Jeff Potter wrote:
> A tale and pic of a bike rebuild. (Raleigh Super Course 60's, green.)
> http://outyourbackdoor.com/
Nice! The wife and I each have Super Courses pretty much just like that except mine has an FW hub gear instead of derailleurs. Hers is a '70 Coffee (oval head badge, SuperCourse lugs), mine a '71 or '72 Bronze Green (Heron head badge, Nervex lugs).
I don't think Martha's is a 60s vintage though - it's probably a 71 or 72. If you care -- what's the serial number, maybe we can find out for sure what year. Is the head badge oval, or "Heron-shaped"?
They used Nervex lugs for a brief period when they apparently ran out of the Super Course lugs during the bike boom. Mine is even decaled as double-butted 531 (they're supposed to be PG). Maybe it was just decals they ran out of? I'm not going to cut mine up to find out!
You might like "Tom Forhan's Periodic Table of the Raleigh Super
Course", hosted by Sheldon Brown at
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA