In a message dated 2/4/2002 11:24:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, questor@cinci.rr.com writes:
> It is fair to say that my Marinoni is a "hybrid" which may explain the "R"
> (for Raleigh?) on the BB. The frame was a custom construction in 1983 for
> Huffy/Raleigh USA by Marinoni using the Raleigh custom lugs, BB, and Campy
> dropouts, but using Columbus tubing, not Reynolds 531.
>
> The strange thing was that Marianne Berglund raced the frame during the 1984
> season marked as a "Raleigh 531" frame where she won the World Championship.
> Huffy tried to advertise the Championship wins as "531 wins again!".
> Actually, the frame was constructed with Columbus SL tubing according to
> Marinoni records.
>
Was this in addition to, or instead of, frames being sent from England? I thought I had seen a RaleighUSA frame that was made in England. Maybe I'm confusing this Raleigh Team frames from a couple years earlier.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA