The Raleigh MT 500 is a 27,25 pound a mountain bike with an aluminum and chromoly DB frame. It was first released in 1993 and again in 1994. The MT 500 has fork suspension.
Components
The MT 500 comes with Shimano Deore LX components, including a chromoly, aluminum, threadless, Hidden Binder, Kalloy, Uno Aheadset stem and Shimano Deore LX Rapidfire Plus Optical Gear Display shifters.
The Rock Shox Mag 10 and Tange Big Fork AheadSet fork has a true suspension.
Drivetrain
The MT 500 has 7 speeds and has a Shimano LX derailleur.
Wheels
It comes with Panaracer Smoke/Dart Hardcore Ritchey Megabite tires (26in x 2.1in) and Sun Metal CR-16 rims.