Fwd: [CR]White Raleigh Professional Info

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:18:03 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Larry Osborn" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Subject: Fwd: [CR]White Raleigh Professional Info


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>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:27:08 -0800
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>Hello gang:
>
>I have another request for information. This time I only need
>photographs of an early- to mid-60's Raleigh Professional in white. I am
>trying to help a friend find pictures showing all decal details on one of
>these bikes. Anyone out there have one of these or even catalog
>pictures?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>"Bicycle Mark" Perkins
>Fresno Cycling Club - Historian
>Fresno, California, U.S.A.
>

Hi Mark

As far as I know, white Pros were only 1969 and into 70, at least in the US. The catalog picture is virtually useless beyond showing that the bike is mostly white. If the pics of mine forwarded to you by Jim N are not sufficient, let me know and I'll send some more to you. Time to drag that poor thing down out of the rafters anyway.

The decal most often missed or overlooked (because it's almost always missing.) is the seattube decal of the oval style Raleigh headbadge. If anybody knows where these might be available..... Otherwise, there were just the script "Raleigh" on the downtube, script "Professional" on the toptube, and the white/gold/white stripes between the colored bands on the seattube. Reynolds decal at the top of the seattube. I don't remember ever seeing any "Carlton" decals anywhere. Maybe a little "Made in England" decal at the bottom of the seattube. Nothing on the fork blades. All of this subject to the whims of Nottingham.

Larry "OHMYGOD they're actually going to pave the road up my hill !!!!!!!!!" Osborn Beyond where the pavement ends, Preston County WV