This build was kept mostly to original because it is just so nice as is. Everything was restored and updates were kept minimal.

Nice stable long wheel base. Front reach is long via that toptube. This bike is early enough in the timeline that the manic overfocused obsession with short rear-ends had not taken over yet. This is a classic.

Bullmoose handlebars are lovely to look at and lovely to ride (wide, lots of sweep back), and a nod to the great Tom Ritchey who invented the bullmoose in the 1970s.

Beautiful sparkly maroon paint is in great shape (Raleigh was still a proud apex beast of the bike world then so their paint jobs were solide). Looks like someone did an OK job touching up the paint as some point in the bike’s history. Bonus: color coordinated jockey pulley wheel!

Details

The Crested Butte originally debuted in 1984 as the top of Raleigh USA’s Mountain Tour series. They were produces from 1984 to 1986.

Frame

• seat tube: 18.5"
• top tube: 23.5"
• Tubing: Raleigh 575MT: triple-butted chromoly on main tubes, all tubes are chromoly

Wheels

• 26"
• Cantilevel brakes with Kool Stop pads
• Schwalbe Rapid Robs
• Mavic X221 XC rims
• Shimano STX RC hubs

Cockpit

• Bullmoose hadlebars
• SunTour Power Shift thumbies
• Diacompe SS6 brake levers

Drivetrain

• Shimano 3x8
• SunTour XC LTD derailleurs
• SunTour XC Pro cranks
• Gewage CNC flat pedals
• Raleigh seal bearing bottom bracket

Misc

• Fabric saddle
• Single bolt