Ok , so I am going out on a limb here saying this is the new Willard but based on what I have seen previously from this site, I am pretty confident in announcing this. Feel free to serve up some crow accordingly.
It's interesting looking with that rear tri, the seat tube is 580 compared to the older willard of 570 all else the same , no WB spec posted. My comparison is based on the Willard 60cm What do you guys think?
Interesting stuff. The chainstay length looks longer, perhaps, but all else seems about the same as always.
There is a lack of a third water bottle mount? Doesn't look like there is one on the underside of the downtube. Could be that it is just a rendering and it didn't show up. The dropped seat stays are usually said to be done for rear end compliance. Several companies, (Giant, for one), does this.
Sizing between Small and Medium a bit jumpy. 74.5 vs 73.0 seat tube angle. 525mm vs 560mm top tube.
\n805mm stand over ht. (Med) a bit much to recommend for 5'6".
Well since I bought the 2016 Raleigh Tamland 1 I am on their email list. Looks like they are going after the beach cruisers, yuppie crowd with their 2 new bikes.
The Preston $599.99 Corporate price $454.99 Corporate price single speed
The Tourist $649.99 Corporate price $487.99 3 speed You do remember the 3 speed on the column right. I am not the techy guy but brown side walls and lots of the old school stuff from the 40's 50's and 60's on both bikes.
Here's a cover pic from Raleigh's site. They recently updated it and this bike shown is different from anything listed that I could find. The color tan black and yellow is seemingly a new combo. I recognize the chain stay which looks like my Willards stay and the stem. So this looks like it's casting doubt on my above post unless they intro a new model.
I am guessing with the intro of the 2 models above I posted that Raleigh could have a new Willard model in the works. I don't think most Companies now have the head badge on their bikes and Raleigh is using this as to say yes we are old school and make quality bikes. I like it.
The name for the Williard in the UK was the Mustang in previous years. I don't know if they changed it for 2018. The U.K. line has always been a little different than the North American offerings.
Interesting. Looks like Raleigh UK is doing their own frames now. The old Mustang (Roker and Tamland too) shared the same frame as Raleigh US (Accell North America). I didn't see any carbon Roker on the 18 site either so they must be dropping it (as I heard Accell is as well). Glad I have mine.
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