[CR]CPSC had the right idea (Was:TI Raleigh Team Pro Pics)

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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:59:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom Dalton" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
To: kohl57@starpower.net
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]CPSC had the right idea (Was:TI Raleigh Team Pro Pics)

Peter,

Thanks for posting the pics of your lovely Team Pro. I'm certainly not an expert on Team Pros, though you must be by now, and it sure looks like you nailed all the details. You must have put in a good effort to get all the rare old parts together in realitively short time. You even used the factory spec, though technically incompatible, combination of the 3ttt Record stem and GB handlebar. The only thing that I noticed that might be off the mark is the headset spacer. As mentioned just recently on CR, the first couple years of SR headsets had an alloy spacer that was shaped like the standard NR type.

Two items on this bike support the much maligned CPSC regulations applied to bicycles.

First, the flat lever Campy QRs were arguably too easy for users to use incorrectly because it was difficult to distinguish the open and closed positions. In the photos, your rear QR is open. Post-CPSC QRs were marked "open" and "closed" on the appropriate side, and the curve was a good visual cue to which side shoud face in and which side should face out.

Second, before the CPSC got involved, most stems and seatposts did not have minimum insertion marks. I suspect that your Record stem doesn't have such a mark. I also suggest that you confirm that there is enough quill in the steerer, because the stem looks quite high. One old rule of thumb is that the expander should engage the steerer below the threaded portion.

Finally, a small recommendation. If you don't tuck the toestrap into the loop on the buckle before installing the pull-up button, it makes it much easier to tighten your toestraps. I noticed this unusual routing in an old Gios catalog from about the same vintage, but this is not the way those pull-up buttons are normally used.

Thanks again for the great pics and the beautiful build-up.

Tom Dalton Bethlehem, PA

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