Hey Micheal and all Raleigh-philes out there in CR land,
I didn't know if you had any pics of the frame and fork you have offered at such a reasonable price and with the great provenance (yeah, I've been watching the "Antiques Roadshow" again...), anyway here's a few pics of my baby. She's built up with Superbe Pro throughout except for the headset, I'm too lazy to change it out. Super rider, albeit I'm still carrying a little too much girth to do the bike it's due!!! Thanx to Mr. Toda and his crew at the Cirque for doing such a bang up job with the pics. Also interesting, the frame was originally bought at Cycles D'Oro, ya'll know the house that Dale built.....and I got it from a seller on E-Bay in Boston, I guess this bike wanted to go home.....but she's not leaving my stable here in the 'Ville. I also have a matching track bike built with Superbe Pro also, only difference 531 Reynolds tubing. Love 'em both, won't let 'em go!! Ah, the rememberances of a hot and humid day, 60 miles into a 100 mi. ride, youth is never lost as long as we can remember!!
Ya'll take care,
Shawn McCarthy 82* and fair Fayetteville, NC 70 miles form Dales
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Michael Hagburg Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:35 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]FS: 57.5 Raleigh team frame
Offered to the list, a Raleigh Racing USA team frame. 57.5 center to top (the official size as stamped on the bottom bracket). I measured it as 56 c-c on the seat tube and 56 c-c on the top tube.
The frame was made for and used by Connie Carpenter in 1983-84, during her tenure with Mike Fatkas Levis-Raleigh team. Students of cycling history know this tenure ended with Connies victory in the womens road race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and her subsequent retirement (she rode a Serotta painted in Raleigh colors in that race).
This is a Raleigh Racing USA frame, but unlike the Taiwanese production models, this frame was built at Raleighs famous Ilkeston shop. A lot of work seems to have gone into this frame: the long point lugs are nicely thinned and the short Campagnolo dropouts have been lightened to remove all unnecessary bits.
Its built of Reynolds 753 tubing. It has a fully sloping fork crown, fastback seatstays, and (of course) a braze-on attachment for your number plate. It has a two-tone black and red paint scheme (black stays and headtube, red fork and main triangle). The paint and the plentiful decals are dinged up in a manner befitting a bike that was ridden hard for a brief time in other words, its got patina (and no effort has been made to touch it up).
It's a flat out racing frame, light, tight and nimble.
$375 shipped to the continental U.S. For $30 more, you can have a Campagnolo NR headset (installed) and a functional Kalloy seatpost (26.8) with it. The original parts when Connie raced it were Dura Ace EX.
Please contact me off-list if you are interested. I can send photos and answer any questions.
Mike Hagburg
Bismarck, ND