Cycling were trying to get the agency - They had that SS on display at the 94.7 cycle Expo. I wonder what happened to that?

[Eugene]

From what I've seen, Raleigh UK only seem to be bringing the supermarket special bikes to our shores.

[yahoo]

Raleigh roadbikes is just real nice!!! RC 3000 best beginners bike ever!!!

Got a RC 3000 and RC 7000 and loving them. Started on the rc3000 and upgraded to rc 7000

Want to sell both now to buy a 2nd hand RC LTD

Anybody interested???

[CAAD4]

Saw an Original Yellow Limited on yesterday's ride. They were good value with DA and Zipp 404's for 30k.