Any thoughts of what one like this in NOS condition would be worth? YES!.....NOS! 753, with a full Campagnolo SR group set.........It's been hanging and collecting dust for who know how long. Before our trip over to the U.S...........We'll be grabbing this monster. And Yes!.....Eric E. We will not be forgetting about your NOS 531 Raleigh TEAM frameset.
Perks of living in Euro land,
BC Baron C.......................And the gang!! Renaissance cycles, Eindhoven Holland..........SOON TO BE SUNNY CALIFORNIA................Santa Barbara.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gpvb1@comcast.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR] 1980 TI Raleigh Team Pro Pix Posted
>
>
>>
>> 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....
>
>
> The Maillard box for these freewheels used that classic French word
> "dural"
> for these 700 series which were also available in steel ("acier"). Weight
> is
> closer to 160 grams. But what a difference and nope... no evidence yet on
> my
> '75 Team Pro of any undue wear after 3 months of hard riding almost on all
> the 13 t cog. But I clean and lubricate my drive train frequently.
>
> And the 19 3/4 lbs weight is "real" and impressive. The Brooks Team Pro is
> "spec" and I'd never ride a bike without a leather saddle. Ever. But the
> team used Cinelli saddles and dropped the weight more. Rims seem to have
> varied all over the place. Always Mavic to my knowledge but SSCs used
> frequently. Mavic GP-4s were "spec" for the 1980 531 Team Pro replicas,
> but
> again I don't think 753 was ever offered in anything but a frameset.
>
> Only two days of riding is not enough but I am impressed by the ride of
> 753
> tubing.. my only experience with this material. Feels light but not stiff
> and I think the geometry of this 1980 Pro is tighter than my '75 but it's
> still comfortable. Tomorrow, a 55-mile run to see just how much so!
>
> Anyway, for those of us who just revere, reasonably or not, British-made
> bicycles, this 1980 Team Pro is just very, very satisfying to ride
> especially when you consider 25 years ago this July Raleigh scored its
> first
> TdF overall win on this same machine. And nope, no one is going to tell me
> it was really a Masi!
>
> Finally, further to the discussion about "value" and classic lightweights,
> consider that the original owner paid $900 for the original complete 531
> tubed bike in '76 and another $240 in 1980 to upgrade to a 753 frame. I
> paid
> him $1500 for the bike, sans rims, this April 2005. She passed about
> eight
> new carbonfibre bikes today costing a lot more than that today and we're
> still getting used to each other!
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA