That IS a nice frame!!
http://ebay.com/
I have a similar but restored bike that's from around 1983 (#SB 3628).<http://www.mookietwoh.com/ti-753.jpg> It's been a lot of fun and is just about to dip under 17 lbs/ 7.7 kilos. For you geeky types here are the specs:
59 cm (c-t) frame- 3lb 13oz/ 1740g fork- 1lb 7 oz/ 650g
headset- SR ft der- SR w/ OMAS bolts r der- SR ti, Bullseye pulleys shifters- Simplex retrofriction cranks- SR 175mm 53x42 w/ OMAS bolts BB- SR ti pedals- SR pista ti toe clips- Galli ti straps- Binda Extra rims- Fiamme Ergal tires- Clement Seta ft hub- 24 hole w/ ti axle r hub- 28 hole Hi-low skewers- Pino Morroni freewheel- Campagnolo alloy 6 sp 13-21 brakes- SR short reach w/ OMAS hardware cables- CLB alloy bars- Cinelli 66-42 w/ cinelli buffalo stem- 1a 13cm w/ alloy expander bolt post- SR 26.8 (cut down) saddle- Unicanitor plastic
cheers!
Jack Bissell tucson, az
P.S. WANTED: Ikleston foil decal (need only 1), OMAS brake center bolts (nutted), 41t NR/SR ring .
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 06:28 PM, Norris Lockley wrote:
> How much is this one going to fetch?
>
> Just posted on the UK Collectables/Transportation/Bicycles eBay site
> is a 57cms TEAM RALEIGH 753 frame respendent in the red/yellow/black
> team colours of Peter Post's all-conquering team. It is NEW.
>
> The provenance is impressive as it comes from the estate of none
> other than Gerald O'Donovan the top frame guru at Raleigh, and head of
> the Raleigh Ilkeston Special frame shop. It was Gerald who developed
> the 753 tubing with the Reynolds technicians. Before going to Raleigh,
> at the time of the buy-out of Carlton by TI-Raleigh, Gerald and his
> brother owned and ran Carlton Cycles at Worksop.
>
> The eBay seller, carltonflyer, is a very well-known and respected
> cycle-trader and former top road racer from the Worksop area, and I
> think it very likely that he either worked for Carlton or was a close
> friend of O'Donovan.
>
> I know that the List is not too happy about those composite bonded
> frames that started appearing from the late 70s onwards, but I am
> wondering if this eBay seller might be about to offer the only
> carbon-composite frame that Raleigh ever made. I met up with Gerald in
> the early 2000 when I was trying to sell him the rights to a new
> French patent for brazing aluminium frames by the SDS system. He
> claimed that Raleigh were not really into too many new-fangled things
> - although he was keenly interested in the SDS frame - and brought out
> from the back cupboard of his office a carbon-tubed/steel-luugged
> top-end raod frame that he had developed for the Company back in the
> late 60s.
> That would fit into the time scale of the List.
>
> Theauction of the 753 is a 10 day one and has about 9days 20 hors to
> run. Auction No 2219623334
>
> Happy bidding
>
> Norris Lockley