Definitely one of the nicer bikes I have seen to hit
eBay in quite a while. I wonder if the hubs are
Normandy or the early 60's French-made Campagnolo?
>From the looks of it, it appears to have it's original
tires too!
Ted E. Baer
Palo Alto, CA
> At 3:49 PM -0400 9/12/05, kohl57@starpower.net
> wrote:
> >A totally original (right down to the pump, Coloral
> water bottle and
> >handlebar wrap) and very clean 1962 Raleigh Gran
> Sport on eBay:
> >
> >http://tinyurl.com/e46fv
> >
> >These are among those enormously appealing (well to
> me anyway) early
> >'sixties Raleigh "lightweights" that had it all:
> lovely colours, graphics,
> >
> >nice components... everything but the "light
> weight". Sadly all we
> >re 2030
> >frames. But dandy looking eye candy.
>
> That's the bike I lusted after but couldn't afford
> as a teenager...
>
> Sheldon "Drooling" Brown
> Newtonville, Massachusetts
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