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Limited Edition Raleigh SSCXWC13 Philly Cyclocross Frameset Unveiled

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Limited Edition Raleigh SSCXWC13 Philly Cyclocross Frameset

Every year, Raleigh puts together a limited edition cyclocross frameset to celebrate the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships. This year’s edition celebrates Philadelphia, the hometown for the 2013 event.

The promoters wanted to do a steel, disc brake ready model, so the frame will have a few conveniences some single speeders may never use. Like a derailleur hanger. Raleigh’s man about town Brian Fornes said: “We looked at creating a new drop out to make it a dedicated SS…but ran out of time to create something new. So we stuck with our LandLord frame design. Modified the geometry, upgraded the tubing, and slimmed the drop out by using the one from our new Tamland.”

Only 50 will be made, and proceeds go directly to funding the race itself. Order now if you want’un, and it’ll deliver in January.

Pricing and what to do with that hanger below…

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Suggested cut marks for turning your bike into a “pure” singlespeed, with or without a bottle opener.

Limited Edition Raleigh SSCXWC13 Philly Cyclocross Frameset

Retail is $667, or just a bit better than evil. Frame is Reynolds 525 chromoly and ships with an FSA integrated cartridge bearing headset, the fork and an eccentric bottom bracket. Yep, we knew you were wondering what would make it singlespeed.

Order yours on the event website here, and check out some past framesets here and here.

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K11
K11
10 years ago

Raleigh you are a joke.

a frame to celebrate ss cx championships. Ran out of time??? cut stuff off the frame??? eccentric bb?????? rack mounts????????? = limited edition ss frame! OH WAIT IT HAS “special” paint and graphics, AND you can carve a bottle opener out of the frame.

wehoo
wehoo
10 years ago

I design my frames in MSPaint too.

vectorbug
10 years ago

I had the carbon Raleigh sscxwc frameset and it was really nice: weight, ride, paint, enve fork. Especially for the price ($1200 iirc).

Kudos to the guys at Raleigh for making a nice fundraiser item for a fun event every year.

Ajax
Ajax
10 years ago

This is stupid. Why would you have to cut off the derailler tab to make the bike into a single speed?

caliente
caliente
10 years ago

I like that they made it useful by including a derailleur hanger and hardware mounts.

adam
adam
10 years ago

This is not nearly as cool as some of their older SSCX frames. The year my city gets a commemorative bike it turns out to be the $hittie$st one of them all. Unbranded Chinese “carbon” ebay frames have better design and less garish paintjobs.

Loyd Flanders
Loyd Flanders
10 years ago

Man there be the haters out today!! You guys need to live a little.
Cutting the frame however does make me wonder about warranty?

Reformed Roadie
Reformed Roadie
10 years ago

@wehoo – LOL. They probably ran out of time to do a proper design.

badbikemechanic
badbikemechanic
10 years ago

Why is this frame that is supposed to commemorate single speed world championships not a single speed specific with sliders?

P. Rose
P. Rose
10 years ago

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mudrock
mudrock
10 years ago

Doesn’t even work for geared set-ups, with no cable stops. Should have just done rear-facing or swing-arm drops.

Charlie Best
Charlie Best
10 years ago

“adam – 11/25/13 – 8:24pm

This is not nearly as cool as some of their older SSCX frames. The year my city gets a commemorative bike it turns out to be the $hittie$st one of them all. Unbranded Chinese “carbon” ebay frames have better design and less garish paintjobs.”

Feeling the brotherly love there dude…

Dr. Badtouch
Dr. Badtouch
10 years ago

Yeah, that’s a pretty terrible excuse for a singlespeed commemorative frame. Not like there aren’t literally HUNDREDS of different SS dropiouts available…

Dr. Badtouch
Dr. Badtouch
10 years ago

Also, what’s with the really, REALLY bad geometry chart? The seattube length is measured horizontally? What the flying f**k? How is that a thing?

truerider
truerider
10 years ago

Hope the event goes well everybody:-)

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