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On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:00:29 -0400 "Eric Elman" <tr4play@cox.net> writes:
Has anyone on this list ever seen, let alone owned, a Raleigh Team
Pro with the fastback stays and fully sloping fork crown (regular Pro
frame painted in team colors)? Anyone? The reason I ask is that I've
had a lot of off list correspondence on the Team Pro's and there is a
general
consensus that the 1974 Team Pro pictured in the catalog was never
offered
for sale; that by the time Raleigh was selling them they were like the
1975 Team
Pro with seat stays attached to the sides of the seat lug and a more
conventional semi sloping fork crown, no chrome and black headtube
(versus the yellow one as in the 1974 brochure). Can this CR list with
almost 700 members, most of whom were in and around bike shops in
the 1974 time period, conclude that the fastback Team Pro's were never
a real offering from Raleigh?
Eric Elman
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eric
the zine, international cycle sport, shows dozens of color pics
of raleigh team guys riding the exact same frame type and paint
scheme that you reference...the pics appear during the 73 and 74
seasons. pros include brian jolly, phil bayton, dave lloyd, trevor
bull, reg barnett, billy bisland, nigel tufnell, and many others.
i'm refering to this raleigh:
http://bulgier.net/
e-RICHIE
Richard Sachs Cycles
No.9, North Main Street
Chester, CT 06412 USA
http://www.richardsachs.com