WRT Larry Osborn's note and his quote of Herr List Meister, I'd only have one little note:
The one Zeus crankset with small 5-pin circle that I measured, long ago, used a slightly larger 5-pin circle than the rest of the industry (Stronglight, TA, Williams, Duprat, and who knows how many others, even the Noble Nervar). And Viscount?
harvey sachs mcLean Va
At 02:32 PM 1/7/04 -0500, you wrote:
>>Here is an interesting ZEUS equipped Raleigh that I am not familiar with and
>>the posting doesn't tell a whole lot about the bike. Can anybody tell me the
>>vintage year and where this sets in the hierarchy of Ralieghs at the time.
>>Cheers,
>>dave anderson
>>cut bank mt
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Looks legit to me, unless somebody has discovered a way to "distress" bike paint and decals the way people have done with antique furniture. Not going to pretend I agree with the price. Clincher wheels baffle me a bit, but it's always a possibility. Haven't seen one with Zeus ders either, but I haven't seen everything yet. Competition was below the International, but above the Gran Sport (barely) and the Super Course. If you can get a serial number from the seller, that would help pinpoint the year, maybe.
Below you will find some ancient, dusty responses to similar questions in the past.
Larry "never delete anything" Osborn Morgantown WV
Dale Brown wrote:
>>That sounds like my first "good" bike!
>>The blue, BTW. is "lagoon blue" which was Carlton's race colors.
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>>My Competition looked pretty much like the concurrent Gran Sport. Never
>>understood how or why they were differentiated in the Raleigh line. It had a
>>white main frame with blue head tube and band on seat tube. I think I bought
>>it in 1972, brand new, but being the previous year's model and so I got it
>>for $180.00. (List was $225.00?)
>>Equipment:
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>>- Reynolds 531 full db set.
>>- Zeus dropouts front and rear.
>>- Chrome up 8" or so on forks & rear stays.
>>- Integral full sloping fork crown.
>>- Plain Bocama lugs.
>>- GB stem & bar
>>- White sort of linear pattern plastic bar tape.
>>- Weinmann centerpull brakes
>>- Simplex Competition (Delrin) derailleurs
>>- Zeus crankset, (model "Criterium"?) with the narrow chain ring attachment
>>ala' Stronglight 49.
>>- Atom QR high flange hubs with 27" Weinmann dimpled aluminum rims.
>>- Brook B-15 standard saddle/ plain straight aluminum seat post.
>>- Hutchinson 27 x 1 1/4" tires
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>>Dale Brown
>>Greensboro, NC