Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:44:48 -0400 From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]1980 TI Raleigh Team Pro Pix Posted
After about six weeks, not a little money and a few frustrations, my 1980 TI Raleigh Team Pro is back on the road as of this weekend.
This machine, bought locally from the original owner, was originally a 1975 Team Pro (531 tubing) that suffered a frame fracture and was upgraded in 1980 to a 753 frame.
NOS Mavic GP-4 rims on the original hubs and NOS Maillard dural freewheel, all other components original from the '75 machine.
A very "racy" machine to ride and uber light (weighs in at exactly the specs at 19 3/4 lbs). It was on a machine just like this that Joop Zoetemelk won the 1980 TdF, the pinnacle of the epic TI Raleigh Team.
Pix are posted in my Wool Jersey album:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
Just three words: nice, nice, nice!
With a lighter saddle and rims, this bike would weigh under 19 pounds! And that's in a 61 cm. size....
Isn't the Maillard freewheel made from magnesium, though? Lightest freewheel ever made, as far as I know. About 135 grams....
Greg "wow" Parker
Ann Arbor, Michigan