Hi Brandon,
Nice frame! I have been wondering about this one as well. I am pretty confidant that it has at least 531 plain gauge main tubes. I suspect that it is either a Super Lenton or an early Lenton Grand Prix. It is definately earlier than 1958 as the lug design has changed by then according to the catalog. My 1955 catalog(I think it is '55...could be wrong as Raleigh did not always date their catalogs) does not show any models with deraileur gears. So maybe '56 or '57? The frame looks exactly like my 1951 Super Clubman did except for the deraileaur provisions. Could be fun project!
Paul Raley
Just back from 25 miles on the International in So. MD
"Brandon Davis" <brdavis@adppa.com> wrote:
>Lurk mode: OFF
>
>I was introduced to the list from perusing one of Sterling Peters auction on
>eBay, and have been enjoying myself immensely - and learning an awful lot of
>cool stuff - while in "lurk" mode for a few months now.
>
>Hmm, the obligatory "about me" blurb ...First bike was a Volkscycle (1974 -
>I sold my restored 1959 MGA to buy two of these ...and live the student life
>for a year). Second was a Peugeot UX10 (1975 - as I recall, this model was
>supposedly identical to a PX10 but came stock with clinchers instead of
>sewups ...but it's been a long time). Third was a Jeff Lindsay road "special
>order" (1976 - this was his pre-mountain bike era, I suppose) that I still
>kick myself over letting go of, in the mid '80's ...and Shawn, if you read
>this list, please sell it back to me. Fourth is a 1984 Nishiki Prestige
>("is" because I'm still riding it, along with an '87 HooKooEKoo).
>
>The bug kicked in again (well, I never stopped riding, of course) a year or
>so ago, with my "discovery" that eBay had bike auctions (like, duh!). But -
>this time around - I seem to be drawn primarily to ancient British iron ...
>
>....which leads me indirectly to the reason for my emergence from lurk mode
>....anyone care to speculate on this frame & fork (#1850431470):
>
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>Likely year(s)? Likely model? Likely original equipment? Likely mojo?
>Liklihood of this actually being Reynolds 531? Willing to paint it
>(experienced only, please: email me offlist)?
>
>Any info/speculation/comments at all would be very welcome, as other then
>it's an old Raleigh with a repaint & very oddly placed fender eyelets, I'm
>pretty clueless. TIA!
>
>Lurk mode: ON
>
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>Brandon - yeah another one - Davis
>Sacramento (it's still wanking-95-degrees-at-10:00PM HOT) California
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