[CR]Re: dressing up a raleigh

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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 21:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
To: Mr Donald W Gillies <donald_gillies@yahoo.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040523230633.50716.qmail@web40604.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Re: dressing up a raleigh

Don:

I am not concerned with correct as OEM. (Heck, people bought the bikes and had the dealer change-out components. Or, the dealer did change-outs on the floor stock.) I am concerned with being period correct for reason of the shared aesthetics of an era. You're correct, the std. issue Raleigh options are limited. I'm sure that somewhere in the world there is a person whose hobby is bicycle handlebars.

Regards, Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois

Mr Donald W Gillies <donald_gillies@yahoo.com> wrote: actually, there aren't many correct items to dress up a late 1960's or early 1970's raleigh or carlton bike.

the two types of handlebars used were GB "map of england" in both maes and randonneur (only on raleigh gransports), and plain-jane generic raleigh maes bars (i have 4x of them and they don't say ANYTHING on them). there MIGHT have been one or two 3T bars used, but only on the raleigh pro, and i am not sure what year.

there are three types of stems used in the 1970 and later bikes. There is the GB with a recessed bolt - these are pretty nice, and very hard to find - on competition, international, and sometimes on professionals - if you cannot find one, just buy a hex bolt one and take it to a machine shop to get it drilled for recessed bolt. i have both types and it's clear to me that this is the only difference. after market bolts are still pretty easy to obtain.

the other type is a 3T record. It's just so hard to identify these because it says "T T T" on one side and "record" on other side !! HAR. anyway, if you find one of these, make sure to shim it up with the GB (25.4) bars so you don't crack the 3T stem (25.8).

- Don Gillies

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