[CR]Re: Raleigh Team Bike?

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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:34:19 -0400
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Subject: [CR]Re: Raleigh Team Bike?

George Allen asks, snip < Marc, I almost bid on that one myself but the eyelets on the drops threw me off. I've never seen a Team with eyelets before. Could it be related to this one on Ebay presently?

Ebay Item #7176037287

URL http://ebay.com/<blah>
>end snip I do not believe this bike is any relation to a true Raleigh Team bike. Stamped dropouts without derailleur hanger, pedestrian lugs (especially the seat lug!), and the lovely workmanship around the bottom bracket tells me this is at best a low level Raleigh Record. I love this quote: "I believe the tube set on this bike is a Reynolds 753." If anyone weighed it I am sure they'd find it's 1020 tubing. Nice fork crown, though. I saw a lot of those on Grand Prix and Super Course bikes.

Mark "caveat emptor" Ritz
foggy Arcata, CA