The fancy non-Nervex lugs on the bikes in question (early 70's Competitions, some Internationals and Pros) were used on some pre-Raleigh Carlton Catalinas, which had a little sticker on them reading "Capella" Lugs. These go back at least to the late 60's, when I saw them. They show up on the black '73 Competitions at least as often as any other lug set. David Feldman
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Carlton Questions
> Carl,
>
> Jerry is right about the older ones from the very late 60s - I've seen
> older ones with fancy looking lugs that WEREN'T Nervex pros ... also older
> ones with flat crown on fork. The Zeus era ones that I've seen had the
> white oval headbadge; Zeus cranks; Simplex derailleurs; Weinmann 999 cp
> brakes; really rather pretty ...
>
> For second period ones, I refer to my 1973 Raleigh Competition as I write
> this -
>
> Stock tubing was 531 - so you may have replacement tubing stickers. I've
> seen them with plain (Dubois-ish) lugs; mine has Nervex Professionals.
Mine
> also has the sloping Cinelli-esque fork crown, which I seem to remember
came
> in no later than 1972 ... mine also has the arc-shaped rear brake cable
> hanger. Huret dropouts, half-chromed fork with painted stays ...
> Traditional heron-head Raleigh headbadge, brass, shaped ...
>
> Stock color was black
> T.A. 3-pin alloy crankset w/ 42/52T
> T.A. BB
> Weinmann 999 long-reach centerpulls, black Carleton hoods on factory semi-
> drilled-out levers
> GB nutted stem with 38cm c-c unmarked (GB?) alloy bars, black ribbed
plastic
> bar tape (feels kinda rubbery - like rubber mats on stairs ...)
> Huret Jubilee derailleur set by 1972, through at least 1974 if not later
...
> Brampton (?) headset
> Normandy Lux Competition hi-flange hubs, RED label, rims on mine are
ghastly
> AVA non-eyeletted sewup rims - M.M. Atom straight-handled skewers
> Maillard 14-24 5-speed freewheel
> straight alloy seatpost with Brooks saddle clamp, what appears to be a
B.17N
> saddle (in terrible shape, but chromed rails)
> pedals were missing on mine, but I bet they were either Atom or Lyotard
> quill units
>
> This was what was catalogued as the Competition Mk. II ... though the
decals
> on mine say "Competition."
>
> The Competition GS is featured at the retro-raleigh site -
> <<www.speakeasy.org/~tabula/raleigh/ >> but it features the Campy GS
> components, with Weinmann sidepulls if memory serves me ... those came in
> both black and silver, I think.
>
> Somewhere in there, the Competition was made in a version with SunTour
> dropouts ... but the SunTour V-luxe derailleur was a relatively
inexpensive
> unit. I would suspect that someone either killed the original Hurets, or
> stripped them off and sold them. The Huret Jubilee derailleur set in
good,
> clean condition is worth a surprising amount of money ...
>
> Russ Fitzgerald
> Greenwood SC
> rfitzger@emeraldis.com