Re: Raleigh GRan Sport
Here is a 1962 Gran Sport:
http://www.oldtowncyclery.com/
Here is a 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport:
http://retroraleighs.com/
The ebay bike is a mid 70's bike. Nice bike, but not from the 60's
Cheers,
Donald F. Dunstan
> Reading the description about this Raleigh Gran Sport, one might think the
> writer was a true Carleton expert, but I think he is engaging in some
> superlative historical fiction. I remember the white & baby blue Gran
Sports
> as being a really nice, underappreciated model, but 1960? I don't think
so.
> Maybe a dozen years later, but not 1960. I remember the Gran Sport as
> having decent Simplex delrin derailleurs and Normandy Competition hubs.
This
> one has a Valentino rear, Record front, and Campy hubs. I think at some
> point, the Gran Sport switched to forged dropouts.
>
> Anyone able to date this bike and know what it would have come with? Mark
> Bulgier has a '74 catalog on his website that shows the Gran Sport with
> forged dropouts and a chainguard on the Nervar Star. I'm thinking this
one
> is somewhere between 71-73.
>
>
http://ebay.com/
>
> Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont