[CR]TI Raleigh Team bike- help!!

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:31:44 +0800 (CST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Lim=20Soon=20Chung?= <moobikes@yahoo.com.sg>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <CATFOOD22ZhCl8aii080000176b@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]TI Raleigh Team bike- help!!

Hi there,

I'm hoping someone on the list can help me out here.

If you have any picts of an similiar bike, please can I have a look?

I just received a red/black TI Raleigh 753 Team frameset from England, with drilled Campy dropouts front and rear, and two extra holes for the Porta Catena. Serial SB3777. Split top tube cable guides, not stops. No fixture for race number.

How do I tell when this frameset was built?

I *think* it's a reconditioned frameset with a sticker on the downtube touting the 1980 TDF win. The seller told me it's an early example of the team frame but I think not.

It came with an oval headtube heron decal instead of a heron badge. Is this normal?

What is the correct seatpost size? I tried with a 26.6 post but it would only go in about 4 or 5 inches before getting stuck with a gap between the collar at post.

Most alarmingly, the BB shell is out of round! both sides of the BB shell are the same shape but it's not round. A BB cup will thread in but two small spots of the shell don't cantact the cup. Is this normal???

Many thanks, soon chung, Singapore!!!!

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