RALEIGH NEWS
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Next Letter…
December 2011 Next Letter… The RaleighCX crew wrapped up their first official season in Bend Oregon at the last stop of the USGP of Cyclocross. Russell and Jenni finished out the season as strong as they started and continued to draw the attention of announcers proclaiming “Raleigh Is Back”. Meanwhile, Craig has his best battles to date against his fellow RaleighCX racer JT Fountain. When the dust and frost settled, Craig grabbed the podium on the first day with JT forcing him to settle for the second step on day 2. The overall success of the team this year has us already chomping at the bit for next season. Meanwhile, our Euro contingent continues to turn heads for another month. Gabby Day and Craig Richey are both having great seasons and look to finish strong at the World Championships in February.
Gabby Day And from across the pond the Raleigh sponsored Renner Racing’s Gabby Day has been cracking the top 10 in huge UCI races. At Scheldecross she led for a while before eventually “fading” back to finish 5th. Watch the video 
Renner Custom Cyclocross Team
Follow the adventures of the Raleigh/RennerCX European campaign on their blog RennerCX Blog
SS phenom Craig
Podium Insight did an early season write up about SS phenom Craig. They caught back up with him in Bend and did a great follow up to his season.
Urban Velo Warehouse
The Landlords are starting to get the attention they deserve. The crew at Urban Velo got one of the very first ones from the warehouse. Their review is online and in the current publication on newsstands now.
Raleigh Hodala SSCX
The Raleigh Hodala SSCX frameset was seen everywhere at SSCXWC in San Francisco (along with a variety of other Raleigh SSCX frames) One in particular was under the Fit Chick from Bicycling Magazine
RXCPro profiled by CXMagazine
Raleigh Rider JT Fountain, who just missed the top step of the podium at Nationals, had his RXCPro profiled by CXMagazine. With the BB30 adaptor we use on the Roper, people really do have a lot of options with a CX frame.
Flash in the pan 
Offsite article
2013 Product launchPress release regarding Dealer Camp and our 2013 Product Launch. Save the date.
Offsite article
In its first year of action the Carbon Talus 29 Pro took top honors from the very discerning folks at 29inches.com
Offsite article
Men’s Health cracked out their gift guide for 2011. Who wouldn’t want to find a new Revenio under the tree?
Readthe article See the Talus on Raleighusa.com Read the article Men’s Health Article
See the Revenio on Raleighusa.com
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With mud in our teeth…
November 2011 With mud in our teeth… …The Raleigh CX crew has been busy traveling the country and turning heads. Russell Stevenson and Jenni Gaertner continue to show that a true GrassRoots program is possible on an Elite level. And our wonder boy Craig Etheridgehas
not only won almost every race he has entered this year, but he is quickly becoming one of the best Raleigh Ambassadors we’ve ever had. On a recent trip to Sean Burkey’s territory he took the time to visit key accounts, goon
group rides and even meet up with the local Boy Scout troop.
Russell Stevenson Russell Stevenson is a local coach and fast guy on the bike. His presence on the bike is formidable and equally matched to his passion for instructing and coaching new cyclists. Watch the video Jenni Gaertner Jenni Gaertner is a mother of 2, owns a bike shop with her husband, and is a Physical Therapist. This is her first year being able to travel the pro circuit and he excitement for it shows at every race she enters. Watch the video 
Raleigh at Sea Otter.
Based off the success we had with the MidSummer Nights CX race this past summer, we thought it only fitting to go a little bigger this year. Read the full article
BikeRumor CX post.
Bike Rumor interviewed some “experts” on what folks should look for when starting up CX. Read thefull
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Grassroots Cyclocross Grows with Raleigh Team’s Help
After the Cincy3 Cyclo-Stampede, there was a reception in Milford, Ohio, for Raleigh USA Team members Jonny Sundt, Craig Etheridge, Jenni Gaertner and Sean Burkey. Read the full article
Bike MS.
We are proud to announce our partnership with the National MS Society. This is a strong partnership and will help strengthen our presence with Cause riders through the MyCyclingEvent.com… Find your ride
Flash in the pan 
Offsite article Raleigh Past and Present. Just a nice write up we found on the web. 
