Re: [CR]bike identification

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From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:02:24 -0800 (PST)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]bike identification
cc: sfredette@earthlink.net

The mystery bike was a 1971 competition :

http://ebay.com/<blah>

This was a 1971 raleigh international :

http://ebay.com/<blah>

Notice that a Raleigh International fork has a heavy vagner crown with the triangular sides and a cutout window, with a gold inset, in the shape "D-". The international crown has "V" epaulets.

The raleigh competition had a "|C" type of fork that is way lighter than a raleigh international fork, with no epaulets, and which tapers to a pencil-thin tube. Both bikes have nervex lugs, nervex bottom bracket, campagnolo ends, and wrap-over seatstays.

- Don "hard to tell the difference" Gillies San Diego, CA