Raleigh Road Bikes Review

Raleigh Road bikes have three top models names the Team, Prestige and Competition. These road bikes have a special engineering to their bike frames that enhance their functionality as road bikes. The bikes are engineered to uphold a certain weight, stiffness and strength that helps the cyclist spring as fast as they please, handle bumpy or gravel roads and still have a durable bicycle for an extended period of time.

The Raleigh road bike frame is engineered to be light, stiff and capable of whatever you throw at it. The combining and integration of the cable stops, front derailleur tab and the dropouts has made this frame 10% lighter and 20% stiffer than the previous Raleigh carbon frame. The real intelligence of the Raleigh frame is the combination of these aspects. By the process Raleigh utilizes in manufacturing their bike frames, the bike frame is a unified object, which can react and perform accordingly. The process of putting together these frames is known as Direct Connect Carbon. Each carbon tube is miter cut. This allows each piece of the frame to be at exact lengths and for a customized assembly. These tubes are bonded to one another using a frame jig that ensures exact alignment and fit. As each tube is bonded to one another, the joints of these are covered with a series of high modulus carbon fiber strips. These joints are then compressed using proprietry methodology and tooling. This is then heated so that the carbon melts or fuses with the frame, creating a strong and sculpted joint. The benefit of this process of putting the frame together is that it negates the need to use lugs or overlapping joints. These weigh down your bike and actually take away from the stiffness of your frame. This process also strengthens your frame as each tube is perfectly molded to the other, creating an optimal geometry that translates to durability as well. As a result, the strength to weight ratio is increased, so that not to take away from the durability of your frame and allowing your bike to handle adverse road conditions.

The High Modulus Carbon that is used to create the carbon tubes of the Raleigh Road Bike frames is known as Advanced Carbon Engineering Evolution, or A.C.E. Evolution. This is made of Uni-Directional carbon layers that are uniquely laid up to create a profile for each carbon tube. With so much detail and attention to each tube, when they are finally melded together they react much more accordingly than tubes which were created identically off an assembly line. This allows your Raleigh bike to react intelligently and accordingly to different situations during your ride.

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Raleigh Road Bikes seem to vary in price, with a typical price range between $630-$1,700