Jose, My Raleigh Catalog with 1975 pricelist shows the Pro (MK IV, DL-180) without eyelets. Same year they had the "Team" Pro (DL-185) without the fastback seat lugs. I have an earlier catalog which I believe is the prior year (74, possibly 73) showing the Pro with eyelets on the dropouts. By the way, Suggested Retail price for the 1975 Pro was $649.00, with the wt. Listed at 22 lbs. complete for the 21-1/2" frame. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fredrick Yavorsky Jenkintown, PA
on 12/15/02 10:20 AM, J.S. Villaluz at jose@villaluz.net wrote:
> Last night whilst doing the holiday shopping I "coincidentally" wound through
> Dave Perry's neighborhood and wouldn't you know it, they had a frame just my
> size. I also happened to meet Josh Berger when I was standing next to him and
> he asked Dave whether this guy who posted his intention to visit Bikeworks on
> the CR list ever showed up. In any case, this will be my third Raleigh
> Professional (I"m not keeping them all I'm just trying to find the one I want
> to keep) in the last month or so and the most unusual I've seen since Raleighs
> have caught my fancy. Here's a link to the pictures of it:
>
> http://www.bikecult.com/
>
> The lugs are interesting and so is the fact that it came with eyelets on the
> fork ends. My first thought was that it was an International painted up like a
> Professional but the telltale fastback seat stay says Pro all the way. Most of
> the Professionals I've seen have elegant but plain lugwork by comparison and
> none has the eyelets but then again I think I've only seen models from '74 on.
> Does anyone know whether the '72 (which this one is) bikes all came like this
> or is this one just plain old different? Thanks all.
>
> Jose Villaluz
> Westport CT