Hi Tom ,
We can not possibly be writing about the same bicycle .
There are no Reynolds decals at all .
The only tubing decal is "Raleigh 20-30 High Carbon" .
The "Brooks" "saddle" is one of those really cheap plastic ones , with really soft cheap foam padding . There is definitely not a Brooks Professional Saddle on this bicycle .
As for the rest of the component parts , I know we can't be writing about the same bicycle .
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> I'm not as skeptical.
>
> There are a couple of identical bikes on the Record
> Ace page of the RetroRaleighs site:
> http://retroraleighs.com/
>
> I also had the pleasure of seeing one just like it
> when while wasting time at College Park Bicycles and
> someone wheeled one in, looking to trade her departed
> father's old bike for a mountain bike. I trust she got
> a nice one.
>
> In this specific offering, I know that you can put
> decals onto anything, but the frame and forks do have
> period correct 531 decals, and the crankset looks like
> a Stronglight 93, a very nice French crankset of its
> day. The Brooks Pro looks correct, and lots of other
> nice details.
>
> Oh well, right now its not at its reserve, so it may
> not go to anyone, at least on this go around.
>
> Tom Forhan
> Takoma Park MD
> 1970 Raleigh Super Course
> 1974 Raleigh Super Course Mark II
> 2003 Atlantis