Offsite article First Impressions of the Cadent i11 and Roper at Bicycle Times 
Offsite article Don’t forget 3point5 is now live for Brand & Technical training. Read the article See the Cadent article See Cadent on Raleighusa.com See the Roper article See Roper on Raleighusa.com Visit the site Raleigh Bicycles: 
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2011 VeloNews Buyers Guide
From the trusted source in all things racing comes their annual Buyers Guide. While Reynolds 853 International may not be the latest in high-zoot-carbon-wonder-material…steel bikes still have more victories in every race on the UCI calendar.  Think about that.Â
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If you don’t know what Awesome is…
Swing on by 21st Avenue Bicycle in Portland. They’ll give you the full definition and probably a step by step manual on how to BE awesome.
21st Avenue Bicycles – Family Fun Bike Build! from James Wilson on Vimeo.
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Rutgers Cyclocross
The Raleigh Sponsored crew at Rutgers had another great cross season in the NorthEast….
“For the fifth straight year, Rutgers has won the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Cyclocross Championship. With the support of co-sponsor Raleigh Bicycles and presenting sponsor Kim’s Bike Shop, Rutgers fielded an impressive team of ten riders at the NBX Grand Prix in Warwick, RI (part of the Verge NECCS series) to cap off a season that saw Rutgers riders on the podium every weekend.
In addition to winning the team title, Rutgers also swept the individual categories. Patrick Bradley took the Men’s A overall, Molly Hurford took the Women’s B overall (and the Division 1 Women’s A title), Charlie Thompson took the Men’s B overall, and freshman Adam Nawrot had an amazing first season with Rutgers to win the Men’s C overall.”
Congrats again…we’re already looking forward to next season.
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SSCX Carbon
The word is out. Honestly, it was a pretty natural progression and everyone should’ve seen it coming.Â
It all started a couple years ago when we surprised everyone at Interbike our SSCX Rainier race bike. Super limited edition and sexy, it quickly developed a cult following in the niche SSCX scene.Â
The following year we released the HiLife. Still a limited edition bike, but one with much broader appeal to the CX market.Â
Hot on the heals of the HiLife we partnered with the crew putting on SSCXWC and did something no one saw coming. A “golden ticket” styled frame give away in which all the proceeds from the sale of the frames went directly to the event and one lucky winner went riding off the muddy course with a one of a kind ride that no one else will ever have.Â
Having, seemingly, tapped what we could do with that frame design we did only what was natural…we turned to carbon. This year another very limited offering of SSCX frames are being made available to help promote and host SSCXWC that went on in Seattle. If you want one…snag on from that crew. Cause once those are gone…they’re gone.
Here’s the spec and detail.
* CNC’d drop outs that are keyed for a Gates Carbon Belt Drive
* Flat Top Tube for shouldering
* Head Tube is 1 1/8 to 1 1/8
* Fork is the New Enve CX fork
* Hub Spacing is 130mm
* Seatpost is 31.6mm
* Standard threaded BB -
Au Revoir
Thank you for the memories and for being such a class act.
Laurent Fignon {August 12, 1960 – August 31, 2010} (picture via the internet)
It is truly an honor that Laurent Fignon rode a Raleigh during the most exciting tour ever in 1989.Â
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Record Review
2010 Raleigh Record Ace as reviewed by the staff at Bicycling Magazine.Â
A couple of side notes…I’ve been able to find the Record Ace dating back to 1936…anyone have proof of one before then? Second…for 2011 the Record Ace has received an upgrade to Shimano 105 brakes.
Plus…Le Bike Club got a hold of one and decided to personalize their Record Ace…check out their words and beautiful pics…
The latest edition of Bicycling Magazine is on newstands now…
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Raleigh 2011 Product Launch
Too much happened at the Suncadia Resort 2 weeks back to write about…so we made a video instead. Take a peak…
Raleigh America Diamondback 2011 Launch at Suncadia from Diamondback Bicycles on Vimeo.
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Why Steel?
Recently we’ve really started to expand our line of Steel bikes while other companies are heavy handed into Carbon everything. Every now and then, some folks ask why we’re still making steel bikes. Why are we making a lugged 853 International? Why did we make an 853 XXIX Pro instead of a carbon? Why are our high end commuter bikes steel instead of aluminum?Â
The answer isn’t as simple as saying…Heritage…there is something more there. And seeing this clip from an upcoming Rapha film looks like it will expose some of the emotion that is behind this material…
(caution…there’s some Italian swearing)
Of Steel – trailer from RAPHA on Vimeo.
