Original Message: ----------------- From: Mike Mullett mike@mullett.freeserve.co.uk Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:51:21 +0100 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Team Raleigh identification
"Hi all This information may be a bit basic, but with all the posts re genuine Team bikes from Ilkeston, whether 531 or 753, one fact may have been overlooked. A genuine Ilkeston frameset has a black head tube whilst all
the other non Ilkeston frames had a yellow head tube. Unless they have
been refinished of course. Mike (with a black head tube bike)Mullett Reading UK"
Really, Mike??? That's a new one on me. Check out Eric Elman's SB1 9 on my Yahoo group... it has a yellow head and is all original paint. My SB128 has a black head. It was my understanding the black head was introduced at t he beginning of the 1974 season. So there were clearly some yellow head machines coming out of Ilkeston at the onset of production there.
Peter Kohler, with two black head tube bikes Washington DC USA
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