It is kind of amazing how long those Internationals would hold together with just flux and paint. I know a pretty good Cat. 2 racer named Joe Hertel who went a couple of years before the seat lug pulled out of the top tube one race. He really mourned the loss of that bike as he was one dedicated rider and probably had 30K miles or more on the bike. We used to kid him for racing the touring bike, but not too much because he beat us whenever he wanted.
Joe
At 05:16 PM 7/13/01 EDT, RALEIGH531@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/13/01 9:28:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>britbikes@excite.com writes:
>
>
>> I have one the infamous Raleigh Internationals with the non-brazed bottom
>> bracket.
>
>Paul,
> Congratulations on your emergence from the shadows.
>I have four Raleighs and have looked at them wondering about the brazing or
>lack of.
>I take it there must be some signs of movement, cracked paint at lug, rust,
>etc., to tip one off that there's a problem?
>I have been blessed with what appear to be solid frames and alignment which
>is within reason.(though only one has been seen by a framebuilder)
>
>Pete Geurds
>Douglassville, PA