Re: [CR]Now: "correct" bike - Raleigh Pro seatpost bolt

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:07:51 -0500
From: "Jeff Noakes" <jnoakes@connect.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: "correct" bike - Raleigh Pro seatpost bolt
In-reply-to: <200312182242.hBIMgDa17292@webmail2.mtco.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <200312182242.hBIMgDa17292@webmail2.mtco.com>


At 4:42 PM -0600 18/12/03, Steve Kurt wrote:
>From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
>"....
>A lot depends upon the condition of the bicycle. If the bicycle looks
>brand spanking new-from-the-box, then I think that weirdo original
>equipment authenticates it. I myself am struggling with the thought
>of making some very strange raleigh seat bolts in stainless :
>
> http://www.retroraleighs.com/catalogs/1976/pages/04-76-professional.html"
>
>
>I reply:
>hey, that seatpost bolt looks familiar! Isn't a T.A. model? Looks a lot
>like the sketch in the Cyclo-Pedia catalog:

(snip)
>that link is a bit awkward... goto:
>http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/catalogs/cyclo-pedia-74
>and click on page 21 "TA cage n bits"
>item 365 looks like what's shown on the Raleigh Pro.

This seems to be TA's ref:365 seatpost bolt -- according to Joel Metz's online listing, it's chromed steel:

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/ta/other.html

more specifically, see the line illustration at:

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/ta/images/ref365.jpg

For the original poster, perhaps Bicycle Specialties in Toronto:

http://www.bikespecialties.com/

has these bolts in stock -- it might be easier than trying to fabricate replicas in stainless.

Hope this helps!

Jeff Noakes
Ottawa, ON, CA