Reviewing the excellent scans of the '75 Raleigh catalog that has finally made it to Mark Bulgier's site, I was blasted to the past by the photo of the Super Tourer. I never knew the story behind that model, but we had one or two of them in the shop where I worked. I so wanted to buy one for my father, but we didn't get a 21" version in. I thought this bike was a total sleeper, and I think we had to put drop bars on one of them to sell it a year or two later. What a cool bike, though. Alloy upright bars were very unusual back then, at least in our neck of the woods. And that color! But the totally inappropriate Jubilee derailleurs are what really scream "I'm British!" to me. Who else would put that derailleur on this kind of bike? Ok. I admit that the French would, too.
I never got a chance to ride one of these more than around the block. (Our shop was one of those that discouraged long test rides that might make the bike look slightly used.) Anyone ever do any miles on one?
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Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont