Re: [CR]Raleigh Pro Questions

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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:06:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh Pro Questions
To: John Pergolizzi <jtperry1@verizon.net>, Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: 6667


My 1973 Windsor Pro, all Campy except for Universal Super 68 brakes, cost $365. The same shop had a genuine Cinelli Supercorsa for $500. I think a Schwinn Paramount was about $500 in 1973. The Raleigh Pro may have been about the same.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

John Pergolizzi <jtperry1@verizon.net> wrote: CR, Don is correct on the Windsor being cheaper. But there weren't any in N.Y.C. in 74-75 that I can remember. I think I first saw them in 77. I've never ridden a racing bike with a 100-lbs trailer with kids so I can't say.

just mho John T.Pergolizzi Brooklyn, N.Y.


> I'm sorry, but i cannot disagree with John Pergolizzi more on this
> subject. I have a raleigh pro, 1974, 24.5, and it's a screaming
> hoot to ride. Every time i climb aboard it brings a big smile to
> my face. I have heard that the later 1970's bikes w/o fastback
> seat stays were terrible bikes.
>
> I don't think it would be difficult to ride no-handed, and I often use
> the bike to tow a 100-lbs trailer filled with kids up some very steep
> hills !!
>
> And the cheapest all-campy bike in the mid 1970's was the Windsor Pro,
> not the Raleigh Pro.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA