Re: [CR]Old Raleigh Bike

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 18:52:05 -0800
From: "John" <bikehunt@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Old Raleigh Bike
To: Michael Archibald <marchibald@upsideeng.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <00D57F5BBFC8D411A19C0000F8794F840AA3B5@mail.upsideeng.com>


Hey Mike,

TI is short for Tube Investments Group, a company that merged with Raleigh around 1960 (I think). If you put TI Raleigh into the Yahoo search engine it will tell you all about it (I thought the same thing the first time I saw TI Raleigh).

John Dunn In Napa Valley


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From: Michael Archibald <marchibald@upsideeng.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 1:34 PM Subject: [CR]Old Raleigh Bike


> Hi all, last night I went to a local bike shop to buy a couple of old
> crappy bikes so I could cut the frames up and practice my welding. They let
> me loose in their dark yard and told me to take my pick from a large pile of
> bikes intended for stripping and the recycler. I picked a couple nasty old
> bikes and an old woman's bike for the small tubing and the single speed rear
> hub and wheels, and chucked them into my truck paying $5 each. When I got
> home I took a closed look at the woman's bike. It is a Limited Edition
> Ti-Raleigh lugged bike. Do you suppose the Ti-Raleigh means Titanium? The
> Single speed rear hub turned out to be a 3 speed internal hub. This bike is
> actually in great condition and has all kinds of excellent detailing on it.
> Even the fenders and rear rack are in perfect shape. I've decided to clean
> this bike up and give it to my wife to ride on those Sunday afternoons when
> an old cruiser is just the thing to be riding. Does any one know what this
> old Raleigh might be worth or any history behind it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike Archibald
> MPA Design Solutions Inc.