Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 20:43:14 -0500
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Dating a Raleigh Competition: cheap fun
The recent discussion on establishing ages for Raleigh Competitions is good. Yes, I'd like to date mine, but not to marry it. (groan).
In any event, mine "looks like" the '76 at http://retroraleighs.com/catalogs/1976/pages/06-76-competition.html. Sloping crown, same lugs and gold lining on them, same center-pull bridge, etc. But mine has no chrome on the rear stays, and came with Nervar cranks, not TA. Is this a "standard" Raleigh running change (running to get something so we can ship these puppies)?
(This poor critter has been "adapted" as a fixed-gear commuter, but I have kept most of the proper parts like the GB bar/stem.)