I have one of these, built in 1981 according to the serial number. It's got a UN72 in it at the moment, good old English/ISO threading.
In fact, I took it for a ride yesterday - great bike. Mine is half-way restored to original components, with its SR drivetrain intact but with a modern headset, BB, and cranks. Once the weather gets nicer I hope to finish it up.
-S-
Tom Dalton wrote:
>
> No,the Team was definately 1.370"x24tpi,not "Raleigh."
> from what I remember though, it had a 70mm shell.
>
> BTW, I have a funny feeling that we may have crossed
> paths at some point. Are you the guy who bought the
> orange Guerciotti at the Lehigh County Velodrome swap
> meet this October?
>
> --- RALEIGH531@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 1/5/01 12:44:35 PM Eastern
> > Standard Time,
> > tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com writes:
> >
> > > The bike I'm thinking of is a team Pro from the
> > early
> > > 1980's. I always wondered if my friend wasn't
> > > confused, but I'll check into it. As for the
> > > proprietary thread spec's, I think a lot of
> > cheaper
> > > raleighs retained this feature into the 1970's. I
> > > remember my boss tapping 26tpi shells to 24tpi on
> > some
> > > semi-old Raleighs in the early 1980's. I think
> > they
> > > were Raleighs. He said that they had Whitworth
> > thread
> > > BB's.
> >
> > At my house:
> >
> > 74 Professional - English
> > 77 Super Gran Prix - Raleigh (headset too)
> > 77 SuperCourse - English
> > 80 Competition GS - English
> >
> > Somewhere I read that all 531 frames would have
> > English BB. At what year
> > that becomes true, I'm not sure.
> > I would not expect a Team bike to have Raleigh
> > threaded BB or headset.
> >
> > Pete Geurds
> > Douglassville, Pa
> >
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