I stand corrected and appreciate the documentation that Chuck provided along with the numerous emails from others.
Geesh, I'm only 43.... can I blame age yet?? I not, I'm really in trouble!
Scary, very scary.
Eric "mind's going already" Elman Somers, CT
> Eric Elman wrote:
> >
> > Just a small point of clarification re. Jerry's note below. The Brooks
Team
> > Pro was indeed spec'd as standard on a Raleigh but it was on the Raleigh
> > Team Pro that it came on starting in early 1974, not the Raleigh Pro.
The
> > Raleigh Pro was always spec'd (to the best of my knowledge and
experience)
> > with the regular, smaller rivet Brooks Pro. I have seen a few Raleigh
Pro's
> > over the years with a Team Pro saddle on them but believe it more likely
> > then not that the saddle had either been changed at one point or Raleigh
> > just substituted that saddle due to a shortage of supply on occasion.
>
>
> I bought my Raleigh Pro Mark IV early in 1976 still in the box and it
> had a Brooks Team Pro saddle with the large rivets as shown in these
> catalogs. I believe my bike was made in 1974.
>
> 1974 Raleigh catalog showing Pro Mark IV:
> http://bulgier.net/
> Specs:
> http://bulgier.net/
>
> 1976 Raleigh catalog showing Pro Mark IV:
>
<http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Raleigh76/Smaller/03_Professional.jpg
>
> Specs:
> http://bulgier.net/
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern Califoria
>
> .