Re: 753 Team Pro weight, was: [CR] Trek heavyweights???

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Subject: Re: 753 Team Pro weight, was: [CR] Trek heavyweights???
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:17:40 +0000


Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:19:21 -0800 From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: Peugeot weight, was: [CR]Trek heavyweights???

Peter Kohler wrote:
> (snip)
> Were not the 1976-ish TI Raleigh Team Pros with 753 frames and all Super
> Record titanium goodies, Maillard freewheels etc the lightest of the CR
> List era? I believe they really did top the scales at 19 3/4 lbs.

To which Chuck added:

Not if it had a Brooks Team Pro boat anchor, errrr... saddle mounted! You replaced that with a 3ttt with the aluminum rails or something similar and 3ttt Superleggera bars while you were at it.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

Not so fast there, young fellow! :-) I believe Peter's number. The keys are the frame material, the Ti SR bits, and the oh-so-light Maillard magnesium freewheel. My 1979 753 Team Pro (road), in a 60 cm. size, weighs just a bit over 18 pounds as it currently sits IIRC (with a Flite Ti saddle, which is almost the only non-period-correct part on it). Substitute a Brooks Team Pro (520 g.) for that saddle, and it would weigh just under19 pounds, I believe.... These bikes are light! (Flexible too, but never mind that right now...). Cheers, Greg (the Team Pro nerd) Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

P.S. Nice set of Pino skewers wanted for this bike - please contact me off-list if you have a set that you would part with..... P.P.S. At my age, Chuck's age looks young....