Monkeyman wrote:
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> I'm mostly a lurker, but I needed to chime in on this one. No this
bike
> isn't really worth $300+ shipping, unless you REALLY want it. First,
the
> frame is not built in England. If you look at the seat tube and see
that
> angular gold "R" that is a Rampar built fame from Asia. An English
built
> one will have the Heron sticker instead. These bikes were built
specificly
> for the noststalga market and are of really questionable quality.
[SNIP]...
This bike has the Nottingham headbadge which Asian built Rampars did not if I remember correctly. This looks like the real deal British bike from the early '70s. I've never seen an Asian built Raleigh Roadsters so I'm no expert or anything. Not sure of the significance of the Rampar styled "R" on the downtube, but the bike doesn't seem to say Rampar as such anywhere. Again, that's just my impression from limited exposure to Raleigh Roadsters.
Jim Cole
Memphis, TN